Guide to the Elisa Bialk Papers
1947-1968

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Overview of the Collection

Creator: Bialk, Elisa, 1912-1990
Title: Elisa Bialk Papers
Dates: 1947-1968 ( inclusive )
Quantity: 4.5 linear feet (3 containers)
Collection Number: Ax 503
Summary: Elisa Bialk (1912-1990) grew up in Chicago and was still in high school when she began to publish articles in magazines and newspapers. The Elisa Bialk Papers contain a large collection of complete manuscripts from Bialk's children's novels. There is also detailed correspondence as well as a variety of fan mail.
Repository: University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives

1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299
URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html

Languages: Collection materials are in English. 
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

Elisa Bialk was born on October 4, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois, where she grew up. She was the daughter of John and Martha (Holcher) Bialk. She attended Northwestern University School of Journalism. Bialk married L. Martin Krautter in 1934, and they had two daughters.

Bialk was still in high school when she began to have articles published in magazines and newspapers. After her marriage she focused on short story and play writing,. She also spent time writing poetry and short stories. Her story "The Sainted Sisters" was turned into a play, and later made into a film in 1948. She wrote the "Tizz" series for Childrens Press.

Elisa Bialk Krautter died of cancer on February 28, 1990, on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2003.

Content Description

The Elisa Bialk Papers contain a large collection of complete manuscripts from Bialk's children novels. There is also detailed correspondence as well as a variety of fan mail.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :  

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room.

Restrictions on Use :  

Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation :  

[Identification of item], Elisa Bialk Papers, Ax 503, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

Administrative Information

Arrangement :

Collection is organized into the following series:

Series: Manuscripts

Series: Correspondence

Series: Miscellaneous

Processing Note :  

Collection processed by processing staff, March 1969.


Detailed Description of the Collection

Manuscripts
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
Folder
1 1-3 The Colt of Cripple Creek 1953
1 3-6 Giant of the Rockies 1955
1 7 The Horse Called Pete 1948
1 8-9 Marty 1953
1 10-12 Marty Goes to Hollywood 1954
1 13-16 Marty Goes to Campus 1956
1 17-21 Orville Mouse in the Opera House 1956
1 22-23 Passport Summer 1959
2 1-4 Ride 'Em Peggy 1950
2 5-6 The Silver Purse 1952
2 6-7 Taffy's Foal 1949
2 8 Tizz 1955
2 9-13 Tizz at the Stampede 1968
2 14-15 Tizz in Cactus Country 1964
2 16-19 Tizz in Texas 1966
2 20-21 Tizz in the Canadian Rockies 1968
3 1-2 Tizz in the Canadian Rockies 1968
3 3 Tizz on a Horse Farm 1964
3 4-7 Wild Horse Island 1951

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Correspondence, 1947-1968
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
Folder
3 1 Children's Press 1947-1950
3 2 Hought Mifflin 1949-1953
3 3 World Publishing Company 1951-1959
3 4 Fitsgibbon, E. G. 1954-1968
3 4 Nelson, Ozzie and Harriet
3 4 Poppe, Harry H.
3 4 Reilly Walter
3 4 Schary, Dore

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Miscellaneous
Container(s)
Description
Box
Folder
3 5 Publicity Matters
3 6-10 Fan Mail

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Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

  • Personal Names :
  • Bialk, Elisa
  • Bialk, Elisa--Correspondence
  • Subject Terms :
  • Children's literature, American--Authorship
  • Publishers and publishing--Correspondence
  • Women authors, American--20th century
  • Young adult literature, American--Authorship
  • Form or Genre Terms :
  • Manuscripts for publication

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