UUM_Accn1467.xml Inventory of the Barbara Williams papers, 1945-2005 Williams (Barbara) papers Finding aid created by Ann Reichman, Serena Petersen and Karen Carver J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-12-01. Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Barbara Williams papers Williams, Barbara, 1925- ACCN 1467 22.5 linear feet 34 boxes, 3 oversize boxes, and 1 oversize folder 1945-2005 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. Collection materials are in English.

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.

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.

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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Boxes 1-23 were donated by Barbara Williams in 1994. Boxes 24-36 were donated in 2000. Box 37 was donated in 2005.

Processed by Ann Reichman in 1997.

Addenda processed by Serena Petersen in 2000 and Karen Carver in 2005.

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Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

See also the Barbara Williams photograph collection (P0643) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

 Williams, Barbara, 1925---Archives Williams, Barbara, 1925---Sources Williams, Barbara, 1925---Library Williams, Barbara, 1925---Family--Geneaogy Williams, Barbara, 1925---Manuscripts University of Utah--Faculty--Archives Authors, American--Utah--Archives Women authors, American--Utah--Archives College teachers as authors--Utah--Salt Lake City Children's literature, American--Women authors--Archives Children's laureates--Utah--Archives Literature Scrapbooks Correspondence Manuscripts Instructional and educational works Awards Genealogical tables Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Correspondence, Abingdon Press - Young Abingdon Press 1988 1 1 Anne Alexander 1981-1993 1 2-10 Martha Alexander 1978 1 11 Sue Alexander 1979-1991 1 12-14 Mildred Ames 1974-1994 1 15-21 Margaret Anderson 1983 1 22 Susan Arnold 1 23 Avon Books 1979-1989 1 24-26 Babbling Bookworm 1975-1978 2 1 Naomi Buchheimer Barnett 1971-1993 2 2-7 Book Lures 1980-1985 2 8 Gerald Brace 1961-1978 2 9 Bradbury Press 1989-1993 2 10 Claire Brooks 1983-1993 2 11 Browndeer Press 1992-1993 2 12

L. Zuckerman regarding Titanic Crossing.

 Mary Kay Carlson 1985-1989 2 13 CBH Publishing 1988-1992 2 14

Carolyn B. Haas.

 Kay Chorao 1973-1978 2 15 Mary Blount Christian 1987-1993 2 16 Christopher Awards 1979 2 17 Clarion Books 1974-1989 2 18 Ruth Cohen 1986-1990 2 19-21 University of Colorado, Colorado Springs 1984 2 22 Ferne Cone 1982-1990 2 23

Pacific Northwest Writer's Conference

 Molly Cone 1980-1981 2 24 Karen Coombs 1986-1992 2 25-29 Crestwood House 1989 2 30 Cricket 1973-1980 2 31 Crown Publishers 1986-1990 2 32 Dallas/Richardson 1984-1991 3 1 Dell/Delacorte Press 1983 3 2 Tomie DePaola 1975-1976 3 3 Deseret Book 1961, 1989-1992 3 4

Contract.

 Walt Disney Company 1990-1991 3 5 Dutton 1968-1990 3 6-24 Dutton 1991-1994 4 1-3 Phyllis Rose Eisenberg 1980-1994 4 4-8 Eureka Authors Festival 1977-1992 4 9-16 Paul Fleischman 1985-1989 4 17 Four Winds 1982-1991 4 18 Esther Franklin 1980-1993 4 19-23 Judith Freeman 1991 4 24 Samuel French 1960-1972 4 25 The Friend 4 26 Fresno State University 1984 4 27 Gale Research 4 28 Mary Graves 1989 4 29 Greenwillow Books 1977-1984 4 30 Grosset & Dunlop 1972-1990 4 31 Harper & Row/Harper Collins 1979-1992 4 32-36 Hastings House 4 37 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971 5 1-3 Holiday House 1964-1984 5 4 Holt, Rinehart 1975-1992 5 5-10 Houghton Mifflin 1972-1991 5 11-12 Instructor Magazine 1980 5 13 Jolly Time Popcorn 1975-1978 5 14 Adrienne Jones 1981-1983 5 15 Junior Literary Guild 1974-1978 5 16 Karmelkorn 1976 5 17 Merrillyn Brooks Kloefkorn 1984-1991 5 18 E. L. Konigsburg 1984-1987 5 19 Selma Lanes 1983 5 20 Karen Chapman Lenz 1984-1986 5 21 Dorothy Leon 1979-1993 5 22 Don and Jan Lieberman 1982-1991 5 23 LINK, The Language Company 1985-1986 5 24 Linnet Books 1988 5 25 Norma Livo 1984 5 26 Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1972-1991 5 27-28 Lois Lowry 1983 5 29 Emily McCully 1982 5 30 McGraw Hill 1971-1993 5 31 Debbie (Mrs. Wayne) Macomber 1983-1987 5 32 Marriage Magazine 1974-1980 5 33 Media Educators Conference of California (MECCA) 1978 5 34 Charles E. Merrill Publishing 1966-1991 5 35-39 Modesto, California 1994 6 1 Margaret Morris 1982-1986 6 2 William Morrow 1975-1977 6 3 Shirley Mozelle 1986-1989 6 4 Joan Mullin 1989 6 5 Sharon Nale 1983-1987 6 6 National Geographic WORLD 1979 6 7 Nevada Right to Read 1978-1980 6 8-9 Beatrice (Bea) Folsom Nielsen 1982-1983 6 10 Parents Magazine 1973-1981 6 11 Pacer Books 1985 6 12 Peregrine Smith 1989 6 13 Philomel Books 1980-1989 6 14 Pippin Press 1988-1993 6 15 Prentice-Hall 1971-1980 6 16 Putnam's Publishing Group 1976-1989 6 17-18 Berniece Rabe 1975-1991 6 19-22 Random House 1978-1987 6 23 Ranger Rick 1978-1982 6 24 Dian Curtis Regan 1984-1994 6 25 Willo Davis Roberts 1982-1990 6 26 Jean Rosenthal 1990 6 27 Margaret Rostkowski 1987, 1990 6 28 St. Martin's Press 1987 6 29 Sacramento Conference 1982 6 30 San Joaquin Authors Symposium 1983-1985 6 31 Scott, Foresman 1985 6 32 Scribner's 1970-1977 6 33 Shirley Semmelhaack 1980-1984 6 34-38 Janet Sheffield 1973-1976 7 1 Simon & Schuster 1990-1992 7 2 Lois Sloan 1989-1994 7 3

Five pages of illustrations are included.

 Zelphia Keatley Snyder 1987 7 4 Society of Children's Book Writers 1981-1991 7 5-6 Barbara Steiner 1984-1991 7 7 Floyd Sucher 1985 7 8 Charlene Swanson 1984 7 9 Taplinger 1975-1987 7 10-11 Tehama County Department of Education 1981-1988 7 12 Troll Associates 1989 7 13 Trumpet Club 1989 7 14 Utah State Institute of Fine Arts 1961-1992 7 15-16 Walker and Company 1972-1993 7 17-22 Franklin Watts Inc. 1986-1990 7 23-25 Sandy Watson 1991 7 26 Maron Waxman 1983 8 1 Weekly Reader 1988 8 2 Daniel Weiss Associates 1988-1989 8 3 Western/Golden 1977 8 4 Albert Whitman & Company 1970-1993 8 5-8 Willowisp Press 1989 8 9 Winston-Derek 1990-1994 8 10 George Woods, New York Times 1973-1980 8 11 The Writer 1980-1987 8 12 Writer's House 1982-1985 8 13-15 Florence H. Yee 1982-1983 8 16 Jane Yolen 1978-1982 8 17 Alida Young 1974-1993 8 18-26 Correspondence, Miscellaneous Miscellaneous 1979-1993 9 1-9 Fan Mail 9 10-12 Hate Mail 9 13 Children's Depictions of Grandma 9 14 "Guess Who's Coming to Golden Meadows" 9 15 Notes and Unpublished Manuscripts Notes, Trip to England 1983 10 1 "ABC's of Uniforms and Outfits" 10 2 Notes, American Revolution 10 3 Salt Lake County Library System 10 4 Plays 10 5

Eternally Peggy, The Ghose of Black Jack, and Just the Two of Us.

 Magazine Tearsheets 10 6-10 Unpublished Poems 10 11-13 Unpublished Stories 10 14-23 Manuscripts "Great Pizza Pig-Out" 11 1-4 "Titanic Crossing" 11 5-24 Titanic Crossing 12

Contains manuscript drafts, master galleys, and correspondence from Dial Books.

 Course Material, Thank You's, and Speeches "So You Want to Publish Children's Books" 13 1

Course materials for class writing juvenile books.

 "Thank you, Barbara Williams" 13 2 Speeches 13 3-6 Miscellaneous Material Teaching Writing to Children 14 1-4 Adult Class: Writing for the Juvenile Book Market 14 5-11 "Brigham Young and Me, Clarissa" 14 12-16 University of Utah 14 17 Utah Arts Council 14 18 Competitions 14 19 Conferences 14 20 Graduate School Records 14 21 Biographical Material 14 22 Something About the Author Autobiography Series 1993 14 23 Miscellaneous 14 24-27 Books Books by Utah Authors 15a

Includes books by Ann Edwards Cannon, Janice T. Dixon and Dora D. Flack, Alane Ferguson, Dean Hughes, and Ivy Ruckman.

 Books by Utah Authors 15b

Includes books by Ivy Ruckman and Floria Skurzynski.

 Inscribed Books 16a

Contains books inscribed to Barbara Williams by Anne Alexander, Mildred Ames, Susan Riser Arnold, Mary Blount Christian, Karen Mueller Combs, and Phyllis Rose Eisenberg.

 Inscribed Books 16b

Contains books inscribed to Barbara Williams by Phyllis Rose Eisenberg, Paul Fleischman, and Adrienne Jones.

 Inscribed Books 17a

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.

 Inscribed Books 17b

Contains books inscribed to Barbara Williams by Lois Sloan, Zilpha Keatly Snyder, Alida E. Young, and Jane Yolen.

 Inscribed Books 18a

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.

 Inscribed Books 18b Anthologies 19

Anthologies containing "Kevin's Grandma," "The Right Answer," and "Seven True Elephant Stories."

 Anthologies and Foreign Language Editions 20

Anthologies containing "Kevin's Grandma" and "Albert's Toothache."

 Publishers Catalogs 1974-1991 21 Scrapbooks [photocopies]

Contents of this box are photocopies. Originals remain with the donor.

 Barbara School Years 1937-1945 22 1 Bride's Scrapbook 1946 22 2 Clippings and Photos 1945-1954 22 3 News Clippings 1948-1950 22 4 Family and Friends 1954-1963 22 5 J. D. and Family 1964-1979 22 6-7 Professional and Reviews 1978-1992 22 8 Family and Professional 1980-1983 22 9 Oversize General Materials 23

Binder containing poems illustrted with photographs and a scrapbook of book jackets and reviews.

 Correspondence Dial Publishing 1993-1998 24 1-5 Eurkeka Author Festival 1992-1998 24 6-8 Fan Mail 24 9-16 Correspondence 1990-1999 25 Correspondence and Research Material Anne Alexander 1994-1999 26 1-6 Naomi Barnett 26 7 California Young Reader Award 26 8 Mary Blount Christian 1994 26 9 Colorado Children's Book Award 26 10 Karen Coombs 1994-1998 26 11-14 Dear Albert (Making Waves) Source Material 26 15-17 Dial Publishing 1998-1999 26 18-22 Esther Franklin 27 1-3 Harper 1993-1996 27 4-8 Awards 27 9-13 Reviews and Newspaper Articles 27 14 Regan, Dean Curtis 1994 27 15 Shirley Semmelhaach 1995-1999 27 16-17 South Dakota Library Association 27 18 Titanic Miscellany 27 19 Martin Tubbs 1996-1999 27 20-21 Wyoming Children's Book Award 27 22 Alida Young 1994-1998 27 23-26 Manuscript Drafts, Related Notes and Works Cited Dear Albert 28 1-15 "He-l-l-l-p! The Crazy Gang is Back" 28 16-20 Works Cited 29

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.

 Works Cited 30

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.

 Works Cited 31

Includes Every Woman's Must-have Reference Book, Sea Treasures, Naranja Dulce, Night Crossings, and The Kid's Guide to Social Action.

 Works Cited 32

Includes Knit With Style, Family Focused, In My Father's House, Don't You Dare Give Up, and Titanic.

 Works Cited 33

Includes Titanic Crossing and Dell Paperbacks for K-6 Schools.

 Family History and Scrapbooks Walter Wright Funeral Guest Book 1969 34 1 Rex Williams Funeral Guest Book 1981 34 2 Walter and Emma Wright, Golden Wedding Anniversary 1954 34 3 Thomas Robinson and Virginia Jeremy Wright, Family History 34 4 Genealogy Photo Scrapbook 34 5 Washington D.C. Newlywed Group and Reunion Scrapbook 1988-1995 35 1 Robert Kirk Williams Family Tree 35 2 Manuscripts and New Clippings Making Waves 36 News Clippings 1994-1998 37 1 Dear Albert, Dear Emily 1999 37 2 Making Waves 2000 37 3 Albert's Impossible Toothache 2003 37 4 Albert's Gift for Grandmother 2004 37 5 World War II, Pacific 2005 37 6