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Lois Lenski
Greenacres, R.F.D. No. 2
Torrington, Conn.
Sept. 4, 1958
Charles M. Adams, Librarian
Woman's College Univ. of N.C.
Greensboro, N.C.
Dear Mr. Adams:
I was pleased to have yours and Prof. Wilson's cordial letters, and to know that your Library would welcome a Lois Lenski Collection of manuscripts, illustrations and related materials. Several other institutions have started collections of my work, to which I contribute annually. But I have had a warm spot in my heart for North Carolina ever since my sojourn there for writing BLUE RIDGE BILLY, and would like to be represented there.
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My idea would be to start by sending you a portfolio of assorted illustrations, showing different techniques for different age-groups, some reference materials - articles published and unpublished by and about myself and my work, a few duplicate copies of some of my foreign edition, and miscellaneous items. Then, each year, to keep adding various items to enrich the collection.
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I feel that the material will be most useful in an institution where-
1 - Children's Literature courses are given,
2 - Teachers' training courses with emphasis on reading are given,
3 - where creative activities are important and are stressed,
4 - where courses in Library Science are given, and
5 - where graduate work is being done in field concerned with children
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If the Woman's College provides these facilities to its students, then I shall be most happy to give you a Collection. The enclosed catalog of the L.L. Collection at State Teachers College in Buffalo, N. Y. will give you an idea of what I have in mind, tho some of the same items cannot be duplicated.
Sincerely,
Lois Lenski
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