Hi everyone,
I’m happy to say that all of my manuscripts, drafts, correspondence, and other papers are now in Springfield. For decades I had close ties with the people who hosted the annual Children’s Literature Festival on the University of Central Missouri campus in Warrensburg, Missouri. During the thirty-six years in which I was one of the participating authors, I began placing my papers in the James C. Kirkpatrick Library.
More recently I’ve placed my work at the Duane G. Meyer Library on the Missouri State University campus in Springfield. Recently I decided it was time to consolidate both collections into one and house it in Meyer Library to make it more accessible for students and others with an interest in looking back through my history as a writer since my first publications fifty-five years ago.
I’m grateful to TOM PETERS, Dean of the Meyer Library, for driving to Warrensburg to retrieve my work there and bringing it all to Springfield. I’m sure it will take time to make the combined papers a complete collection available for study, but I’ll make an announcement here when I’m told it’s all ready.