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- Margaret Goff Clark-Children and Young Adult Literature Collection and Papers [c. 1930-2004]
Title: Margaret Goff Clark-Children and Young Adult Literature Collection and Papers
Date Span: c. 1930-2004
Acquisition Number: N/A
Creator: Margaret Goff Clark
Donor: Margaret Goff Clark and Marcia Clark Noel (daughter)
Date of Acquisition: 1982, 1984, 1987, 1990, 2002, 2007, 2017
Extent: 30 boxes; 18 linear ft.
Language: English
Location: Archives & Special Collections Department, E. H. Butler Library, SUNY Buffalo State
Processed: 2018, Hope Dunbar
Access: Margaret Goff Clark-Children and Young Adult Literature Collection and Papers are open for research.
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Preferred Citation:
[Description and dates], Box/folder, Margaret Goff Clark-Children and Young Adult Literature Collection and Papers, Archives & Special Collections Department, E. H. Butler Library, SUNY Buffalo State.
Biographical Note:
Margaret Goff Clark was born March 7, 1913 in Oklahoma City, USA. At five, she and her family moved to Olean, New York. She attended Columbia University and State University in Buffalo, earning a bachelor’s degree in education. She began writing when her children were young and published her first book, "The Mystery Of Seneca Hill" in 1961. As a result, Ms. Clark was adopted into the Seneca Indian tribe in 1962.
Many of her books are based on her experiences traveling to parks and nature areas. She cottages in Algonquin Park in Ontario, Canada. "Death At Their Heels" was written in 1975, after visiting it one summer. Most recently, Ms. Clark has been writing books about endangered species in Florida, including the manatee and the Florida black bear. Her 1993 book on the endangered Florida panther was dedicated to her husband Charles R. Clark. In addition to books, Ms. Clark has contributed over 200 short stories to magazines such as "American Girl, The Instructor, Teen Talk" and other Canadian and American magazines. Margaret Goff Clark passed away in 2004. –taken from Goodreads.com on 05/07/2018
Scope and Contents:
Biographical material, book cover artwork, book jacket sketches, book proposals, books, certificates, correspondence, drafts, fan mail, galley prints, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, photographs, plays, poetry, publicity material, research and planning notes, serial publications, short stories, unpublished works, and working papers.
Arrangement:
The collection has been processed in the order it was received from the donor and donor’s family. Each box section notes the donation date; processing date, if applicable; and topic of box contents. Contents include: books, articles, mock-ups, manuscripts, correspondence, research, postcards, galley proofs, unpublished materials, plays, poems, commencement programs, and scrapbooks.
SERIES I: box 1-7 received in 1982
SERIES II: box 8-12 received in 1984
SERIES III: box 13-16 received in 1987
SERIES IV: box 17 received in 1990
SERIES V: box 18-19 received 2002
SERIES VI: box 20-23 received in 2007
SERIES VII: box 24-30 received in 2017
