Maureen Daly (1921-) wrote fiction, both short stories and novels, and nonfiction articles and books. She is credited with establishing the category of Young Adult fiction with her novel Seventeenth Summer, first published in 1942. The collection includes correspondence, literary manuscripts, reviews, interviews, and tearsheets.
Repository:
University of Oregon Libraries Special Collections & University Archives
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical Note
Maureen Daly was born in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland in 1921 and grew up in Fon du Lac, Wisconsin. She attended Rosary College and began her writing career as a teenage reporter for the Chicago Tribune. She married William P. McGivern (a writer) in 1946. Daly became an author of fiction, but also continued to write nonfiction for newspapers and magazines and also compiled and edited collections of short stories by other authors. Her young adult novel, Seventeenth Summer, published in 1942, was an immediate success and launched her career as a writer.
Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002.
Content Description
The papers include personal and professional correspondence, manuscripts, television scripts and memorabilia. There is also a collection of books that McGivern wrote, including others that she compiled or edited.
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], Maureen Daly Papers, Ax 753, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
Collection is organized into the following series:
Series: Correspondence
Subseries: Business
Subseries: Personal
Subseries: Fan Letters
Series: Manuscripts
Subseries: Book Length Manuscripts
Subseries: Short Stories
Subseries: Non-fiction Articles
Subseries: Television Scripts
Series: Newspaper and Magazine Material
Subseries: Interviews
Subseries: Magazine Columns and Tearsheets
Subseries: Newspaper Columns and Clippings
Subseries: Notes and Reviews
Subseries: Miscellaneous
Series: Addenda
Subseries: Correspondence
Subseries: Manuscripts
Subseries: Miscellaneous
Processing Note :
Collection processed by processing staff, 1979.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Correspondence
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Business
Box
Folder
1
1
Outgoing
undated
1
2
Outgoing
1953-1973
1
3
Incoming A-D
1
3
Chicago Daily News
1939
1
3
Blassingame, Lurton
1964-1965
1
3
American Express Company, Inc.
1956
1
3
American Express Company, Inc.
1956
1
3
American Library Association
1967
1
3
Annals, The
1942
1
3
Ave Maria
1962
1
3
Barkin, Herman and Associates
1962
1
3
Ted Bates New York/Advertising
1973
1
3
Binghampton Public Library
1957
1
3
Blassingame, Lurton
1951
1
3
R. R. Bowker Co.
undated
1
3
City of Burbank
1972
1
3
Carey, Marion
undated
1
3
Beck, Virginia M.
1942
1
3
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
1973
1
3
Curtis Publishing Co.
1950
1
3
Cypress School District
1973
1
3
Daly, Marguerite (Marg Bazlen)
1952
1
3
Daly, Marguerite (Marg Bazlen)
undated
1
3
D'Arcy Advertising Co.
1941
1
3
Davis, Clarice
1951
1
3
Dramatic Publishing Co.
1951
1
4
Incoming E-L
1
4
Evanston Township High School
1939
1
4
Evening and Sunday Bulletin, The
1951
1
4
Freedoms Foundation
1938
1
4
Gores, Stan
1965
1
4
Grills, Jane
1956-1957
1
4
Icelandic Legation
1956
1
4
Immaculate Heart College
1957
1
4
Daly, M.
(note from author)
1973
1
4
Ladies Home Journal
1944-1964
1
4
W. Colston Leigh, Inc.
1961
1
4
Los Angeles Times
1973
1
5
Incoming M-Z
1
5
Moss, Marvin
1972
1
5
Milwaukee Public Library
1956
1
5
National Phyllis Wheatley Foundation
1951
1
5
Port Leyden Central School
1941
1
5
Rhode Island Hospital School of Nursing
1948
1
5
McGivern, M.
(note from author)
1948
1
5
Rose Hill High School
undated
1
5
Russell and Volkening, Inc.
1950
1
5
Holiday
1951-1952
1
5
St. Joseph's College
1951
1
5
St. Nicholas Church
1942
1
5
Society of Christ the King
1957
1
5
Society of Midland Authors
1944
1
5
Daly, M.
(note from author)
1973
1
5
Southern California Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Inc.
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