In the Great Green Room: The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown

“Here’s Your 1945 Knockout for the Nursery Trade.” Publishers Weekly, 1945.

Hurd, C. Clement Hurd papers. 1936–1952. Kerlan Collection. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Hurd, C. Letters and presentation. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1952–1955. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

Hurd, C. “Remembering Margaret Wise Brown.” Horn Book, October 1983.

Little Lost Lamb advertisement. Doubleday Jr. Books. Parents Magazine, 1945.

Nordstrom, U. Reviews of Red Light, Green Light. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1944. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

“The Perfect Easter Book!: The Runaway Bunny.” F. A. O. Schwarz postcard advertisement. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1938.

“Philippe Halsman.” 2014. Retrieved from http://philippehalsman.com.

Publication catalog. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1946.

Strange, M. Diary. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. James Stillman Rockefeller Jr. papers. 1943–1948.

Strange, M. Brochure for Great Words with Great Music. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. Special Collection. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

Strange, M. Letters. Margaret Wise Brown papers. 1940–1950. James Stillman Rockefeller Jr. Personal Collection.

Various. Incoming correspondence. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1936–1952. Series 4. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

Williams, G. Little Fur Family advertisement. New York: Harper & Brother, 1946.


Sixteen

1947

Bader, B. American Picturebooks from Noah’s Ark to the Beast Within. New York: Macmillan, 1976.

Bader, B. “Only the Best: The Hits and Misses of Anne Carroll Moore.” Horn Book, September/October 1997.

Barrymore, D., and G. Frank. Too Much, Too Soon. New York: Henry Holt, 1957.

Brown, M. W. Esphyr Slobodkina papers. 1938–1952. de Grummond Collection. McCain Library and Archives, Hattiesburg, MS.

Brown, M. W. The Golden Egg Book. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1947.

Brown, M. W. Green diary. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1947–1952. Unpublished. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

Brown, M. W. “Leonard Weisgard Wins the Caldecott Award.” Publishers Weekly, July 5, 1947.

Brown, M. W. The Little Island. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1946.

Brown, M. W. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1910–1952. MB01. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

Brown, M. W. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1940–1952. James S. Rockefeller Jr. Personal collection.

Brown, M. W. Outgoing correspondence. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1934–1952. Series 5. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

Brown, M. W. Red diary. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1940–1950. Series II, Box 16. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

Clary, P. “Movie Colony in Free-For-All at Decker’s Party.” United Press, 1946. Retrieved from www.newspapers.com/image/56373311/?terms=diana+barrymore.

“Deaths.” Obituary of Maude Johnson Brown. New York Times, January 12, 1947.

Dingle Benners Hotel. 2014. Retrieved from www.dinglebenners.com/index.html.

Galloway, L. R. Interview with author. 2014.

Gaston, W. Letters to the Editor. Life, 1949.

Hare, M. Memories of Margaret Wise Brown. 1991. Laurel Ripley Galloway Collection.

Kelly, B. “A Writer, an Illustrator, and a Peaceable Kingdom.” Christian Science Monitor, December 10, 1984. Retrieved from www.csmonitor.com/1984/1210/121024.html.

“Life visits Rector’s for a Gay Nineties Party.” Life, March 10, 1947.

McCormick, E. “Librarians Hate Us, but the Public Loves Golden Books.” American Libraries, May 1981.

Pilpel, H. Letters. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1948–1952. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

Pilpel, H. Legal papers. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1949–1952. Series 9. Special Collections, Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

Ripley, D. Memories of Margaret Wise Brown. 1954–1995. Laurel Ripley Galloway Collection.

Slobodkina, E. Esphyr Slobodkina papers. 1938–1952. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

Slobodkina, E. Esphyr Slobodkina papers. 1938–1980. DG0905. de Grummond Collection. McCain Library and Archives, Hattiesburg, MS.

Strange, M. Diary. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1943–1948. James Stillman Rockefeller Jr. Personal Collection.

Strange, M. Letters. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. James Stillman Rockefeller Jr. papers. 1940–1950.

Various. Incoming correspondence—other organizations. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1948–1952. Folder 1. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

Weisgard, L. Letters to Dorothy Ripley. 1990–1994. Laurel Ripley Galloway Collection.


Seventeen

1948

Brown, M. W. Correspondence from Margaret Wise Brown. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1936–1952. Box 19, Folder 1. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

Brown, M. W. Correspondence with Katharine Colie of the Grolier Society. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1949–1951. Box 19, Folder 5. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

Brown, M. W. Creative Writing for Very Young Children. New York: Grolier Society, 1951.

Brown, M. W. Green diary. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1947–1952. Unpublished. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

Brown, M. W. Ideas for plays, records, television and radio. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1952. Box 15, Folder 9. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

Brown, M. W. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1910–1952. MB01. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

Brown, M. W. Outgoing correspondence. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1934–1952. Series 5. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

Brown, M. W. Red diary. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1940–1950. Series II, Box 16. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

Brown, M. W. “Writing for Children.” Hollins Alumnae Magazine, Winter 1949.

Campbell, J. Letter. 1949. Margaret Wise Brown papers. 1940–1952. James S. Rockefeller Jr. Personal collection.

Duplaix, G. Personal correspondence. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1945–1952. Folders 5a and 5b. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

Ogle, L. Incoming correspondence—publishers. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1948–1952. Folders 5c and 5d. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

Pilpel, H. F. Incoming correspondence—Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1950–1952. Folder 7. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

Pilpel, H. Letters. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1948–1952. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

Pilpel, H. Legal papers. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1949–1952. Series 9. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

Strange, M. Diary. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1943–1948. James Stillman Rockefeller Jr. Personal Collection.

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