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Gail Haley Oral History Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: OH-GH
Abstract In this series of sixteen interviews, Gail E. Haley, a prolific author born in Charlotte, North Carolina and the first of only two authors to win the American Caldecott Medal and the British Kate Greenaway Medal for picture book illustration, discusses her life and career as a children’s author and illustrator. Throughout the interviews, Ms. Haley describes her artistic process, detailing her inspirations and research as well as techniques she employed and pioneered in order to illustrate...
Dates: 2005 - 2009
Found in: Oral Histories, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

Belinda Hurmence papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0176
Abstract

Papers of a winner of the Juvenile Literature Award presented annually by the North Carolina American Association of University Women. Includes correspondence with publisher relating to Tancy (1984) and the manuscript and galleys of The Nightwalker (1989).

Dates: 1982 - 1989
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

James Lineberger papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0099
Abstract

Primarily drafts and revisions of screenplays of North Carolina writer James Lineberger. Also includes poetry, lyric sheets for a musical, and manuscripts for a stage play and a novel.

Dates: 1964 - 1998; 1977 - 1998
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

North Carolina writers photographs (lists in folders)

 Collection
Identifier: MS0032
Abstract

Black and white photographs of 54 writers with North Carolina connections.

Dates: 1960 - 1987; 1960
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

Nancy Tilly papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0242
Abstract Papers relating to her novel, Golden Girl (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1985), which won the 1986 Juvenile Literature Award presented by the North Carolina division of the American Association of University Women. Includes drafts, correspondence with and notes of her editor, pages and galley proofs, and cassette recordings of the author reading her work. The earliest draft (1979) includes notes made by novelist Lee Smith, in whose class Tilly began the work. Also includes manuscripts of...
Dates: 1979-1985
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

Julia Willis papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0427
Abstract

The collection consists of the writings of Julia Willis, of Charlotte, North Carolina and Boston, Massachusetts from the late 1960s to the late 1990s. Willis writes short stories, articles, short plays, books, contributions to various anthologies and poetry. The subject matter of her writing is almost exclusively dedicated to lesbian issues and politics. Most of her plays have been produced and some of her writings have earned awards.

Dates: 1972 - 2002
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

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