Guide to the Mary Francis Craig Papers 1961-1979

Creator:	Craig, M. S. (Mary Shura), 1923-
Title:	Mary Francis Craig Papers
Dates:	1961-1979 ( inclusive )
Quantity:	9.5 linear feet (7 containers)
Collection Number:	Ax 435
Summary:	Mary Francis Craig (1924-1991) was a writer of mystery novels and children's books. She was a recipient of the Carl Sandburg Literary Arts Award in 1985, and was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1990. The Mary Francis Craig Papers include original manuscripts and correspondence, as well as eight addenda.
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

Mary Francis Craig was a recipient of the Carl Sandburg Literary Arts Award in 1985 and was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1990. She wrote children's books under the name Mary Francis Shura and dozens of adult books and mystery novels under the names M. S. Craig, Mary Francis Craig and Meredith Hill.

Content Description

The Mary Francis Craig Papers include original manuscripts and correspondence, as well as eight addenda. The collection also contains various fan mail and miscellaneous material.

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], Mary Francis Craig Papers, Ax 435, 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: Addenda 1 (1969)

Series: Addenda 2 (1970)

Series: Addenda 3 (1971)

Series: Addenda 4 (1973)

Series: Addenda 5 (1974)

Series: Addenda 6 (1977)

Series: Addenda 7 (1979)

Series: Addenda 8 (1980)

Processing Note :

Collection processed by processing staff, February 1980.

Detailed Description of the Collection

Manuscripts

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	The Garret of Greta McGraw	1961
1	2	The Nearsighted Knight	1963
1	3	Run Away Home	1965
1	4	Shoe Full of Shamrock	1964
1	5	Simple Spigott	1960
1	6	A Tale of Middle Length	1966
1	7	Ticka
1	8-13	Short Story Manuscripts	1958-1968
1	14	Scrapbook from Shura Nuff Farm

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Correspondence

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
2	1	Atheneum Publishers	1965-1966
2	2	Encyclopedia Britannica Press	1963-1964
2	3	Alfred A. Knopf	1961-1966
2	4	August Lenninger	1961-1966
2	5	McIntosh and Otis: Mary Squire Abbot
2	6	McIntosh and Otis: Dorothy Markinko	1963-1965
2	7	McIntosh and Otis: Caroline Sauer	1963-1966
2	8	McIntosh and Otis: Miscellaneous	1960-1962
2	9	Miscellaneous

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Addenda 1, 1969

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Subseries A: Manuscripts
Box	Folder
2	10	Pornada	1968
2	11	All My Loves Together
2	11	The Deadly Bargain	1968
2	11	The Sisters	1968
2	11	How to Become Fully Paranoiac	1967
		Subseries B: Published Works
Box	Folder
2	12	Audumla and the Blue Valley	1966
2	13	Five Grains of Corn	1967
2	14	The Very Last House of All	1967
		Subseries C: Correspondence	1965-1969
Box	Folder
2	15	Addison-Wesley Publishing
2	15	Antrim, Robert L.
2	15	Athenum Publishing	1967-1968
2	15	Curtis Publishing
2	15	The Era
2	15	Friends of the Chicago Library
2	15	Houghton Mifflin
2	15	International Reading Association
2	15	Jack and Jill
2	15	Alfred Knopf	1967-1968
2	15	August Linniger Literary Agency	1967-1968
2	15	McIntosh and Otis	1965-1969
2	15	Mark Twain Journal
2	15	William Morrow and Co.	1968
2	15	Newnes and Pearson
2	15	Scholastic Magazines
2	15	Wally, Eleanor
2	15	Westminister Press
2	15	Wilson, Rowena
2	15	Writer's Digest
2	15	One Folder of Children's fan mail

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Addenda 2, 1970

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Subseries A: Correspondence
Box	Folder
2	16	Lenninger Literary Agent	1968-1969
2	16	McIntosh and Otis	1959-1969
2	16	Atheneum	1968-1969
2	16	Contemporary Authors	1969
2	16	Dodd Mead and Company	1968
2	16	E. P. Dutton and Company	1969
2	16	Harcourt Brace and World	1968
2	16	Harper and Row	1968
2	16	Alfred A. Knopf	1969
2	16	The McMillan Company	1959
2	16	Nash Publishing Corporation	1969
2	16	G. P. Putman's Sons	1969
2	16	The Westminster Press	1969
2	16	The H. W. Wilson Company	1969
2	16	World Publishing	1969
2	16	Lothrop, Lee and Shepard	1968-1969
2	16	Good Housekeeping	1969
2	16	Jack and Jill	1966
2	16	McCall's	1966
2	16	Redbook Magazine	1969
2	16	Robinson Charlotte
		B: Manuscripts
Box	Folder
2	17	Audhumla and the Blue Valley
2	17	APO means goodbye
2	17	The Arrangement
2	17	The Bungalow
2	17	The Gift
2	17	Home for Thanksgiving
2	17	A life of my Own
2	17	Summer People
2	17	The Blushing Beatnik
2	17	Fair Weather Marriage
2	17	Jorge's Girl
2	17	The Kid Game
2	17	The Third Phone Call
2	17	Tomorrow Will be too Late
2	17	The Victim
2	17	A Woman Them Fourth
2	17	Backward for Luck

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Addenda 3, 1971

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		A: Correspondence
Box	Folder
2	18	Atheneum Publishers	1970
2	18	Barfoot, Mrs. Hester	1970
2	18	Cleveland, Lois	1970
2	18	Family Herald	1967
2	18	Huntington, Louva	1970
2	18	Alfred A. Knopf	1968-1970
2	18	Lady's Circle	1970-1971
2	18	Lenninger Literary Agency	1964
2	18	Lothrop, Lee and Shepard	1970-1971
2	18	McIntosh and Otis	1964
2	18	William Morrow	1970
2	18	Writer's Digest	1966
2	18	Children's Fan Letters
		B: Manuscripts
Box	Folder
2	19	Games Two Can Play	1970
2	20	The Scene	1970
2	21	The Test	1970
2	22	Those Darker Shadows	1969
2	23	The Valley of the Frost Giants	1971

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Addenda 4, 1973

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		A: Correspondence
Box	Folder
2	24	Antrim, Robert L.	1972
2	24	Atheneum	1965-1972
2	24	California Association of School Librarians	1972
2	24	Charter Communications	1971
2	24	Dell Publishers	1972
2	24	Dixie School District Council of Music and Arts	1971
2	24	Dodd Mead	1972
2	24	Fawcett	1972
2	24	Good Housekeeping	1972
2	24	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	1972
2	24	Hawthorn Books	1971
2	24	Holiday House	1971-1973
2	24	Holt, Rinehart	1971
2	24	Houghton Mifflin	1971
2	24	King, Martha Bennett	1966
2	24	Knopf, Alfred	1972
2	24	Lancer Books	1971
2	24	Lenninger Literary Agency	1970-1972
2	24	Liveright	1970
2	24	Lothrop, Lee & Shepard	1971
2	24	McIntosh & Otis	1968-1972
2	24	Morrow, William & Co.	1972
2	24	New England School Library Association	1968
2	24	Newton Free Library	1968
2	24	Phillips, S. G.	1971
2	24	School and Public Librarian's Association of Monterey Bay Area	1971
2	24	Shadle, Leona	1972
2	24	Skach, Mary Beth	1972
2	24	Terry, Mrs. Burton S.	1966
2	24	Warner Paperback Library	1972
2	24	Winterkorn, Hazel Zumwalt	1962
2	24	Zeigler Ross Agency	1972
		B: Manuscripts
Box	Folder
2	25	The Accident
2	26	Another World
2	27	The Awakening
2	28	The Ghost That Nearly Destroyed My Husband
2	29-30	I love the Man Who Killed My Husband
2	31	Night Caller

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Addenda 5, 1974

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		A: Manuscripts
Box	Folder
3	1-2	A Candle for the Dragon	1973
3	3-7	The Seven Stone	1972
3	8-10	The Shop on Threnody Street	1972
3	11-15	Topcat of Tam	1972
3	16	Valley of the Frost Giants	1971
3	17	On Hearing Voices From Other Worlds	1966
3	18	Poetry
3	19-21	The Cranes of Ilycus	1974
3	22	Ten Thousand Several Doors	1973
		B: Correspondence	1971-1973
Box	Folder
3	23	Hawthorn Books Inc.	1973
3	23	Holiday Books	1972
3	23	Lenninger Literary Agency	1971-1973
3	23	McIntosh and Otis Inc.	1972-1973

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Addenda 6, 1977

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		A: Correspondence
Box	Folder
4	1-4	Ericsson, Mary K.	1974
4	1-4	Noll, Margaret E.	1977
4	1-4	Robinson, Elsie & Rob
4	1-4	Shaffer, Susan	1975
4	1-4	Yeo, Wilma L.	1974
4	1-4	Anne	1973
4	1-4	Jeanne	1974
4	1-4	Jeanne & Norm
4	1-4	Linda
4	1-4	Martha
4	1-4	Nancy	1976
4	1-4	Unidentified
4	1-4	Menn, Thorpe	1976
4	1-4	Sorensen, John	1974
		B: Manuscripts
Box	Folder
4	5-6	Season of Silence	1976
4	7-9	The Riddle of Raven's Gulch
4	10	Seven Stone

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Addenda 7, 1979

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		A: Manuscripts
Box	Folder
4	11-12	The Berkeley Street Six Pack
4	13-17	Mr. Wolf and Me
4	18-19	The Gray Ghost of Taylor Ridge
4	20-25	Were He A Stranger

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Addenda 8, 1980

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
5	1	The Berkeley Street Six Pack, Printer's Proof	1979
5	2	Mr. Wolf and Me, Printers Proof	1979

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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 :
Craig, M. S. (Mary Shura), 1923-
Craig, M. S. (Mary Shura), 1923---Correspondence

Subject Terms :
Detective and mystery stories, American--Authorsip
Publishers and publishing
Women authors, American--20th century
Young adult literature, American--Authorship

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Guide to the Mary Francis Craig Papers
1961-1979

Overview of the Collection

Biographical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Subjects

Finding aid prepared by processing staff
©2006

Guide to the Mary Francis Craig Papers 1961-1979

Overview of the Collection

Biographical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Subjects

Finding aid prepared by processing staff©2006

Guide to the Mary Francis Craig Papers
1961-1979

Finding aid prepared by processing staff
©2006