Anne Carroll Moore papers, 1898-1960, bulk (1920-1960)

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Creator

Moore, Anne Carroll, 1871-1961.

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division

Extent

• 3 linear feet (7 boxes)

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Scope/Contents Note

Collection consists of letters from authors, illustrators,publishers, friends, and others, relating to Moore's books,especially The Art of Beatrix Potter (1955) and Nicholas and the Golden Goose (1932). Also, layout materials, photographs, poems, illustrations, and printed matter. Correspondents include Rhoda Brooks Balfour, Margery Bianco, L. Leslie Brooke, James H. Daugherty, Walter De laMare, Eleanor Farjeon, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Beatrix Potter, and Carl Sandburg.

Biographical/Historical Note

Anne Carroll Moore (1871-1961) was a children's librarian,and an author and critic of children's books. She headed the Children's Dept. of the Pratt Institute Library from 1896 to 1906, and was the first Supervisor of Work with Children at the New York Public Library, 1906-1941.

Controlled Access Terms

• Moore, Anne Carroll, 1871-1961.
• Children's literature, American.
• Children's literature, English.
• Libraries -- France.
• Libraries -- New York (State) -- New York.
• New York Public Library. Office of Children's Services.
• Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York.
• Storytelling.
• War relief, France -- 20th century.
• Women in library science.
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- France.
• Illustrations.
• Photographic prints.
• Authors.
• Children's librarians.
• Illustrators.

Additional Creator Names

• Balfour, Rhoda Brooks.
• Bianco, Margery Williams, 1880-1944.
• Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie), 1862-1940.
• Brooke, Sybil D.
• Daugherty, James Henry, 1889-1974.
• De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956.
• Farjeon, Eleanor, 1881-1965.
• Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958.
• Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943.
• Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967.
• Bannerman, Helen, 1862-1946.
• Geisel, Theodor Seuss, 1904-1991.
• Shedlock, Marie L., 1854-1935.
• White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985.
• American Committee for Devastated France.