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Material Information
- Title:
- Louise Seaman Bechtel Autobiography
- Series Title:
- MS Group 136
- Creator:
- Bechtel, Louise Seaman, 1894-1985 ( author )
- Publication Date:
- 20th century
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 15 chapters
- Physical Location:
- 4
3-7
Table of Contents and chapters 1-9
Notes
- Scope and Content:
- This is the autobiography. The full collection includes: Autobiography, correspondence, notes, travel information, itineraries, receipts, speeches, writings, diaries, photographs and miscellaneous papers. The collection is arranged by into groups. The first group contains Bechtel's correspondence and writings arranged alphabetically by title, the second group contains the manuscript and notes for her autobiography, the third group contains her diaries and the final group contains scrapbooks, slides and miscellaneous materials. This collection contains extensive documentation of Ms. Bechtel's writing including her speeches and articles. Of special note in this collection is the correspondence with Berta and Elmer Hader, children's book authors. This correspondence contains extensive marginalia of delightful pen, ink and watercolor illustrations by the Haders. Box 9 contains 43 Christmas greetings illustrated by the Haders. Also included are diaries from world travels and information on a remedial reading project. See the guide for more: http://www.library.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/guides/Bechtel.htm
- Biographical:
- Editor, author, lecturer on children's literature. Louise Seaman Bechtel, 1894-1985, served as Editor and Head of the Juvenile Book Department of Macmillan Publishing Company in New York City. A 1915 graduate of Vassar College, Bechtel began work for Macmillan in 1919. After leaving Macmillan in 1934, Bechtel worked as a freelance writer and lecturer. She was the editor of the children's section of the New York Herald Tribune Book Review from 1948 to 1956 and was associate editor of The Horn Book Magazine, a journal on literature for children, from 1939 to 1957. She married Edwin DeTurch Bechtel in 1929. In 1980, Ms. Bechtel donated portions of her papers, an extensive book collection, correspondence and memorabilia to Vassar College.
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- University of Florida
- Holding Location:
- UF Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- Copyright, Louise Seaman Bechtel. Permission granted to University of Florida to digitize and display this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
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