Scope and Contents note
The Elisa Bialk Papers contain a large collection of complete manuscripts from Bialk's children novels. There is also detailed correspondence as well as a variety of fan mail.
Dates
- 1947-1968
Creator
- Bialk, Elisa (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use note
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical/Historical note
Elisa Bialk was born on October 4, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois, where she grew up. She was the daughter of John and Martha (Holcher) Bialk. She attended Northwestern University School of Journalism. Bialk married L. Martin Krautter in 1934, and they had two daughters.
Bialk was still in high school when she began to have articles published in magazines and newspapers. After her marriage she focused on short story and play writing,. She also spent time writing poetry and short stories. Her story "The Sainted Sisters" was turned into a play, and later made into a film in 1948. She wrote the "Tizz" series for Childrens Press.
Elisa Bialk Krautter died of cancer on February 28, 1990, on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2003.
Extent
4.5 linear feet (3 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Elisa Bialk (1912-1990) grew up in Chicago and was still in high school when she began to publish articles in magazines and newspapers. The Elisa Bialk Papers contain a large collection of complete manuscripts from Bialk's children's novels. There is also detailed correspondence as well as a variety of fan mail.
Arrangement note
Collection is organized into the following series: Manuscripts, Correspondence, and Miscellaneous.
General Physical Description note
3 containers
Processing Information note
Collection processed by processing staff, March 1969.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Bialk, Elisa
- Bialk, Elisa
- Children and Youth Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Children's literature, American -- Authorship Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Literature Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Publishers and Publishing Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Publishers and publishing -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Women authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Young adult literature, American -- Authorship Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Elisa Bialk Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by processing staff
- Date
- ©2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
