Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
Creator:
Lampman, Evelyn Sibley
Title:
Evelyn Sibley Lampman Papers
Dates:
1948-1980 ( inclusive )
Quantity:
9.5 linear feet (18 containers)
Collection Number:
Coll. 011
Summary:
The Evelyn Sibley Lampman Papers consist
of manuscripts, galley proofs, illustrations, short story manuscripts, radio
manuscripts, plays, and correspondence.
Repository:
University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University
Archives
1299 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1299 USA 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
Evelyn Lampman (1907- ) was born in Dallas, Oregon and educated at
Oregon State College. She worked as a writer for radio stations in Portland,
Oregon and then began writing books for children.
Content Description
The Evelyn Sibley Lampman Papers consist of manuscripts, galley proofs
and illustrations for several novels; short story manuscripts; radio scripts
and plays. Major correspondence includes letters to various publishing
companies, illustrators and several schools. Of special interest is one short
story manuscript which has four watercolor illustrations by Pers Crowell.
Several "new book" catalogues from various publishing houses have been re-moved
to the Special Collections Subject Files. All original photographs have been
removed to the Photograph Collection and replaced by photocopies.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
Collection is open to the public.
Collection must be used in Special Collections & University
Archives Reading Room.
Restrictions on Use :
Property rights reside with Special Collections & 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 the Manuscripts Librarian in
Special Collections & University Archives. The reader must also obtain
permission of the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation :
[Identification of item], Evelyn Sibley Lampman Papers, Coll. 011, Special
Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene,
Oregon.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
Collection is organized into the following series:
Correspondence
Manuscripts: Book length
Manuscripts: Short story
Manuscripts: Plays
Manuscripts: Scripts
Manuscripts: Miscellaneous material
Reviews
Printed material
Miscellaneous
Processing Note :
Collection processed by processing staff.
Separated Materials :
Photographs in this collection are stored separately under call number PH129.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
A-B
Box
Folder
1
1
Allen, Larry
1
1
Baker, Laurence
1
1
Beatty, Willard (Bureau of
Indian Affairs)
1
1
Bennett, Richard
1
1
Berry, Erick (John C. Winston
Co.)
1
1
Blisset, Guyon
1
1
Burchert, Maria
1
1
Bosworth, Velma
Hockett
1
1
Boy's Life
1
1
Byrd, Julian. Burns(Oregon)
Times-Herald .
1
2
Atheneum, 1968-1974
1
3
Atheneum, 1975-1979
C
Box
Folder
1
4
Cascades (Pacific Northwest
Bell)
1
4
Caxton Printer's
Ltd.
1
4
Children's Hospital
School
1
4
Coles, Pearl
1
4
Cones, Pers
(Illustrator)
1
5
Curtis Brown Ltd.,
1949-1966
1
6
Curtis Brown Ltd.,
1967-1971
1
7
Curtis Brown Ltd.,
1972-1980
1
8
Doubleday and Co.,
1954-1962
1
9
Doubleday and Co.,
1964-1974
E-F-G
Box
Folder
2
1
Easter, Seal
Society
2
1
Eaton, Anne Thaxter
2
1
Ellis, Home
2
1
Erickson
2
1
Fisher
2
1
Fort Hays Kansas State
College
2
1
Frick, Joana
2
1
Gablert, Cynthia
Ann
2
1
Galdone, Paul
(Illustrator)
2
1
Garrard Publishing
Co.
2
1
Graham, Dawn
2
1
Green, Edith
2
1
Grifalconi, Ann
H
Box
Folder
2
2
Haley, James and Shirley
M.
2
2
Hanover House
2
2
Hardy, Butler, McEwen, Weiss
and Newman
2
2
Hawley, Norman
2
2
Hazelwood School
District
2
2
Hazelwood Stoughton Ltd.
2
2
Holbook, Stewart
2
2
Howes, Carrol
2
2
Hurst-Euless-Bedford School
District
2
3
Harcourt, Brace and World
Inc.
I-J-K
Box
Folder
2
4
Indian Historian
Press
2
4
Jackson, Joseph Henry (San
Francisco Chronicle)
2
4
Jmgras, Angle de T.
2
4
The Junior Literary
Guild
2
4
Kendall, Daythall and
Carolyn
2
4
Kenmore Public
Schools
2
4
The Kerlan
Collection
L-M-N
Box
Folder
2
5
Lake Oswego Public
Schools
2
5
Library Association
2
5
Lund, Clark
2
5
Marsh, Robert
2
5
McGraw, Eloise
2
5
Moore, Christine
2
5
Multnomah County
2
5
National Broadcasting
Company
2
5
Nelson, James
2
5
Neuberger, Maurine
2
5
North Bend Public
Schools
2
5
Noyes, Russel
2
6
Lippincott Co.,
J.B.
2
7
McGraw-Hill
O
Box
Folder
2
8
Oakland Public
Schools
2
8
O'Connell, Peggy
2
8
Oregon Board of Higher
Education
2
8
Oregon City Public
Library
2
8
Oregon College of
Education
2
8
Oregon Historical
Society
P
Box
Folder
2
9
Packwood, Robert
2
9
Pan-America Photographic
Services
2
9
Paull, Grace
2
9
Pearse, Howard
2
9
Place, Marian
2
9
Polk County Intermediate
Education Dist. Board
2
9
Polk Historical
Society
2
9
Portland Public
Schools
R-S-T
Box
Folder
2
10
Roberts, Betty
2
10
Ryan, Elizabeth
2
10
Saint Stevens Indian
School
2
10
Salem Public
Library
2
10
Schapiro, Michael
2
10
Schupp, Windy
2
10
Schwartz, Alvin
2
10
Sivanich, Bob
2
10
Smith, Ninon
MacKnight
2
10
Studebaker, Herb
2
10
Sullivan, Wilson
2
10
Telaventure Tales
2
10
Tetlow, Roger
2
10
Theta Sigma Phi
2
10
Thompson, Tommy
2
10
Tillamook County
Library
2
11
Thomas Y. Crowell
Co.
U-V
Box
Folder
2
12
University of
Oregon
2
12
University of Texas
2
12
Virginia Drwing Hawk
Sneve
W-Z
Box
Folder
2
13
Watt, A.P. and Son
2
13
Western Writers of
America
2
13
West Linn Public
Schools
2
13
Wheeler Publishing
Co.
2
13
William Morrow and
Co.
2
13
Wilson, H.W.
Company
2
13
Zerzanele, Evelyn
2
14
Miscellaneous letters from
children
2
15
Miscellaneous,
incoming
2
16
Miscellaneous,
outgoing
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The Bandit of Mok
Hill
Box
Folder
3
1
Final draft, 247
pp.
3
2
Final galley proofs, 81
pp.
The Bounces of
Cynthia
Box
Folder
3
3
Galley proofs, 75
pp.
3
3
Miscellaneous pages, 17
pp.
3
3
Illustrations, 3
Bargain Bride (Ginny)
Box
Folder
4
1
First re-write, typed carbon
and holograph, 154 pp.
4
2
Printer's copy, typed original
with holograph notes
4
3
First galley proofs: design
set, 74 pp.; cover letters, 4 pp.
Cayuse Courage (Place of the Rye
Grass)
Box
Folder
4
4
First re-write, carbon of typed
draft with holograph revision, 231 pp.
4
5
Galley proofs, 68
pp.
5
1
Printer's copy with holograph
notes, 182 pp.
5
1
Final draft, carbon of typed
with holograph revision, 181 pp.
The City Under the Black
Steps
Box
Folder
5
3
Final draft, carbon with
holograph revisions, 253 pp.
5
3
Title page, 7 pp.
5
3
Dust jacket
5
3
Galley proofs: design set, 24
pp.
5
4
Galley proofs, 66
pp.
Crazy Creek
Box
Folder
5
5
Printer's copy, carbon of typed
draft, 187 pp.
Darcy's Harvest
Box
Folder
6
1
Galley proofs, 50
pp.
6
1
Illustrations, 15.
Half Breed
Box
Folder
6
2
Final draft, typed and carbon,
251 pp.
6
2
Title pages, 7 pp.
6
2
Illustrations, 3.
6
2
Dust jacket
6
3
Galley proofs, 89
pp.
Mrs. Updaisy
Box
Folder
6
4
Typed final draft with
holograph revisions, 204 pp.
6
4
Title pages, 6 pp.
6
4
Illustrations, 4.
6
4
Dust jacket
6
5
Foundry proofs, 215
pp.
7
1
Galley proofs, 72
pp.
Once Upon the Little Big
Horn
Box
Folder
7
2
Early draft, typed, 82
pp.
7
3
First submission with editorial
comment, 97 pp.
7
4
Galley proofs, 45
pp.
7
5
Page proofs, 148
pp.
7
6
Dust jacket
7
6
Index proofs, 4 pp.
7
6
Carbon of typed rejection page,
13 pp.
Popular Girl
Box
Folder
8
1
Galley proofs, 59
pp.
The Potlatch Family
Box
Folder
8
2
First rough draft, typed and
holograph
8
2
Letters with editorial comment,
6 pp.
8
3
Printer's copy, carbon of typed
draft with holograph notes, 138 pp.
8
4
First galley proofs: printer's
set, 44 pp.
8
5
First page proofs: printer's
set, 135 pp.
8
6
Author's galley proofs; 44 pp.
with cover letter
Princess of Fort
Vancouver
Box
Folder
9
1
Author's note, carbon,
typed.
9
1
Carbon of typed final draft,
pp.1-200
9
2
Carbon of typed final draft,
pp.201-398
9
2
Proof of Chapt. 3, 15
pp.
9
2
Galley proofs, 41
pp.
9
2
Foundry proof for Chapt. 3, 5
pp.
Rattlesnake Cave
Box
Folder
9
3
Holograph rough draft, 179
pp.
9
4
Rough draft carbon, typed, 156
pp.
9
5
First re-write, carbon of typed
draft, 156 pp.
9
6
Final draft, printer's copy,
typed, 168 pp.
10
1
Final draft, carbon, typed, 168
pp.
10
1
Rough draft with holograph
revisions, 158 pp.
10
1
Dust jacket
The Shy Stegosaurus at Indian
Springs
Box
Folder
10
2
Carbon of final draft, 228
pp.
10
2
Title page of proofs, 10
pp.
10
2
Illustrations, 28.
10
2
Dust jacket
Squaw Man's Son (Billy
Modoc)
Box
Folder
10
3
Early draft, mostly holograph,
197 pp.
10
4
Rough draft, typed, carbon, 174
pp.
10
5
Dust jackets
11
1
Proofs: camera copy
11
2
Author's first proof, 57
pp.
11
3
Galley proofs, 57
pp.
11
4
Duplicate copy of final draft,
typed 173 pp.; final proofs, 57
Temple of the SUn
Box
Folder
12
1
Final manuscript, typed with
holograph revision, 221 pp.
12
1
Title page proofs, 9
pp.
12
1
Dust jacket
12
1
Illustrations: engraver's set,
3 pp.
The Title Sombrero
Box
Folder
12
2
Galley proofs, 8
pp.
12
2
Title page proofs, 7
pp.
12
2
Final manuscript, typed with
holograph notes, 254 pp.
12
2
Illustrations: engraver's set,
3 pp.
12
3
Foundry proofs, 263
pp.
Timber land Adventure
Box
Folder
12
4
Carbon of typed draft, 161
pp.
The Tortilla Curtain
Box
Folder
13
1
First draft, holograph and
typed, 168 pp.
13
2
First re-write, carbon and
holograph revision, 172 pp.
13
2
Rejected pages, 11
pp.
13
3
Second re-write, carbon and
holograph with extensive revision, 150 pp.
13
3
Rejected paged and inserts, 25
pp.
Treasure Mountain
Box
Folder
13
4
Final manuscript, carbon, 238
pp.
Wheels West
Box
Folder
14
1
Final manuscript, printer's
copy, edited, 201 pp.
14
1
Proofs for 20
illustrations
14
1
Dust Jacket
White Captive
Box
Folder
14
2
First draft, holograph
revisions, 116 pp.
14
3
First re-write, holograph
revisions, 146 pp.
14
4
Printer's copy, 157
pp.
14
5
Page proofs, 178
pp.
14
6
Galley proofs, 62 pp. with
cover letter, 1 p.
The Year of Small
Shadow
Box
Folder
15
1
First draft, holograph, 283
pp.
15
2
Holograph map, 1.
15
2
Re-write, carbon with holograph
revision, 194 pp.
15
2
Reject pages, 32
pp.
15
3
Final draft, carbon 175
pp.
15
3
Reject pages, 24
pp.
15
4
Typed draft, holograph
revisions, 175 pp.
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The Candle That Burned
Up
Box
Folder
16
1
Four Watercolor illustrations
by Pers Crowell.
16
1
Project never completed, 10
pp.
16
2
Early rejected
manuscripts
16
2
Bird in Hand, 8 pp.
16
2
The Multnomah Hates the
Klickatat, 17 pp.
16
2
Frustrations, 6 pp.
16
2
Oh, Yes, I was Collegiate, 10
pp.
16
2
He Only Fades Away, 8
pp.
16
2
To Rabbi, 6 pp.
16
2
I Married a Naturalist, 15 pp.,
4 holograph pp.
16
2
Us and the Lipstick, 6
pp.
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Box
Folder
16
3
Beginnings of West Linn, Sunset
School
16
3
Christ Churst Christmas Pageant
(by a creative writing class lead by Lampman)
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Box
Folder
16
4
50,000 Children, KGW-KEX
broadcast series for Portland Public Schools, 11 pp.
16
4
John Doe's Music. KEX, 1939. 18
scripts, approx. 4 pp. each.
16
4
Snilchie, 17 pp.
16
4
Little Black Sambo (Children's
Summer Workshop), 18 pp.
16
4
Special Christmas Show,
broadcast, 13 pp.
16
5
Military Secret, 13
pp.
16
5
Graveyard Shift, 20
pp.
16
5
The Cask of Amontillado, KEX, 14
pp.
16
5
To All Men, 18 pp.
16
5
Them Tituses, 23 pp., Dr.
Christian productions script, August 18, 1943.
16
5
Arabian Nights, 2 scripts, 50 pp.
KEX, 1930's.
16
5
Twelve children's plays, each.
approx 12 pp.
16
5
Twenty Year Promise, 22
pp.
16
5
Two untitled scripts, 81
pp.
16
6
Elmer and Gweny. 15 minute
broadcast series, KEX, 1931-1932, 23 scripts, each approx. 9 pp.
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Manuscripts: Miscellaneous
material
Box
Folder
16
7
MiscellaneousDust jackets, misc. galley proof
pages, illustrations, loose pages, speech notes, review done by Lampman, short
story by Norman R. Hawley, short biographical sketch of Lampman, author
unknown.
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Box
Folder
17
1
Bandit of Mok Hill
17
1
Bargain Bride
17
2
The Bounces of
Cynthiann
17
2
Captain Apple's Ghost
17
2
Cayuse Courage
17
2
City Under the Back
Steps
17
2
Crazy Creek
17
3
Elder Brother
17
3
Go Up the Road
17
4
Half-Breed
17
4
Mrs. Updaisy
17
4
Once Upon a Little Big
Horn
17
4
The Potlatch Family
17
5
Princess of Fort
Vancouver
17
5
Rattle Snake Cave
17
5
The Shy Stegosauraus at Indian
Springs
17
5
Squaw Man's Son
17
6
Temple of the Sun
17
6
Tree Wagon
17
6
Wheels West
17
6
White Captive
17
6
Witch Doctor's Son
17
6
Miscellaneous
17
7
Newspaper clippings;
publicity
18
1
Printed works by the
author
18
1
5 issues of
Twelve Fifteen magazine featuring
stories by Lampman
18
1
"Mother Body,"
Ladies Home Journal , Dec. 1958.
(see pkg.1)
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Box
Folder
18
2
Western Writer's of America
Bulletins
18
3
Author's Guild
Bulletin
18
4
Miscellaneous
18
5
Financial papers and
contracts
18
6
Awards (see also
pkg.1)
18
7
Photographs (copies)Originals removed to Photograph Collection under call number PH129.
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package
1
Six pen and ink illustrations
1
Two literary awards
1
Ladies Home Journal , Dec.
1958
1
Scrapbooks (2)Containing manuscript material, correspondence, publicity, illustrations concerning her
various endeavors
Books
Box
Volume
18
1
In Art or Instruction . New York,
Harcourt Brace and World, 1969
18
2
Elder Brother , by Evelyn Sibley
Lampman, Doubleday and Co., N.Y., 1951.
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