Margaret Wise Brown papers (MWB01)

Series 1. Published Works
Contains the manuscripts, notes, book dummies, and revisions for many of Margaret Wise Brown’s published books and articles.

Series 2. Unpublished Works
Contains poems and songs, essays and stories, ideas for records, plays, radio and television programs, musical scores with words by Margaret Wise Brown, music by Elizabeth Randolph or Dorothy Cadzow, and composition books with ideas for stories, notes, and thoughts in them.

Series 3. Correspondence
Includes letters from Margaret Wise Brown to others, and letters received by Margaret Wise Brown, separated into two files. There are also several files that contain a series of correspondence between MWB and someone else. These are each in a separate folder.

Series 4. Miscellaneous Papers
Contains some of Margaret Wise Brown’s academic work (papers and stories she wrote while in college), papers/notes from her participation in writing workshops, including notes about how children reacted to her stories, and book reviews and articles about her work that she clipped from newspapers.

Series 5. Illustrations
Contains many illustrations and/or storyboards for several of Margaret Wise Brown’s books. Illustrations are by Barbara Cooney and Clement Hurd.

Series 6. Materials about Margaret Wise Brown
Contains items written about her, grouped by format. Magazines containing articles about her include The Horn Book, Vanity Fair, and LIFE.

Series 7. Photographs