Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Historical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Correspondence, Abingdon Press - Young
- Correspondence, Miscellaneous
- Notes and Unpublished Manuscripts
- Manuscripts
- Course Material, Thank You's, and Speeches
- Miscellaneous Material
- Books
- Scrapbooks [photocopies]
- Oversize
- Correspondence
- Correspondence and Research Material
- Manuscript Drafts, Related Notes and Works Cited
- Family History and Scrapbooks
- Manuscripts and New Clippings
- Names and Subjects
Barbara Williams papers, 1945-2005
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Williams, Barbara, 1925-
- Title
- Barbara Williams papers
- Dates
- 1945-2005 (inclusive)19452005
- Quantity
- 22.5 linear feet, (34 boxes, 3 oversize boxes, and 1 oversize folder)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 1467
- Summary
- The Barbara Williams papers (1945-2005) contain correspondence, research files, scrapbooks, family histories, educational material, and manuscript drafts of some of the books written by this Utah author.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Barbara "Bea" Williams was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on New Year's Day, 1925, to Walter Wright (a lawyer) and Emily Jeremy Wright (a homemaker). She was a kindergarten reporter for the Salt Lake Tribune's children's section, edited by Olive Burt. She was awarded a B.A. in English at the University of Utah prior to marrying John Daniel (J. D.) Williams and moving to Washington D. C. The Williams family returned to Utah in 1952 when J. D. accepted a position with the University of Utah's Political Science department. In addition to earning an M. A. in English from the University of Utah (1972) and raising a family, Williams has published over fifty books.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Barbara Williams papers (1945-2005) contain correspondence, research files, scrapbooks, family histories, educational material, and manuscript drafts of some of the books written by this Utah author.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Boxes 1-23 were donated by Barbara Williams in 1994. Boxes 24-36 were donated in 2000. Box 37 was donated in 2005.
Processing Note
Processed by Ann Reichman in 1997.
Addenda processed by Serena Petersen in 2000 and Karen Carver in 2005.
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Related Materials
Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.
Separated Materials
See also the Barbara Williams photograph collection (P0643) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Correspondence, Abingdon Press - YoungReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Abingdon Press |
1988 |
| 1 | 2-10 | Anne Alexander |
1981-1993 |
| 1 | 11 | Martha Alexander |
1978 |
| 1 | 12-14 | Sue Alexander |
1979-1991 |
| 1 | 15-21 | Mildred Ames |
1974-1994 |
| 1 | 22 | Margaret Anderson |
1983 |
| 1 | 23 | Susan Arnold |
|
| 1 | 24-26 | Avon Books |
1979-1989 |
| 2 | 1 | Babbling Bookworm |
1975-1978 |
| 2 | 2-7 | Naomi Buchheimer Barnett |
1971-1993 |
| 2 | 8 | Book Lures |
1980-1985 |
| 2 | 9 | Gerald Brace |
1961-1978 |
| 2 | 10 | Bradbury Press |
1989-1993 |
| 2 | 11 | Claire Brooks |
1983-1993 |
| 2 | 12 | Browndeer Press
L. Zuckerman regarding Titanic Crossing.
|
1992-1993 |
| 2 | 13 | Mary Kay Carlson |
1985-1989 |
| 2 | 14 | CBH Publishing
Carolyn B. Haas.
|
1988-1992 |
| 2 | 15 | Kay Chorao |
1973-1978 |
| 2 | 16 | Mary Blount Christian |
1987-1993 |
| 2 | 17 | Christopher Awards |
1979 |
| 2 | 18 | Clarion Books |
1974-1989 |
| 2 | 19-21 | Ruth Cohen |
1986-1990 |
| 2 | 22 | University of Colorado, Colorado Springs |
1984 |
| 2 | 23 | Ferne Cone
Pacific Northwest Writer's Conference
|
1982-1990 |
| 2 | 24 | Molly Cone |
1980-1981 |
| 2 | 25-29 | Karen Coombs |
1986-1992 |
| 2 | 30 | Crestwood House |
1989 |
| 2 | 31 | Cricket |
1973-1980 |
| 2 | 32 | Crown Publishers |
1986-1990 |
| 3 | 1 | Dallas/Richardson |
1984-1991 |
| 3 | 2 | Dell/Delacorte Press |
1983 |
| 3 | 3 | Tomie DePaola |
1975-1976 |
| 3 | 4 | Deseret Book
Contract.
|
1961, 1989-1992 |
| 3 | 5 | Walt Disney Company |
1990-1991 |
| 3 | 6-24 | Dutton |
1968-1990 |
| 4 | 1-3 | Dutton |
1991-1994 |
| 4 | 4-8 | Phyllis Rose Eisenberg |
1980-1994 |
| 4 | 9-16 | Eureka Authors Festival |
1977-1992 |
| 4 | 17 | Paul Fleischman |
1985-1989 |
| 4 | 18 | Four Winds |
1982-1991 |
| 4 | 19-23 | Esther Franklin |
1980-1993 |
| 4 | 24 | Judith Freeman |
1991 |
| 4 | 25 | Samuel French |
1960-1972 |
| 4 | 26 |
The Friend
|
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| 4 | 27 | Fresno State University |
1984 |
| 4 | 28 | Gale Research |
|
| 4 | 29 | Mary Graves |
1989 |
| 4 | 30 | Greenwillow Books |
1977-1984 |
| 4 | 31 | Grosset & Dunlop |
1972-1990 |
| 4 | 32-36 | Harper & Row/Harper Collins |
1979-1992 |
| 4 | 37 | Hastings House |
|
| 5 | 1-3 | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich |
1971 |
| 5 | 4 | Holiday House |
1964-1984 |
| 5 | 5-10 | Holt, Rinehart |
1975-1992 |
| 5 | 11-12 | Houghton Mifflin |
1972-1991 |
| 5 | 13 |
Instructor Magazine
|
1980 |
| 5 | 14 | Jolly Time Popcorn |
1975-1978 |
| 5 | 15 | Adrienne Jones |
1981-1983 |
| 5 | 16 | Junior Literary Guild |
1974-1978 |
| 5 | 17 | Karmelkorn |
1976 |
| 5 | 18 | Merrillyn Brooks Kloefkorn |
1984-1991 |
| 5 | 19 | E. L. Konigsburg |
1984-1987 |
| 5 | 20 | Selma Lanes |
1983 |
| 5 | 21 | Karen Chapman Lenz |
1984-1986 |
| 5 | 22 | Dorothy Leon |
1979-1993 |
| 5 | 23 | Don and Jan Lieberman |
1982-1991 |
| 5 | 24 | LINK, The Language Company |
1985-1986 |
| 5 | 25 | Linnet Books |
1988 |
| 5 | 26 | Norma Livo |
1984 |
| 5 | 27-28 | Lothrop, Lee & Shepard |
1972-1991 |
| 5 | 29 | Lois Lowry |
1983 |
| 5 | 30 | Emily McCully |
1982 |
| 5 | 31 | McGraw Hill |
1971-1993 |
| 5 | 32 | Debbie (Mrs. Wayne) Macomber |
1983-1987 |
| 5 | 33 |
Marriage Magazine
|
1974-1980 |
| 5 | 34 | Media Educators Conference of California (MECCA) |
1978 |
| 5 | 35-39 | Charles E. Merrill Publishing |
1966-1991 |
| 6 | 1 | Modesto, California |
1994 |
| 6 | 2 | Margaret Morris |
1982-1986 |
| 6 | 3 | William Morrow |
1975-1977 |
| 6 | 4 | Shirley Mozelle |
1986-1989 |
| 6 | 5 | Joan Mullin |
1989 |
| 6 | 6 | Sharon Nale |
1983-1987 |
| 6 | 7 |
National Geographic WORLD
|
1979 |
| 6 | 8-9 | Nevada Right to Read |
1978-1980 |
| 6 | 10 | Beatrice (Bea) Folsom Nielsen |
1982-1983 |
| 6 | 11 |
Parents Magazine
|
1973-1981 |
| 6 | 12 | Pacer Books |
1985 |
| 6 | 13 | Peregrine Smith |
1989 |
| 6 | 14 | Philomel Books |
1980-1989 |
| 6 | 15 | Pippin Press |
1988-1993 |
| 6 | 16 | Prentice-Hall |
1971-1980 |
| 6 | 17-18 | Putnam's Publishing Group |
1976-1989 |
| 6 | 19-22 | Berniece Rabe |
1975-1991 |
| 6 | 23 | Random House |
1978-1987 |
| 6 | 24 |
Ranger Rick
|
1978-1982 |
| 6 | 25 | Dian Curtis Regan |
1984-1994 |
| 6 | 26 | Willo Davis Roberts |
1982-1990 |
| 6 | 27 | Jean Rosenthal |
1990 |
| 6 | 28 | Margaret Rostkowski |
1987, 1990 |
| 6 | 29 | St. Martin's Press |
1987 |
| 6 | 30 | Sacramento Conference |
1982 |
| 6 | 31 | San Joaquin Authors Symposium |
1983-1985 |
| 6 | 32 | Scott, Foresman |
1985 |
| 6 | 33 | Scribner's |
1970-1977 |
| 6 | 34-38 | Shirley Semmelhaack |
1980-1984 |
| 7 | 1 | Janet Sheffield |
1973-1976 |
| 7 | 2 | Simon & Schuster |
1990-1992 |
| 7 | 3 | Lois Sloan
Five pages of illustrations are included.
|
1989-1994 |
| 7 | 4 | Zelphia Keatley Snyder |
1987 |
| 7 | 5-6 | Society of Children's Book Writers |
1981-1991 |
| 7 | 7 | Barbara Steiner |
1984-1991 |
| 7 | 8 | Floyd Sucher |
1985 |
| 7 | 9 | Charlene Swanson |
1984 |
| 7 | 10-11 | Taplinger |
1975-1987 |
| 7 | 12 | Tehama County Department of Education |
1981-1988 |
| 7 | 13 | Troll Associates |
1989 |
| 7 | 14 | Trumpet Club |
1989 |
| 7 | 15-16 | Utah State Institute of Fine Arts |
1961-1992 |
| 7 | 17-22 | Walker and Company |
1972-1993 |
| 7 | 23-25 | Franklin Watts Inc. |
1986-1990 |
| 7 | 26 | Sandy Watson |
1991 |
| 8 | 1 | Maron Waxman |
1983 |
| 8 | 2 |
Weekly Reader
|
1988 |
| 8 | 3 | Daniel Weiss Associates |
1988-1989 |
| 8 | 4 | Western/Golden |
1977 |
| 8 | 5-8 | Albert Whitman & Company |
1970-1993 |
| 8 | 9 | Willowisp Press |
1989 |
| 8 | 10 | Winston-Derek |
1990-1994 |
| 8 | 11 | George Woods, New York Times
|
1973-1980 |
| 8 | 12 |
The Writer
|
1980-1987 |
| 8 | 13-15 | Writer's House |
1982-1985 |
| 8 | 16 | Florence H. Yee |
1982-1983 |
| 8 | 17 | Jane Yolen |
1978-1982 |
| 8 | 18-26 | Alida Young |
1974-1993 |
Correspondence, MiscellaneousReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 1-9 | Miscellaneous |
1979-1993 |
| 9 | 10-12 | Fan Mail |
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| 9 | 13 | Hate Mail |
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| 9 | 14 | Children's Depictions of Grandma |
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| 9 | 15 | "Guess Who's Coming to Golden Meadows" |
Notes and Unpublished ManuscriptsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 10 | 1 | Notes, Trip to England |
1983 |
| 10 | 2 | "ABC's of Uniforms and Outfits" |
|
| 10 | 3 | Notes, American Revolution |
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| 10 | 4 | Salt Lake County Library System |
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| 10 | 5 | Plays
Eternally Peggy, The Ghose of Black Jack, and Just the Two of Us.
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| 10 | 6-10 | Magazine Tearsheets |
|
| 10 | 11-13 | Unpublished Poems |
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| 10 | 14-23 | Unpublished Stories |
ManuscriptsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 11 | 1-4 | "Great Pizza Pig-Out" |
| 11 | 5-24 | "Titanic Crossing" |
| 12 |
Titanic Crossing
Contains manuscript drafts, master galleys, and correspondence from Dial Books.
|
Course Material, Thank You's, and SpeechesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 13 | 1 | "So You Want to Publish Children's Books"
Course materials for class writing juvenile books.
|
| 13 | 2 | "Thank you, Barbara Williams" |
| 13 | 3-6 | Speeches |
Miscellaneous MaterialReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 14 | 1-4 | Teaching Writing to Children |
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| 14 | 5-11 | Adult Class: Writing for the Juvenile Book Market |
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| 14 | 12-16 | "Brigham Young and Me, Clarissa" |
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| 14 | 17 | University of Utah |
|
| 14 | 18 | Utah Arts Council |
|
| 14 | 19 | Competitions |
|
| 14 | 20 | Conferences |
|
| 14 | 21 | Graduate School Records |
|
| 14 | 22 | Biographical Material |
|
| 14 | 23 |
Something About the Author Autobiography Series
|
1993 |
| 14 | 24-27 | Miscellaneous |
BooksReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 15a | Books by Utah Authors
Includes books by Ann Edwards Cannon, Janice T. Dixon and Dora D. Flack, Alane Ferguson, Dean Hughes, and Ivy Ruckman.
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| 15b | Books by Utah Authors
Includes books by Ivy Ruckman and Floria Skurzynski.
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| 16a | Inscribed Books
Contains books inscribed to Barbara Williams by Anne Alexander, Mildred Ames, Susan Riser Arnold, Mary Blount Christian, Karen Mueller Combs, and Phyllis Rose Eisenberg.
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| 16b | Inscribed Books
Contains books inscribed to Barbara Williams by Phyllis Rose Eisenberg, Paul Fleischman, and Adrienne Jones.
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| 17a | Inscribed Books
Contains books inscribed to Barbara Williams by E. L. Konigsburg, Dorothy Leion, Donald Lieberman, Jan Lieberman, Lowis Lowry, Bernice Rabe, Dian Curtis Regan, and Janet N. Sheffield.
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| 17b | Inscribed Books
Contains books inscribed to Barbara Williams by Lois Sloan, Zilpha Keatly Snyder, Alida E. Young, and Jane Yolen.
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| 18a | Inscribed Books
Contains books inscribed to Barbara Williams by Eve Bunting, Larry Dane Brimner, Charlotte Culin, Sharlya Gold, Gery Greer and Bob Ruddick, Lily Toy Hong, James Howe, and Emily Rhoads Johnson.
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| 18b | Inscribed Books |
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| 19 | Anthologies
Anthologies containing "Kevin's Grandma," "The Right Answer," and "Seven True Elephant Stories."
|
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| 20 | Anthologies and Foreign Language Editions
Anthologies containing "Kevin's Grandma" and "Albert's Toothache."
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| 21 | Publishers Catalogs |
1974-1991 |
Scrapbooks [photocopies]Return to Top
Contents of this box are photocopies. Originals remain with the donor.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 22 | 1 | Barbara School Years |
1937-1945 |
| 22 | 2 | Bride's Scrapbook |
1946 |
| 22 | 3 | Clippings and Photos |
1945-1954 |
| 22 | 4 | News Clippings |
1948-1950 |
| 22 | 5 | Family and Friends |
1954-1963 |
| 22 | 6-7 | J. D. and Family |
1964-1979 |
| 22 | 8 | Professional and Reviews |
1978-1992 |
| 22 | 9 | Family and Professional |
1980-1983 |
OversizeReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Box | |
| 23 | General Materials
Binder containing poems illustrted with photographs and a scrapbook of book jackets and reviews.
|
CorrespondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 24 | 1-5 | Dial Publishing |
1993-1998 |
| 24 | 6-8 | Eurkeka Author Festival |
1992-1998 |
| 24 | 9-16 | Fan Mail |
|
| 25 | Correspondence |
1990-1999 |
Correspondence and Research MaterialReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 26 | 1-6 | Anne Alexander |
1994-1999 |
| 26 | 7 | Naomi Barnett |
|
| 26 | 8 | California Young Reader Award |
|
| 26 | 9 | Mary Blount Christian |
1994 |
| 26 | 10 | Colorado Children's Book Award |
|
| 26 | 11-14 | Karen Coombs |
1994-1998 |
| 26 | 15-17 |
Dear Albert (Making Waves) Source Material |
|
| 26 | 18-22 | Dial Publishing |
1998-1999 |
| 27 | 1-3 | Esther Franklin |
|
| 27 | 4-8 | Harper |
1993-1996 |
| 27 | 9-13 | Awards |
|
| 27 | 14 | Reviews and Newspaper Articles |
|
| 27 | 15 | Regan, Dean Curtis |
1994 |
| 27 | 16-17 | Shirley Semmelhaach |
1995-1999 |
| 27 | 18 | South Dakota Library Association |
|
| 27 | 19 |
Titanic Miscellany |
|
| 27 | 20-21 | Martin Tubbs |
1996-1999 |
| 27 | 22 | Wyoming Children's Book Award |
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| 27 | 23-26 | Alida Young |
1994-1998 |
Manuscript Drafts, Related Notes and Works CitedReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 28 | 1-15 |
Dear Albert
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| 28 | 16-20 | "He-l-l-l-p! The Crazy Gang is Back" |
| 29 | Works Cited
Includes Sarah On Her Own, My New Life, Together Again, Cyberstorm, The Doctor In Your House, Through the Mists of Darkness, and Baltimore: The Building of An American City.
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| 30 | Works Cited
Includes Who Invited the Undertaker, Riptide, The Diary of a Shirtwaist Striker, The Long Day: The Story of a New York Working Girl, Princess Nevermore, and The Baltimore Book: New Views of Local History.
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| 31 | Works Cited
Includes Every Woman's Must-have Reference Book, Sea Treasures, Naranja Dulce, Night Crossings, and The Kid's Guide to Social Action.
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| 32 | Works Cited
Includes Knit With Style, Family Focused, In My Father's House, Don't You Dare Give Up, and Titanic.
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| 33 | Works Cited
Includes Titanic Crossing and Dell Paperbacks for K-6 Schools.
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Family History and ScrapbooksReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Volume | ||
| 34 | 1 | Walter Wright Funeral Guest Book |
1969 |
| 34 | 2 | Rex Williams Funeral Guest Book |
1981 |
| 34 | 3 | Walter and Emma Wright, Golden Wedding Anniversary |
1954 |
| 34 | 4 | Thomas Robinson and Virginia Jeremy Wright, Family History |
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| 34 | 5 | Genealogy Photo Scrapbook |
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| 35 | 1 | Washington D.C. Newlywed Group and Reunion Scrapbook |
1988-1995 |
| 35 | 2 | Robert Kirk Williams Family Tree |
Manuscripts and New ClippingsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 36 |
Making Waves
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| Folder | |||
| 37 | 1 | News Clippings |
1994-1998 |
| 37 | 2 |
Dear Albert, Dear Emily
|
1999 |
| 37 | 3 |
Making Waves
|
2000 |
| 37 | 4 |
Albert's Impossible Toothache
|
2003 |
| 37 | 5 |
Albert's Gift for Grandmother
|
2004 |
| 37 | 6 |
World War II, Pacific
|
2005 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Authors, American--Utah--Archives
- Children's laureates--Utah--Archives
- Children's literature, American--Women authors--Archives
- College teachers as authors--Utah--Salt Lake City
- Women authors, American--Utah--Archives
Personal Names
- Williams, Barbara, 1925---Archives
- Williams, Barbara, 1925---Family--Geneaogy
- Williams, Barbara, 1925---Library
- Williams, Barbara, 1925---Manuscripts
- Williams, Barbara, 1925---Sources
Corporate Names
- University of Utah--Faculty--Archives
Form or Genre Terms
- Awards
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence
- Genealogical tables
- Instructional and educational works
- Manuscripts
- Scrapbooks
Finding aid created by Ann Reichman, Serena Petersen and Karen Carver
2007 (last modified: 2019)
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