In the Great Green Room

by Amy Gary

  Peterson, N. Interview with author. 2015.

  Rauch, R. Interview with author. 1987–1995.

  Smith, W. R. L. Charles Lewis Cocke: Founder of Hollins College. Boston: Gorham Press, 1929.

  The Spinster. Roanoke, VA: Hollins University, 1931.

  The Spinster. Roanoke, VA: Hollins University, 1932.

  Wheeler, J. P. J. “Before the Writing Program there was Margaret Wise Brown.” Paper presented at the Hollins University Alumnae Reunion, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA, 2003.

  Wheeler, J. P. J. Interview with author. 1993–2001.

  Six

  1934–1935

  Antler, J. Lucy Sprague Mitchell. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1987.

  Brown, M. W. Biographical material. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. ca. 1945. Box 19, Folder 1. MWB 01. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. Letters. 1934–1942. University Archives, F-3a. Wyndam Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Brown, M. W. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1910–1952. MB01. Special Collections. Westerly Public Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1940–1952. James S. Rockefeller Jr. Personal collection.

  Brown, M. W. Outgoing correspondence. 1934–1952. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. Series 5. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Brown, M. W. Bumble Bee. New York: HarperCollins, 1999.

  Galloway, L. R. Interview with author. 2014.

  “Gertrude Stein Arrives and Baffles Reporters by Making Herself Clear.” New York Times, October 25, 1934.

  Hewlett, R. Melody Sheet Music Lyrics Midi. n.p.: Richard Hewlett, 2014.

  Lundell, W. Radio interview with Gertrude Stein. NBC Radio, 1934. New York.

  Mitchell, L. S. Another Here and Now Storybook. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1937.

  Mitchell, L. S. “Margaret Wise Brown, 1910–1952.” Children Here and Now 1, no. 1 (1953).

  Niemeyer, John H. Lucy Sprague Mitchell, 1878–1967. New York: Bank Street College of Education, 1967.

  Ripley, D. Interview with author. 1996.

  Ripley, D. Memories of Margaret Wise Brown. 1954–1995. Laurel Ripley Galloway Collection.

  Three Lectures by Gertrude Stein. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1934.

  Seven

  1936–1937

  Baker, J. C. Journals of the Buckram Beagles. 1936–1948. Archives & Manuscript Collections. MC 0015. National Sporting Library.

  Bliven, Bruce, Jr. Interview with author. 1990–1995.

  Brown, M. W. Composition book. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. Box 18, Folder 1. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. Green diary. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1938–1960. MWB01. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Brown, M. W. Letters. 1934–1942. University Archives, F-3a. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Brown, M. W. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1937–1952. DG1129. de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection. McCain Library and Archives, Hattiesburg, MS.

  Brown, M. W. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1940–1952. James S. Rockefeller Jr. Personal collection.

  Brown, M. W. Outgoing correspondence. 1936–1952. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. Series 5. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Brown, M. W. When the Wind Blew. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1937.

  Jackson, K. T., L. Keller, and N. Flood. Encyclopedia of New York City. 2nd edition. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010.

  Paris International Exposition. 1937. Paris, France.

  Phelps, M. “Lucy Sprague Mitchell.” Horn Book, May 1937.

  Pollak, M. “New York’s Huckleberry Friend, Region.” New York Times, August 26, 2010.

  Press, U. “Rises to Paint Woes of Spain.” Corpus Christi Caller-Times, August 27, 1937.

  Rauch, R. Interview with author. 1987–1995.

  Rauch, R. Letters. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1952–2002. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Various. Incoming correspondence. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1936–1952. Series 4. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Eight

  1938

  “Alumnae Updates.” Hollins Alumnae Quarterly, 1938.

  Bliven, Bruce, Jr. Interview with author. 1990–1995.

  Books for Children. New York: 69 Bank Street Publications, 1938.

  Brown, G. Interview with author. 1990–1996.

  Brown, M. W. Composition book. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1937. Box 18, Folder 1. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. “Dress Rehearsal for a Book.” Bank Street Annual, 1938.

  Brown, M. W. The Fish with the Deep Sea Smile. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1938.

  Brown, M. W. Green diary. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1938–1960. Vol. Archives, Q-4. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Brown, M. W. Heart on a Rib. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1939. Series IV. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. “How to Read to Children.” Story Parade, 1938.

  Brown, M. W. “Leonard Weisgard Wins the Caldecott Award.” Publishers Weekly, July 5, 1947.

  Brown, M. W. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1937–1952. DG1129. de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection. McCain Library and Archives, Hattiesburg, MS.

  Brown, M. W. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1940–1952. James S. Rockefeller Jr. Personal collection.

  Brown, M. W. Outgoing correspondence. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1934–1952. Series 5. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  “Girl New to Stage to Star in ‘Miracle.’” New York Times, November 26, 1923.

  Hurd, C. Letters and presentation. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1952–1955. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Hurd, C. “Remembering Margaret Wise Brown.” Horn Book, October 1983.

  Nolen, B. Story Parade, 1938.

  Publication List. New York: W. R. S. Publisher, 1938.

  Rauch, R. Interview with author. 1987–1995.

  Rauch, R. Outgoing correspondence. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1952–1990. Series 8. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  “Rosamond Pinchot Ends Life in Garage.” New York Times, January 25, 1938.

  “Social Register Drops Stage Folk.” New York Times, November 24, 1934.

  Walt Disney Story Books. Boston: D. C. Heath, 1938.

  Weisgard, L. Letters. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1952–1985. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Weisgard, L. Letters to Dorothy Ripley. 1990–1994. Laurel Ripley Galloway Collection.

  The Writers Laboratory. New York: 69 Bank Street Publications, 1938.

  Young Books: Publication List. New York: William R. Scott, 1938.

  Nine

  1939

  “America First Committee.” NNDB. Retrieved from www.nndb.com/org/039/000057865/.

  “Among Hollins Writers.” Hollins Alumnae Magazine, Winter 1939.

  Barrymore, D., and G. Frank. Too Much, Too Soon. New York: Henry Holt, 1957.

  Brown, M. W. The Fog Bound Saint. 1939. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. Series 1. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Brown, M. W. Green diary. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1938–1960. MWB01. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Brown, M. W. Green diary. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1947–1952. Unpublished. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Brown, M. W. “Leonard Weisgard Wins the Caldecott Award.” Publishers Weekly, July 5, 1947.

  Brown, M. W. Letters. 1934–1942. University Archives, F-3a. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Brown, M. W. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1910–1952. MB01. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly
, RI.

  Brown, M. W. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1937–1952. DG1129. de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection. McCain Library and Archives, Hattiesburg, MS.

  Brown, M. W. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1940–1952. James S. Rockefeller Jr. Personal collection.

  Brown, M. W. Unpublished manuscripts. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1910–1952. Series 1. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Galloway, L. R. Interview with author. 2014.

  Gaston, B. The Loveliest Woman in America. New York: William Morrow, 2008.

  Hare, M. Memories of Margaret Wise Brown. 1991. Laurel Ripley Galloway Collection.

  Rockefeller, J. S., Jr. Interview with author. 2014.

  Paris International Exposition. 1937. Paris, France.

  Rauch, R. Interview with author. 1987–1995.

  Ripley, D. Memories of Margaret Wise Brown. 1954–1995. Laurel Ripley Galloway Collection.

  Slobodkina, E. Esphyr Slobodkina Papers. 1938–1980. DG0905. de Grummond Collection. McCain Library and Archives, Hattiesburg, MS.

  Strange, M. Who Tells Me True. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1940.

  Weisgard, L. Letters. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1952–1985. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Weisgard, L. Letters to Dorothy Ripley. 1990–1994.

  Ten

  1940

  Barrymore, D., and G. Frank. Too Much, Too Soon. New York: Henry Holt, 1957.

  Bechtel, L. S. “Margaret Wise Brown.” Paper presented at the dedication of papers to Westerly Public Library, Westerly, RI. 1957.

  Bechtel, L. S. “Margaret Wise Brown: Laureate of the Nursery.” Horn Book, June 1958.

  Brown, M. W. [Golden MacDonald, pseud.] Big Dog, Little Dog. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1943.

  Brown, M. W. Brown diary. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1940–1950. Series III, Box 15. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. Green diary. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1938–1960. MWB01. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Brown, M. W. “Leonard Weisgard Wins the Caldecott Award.” Publishers Weekly, July 5, 1947.

  Brown, M. W. Lucy Sprague Mitchell Papers. 1935–1952. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University.

  Brown, M. W. Luncheon with Michael Strange. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1910–1952. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Brown, M. W. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1940–1952. James S. Rockefeller Jr. Personal collection.

  Gaston, T. Interview with author. 2014.

  “Hunt Followers at Buckram Ball.” Special to the Times. New York Times, March 31, 1940.

  Mitchell, L. S. Lucy Sprague Mitchell Papers. 1878–1967. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University.

  “Room for a Child, Aged Four.” Contemporary American Industrial Art: 15th Exhibition. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1940.

  Rockefeller, J. S., Jr. Interview with author. 2014.

  Strange, M. Letters. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1940–1950. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Strange, M. Who Tells Me True. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1940.

  “The Walt Disney Story Books.” New York Times, December 10, 1940.

  Weisgard, L. Letters to Dorothy Ripley. 1990–1994. Laurel Ripley Galloway Collection.

  Whitney, E. B. “Social Economy Engrosses Michael Strange, Author, Poet, Playwright, Now in Maine.” Lewiston Journal, August 24, 1940.

  Who’s Who in America. New York: Marquis Publications, 1941.

  Eleven

  1941

  Bliven, Bruce, Jr. Interview with author. 1990–1995.

  “Book Review: A Penguin’s Education.” New York Times, December 7, 1941.

  Brown, M. W. Brown diary. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1940–1952. Series II, Box 16. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. Composition book. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1941. Box 18, Folder 2. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. Green diary. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1947–1952. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Brown, M. W. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1910–1952. MB01. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1940–1952. James S. Rockefeller Jr. Personal collection.

  Brown, M. W. “Notes on a Ski Town.” Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1943. Box 17. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Brown, M. W. Red diary. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1940–1950. Series II, Box 16. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. Runaway Bunny. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1942.

  Brown, M. W. Unpublished manuscripts. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1910–1952. Series 1. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Frandzen, T. “James Boswell.” 2004. Retrieved from http://www.jamesboswell.info/aboutjb.

  Hare, M. Memories of Margaret Wise Brown. 1991. Laurel Ripley Galloway Collection.

  Johnson, S. J. “Book Review: Brer Rabbit.” Library Journal, January 1, 1942.

  Kahn, E. J., Jr. “A Reporter at Large: Tallyho!” New Yorker, March 8, 1941.

  Mitchell, L. S. Lucy Sprague Mitchell papers. 1878–1967. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University.

  Mitchell, L. S. “Margaret Wise Brown, 1910–1952.” Children Here and Now 1, no. 1 (1953).

  “New Apartments Planned and Under Construction.” New York Times, December 22, 1929.

  Rhueban, D. W. Interview with author. 2014–2015.

  Runners, T. S. “A History.” Thunderbolt Ski Run. 2014. Retrieved from http://www.thunderboltskirun.com/history.html.

  Strange, M. Letters. 1940–1950. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Weisgard, L. Letters to Dorothy Ripley. 1990–1994. Laurel Ripley Galloway Collection.

  Twelve

  1942

  “300,000 Acclaim Navy Day Parade; 10,000 March Down 5th Ave. in 2-Hour Demonstration-British Seamen in Line.” New York Times, October 25, 1942.

  Barrymore, D., and G. Frank. Too Much, Too Soon. New York: Henry Holt, 1957.

  Bliven, Bruce, Jr. Interview with author. 1990–1995.

  Brown, M. W. Brown diary. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1940–1952. Series II, Box 16. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. Don’t Frighten the Lion! New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942.

  Brown, M. W. Green diary. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1938–1960. Vol. Archives, Q-4a. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Brown, M. W. Lucy Sprague Mitchell papers. 1935–1952.

  Brown, M. W. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1910–1952. MB01. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1940–1952. James S. Rockefeller Jr. Personal collection.

  Brown, M. W. Red diary. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1940–1950. Series II, Box 16. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. Unpublished manuscripts. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1910–1952. Series 1. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Brown, M. W. Unpublished manuscripts. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1936–1952. Acc# 1-7/1993, Series 1. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Brown, M. W. White Freesias. Edited by A. Gary. Montevallo, AL: WaterMark, 1999.

  Gaston, B. Interview with author. 2014.

  “Leonard Thomas Obituary.” New York Times, 1937.

  “LGBT Mental Health Syllabus.” Association of LGBTQ Psychiatrists. 2014. Retrieved from http://aglp.org/gap/1_history/.

  “Love Filled Her Poems but Looted Her Life.” Mi
lwaukee Sentinel, October 11, 1942.

  “Michael Strange Is Sued.” New York Times, September 30, 1942.

  Mitchell, L. S. Lucy Sprague Mitchell papers. 1878–1967. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University.

  Mitchell, L. S., and M. W. Brown. Farm and City. Boston: D. C. Heath, 1944.

  Mitchell, L. S., M. W. Brown, et. al. Animals, Plants, and Machines. Boston: D. C. Heath, 1945.

  Mitchell, L. S., M. W. Brown, et. al. Teachers Guide for Animals, Plants, and Machines. Boston: D. C. Heath, 1945.

  “New Apartments Planned and Under Construction.” New York Times, December 22, 1929.

  Nordstrom, U. Letters. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1942–1952. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  O’Hagan, A. “A Beautiful Club for Women.” Century, LXXXI, December 1910, 216–224.

  Officers, Members, Constitution & By-laws of the Colony Club. New York: Colony Club, 1945.

  Parsons, L. “Studios Are Already on the Job Creating Movies about Women in Uniform.” Fresno Bee, July 22, 1942.

  “‘Profile’ Died Lonely, Broke.” The Spokesman-Review, 1942.

  Rauch, R. Interview with author. 1987–1995.

  Rhueban, Dr. W. Interview with author. 2014–2015.

  Riley, N. “The Barrymore Brat.” Collier’s, October 3, 1942.

  Strange, M. Letters. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1940–1950. James Stillman Rockefeller Jr. Personal Collection.

  Strange, M. Diary. Margaret Wise Brown papers. James Stillman Rockefeller Jr. papers. 1943–1948.

  Strange, M. Will, dated 1950. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  “Suit Worn by Michael Strange.” Rhode Island School of Design Museum. 2013. Retrieved from http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/objects/1733_suit_worn_by_michael_strange_pseudonym_of_blanche_oelrichs.

  “Summer Theaters.” Life Magazine, July 31, 1939.

  Tweed, B. Interview with author. 2014.

  Warren, V. L. “The Colony Club: It’s Still Exclusive, Conservative and Ladylike.” New York Times, July 21, 1968.

  Weisgard, L. Letters. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1952–1985. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Weisgard, L. Letters to Dorothy Ripley. 1990–1994. Laurel Ripley Galloway Collection.