Lila Hopkins papers
Scope and Contents
Papers of a two-time winner of the Juvenile Literature Award presented annually by the North Carolina branch of the American Association of University Women. Includes manuscripts, correspondence, and clippings concerning her books, Eating Crow (1988) and Talking Turkey (1990).
Dates
- Creation: 1986 - 1991
Creator
- Hopkins, Lila (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright retained by donor.
Biographical / Historical
Lila Hopkins, born in 1925, grew up in New Mexico but spent much of her adult life in North Carolina. Hopkins grew up in the home of a Baptist pastor and married a Baptist minister while she was still a college student at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. After graduation, she taught school in northern California while her husband continued his theological studies in Berkeley, California. The Hopkins moved to North Carolina in 1960 for Rev. Hopkins to intern at the Department of Pastoral Care at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. In 1961, he became chaplain at McCain Hospital, where he served for 29 years. Lila Hopkins taught school in Moore County, NC for 13 years and the experience was the basis of her two award winning juvenile books, Eating Crow and Talking Turkey (1988 and 1990). Both books won the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 document box (shared))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Papers of a two-time winner of the Juvenile Literature Award presented annually by the North Carolina branch of the American Association of University Women. Includes manuscripts, correspondence, and clippings concerning her books, Eating Crow (1988) and Talking Turkey (1990).
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into a single, alphabetical folder title series.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lila Hopkins of Southern Pines, N.C., 1991.
Processing Information
Processed by Randy Penninger, June, 1992.
Subject
- Hopkins, Lila (Person)
- Title
- Lila Hopkins papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid written by Randy Penninger.
- Date
- June 1992
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte Repository
Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte NC 28223 United States
spec-coll@uncc.edu
