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Mary Downing Hahn Papers: Papers 1

Mary Downing Hahn Papers 1

 

Mary Downing Hahn Papers 1

Collection Inventory

Box 1
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     International Editions

  1.  Tete de Melon. Paris, France: L'Ecole des loisirs-- French—Tallahassee Higgins
  
2.  Luna di Miele In Cinque. Milano, Italy: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore--Italian—The Spanish Kidnapping Disaster
  
3.  Pa Liv och Dod: en spokhistoria.  Malmo, Sweden: Richters-- Swedish—Time for Andrew
  
4.  Du Skal bare Elske Mig. Arhus, Denmark:  CDR-Forlag-- Danish—The Wind Blows Backward
  
5.  Tilbage Til Nutiden. Arhus, Denmark:  CDR-Forlag--Danish—Time for Andrew
  
6.  Surgi du passé. Paris, France: Pocket Jeunesse--French—Time for Andrew
  
7.  Resistance.  Paris, France:L'Ecole des loisirs-- French—Stepping on the Cracks
  
8.  Jikan da yo, Andor u. Tokoyo, Japan: Tokuma Shaten Co.--Japanese--Time for Andrew
  
9.  La Saison Des Meduses.  Paris, France: L’ecole des loisirs--French—The Jellyfish Season
10.  Wait Till Helen Comes.  London, England: Mammoth-- English

     Miscellaneous

11.  Two floppy disks
       
a.  Speeches
       
b. Ghost stories
12.  VHS tape—“A Visit with Mary Downing Hahn” 20:46 minutes
13.  Pamphlet—“Clarion Books by Mary Downing Hahn”
14.  4 note cards—2x 3 ½”
15.  Note from Mary
16.  Bookmark—student-made

Box 2a
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     Tallahassee Higgins. New York: Clarion Books, 1987.

  1.  Typed manuscript with revisions, correspondence
  
2.  Original typed manuscript, spring 1985
  
3.  Comments page June 27, 1985
  
4.  Typed manuscript with correspondence, February 14, 1986

Box 2b
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

      Tallahassee Higgins. New York: Clarion Books, 1987.

  5.  Typed manuscript, February 14, 1986
  
6.  Notes and pages from manuscript March 27, 1986
  
7.  Typed manuscript—3rd Draft June 10, 1986
  
8.  Typed manuscript
  
9.  Book Jackets (2)
10.  Correspondence
11.  Agreement with Clarion Books
12.  Check stub for 2nd part of advance
13.  Clarion Books Promotion Report
14.  Book Reviews
15.  New York Public Library List of Books on Exhibition
16.  Postcard printed by Clarion Books
17.  Mark Twain List 1989-90
18.  Copy of front flap text
19.  Illustrations                                                                                              

Box 3a
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     December Stillness.  New York: Clarion Books, 1988.

  1.  Typed manuscript 1st draft—January-June 1987
  
2.  Notes and articles
  
3.  Typed manuscript—first submission (with editor’s notes and corrections) July 6, 1987
  
4.  Correspondence
  
5.  Revised draft-September 9, 1987
 
 6.  Revised draft-September 25, 1987 (almost the same as the one mailed September 29, 1987 

Box 3b
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     December Stillness.  New York: Clarion Books, 1988.

  7.  Typed manuscript final revision December 9, 1987
  
8.  Typed manuscript with revisions
  
9.  Correspondence relating to typed manuscript
10.  Galley
11.  Correspondence
12.  Permission agreement for the use of copyrighted material
13.  “Pick of the Lists” August 1988

Box 4a
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     Following the Mystery Man.  New York:  Clarion Books, 1988.

  1.  First draft—“Here Comes Bad Again” September 1986
  
2.  First draft
  
3.  Typed manuscript—October 30, 1986
  
4.  Typed manuscript—March 16, 1987

Box 4b
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     Following the Mystery Man. New York: Clarion Books, 1988.

  5.  Typed manuscript—April 10, 1987
  
6.  Typed manuscript—final copy
  
7.  Miscellaneous manuscript pages with notes
  
8.  Galleys (2 copies)
  
9.  Correspondence
10.  Book cover
11.  Book jackets (3)
12.  Promotion Report
13.  Notes
14.  Revision notes
15.  Book Review—June 1988
16.  Clarion Books—February 26, 1988

Box 5a
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     The Doll in the Garden.  New York: Clarion Books, 1989.

  1.  Original manuscript
  
2.  Typed manuscript—first draft, September 1987
  
3.  Notes
  
4.  Typed manuscript—2nd draft, October 20, 1987
  
5.  Typed manuscript—3rd draft, November 1987
  
6.  Typed manuscript—February 15, 1988

Box 5b
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     The Doll in the Garden.  New York: Clarion Books, 1989.

  7.  Typed manuscript with editor’s notes—April 29, 1988
  
8.  Typed manuscript with correspondence—July 5, 1988
  
9.  Typed manuscript with correspondence—July 8, 1988
 10.  Typed manuscript—July 18, 1988
 11.  Galleys (2 copies)

Box 6a
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     The Dead Man in Indian Creek.  New York: Clarion Books, 1990.
          
Working Title:  The Body in the Creek

  1.  Typed manuscript—First draft, November 18, 1987
  
2.  Handwritten notes
  
3.  Typed manuscript—August 8, 1988
  
4.  Typed manuscript with revisions—2nd draft, September 2, 1988
  
5.  Revision notes
  
6.  Typed manuscript with revisions—3rd draft, November 14, 1988
  
7.  Typed manuscript with revisions (based on editor’s suggestions of January 26, 1989
 
 8.  Revision notes

Box 6b
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     The Dead Man in Indian Creek. New York: Clarion Books, 1990.

  9.  Typed manuscript with revisions February 1989
10.  Typed manuscript accepted for publication and returned for final revisions April 1989
11.  Typed manuscript final revisions June 1989
12. Typed manuscript—final copy
13.  Galleys (2 copies)
14.  Comments page from Jim Murphy
15.  Revision notes from editor
16.  A Sampler of Clarion Novels
17.  Correspondence
18.  Newspaper article
19.  Handwritten notes

Box 7a
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     The Spanish Kidnapping Disaster.  New York: Clarion Books, 1991.
          
Working Title:   The Great Spanish Kidnapping Disaster

  1.  Typed manuscript
  
2.  Typed manuscript—March 21, 1989
  
3.  Ideas Sheet—March 30, 1989
  
4.  Third draft (with greatly reduced cast)—July 24, 1989
  
5.  Typed manuscript with correspondence—September 18, 1989
  
6.  Typed manuscript with correspondence—September 21, 1989
  
7.  Correspondence and notes—October 18, 1989
  
8.  Typed manuscript with correspondence—December 7, 1989
  
9.  Typed manuscript and revisions with editorial notes—January 17, 1990

Box 7b
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     The Spanish Kidnapping Disaster. New York: Clarion Books, 1991.

10.  Final revision—February 3, 1990
11.  Photocopy of final revision—mailed February 6, 1990
12.  Typed manuscript with editorial notes—March 1, 1990
13.  Typed manuscript with revisions
14.  Master Set
15.  Galley—Marked Set
16.  Miscellaneous manuscript pages

Box 8a
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     Stepping on the Cracks.  New York: Clarion Books, 1991.

  1.  Background information
  
2.  Notes
  
3.  Typed manuscript—first draft
  
4.  Typed manuscript—July 16, 1990
  
5.  Comments page—July 18, 1990
 
 6.  Notes from editor
  
7.  Typed manuscript with revisions

Box 8b
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     Stepping on the Cracks.  New York: Clarion Books, 1991.

  8.  Typed manuscript—first revisions September 21, 1990
  
9.  Typed manuscript—second revision November 2, 1990
10.  Typed manuscript with corrections and page layouts

Box 8c
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     Stepping on the Cracks. New York: Clarion Books, 1991.

11.  Typed manuscript—final copy
12.  Author’s set of galleys
13.  Style sheet
14.  Correspondence
15.  Radio schedule
16.  Miscellaneous pages from typed manuscript
17.  Two file folders with sketches

Box 9
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     The Wind Blows Backwards.  New York: Clarion Books, 1993.

1.  Original manuscript
2.  Galley
3. Galley—author’s set
4. Galley—author’s set

Box 10a
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     Time for Andrew.  New York: Clarion Books, 1994.

  1.  Original manuscript
  
2.  Typed manuscript with correspondence—August 27, 1997
  
3.  Correspondence with notes from two editors
  
4.  Copy of manuscript with correspondence—January 5, 1993
  
5.  Typed manuscript with correspondence—February 9, 1993

Box 10b
7.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     Time for Andrew. New York: Clarion Books, 1994.

  6.  Typed manuscript with correspondence—February 10, 1993
  
7.  Typed manuscript with correspondence—February 19, 1993
  
8.  Typed manuscript with revisions
  
9.  Typed manuscript

Box 10c
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     Time for Andrew. New York: Clarion Books, 1994.

10.  Copy of typed manuscript
11.  Galley—Author’s Set (2 copies)
12.  Galley
13.  Correspondence with notes from editor
14.  Letter to Ophelia Gilbert
15.  Sheet—“How to Play Ringer”
16.  Illustrations

Box 11

17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”

     Coville, Bruce. Bruce Coville’s Book of Ghosts. New York: Scholastic, 1994.

  1.  Corrected galleys for “Give a Puppet a Hand” with correspondence June,  23, 1994

  2.  Galley

Box 12a

12” x 10.25” x 5”

     Look for Me By Moonlight.  New York: Clarion Books, 1995.

  1. Original manuscript with corrections and correspondence

  2. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes and correspondence—July 1993 draft

  3. Typed manuscript 1st draft with correspondence—July 6, 1993

  4. Revised manuscript with correspondence—January 21, 1994

        5. Typed manuscript 3rd revision—March 1994

Box 12b

12” x 10.25” x 5”

     Look for Me By Moonlight.  New York: Clarion Books, 1995.

6. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes and correspondence—March 16, 1994

7. Typed manuscript with reference to floppy disks—April 1994

8. Typed manuscript 2nd revision—mailed April 27, 1994

9. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes and correspondence—June 15, 1994

10. Revised manuscript—June 23, 1994

11. Revised final chapter with correspondence—June 25, 1994

Box 12c

15.25”x 12.75” x 3”

     Look for Me By Moonlight.  New York: Clarion Books, 1995.

12. Galley proofs with corrections and correspondence—December 16, 1994

13. Galley proofs with author changes and correspondence—January 9, 1995

14. Set of 5 floppy disks

15. Disk index

16. Style Sheet

17. Handwritten revisions

18. Typed manuscript—Chapter 1

19. Typed manuscript—Chapter 1

20. Typed manuscript—Chapters 1-2

21. Typed manuscript—Chapters 1-3

22. Typed manuscript—Chapter 3

23. Typed manuscript—Chapters 1-5

24. Typed manuscript—Chapters 9-10

Box 13a

12” x 10.25” x 5”

     The Gentleman Outlaw and Me, Eli.  New York: Clarion Books, 1996.

Working title:  Outlaw Dreams: Story of the Old West

The Gentleman Outlaw and Me, Eliza

  1.  Typed manuscript with corrections

  2.  Typed manuscript with references to disks—mailed for first reading July 11, 1994

  3.  Typed manuscript Outlaw Dreams: Story of the Old West—November 1994

  4.  Revised manuscript with correspondence—January 2, 1995

  5. Typed manuscript—March 1995

  6. Typed manuscript with revisions, editor’s notes and correspondence—March 1, 1995

  7. Handwritten revisions

Box 13b

12” x 10.25” x 5”

     The Gentleman Outlaw and Me, Eli.  New York: Clarion Books, 1996.

Working title:  Outlaw Dreams: Story of the Old West

The Gentleman Outlaw and Me, Eliza

        8. Typed manuscript 2nd revision—May 22, 1995

        9. Style sheet

        10. Corrections and correspondence—July 28, 1995

        11. Galleys and correspondence—September 1, 1995

        12. Typed manuscript (July 1994) with editor’s notes and correspondence—October 5, 1995

        13. Quest plot

        14. Miscellaneous manuscript pages

        15.Correspondence

        16. Floppy disk

        17. Typed manuscript Chapters 1-11

        18. Typed manuscript Chapters 1-17

        19. Galley—Author’s Set with corrections

Box 14a

12” x 10.25” x 5”

     Following My Own Footsteps.  New York: Clarion Books, 1996.

  1. Typed manuscript with correspondence—January 23, 1995

  2. Typed manuscript pages 1-78, 84-117 with disk index pages—1st draft

  3. Manuscript pages 101-110

  4. Typed manuscript—2nd draft with handwritten notes and index for disks

  5. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes, comments, and correspondence—March 31, 1995

  6. Typed manuscript pages 1-64 with correspondence—April 6, 1995

  7. Typed manuscript with correspondence—August 14, 1995

Box 14b

12” x 10.25” x 5”

     Following My Own Footsteps.  New York: Clarion Books, 1996.

        8. Typed manuscript with editor’s comments and correspondence—October 25, 1995

        9. Typed manuscript with correspondence—November 5, 1995

        10. Typed manuscript with corrections and style sheet—March 13, 1996

        11. Galley

        12. Three floppy disks

Box 15a

12” x 10.25” x 5”

     As Ever Gordy.  New York: Clarion Books, 1998.

  1.  Typed manuscript, first reading— February 21, 1996

  2.  Correspondence

  3. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes and correspondence—April 10, 1996

  4. Revision #2 with correspondence—June 6, 1996

  5. Typed manuscript—June 6, 1996

  6. Typed manuscript with revisions—December 7, 1996

Box 15b

12” x 10.25” x 5”

     As Ever Gordy.  New York: Clarion Books, 1998.

        7. Typed manuscript 2nd revision—December 7, 1996

        8. Typed manuscript 3rd rewrite—April 1997

        9. Typed manuscript 4th rewrite with revisions—June 25, 1997

        10. Typed manuscript4th rewrite—June 25, 1997

Box 16

12” x 10.25” x 5”

     Anna All Year Round.  New York: Clarion Books, 1999.

Working title: Anna in the City

  1.  Copies of family photos

  2.   Beltsville History (2 pages)

  3.   Family history

  4.   Typed manuscript with correspondence—August 1996

  5.   Typed manuscript—August 1996

  6.   Typed manuscript

  7.   Typed manuscript with revisions

  8.   Correspondence

  9.   Original manuscript with revisions

  10.  Typed manuscript with pages 44,54,64,77, and 78 missing

  11.  Galley

  12.  Manuscript pages 22-31

  13.  Correspondence

  14.  Disk—Anna Stories-July 1996

Box 17

12” x 10.25” x 5”

     Promises to the Dead.  New York Clarion Books, 2000.

                 Working title:  Among Scorpions

                                        Living Among Scorpions

  1. Correspondence—June 24, 1998

  2. Correspondence with editor’s notes and comments page

  3. Typed manuscript with revisions and correspondence—January 27, 1999

  4. Disks (2)

  5. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes and correspondence—March 24, 1999

  6. Typed manuscript with editor’s notes and correspondence—July 7, 1999

  7. Typed manuscript with revisions—July 23, 1999

  8. Galley

  9. Miscellaneous manuscript pages

Box 18

15.25”x 12.75” x 3”

     Anna on the Farm.  New York:  Clarion Books, 2001.

  1. Typed manuscript (Feb. 10, 1999) with editor’s notes and reader’s report with correspondence—August 4, 1999

  2. Typed manuscript (August 21, 1999) with revisions, editor’s notes, and correspondence—October 21, 1999

  3. Typed manuscript with revisions—November 19, 1999

  4. Galley—Author’s Set

  5. Typed manuscript Chapter 1—2 copies

Box 19

17.25”x 11.5” x 3.75”

     Janey and the Famous Author.  New York: Clarion Books, 2005.

  1.  Galleys

  2.  Galley in 3-ring binder

Box 20

24.5”x 21.5” x 3.75”

     Drawings by Mary Hahn. Cover to Cover I

  1. The Lady & the cactus

  2.  The beautiful Indian family

  3. The lady with the Pink & Green Dress

  4. The girl and the brown barn gate

  5. The girl and the multiple goats

  6. The girl and the single goat

  7. The girl with the barn and sheep

  8. The girl with the green dress and sheep

  9. The pink lady with the crowd

  10. The girl with the blue dress holding the door “freckle juice”

  11. The boy with yellow shirt and cat

  12. The boy with yellow shirt and cat with red vase

  13. A boy with yellow and blue cup

  14. A boy with yellow and blue cup faced front

  15. A boy with yellow and blue cup faced front with Tongue

  16. A boy with yellow and blue cup faced front smelling cup

  17. A boy with yellow and blue cup with multiple groceries

  18. A boy with yellow and blue cup with multiple groceries with kitchen cabinet

Box 21

21”x 17” x 2”

     Drawings by Mary Hahn. Cover to Cover (Squirrel Wife)

  1. Pink lady behind bars

  2. Pink lady behind bars 2

  3. A lady in blue in the woods

  4. A lady in blue 

  5. A lady in purple 

  6. A squirrel in a tree “Squirrel Wife”

  7. A squirrel holding a key

  8. A squirrel holding a key

  9. A squirrel holding a key with a lady

  10. A squirrel holding a key with a lady wearing a purple

  11. A squirrel holding a key with a lady wearing a purple going through the door 

  12. A squirrel holding a key with a lady wearing a purple going through bricks

  13. A lady with cat and blanket

  14. A lady with cat and blanket with Open mouth

  15. A lady in purple in the woods with squirrel

  16. A lady in purple in the woods with grass

  17. A lady in purple in the woods with squirrel and green goddess 1

  18. A lady in purple in the woods with squirrel and green goddess 2

  19. A lady in purple in the woods with squirrel and green goddess 3