Collections, Exhibitions, Libraries
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Special issue: La Revue des Livres pour Enfants 137/138 (Winter 1991). Children's libraries. Jean Hébard, "De la bibliothêque scolaire à la bibliothêque pour enfants," 53-56 (changes in functions of libraries). W.M.
Bodleian Library
Received some seventy children's books from the first half of the 19th cen. as an adjunct to the Opie Collection from Mr. E.R. Moulton-Barrett. Bodleian Library Record 136 (April 1991): 507-08. G.A.
Received some seventy children's books from the first half of the 19th cen. as an adjunct to the Opie Collection from Mr. E.R. Moulton-Barrett. Bodleian Library Record 136 (April 1991): 507-08. G.A.
University Microfilms of Ann Arbor, Michigan, has begun microfilming The Opie Collection, beginning with titles published before 1850. Holp Shuppan, Publishers, of Tokyo are to produce a series of facsimiles of 20 nursery-rhyme books from the collection. The set will be accompanied by a volume of original essays. G.A.
Chester, Tessa Rose. Ernest Nister. London: Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood, 1990. Primarily a list of the 500 children's titles published by Nister in the 19th cen. in the collection. Renier Collection of Historic and Contemporary Children's Books Occasional List no. 8. Gratis.
Chester, Tessa Rose. "The Renier Collection of Historic and Contemporary Children's Books." Children's Book History Society Newsletter, Part I in 42 (April 1991): 7-11; Part II in 43 (Sept. 1991): 12-14. History of the Renier Collection, now housed in the Museum of Childhood at Bethnal Green, London; also describes recent work on its organization.
Houghton Library
Houghton Mifflin has donated its archives of letters and manuscripts, representing over 150 years of its history and including writers like Nathaniel Hawthorne, to Harvard University. A fellowship in publishing history will be established. G.A.
Houghton Mifflin has donated its archives of letters and manuscripts, representing over 150 years of its history and including writers like Nathaniel Hawthorne, to Harvard University. A fellowship in publishing history will be established. G.A.
International Youth Library
Bode, Andreas. "Da Jelle-Lepman-Fest. [The Jella Lepman festival.] IJB Report 2 and 3 (1991). Events commemorating the 100th birthday of the founder, Jella Lepman.
Bode, Andreas. "Da Jelle-Lepman-Fest. [The Jella Lepman festival.] IJB Report 2 and 3 (1991). Events commemorating the 100th birthday of the founder, Jella Lepman.
International Youth Library. 100 Jahre Jella Lepman: Gründerin de Internationalen Jugendbibliothek. Munich: International Youth Library, 1991. Gratis. English/German account of Lepman's life and work.
Manget, Christa. "A Library for the Children of the World." JOYS (Winter 1991): 169-71. On the founding of the International Youth Library by Jella Lipman in 1949 and threats to it. G.A.
Prentice, Jeffrey and Bettina Bird. Dromkeen: A Journey into Children's Literature. New York: Henry Holt, 1987. Essay review, Karen Patricia Smith, "Dromkeen: Promoting Children's Literature as a Dynamic Art." Children's Literature Association Quarterly 15.4 (Winter 1990): 218-20. Smith gives an overview of the collection and an introduction to the development of Australian children's literature from colonial times to the present day. G.A.
See also AUTHORS: Bodecker, de Paola, de la Mare, Livingston, Potter, Rackham, Roscoe; AWARDS: Kerlan; BIBLIOGRAPHIES: Eccleshare; CENSORSHIP: Kuhlman.
