In the Great Green Room

by Amy Gary

  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.

  Thirteen

  1943

  Bays, R. B. “Stringfellow Barr.” Encyclopedia Virginia. 2014. Retrieved from http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Barr_Stringfellow_1897-1982#start_entry.

  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. Green diary. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1938–1960. Vol. Archives, Q-4a. 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.

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

  Palmer, L. “For Younger Readers.” New York Times, November 28, 1943.

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

  Ripley, D. Interview with author. 1996.

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

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

  Rockefeller, L. Interview with author. 2013–2014.

  Shure, K. Interview with author. 2013–2014.

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

  Fourteen

  1944

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

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

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

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

  Brown, M. W. Composition book. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1935–1952. Box 16, Folders 5–7. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. Goodnight Moon manuscript. 1945. Kerlan Collection. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

  Brown, M. W. Goodnight Moon: A 50th Anniversary Edition. New York: HarperCollins, 1997.

  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. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1942–1959. Kerlan Collection. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

  Brown, M. W. Outgoing correspondence. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1934–1952. Series 5. 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.

  “Dies from Broken Heart.” New York Tribune, February 10, 1907. Retrieved from http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1907-02-10/ed-1/seq-7/.

  “Ex-Sailor Dies in Leap from 86th Floor of Empire State, Quarter of a Mile Drop.” New York Times, December 17, 1943.

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

  Hurd, C. Clement Hurd papers. 1936–1952. Kerlan Collection. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

  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.

  Krebs, A. “Wayne Lonergan, 67, Killer of Heiress Wife.” 1986. Retrieved from www.nytimes.com/1986/01/03/obituaries/wayne-lonergan-67-killer-of-heiress-wife.html.

  Little Lost Lamb advertisement. Doubleday Jr. Books. New York: Parents Magazine, 1945.

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

  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.

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

  Ripley, D. Personal papers. 1954–1995. Laurel Ripley Galloway Collection.

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

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

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

  Fifteen

  1945–1946

  Bliven, Bruce, Jr. “Child’s Best Seller.” Life Magazine, December 1946. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?id=nk0EAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=December+1946+life+magazine&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ojWsU67qKsecyAShv4KQDg&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=December%201946%20life%20magazine&f=false.

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

  Brown, M. W. Composition Book. Margaret Wise Brown Collection, (1935-1952). Box 16, Folder 5-7. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. Composition book. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1946. Box 18, Folder 3. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. Goodnight Moon: A 50th Anniversary Edition. L. Marcus edition. New York: HarperCollins, 1997.

  Brown, M. W. The Little Island. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1946.

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

  “Here’s Your 1945 Knockout for the Nursery Trade.” Publishers Weekly, 1945.

  Hurd, C. Clement Hurd papers. 1936–1952. Kerlan Collection. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

  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.

  Little Lost Lamb advertisement. Doubleday Jr. Books. Parents Magazine, 1945.

  Nordstrom, U. Reviews of Red Light, Green Light. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1944. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  “The Perfect Easter Book!: The Runaway Bunny.” F. A. O. Schwarz postcard advertisement. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1938.

  “Philippe Halsman.” 2014. Retrieved from http://philippehalsman.com.

  Publication catalog. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1946.

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

  Strange, M. Brochure for Great Words with Great Music. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. Special Collection. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

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

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

  Williams, G. Little Fur Family advertisement. New York: Harper & Brother, 1946.

  Sixteen

  1947

  Bader, B. American Picturebooks from Noah’s Ark to the Beast Within. New York: Macmillan, 1976.

  Bader, B. “Only the Best: The Hits and Misses of Anne Carroll Moore.” Ho
rn Book, September/October 1997.

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

  Brown, M. W. Esphyr Slobodkina papers. 1938–1952. de Grummond Collection. McCain Library and Archives, Hattiesburg, MS.

  Brown, M. W. The Golden Egg Book. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1947.

  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. The Little Island. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1946.

  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. Outgoing correspondence. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1934–1952. Series 5. 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.

  Clary, P. “Movie Colony in Free-For-All at Decker’s Party.” United Press, 1946. Retrieved from www.newspapers.com/image/56373311/?terms=diana+barrymore.

  “Deaths.” Obituary of Maude Johnson Brown. New York Times, January 12, 1947.

  Dingle Benners Hotel. 2014. Retrieved from www.dinglebenners.com/index.html.

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

  Gaston, W. Letters to the Editor. Life, 1949.

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

  Kelly, B. “A Writer, an Illustrator, and a Peaceable Kingdom.” Christian Science Monitor, December 10, 1984. Retrieved from www.csmonitor.com/1984/1210/121024.html.

  “Life visits Rector’s for a Gay Nineties Party.” Life, March 10, 1947.

  McCormick, E. “Librarians Hate Us, but the Public Loves Golden Books.” American Libraries, May 1981.

  Pilpel, H. Letters. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1948–1952. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Pilpel, H. Legal papers. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1949–1952. Series 9. Special Collections, Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

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

  Slobodkina, E. Esphyr Slobodkina papers. 1938–1952. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

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

  Strange, M. Diary. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1943–1948. James Stillman Rockefeller Jr. Personal Collection.

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

  Various. Incoming correspondence—other organizations. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1948–1952. Folder 1. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

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

  Seventeen

  1948

  Brown, M. W. Correspondence from Margaret Wise Brown. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1936–1952. Box 19, Folder 1. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. Correspondence with Katharine Colie of the Grolier Society. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1949–1951. Box 19, Folder 5. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. Creative Writing for Very Young Children. New York: Grolier Society, 1951.

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

  Brown, M. W. Ideas for plays, records, television and radio. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1952. Box 15, Folder 9. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

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

  Brown, M. W. Outgoing correspondence. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1934–1952. Series 5. 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. “Writing for Children.” Hollins Alumnae Magazine, Winter 1949.

  Campbell, J. Letter. 1949. Margaret Wise Brown papers. 1940–1952. James S. Rockefeller Jr. Personal collection.

  Duplaix, G. Personal correspondence. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1945–1952. Folders 5a and 5b. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Ogle, L. Incoming correspondence—publishers. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1948–1952. Folders 5c and 5d. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Pilpel, H. F. Incoming correspondence—Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1950–1952. Folder 7. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Pilpel, H. Letters. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1948–1952. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Pilpel, H. Legal papers. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1949–1952. Series 9. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Strange, M. Diary. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1943–1948. James Stillman Rockefeller Jr. Personal Collection.

  Strange, M. Great Words with Great Music. New York: 1945.

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

  Trager, H. G. “The Story of Ten Years of Young Scott Books.” Publishers Weekly, April 24, 1948.

  Various. Correspondence to Margaret Wise Brown. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1936–1952. Box 19, Folder 2. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

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

  Various. Incoming correspondence. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1952–1990. Series 8. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Various. Incoming correspondence—other organizations. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1948–1952. Folder 1. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Eighteen

  1949

  Bader, B. American Picturebooks from Noah’s Ark to the Beast Within. New York: Macmillan, 1976.

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

  Brown, M. W. Correspondence with Katharine Colie of the Grolier Society. Margaret Wise Brown 1949–1951. Box 19, Folder 5. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. Creative Writing for Very Young Children. New York: Grolier Society, 1951.

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

  Brown, M. W. “Stories to Be Sung and Songs to Be Told.” The Book of Knowledge 1952 Annual. Edited by E. V. McLoughlin. New York: Grolier Society, 1952.

  Brown, M. W. “Writing for Children.” Hollins Alumnae Magazine, Winter 1949.

  Cousins, M. Children’s Page. Good Housekeeping, April 1948.

  Dunne, I. L. The American Hostess Cookbook. Garden City, NY: Halcyon House, 1949.

  Duplaix, G. Personal correspondence. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1945–1952. Folders 5a and 5b. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  “Elementary Concerts.” New York Times, October 7, 1949.

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

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

  “Helen Hayes Theatre Celebrates 100th Birthday.” Theatre Historical Society of America. 2012. Retrieved from www.historictheatr
es.org.

  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.

  Ingram, E. D. “So Again Children’s Books Are the Most Beautiful.” Kansas City Star, December 3, 1949.

  Ives, B. Letter. 1950–1951. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. Box 19, Folder 4. Special Collections. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Kilgallen, D. Gossip in Gotham. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 26, 1949.

  Kilgallen, D. Jottings in Pencil. Pottstown Mercury, 1949.

  McCormick, E. “Librarians Hate Us, but the Public Loves Golden Books.” American Libraries, May 1981.

  “Obituary for Yvonne Thomas.” Aspen Times, September 4, 2009. Retrieved from http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20090904/OBITUARIES/909049988.

  “Old Mother Hippletoe: Rural and Urban Children’s Songs.” Anthology of American Music, 2002. Retrieved from www.newworldrecords.org/liner_notes/80291.pdf.

  Pilpel, H. Legal papers. Margaret Wise Brown Papers. 1949–1952. Series 9. Special Collections. Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.

  Ripley, D. Interview with author. 1996.

  Ripley, D. Personal papers. 1954–1995. Laurel Ripley Galloway Collection.

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

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

  Tynes, T. “At the Helen Hayes Theatre, A New Act for Second Stage.” Walking Off the Big Apple. 2014. Retrieved from www.walkingoffthebigapple.com/2012/05/at-helen-hayes-theatre-new-act-for.html.

  Young People’s Record Time. New York: Young People’s Record Club, 1949.

  Zerbe, J. “The Newest Michael Strange Career.” Sunday Mirror Magazine, February 1949.

  Nineteen

  1950

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

  Brown, M. W. Correspondence from Margaret Wise Brown. Margaret Wise Brown Collection. 1936–1952. Box 19, Folder 1. Westerly Library, Westerly, RI.

  Brown, M. W. The Dark Wood of the Golden Birds. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950.