A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF

Ann And William Scott

Collection no. 97-27

Scope And Content Note

This is the third major accession of papers of Ann and William Scott. All three collections are closely related but space considerations dictated that they be arranged and cataloged as separate units.

This accession was donated by Ann Scott in October, 1997 and consists of 2.5 cubic feet of materials dating from 1917-1995. There are no restrictions on their use.

The bulk of this collection consists of Ann Scott's working papers: research notes, manuscripts of several children's books, correspondence with her publishers, and materials of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, to which Ann belonged. Other materials in the collection include some of Ann's personal correspondence; college records and personal correspondent from William Scott while an undergraduate; and World War I correspondence from Ann's father, Henry L. Herbert to his mother and sister.

Arrangement of this accession, including numbering of groups, subgroups, and series, follows that of the two earlier Scott collections: 95-92 and 97-15. Therefore, there are major gaps in the numbering scheme, since few of the original groups and series are present in this collection.

For a full biographical statement of the Scotts and scope and content note, see the manuscript collection guides for 95-92, 99-26, and 97-15.

Processed by:            Susan Searcy

Date:                         October 16, 1997

This collection of the papers of Ann and William Scott has been divided into the following arrangement.

There were no materials for some of the original subgroups and series.

Group I:             Ann Scott Papers

Subgroup 1: Professional Records

Series 1: Publications

Subseries 1: Nevada and the West

Subseries 2: Cowboy Themes

Series 2: No Materials

Series 3: Associations

Subgroup 2: Personal Papers

Series 1-2: No Materials

Series 3: Personal Correspondence

Series 4-6: No Materials

Series 7:  Art

Group II: William Scott Papers

Subgroup 1: No Materials

Subgroup 2: Personal Papers

Series 1: Personal Correspondence

Series 2: No Materials

Series 3: School Records

Series 4-5: No Materials

Group III: Scott And Herbert Family Papers

Subgroup 1-5: No Materials

Subgroup 6:     Henry L. Herbert

Series 1: Correspondence

97-27/I/1            Ann Scott Papers. Professional Records

Series I. Publications. 1970-1995.             1.5 cu. ft.

This series contains research notes, manuscripts, publishers' correspondence, contracts, and royalty statements related to children's' books written by Ann. The series was further subdivided according to Ann's original arrangement, although there is some cross-over of material from one category to the other. Those divisions are: Nevada/west, and cowboy themes.

BOX 1

I/1/1/1/1            Nevada history.

I/1/1/1/2            Nevada Historical Society.

I/1/1/1/3            Nevada miscellaneous.

I/1/1/1/4            Nevada's Irrepressible Art exhibit.

I/1/1/1/5            Correspondence "to do." Fall 1990.

I/1/1/1/6            Native American Coalition's Longest Walk. 1978.

I/1/1/1/7            "Brave as a Mountain Lion" manuscript. 1992-1993.

I/1/1/1/8            Sven and Astrid Liljeblad regarding reprinting Ruth Underhill's book. 1990.

I/1/1/2/1            Correspondence. 1993.

I/1/1/2/2-4         Critique group.

I/1/1/2/5            Indian correspondence. 1995.

I/1/1/2/6            Professional correspondence. 1970s-1980s.

I/1/1/2/7            Editorial correspondence. 1990-1991.

I/1/1/2/8            Dinah Stevenson "Brand" correspondence.

I/1/1/2/9           13 audio cassette recordings of Ann's interviews with old Nevada buckaroos and their families. Stored in box 3 (archival shoe box).         Included are interviews with:

    Walter James of Elko,

    Betty Baker, Mountain City, ranch wife,

    Bill Kane, then cowboss at the Spanish Ranch,

    Fritz Merri[le] of Spanish Ranch,

    Hillary Barnes who ranched near Jiggs,

    John Jay and Hugh Reed of Jiggs and Elko,

    Mae Ellison and Connie Satterwaite, mother and daughter of Spanish Ranch,

    Jack and Irene Walter of Lamoille,

    Willis and Shirley [Packer], formerly of Elko,

    Bill Rosse, Yamba Reservation.

I/1/1/2/10            Branding notes.

I/1/1/2/11            W.E. Watkins (Bill), Elko. Aug. 2, 1987.

I/1/1/2/12            Western Folklife Center/Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

I/1/1/2/13            Cowboy miscellaneous.

I/1/1/2/14            Manuscript beginnings/notes. Western themes/Elko trip. 1989.

I/1/1/2/15-16      Speech: "In Pursuit of Old Buckaroos: A Children's Writer in Cowboy Country." [1989]

I/1/1/2/17            Journal of a book: the cowboy material.

I/1/1/2/18            Elko County travel notes.

I/1/1/2/19            The west - contemporary/historical.

I/1/1/2/20            Western events: cowboys, history, stories.

I/1/1/2/21            Working notes, July - Aug. 10, 1987.

I/1/1/2/22            Local poetry.

I/1/1/2/23            Jack Malotte.

I/1/1/2/24            Bill Fox, Nevada State Council on the Arts.

I/1/1/2/25            Gladys and Reginald Laubin/Indian visitors.

I/1/1/2/26            Linda Howard, Yerington Paiute Tribal Chairman.

I/1/1/2/27            Indian releases from Dept. of the Interior. 1962­1963.

I/1/1/2/28            American Indian response to the Pinyon-Juniper Conference. 1986.

I/1/1/2/29           Indian Education Newsletter, The Tumbleweed. 1982, 1985; "Books about Indians" 1972.

I/1/1/2/30            Kerlam Collection correspondence.

I/1/1/2/31            Nevada School Library material.

I/1/1/2/32            Reno Professional writers.

I/1/1/2/33            Picture Book Studio.

I/1/1/2/34            University of Nevada Press.

I/1/1/2/35            Census, U.S.A. royalty statements.

I/1/1/2/36            McGraw-Hill royalty statements for So Much to Experience.

I/1/1/2/37            Contracts for Sam and On Mother's Lap.

I/1/1/2/38            McGraw-Hill royalty statements for On Mother's Lap.

I/1/1/2/39            McGraw-Hill books: Sam.

I/1/1/2/40            Agent Marguerita Rudolph/McGraw-Hill.

BOX 2

I/1/1/2/41            Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., publishers of Big Cowboy Western.

I/1/1/2/42            Cowboy bibliography.

I/1/1/2/43            John Jay and Hughie Reed. Aug. 9, 1987.

I/1/1/2/44            Upcoming commitments. 1993.

I/1/1/2/45            Fallon Rodeo. 1992.

I/1/1/2/46             Agents.

I/1/1/2/47            Robert San Souci.

I/1/1/2/48            Bibliotherapy with Children.

I/1/1/2/49            American Library Association, San Francisco. 1987.

97-27/I/1/3            Series 3. Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. 1992-1995. 9 folders.

The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators is a national professional organization for writers and illustrators of children's literature. SCBWI serves as a network for the exchange of knowledge in the field. SCBWI is divided into regions; Ann Scott belongs to the Sierra Nevada region.

This series contains materials received from SCBWI.

BOX 2

I/1/3/1              Children's Literature Interest Group, Reno/Sparks.

I/1/3/2              Children's publishers, market survey. 1994.

I/1/3/3              SCBWI Bulletins.

I/1/3/4              Membership forms.

I/1/3/5              Membership roster.

I/1/3/6              Small Press Guide.

I/1/3/7              NorCal Chapter. 1992.

I/1/3/8              Sierra Nevada Chapter. 1993.

I/1/3/9              Southern California Chapter. 1993.

97-27/I/2/3            Subgroup 2, Personal Papers. Series 3, Personal Correspondence. 1986-1994. 9 folders.

This series contains correspondence sent to Ann and Bill Scott from friends, relations, and associates and is largely of a personal nature. Arranged chronologically.

BOX 2

I/2/3/1             Correspondence. 1986.

I/2/3/2             Correspondence. 1987.

I/2/3/3-4          Correspondence. 1988.

I/2/3/5             Correspondence. 1990-1991 [and some earlier].

I/2/3/6             Correspondence. 1991.

I/2/3/7             Correspondence. 1993, 1994.

I/2/3/8             Misc. correspondence.

I/2/3/9             Ed Worley Memorial address by Ann H. Scott. 1994.

I/2/7            Subgroup 2, Personal Papers; Series 7, Art.

Before and after her marriage, Ann sketched and painted watercolors. This small series contains some of her work. Filed in manuscript map case.

97-27/II/2            Subgroup 2, William Scott Personal Papers. 1934­-1938; 1959-1960. .50 cu. ft.

This small group of personal papers of William Scott dates from his college years at Haverford College, Swarthmore College, and Yale. One of the most interesting files contains letters written by Bill to his parents during his freshman year at Haverford. These letters reveal a budding scholar, a tight financial situation, and an increasing desire to begin his sophomore year at Swarthmore College. Another folder in this series contains a yearbook from Bill's junior year at college, where the caption under his photograph noted, "Though he has a subtly humorous appreciation of life and jokes, the scientific and orderly predominantly and seriously direct Bill's life." Also included are a scrapbook of Bill's trip to Europe following college graduation, and a research notebook from his sabbatical at Yale, 1959-1960.

BOX 2

II/2/1                William Scott's letters home from Haverford College. 1934.

II/2/3/1             Swarthmore College yearbook. 1937.

II/2/3/2             Notebook from sabbatical year at Yale. 1959-1960.

II/2/3/3             Scrapbook of William's trip to Europe following college graduation. 1938. Stored

in box 4.

97-27/III/6       Group III, Scott and Herbert Family Papers, Subgroup 6, Henry L. Herbert Papers, Series 1, Correspondence. 1917-1918. 3 folders.

There is very little material in any of the Scott papers regarding Ann's family, the Henry L. Herberts. This series contains letters written by Ann's father to his mother and sister while he was in the Army during world War I. The letters describe his Army career activities, from enlistment to discharge, one year later. Letters he wrote to his sister are somewhat more frank than those to his mother, as he tried to avoid alarming his mother unnecessarily. Arranged chronologically.

BOX 2

III/6/1/1             Correspondence. Dec. 2, 1917 - Feb. 1, 1918.

III/6/1/2             Correspondence. Feb. 1 - May 18, 1918.

III/6/1/3             Correspondence. June 6 - Dec. 16, 1918.