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



Guide to the Evelyn Sibley Lampman Papers, 1948-1980


Coll. 011





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Overview of the Collection

 
Repository Name:
 

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

 
Collection Number:
 

Coll. 011

 
Creator:
 

Lampman, Evelyn Sibley

 
Title:
 

Evelyn Sibley Lampman Papers

 
Dates:
 

1948-1980 (inclusive)

 
Quantity:
 

9.5 linear feet
18 containers

 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are in English. 

 
Summary:
 

The Evelyn Sibley Lampman Papers consist of manuscripts, galley proofs, illustrations, short story manuscripts, radio manuscripts, plays, and correspondence.

 

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.

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

Administrative Information

Processing Note 

Collection processed by processing staff.

Separated Materials 

Photographs in this collection are stored separately under call number PH129.

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.

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.

 
Lampman, Evelyn Sibley
Lampman, Evelyn Sibley--Correspondence
Children's literature, American--Authorship
Radio authorship
Women authors, American--20th century
Manuscripts for publication

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.


 

Correspondence

 
Container(s)
Description
   
A-B
 
 
box
1
folder
1

Allen, Larry
 
 

Baker, Laurence
 
 

Beatty, Willard (Bureau of Indian Affairs)
 
 

Bennett, Richard
 
 

Berry, Erick (John C. Winston Co.)
 
 

Blisset, Guyon
 
 

Burchert, Maria
 
 

Bosworth, Velma Hockett
 
 

Boy's Life
 
 

Byrd, Julian. Burns(Oregon) Times-Herald.
 
 
2
Atheneum, 1968-1974
 
 
3
Atheneum, 1975-1979
 
   
C
 
 
4
Cascades (Pacific Northwest Bell)
 
 

Caxton Printer's Ltd.
 
 

Children's Hospital School
 
 

Coles, Pearl
 
 

Cones, Pers (Illustrator)
 
 
5
Curtis Brown Ltd., 1949-1966
 
 
6
Curtis Brown Ltd., 1967-1971
 
 
7
Curtis Brown Ltd., 1972-1980
 
 
8
Doubleday and Co., 1954-1962
 
 
9
Doubleday and Co., 1964-1974
 
   
E-F-G
 
 
2 1
Easter, Seal Society
 
 

Eaton, Anne Thaxter
 
 

Ellis, Home
 
 

Erickson
 
 

Fisher
 
 

Fort Hays Kansas State College
 
 

Frick, Joana
 
 

Gablert, Cynthia Ann
 
 

Galdone, Paul (Illustrator)
 
 

Garrard Publishing Co.
 
 

Graham, Dawn
 
 

Green, Edith
 
 

Grifalconi, Ann
 
   
H
 
 
2
Haley, James and Shirley M.
 
 

Hanover House
 
 

Hardy, Butler, McEwen, Weiss and Newman
 
 

Hawley, Norman
 
 

Hazelwood School District
 
 

Hazelwood Stoughton Ltd.
 
 

Holbook, Stewart
 
 

Howes, Carrol
 
 

Hurst-Euless-Bedford School District
 
 
3
Harcourt, Brace and World Inc.
 
   
I-J-K
 
 
4
Indian Historian Press
 
 

Jackson, Joseph Henry (San Francisco Chronicle)
 
 

Jmgras, Angle de T.
 
 

The Junior Literary Guild
 
 

Kendall, Daythall and Carolyn
 
 

Kenmore Public Schools
 
 

The Kerlan Collection
 
   
L-M-N
 
 
5
Lake Oswego Public Schools
 
 

Library Association
 
 

Lund, Clark
 
 

Marsh, Robert
 
 

McGraw, Eloise
 
 

Moore, Christine
 
 

Multnomah County
 
 

National Broadcasting Company
 
 

Nelson, James
 
 

Neuberger, Maurine
 
 

North Bend Public Schools
 
 

Noyes, Russel
 
 
6
Lippincott Co., J.B.
 
 
7
McGraw-Hill
 
   
O
 
 
8
Oakland Public Schools
 
 

O'Connell, Peggy
 
 

Oregon Board of Higher Education
 
 

Oregon City Public Library
 
 

Oregon College of Education
 
 

Oregon Historical Society
 
   
P
 
 
9
Packwood, Robert
 
 

Pan-America Photographic Services
 
 

Paull, Grace
 
 

Pearse, Howard
 
 

Place, Marian
 
 

Polk County Intermediate Education Dist. Board
 
 

Polk Historical Society
 
 

Portland Public Schools
 
   
R-S-T
 
 
10
Roberts, Betty
 
 

Ryan, Elizabeth
 
 

Saint Stevens Indian School
 
 

Salem Public Library
 
 

Schapiro, Michael
 
 

Schupp, Windy
 
 

Schwartz, Alvin
 
 

Sivanich, Bob
 
 

Smith, Ninon MacKnight
 
 

Studebaker, Herb
 
 

Sullivan, Wilson
 
 

Telaventure Tales
 
 

Tetlow, Roger
 
 

Theta Sigma Phi
 
 

Thompson, Tommy
 
 

Tillamook County Library
 
 
11
Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
 
   
U-V
 
 
12
University of Oregon
 
 

University of Texas
 
 

Virginia Drwing Hawk Sneve
 
   
W-Z
 
 
13
Watt, A.P. and Son
 
 

Western Writers of America
 
 

West Linn Public Schools
 
 

Wheeler Publishing Co.
 
 

William Morrow and Co.
 
 

Wilson, H.W. Company
 
 

Zerzanele, Evelyn
 
 
14
Miscellaneous letters from children
 
 
15
Miscellaneous, incoming
 
 
16
Miscellaneous, outgoing
 

 

Manuscripts: Book length

 
Container(s)
Description
   
The Bandit of Mok Hill
 
 
box
3
folder
1

Final draft, 247 pp.
 
 
2
Final galley proofs, 81 pp.
 
   
The Bounces of Cynthia
 
 
3
Galley proofs, 75 pp.
 
 

Miscellaneous pages, 17 pp.
 
 

Illustrations, 3
 
   
Bargain Bride (Ginny)
 
 
4 1
First re-write, typed carbon and holograph, 154 pp.
 
 
2
Printer's copy, typed original with holograph notes
 
 
3
First galley proofs: design set, 74 pp.; cover letters, 4 pp.
 
   
Cayuse Courage (Place of the Rye Grass)
 
 
4
First re-write, carbon of typed draft with holograph revision, 231 pp.
 
 
5
Galley proofs, 68 pp.
 
 
5 1
Printer's copy with holograph notes, 182 pp.
 
 

Final draft, carbon of typed with holograph revision, 181 pp.
 
   
The City Under the Black Steps
 
 
3
Final draft, carbon with holograph revisions, 253 pp.
 
 

Title page, 7 pp.
 
 

Dust jacket
 
 

Galley proofs: design set, 24 pp.
 
 
4
Galley proofs, 66 pp.
 
   
Crazy Creek
 
 
5
Printer's copy, carbon of typed draft, 187 pp.
 
   
Darcy's Harvest
 
 
6 1
Galley proofs, 50 pp.
 
 

Illustrations, 15.
 
   
Half Breed
 
 
2
Final draft, typed and carbon, 251 pp.
 
 

Title pages, 7 pp.
 
 

Illustrations, 3.
 
 

Dust jacket
 
 
3
Galley proofs, 89 pp.
 
   
Mrs. Updaisy
 
 
4
Typed final draft with holograph revisions, 204 pp.
 
 

Title pages, 6 pp.
 
 

Illustrations, 4.
 
 

Dust jacket
 
 
5
Foundry proofs, 215 pp.
 
 
7 1
Galley proofs, 72 pp.
 
   
Once Upon the Little Big Horn
 
 
2
Early draft, typed, 82 pp.
 
 
3
First submission with editorial comment, 97 pp.
 
 
4
Galley proofs, 45 pp.
 
 
5
Page proofs, 148 pp.
 
 
6
Dust jacket
 
 

Index proofs, 4 pp.
 
 

Carbon of typed rejection page, 13 pp.
 
   
Popular Girl
 
 
8 1
Galley proofs, 59 pp.
 
   
The Potlatch Family
 
 
2
First rough draft, typed and holograph
 
 

Letters with editorial comment, 6 pp.
 
 
3
Printer's copy, carbon of typed draft with holograph notes, 138 pp.
 
 
4
First galley proofs: printer's set, 44 pp.
 
 
5
First page proofs: printer's set, 135 pp.
 
 
6
Author's galley proofs; 44 pp. with cover letter
 
   
Princess of Fort Vancouver
 
 
9 1
Author's note, carbon, typed.
 
 

Carbon of typed final draft, pp.1-200
 
 
2
Carbon of typed final draft, pp.201-398
 
 

Proof of Chapt. 3, 15 pp.
 
 

Galley proofs, 41 pp.
 
 

Foundry proof for Chapt. 3, 5 pp.
 
   
Rattlesnake Cave
 
 
3
Holograph rough draft, 179 pp.
 
 
4
Rough draft carbon, typed, 156 pp.
 
 
5
First re-write, carbon of typed draft, 156 pp.
 
 
6
Final draft, printer's copy, typed, 168 pp.
 
 
10 1
Final draft, carbon, typed, 168 pp.
 
 

Rough draft with holograph revisions, 158 pp.
 
 

Dust jacket
 
   
The Shy Stegosaurus at Indian Springs
 
 
2
Carbon of final draft, 228 pp.
 
 

Title page of proofs, 10 pp.
 
 

Illustrations, 28.
 
 

Dust jacket
 
   
Squaw Man's Son (Billy Modoc)
 
 
3
Early draft, mostly holograph, 197 pp.
 
 
4
Rough draft, typed, carbon, 174 pp.
 
 
5
Dust jackets
 
 
11 1
Proofs: camera copy
 
 
2
Author's first proof, 57 pp.
 
 
3
Galley proofs, 57 pp.
 
 
4
Duplicate copy of final draft, typed 173 pp.; final proofs, 57
 
   
Temple of the SUn
 
 
12 1
Final manuscript, typed with holograph revision, 221 pp.
 
 

Title page proofs, 9 pp.
 
 

Dust jacket
 
 

Illustrations: engraver's set, 3 pp.
 
   
The Title Sombrero
 
 
2
Galley proofs, 8 pp.
 
 

Title page proofs, 7 pp.
 
 

Final manuscript, typed with holograph notes, 254 pp.
 
 

Illustrations: engraver's set, 3 pp.
 
 
3
Foundry proofs, 263 pp.
 
   
Timber land Adventure
 
 
4
Carbon of typed draft, 161 pp.
 
   
The Tortilla Curtain
 
 
13 1
First draft, holograph and typed, 168 pp.
 
 
2
First re-write, carbon and holograph revision, 172 pp.
 
 

Rejected pages, 11 pp.
 
 
3
Second re-write, carbon and holograph with extensive revision, 150 pp.
 
 

Rejected paged and inserts, 25 pp.
 
   
Treasure Mountain
 
 
4
Final manuscript, carbon, 238 pp.
 
   
Wheels West
 
 
14 1
Final manuscript, printer's copy, edited, 201 pp.
 
 

Proofs for 20 illustrations
 
 

Dust Jacket
 
   
White Captive
 
 
2
First draft, holograph revisions, 116 pp.
 
 
3
First re-write, holograph revisions, 146 pp.
 
 
4
Printer's copy, 157 pp.
 
 
5
Page proofs, 178 pp.
 
 
6
Galley proofs, 62 pp. with cover letter, 1 p.
 
   
The Year of Small Shadow
 
 
15 1
First draft, holograph, 283 pp.
 
 
2
Holograph map, 1.
 
 

Re-write, carbon with holograph revision, 194 pp.
 
 

Reject pages, 32 pp.
 
 
3
Final draft, carbon 175 pp.
 
 

Reject pages, 24 pp.
 
 
4
Typed draft, holograph revisions, 175 pp.
 

 

Manuscripts: Short Story

 
Container(s)
Description
   
The Candle That Burned Up
 
 
box
16
folder
1

Four Watercolor illustrations by Pers Crowell.
 
 

Project never completed, 10 pp.
 
 
2
Early rejected manuscripts
 
 

Bird in Hand, 8 pp.
 
 

The Multnomah Hates the Klickatat, 17 pp.
 
 

Frustrations, 6 pp.
 
 

Oh, Yes, I was Collegiate, 10 pp.
 
 

He Only Fades Away, 8 pp.
 
 

To Rabbi, 6 pp.
 
 

I Married a Naturalist, 15 pp., 4 holograph pp.
 
 

Us and the Lipstick, 6 pp.
 

 

Manuscripts: Plays

 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
16
folder
3

Beginnings of West Linn, Sunset School
 
 

Christ Churst Christmas Pageant (by a creative writing class lead by Lampman)
 

 

Manuscripts: Scripts

 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
16
folder
4

50,000 Children, KGW-KEX broadcast series for Portland Public Schools, 11 pp.
 
 

John Doe's Music. KEX, 1939. 18 scripts, approx. 4 pp. each.
 
 

Snilchie, 17 pp.
 
 

Little Black Sambo (Children's Summer Workshop), 18 pp.
 
 

Special Christmas Show, broadcast, 13 pp.
 
 
5
Military Secret, 13 pp.
 
 

Graveyard Shift, 20 pp.
 
 

The Cask of Amontillado, KEX, 14 pp.
 
 

To All Men, 18 pp.
 
 

Them Tituses, 23 pp., Dr. Christian productions script, August 18, 1943.
 
 

Arabian Nights, 2 scripts, 50 pp. KEX, 1930's.
 
 

Twelve children's plays, each. approx 12 pp.
 
 

Twenty Year Promise, 22 pp.
 
 

Two untitled scripts, 81 pp.
 
 
6
Elmer and Gweny. 15 minute broadcast series, KEX, 1931-1932, 23 scripts, each approx. 9 pp.
 

 

Manuscripts: Miscellaneous material

 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
16
folder
7

Miscellaneous
 
 
Dust 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.

 

Reviews

 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
17
folder
1

Bandit of Mok Hill
 
 

Bargain Bride
 
 
2
The Bounces of Cynthiann
 
 

Captain Apple's Ghost
 
 

Cayuse Courage
 
 

City Under the Back Steps
 
 

Crazy Creek
 
 
3
Elder Brother
 
 

Go Up the Road
 
 
4
Half-Breed
 
 

Mrs. Updaisy
 
 

Once Upon a Little Big Horn
 
 

The Potlatch Family
 
 
5
Princess of Fort Vancouver
 
 

Rattle Snake Cave
 
 

The Shy Stegosauraus at Indian Springs
 
 

Squaw Man's Son
 
 
6
Temple of the Sun
 
 

Tree Wagon
 
 

Wheels West
 
 

White Captive
 
 

Witch Doctor's Son
 
 

Miscellaneous
 
 
7
Newspaper clippings; publicity
 
 
18 1
Printed works by the author
 
 

5 issues of Twelve Fifteen magazine featuring stories by Lampman
 
 

"Mother Body," Ladies Home Journal, Dec. 1958. (see pkg.1)
 

 

Printed material

 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
18
folder
2

Western Writer's of America Bulletins
 
 
3
Author's Guild Bulletin
 
 
4
Miscellaneous
 
 
5
Financial papers and contracts
 
 
6
Awards (see also pkg.1)
 
 
7
Photographs (copies)
 
 
Originals removed to Photograph Collection under call number PH129.

 

Miscellaneous

 
Container(s)
Description
 
package
1


Six pen and ink illustrations
 
 


Two literary awards
 
 


Ladies Home Journal, Dec. 1958
 
 


Scrapbooks (2)
 
 
Containing manuscript material, correspondence, publicity, illustrations concerning her various endeavors
   
Books
 
 
box
18
volume
1

In Art or Instruction. New York, Harcourt Brace and World, 1969
 
 
2
Elder Brother, by Evelyn Sibley Lampman, Doubleday and Co., N.Y., 1951.