The Horn Book Magazine and Horn Book, Inc. Records,

The Horn Book Magazine and Horn Book, Inc. Records,

The records of the Horn Book Magazine and Horn Book Inc. document the development of the first magazine published with a concern for children's books and reading. The records also document the personal life of the magazine's founder, Bertha Mahony Miller (BMM), a graduate of Simmons Colleg...

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Corporate Authors: Horn Book, Inc, Bookshop for Boys and Girls (Boston, Mass.), Simmons College (Boston, Mass.) Archives
Other Authors: Miller, Bertha E. Mahony, Lindquist, Jennie D. 1899-1977, Viguers, Ruth Hill, 1903-1971, Field, Elinor Whitney, 1889-1980, Moore, Anne Carroll, 1871-1961, Jordan, Alice M. 1870-1960, Hewins, Caroline M. 1846-1926, Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943, Andrews, Siri, Asimov, Isaac, 1920-, Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957, Bechtel, Louise Seaman, 1894-, Sawyer, Ruth, 1880-1970, Folmsbee, Beulah, Haviland, Virginia, 1911-, Kingman, Lee, Massee, May, 1881-1966, Sendak, Maurice, Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973, Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968, De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956, Hader, Elmer, 1889-, Linder, Leslie, Hader, Berta, Ishii, Momoko, 1907-
Format: Kit
Language:English
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Miller, Bertha E. Mahony
Horn Book, Inc
Women's Educational and Industial Union (Boston, Mass.)
Bookshop for Boys and Girls (Boston, Mass.)
The Horn book magazine
Children's literature > Periodicals
Children's literature > Publishing
Women publishers
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Summary:The records of the Horn Book Magazine and Horn Book Inc. document the development of the first magazine published with a concern for children's books and reading. The records also document the personal life of the magazine's founder, Bertha Mahony Miller (BMM), a graduate of Simmons College, and her influence on the field of children's literature. The records include office files, correspondence, illustrations, photographs, clippings and printed material related to the Bookshop for Boys and Girls (1916-36) (founded by BMM and operated under the auspices of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union), The Horn Book Magazine (1924-67) and The Horn Book, Inc. (1936-67)
Correspondence among the editors of the magazine and numerous authors, illustrators, librarians, editors, publishers and educators document the field of children's literature from the early to mid-twentieth century. Among others, correspondents include Jennie Lindquist, Ruth Hill Viguers, Elinor Whitney Field, Anne Carroll Moore, Alice Jordan, Caroline Hewins, Beatrix Potter, Siri Andrews, Issac Asimov, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Louise Seaman Bechtel, Ruth Sawyer, Beulah Folmsbee, Virginia Haviland, Lee Kingman, May Massee, Maurice Sendak, J. R. R. Tolkien, Virginia Burton, Walter De la Mare, Elmer Hader, Bertha Hader, Leslie Linder and Momoko Ishii
Access:Selected materials subject to restrictions
Finding Aid:Finding aid available in the College Archives and published in National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States, Microfiche 4.108.12

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