Scope and Contents note
The Vivian Lescher Werner Papers consist of manuscripts in various editorial stages, source material, and correspondence. The major correspondence is with agents Rosica Colin and Lenniger Literary Agency, and with publishers Macmillan Company, Rupert Hart-Davis, Ltd., and Doubleday and Company.
Dates
- 1961-1971
Creator
- Werner, Vivian L. (Vivian Lescher) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
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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
Vivian Lescher Werner (1921-) was born in Bellingham, Washington and educated at Binnington College, where she studied music. Throughout her career she has been a free-lance writer for magazines, a novelist, and writer of books for children and young people. Her background in music and dance has shaped her writing. She married Steven L. Werner in 1943, but they were divorced by 1951. Some magazines with which Werner collaborated with over the years include Pathfinder, Overseas Weekly, and Pharmaceutical News. Werner was Nominated for Prix Formentor by International Formentor Committee in 1962 for The Breaking Wave.
Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002.
Extent
2 linear feet (2 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Vivian Lescher Werner (1921- ) was a free-lance writer for magazines, a novelist, and a writer of books for children and young people. The collection consists of manuscripts in various stages, source material, and correspondence.
Arrangement note
Collection is organized into the following series: Series: CorrespondenceSeries: Manuscripts
Processing Information note
Collection processed by processing staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- 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
- Werner, Vivian L. (Vivian Lescher)
- Werner, Vivian L. (Vivian Lescher)
- Women Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Women authors, American -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Vivian Lescher Werner Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Processing Staff
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written 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
