Kerlan Collection's 60th Anniversary
What: Kerlan Collection's 60th Anniversary
When: Thursday, November 12, 2009 - Thursday, December 31, 2009
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library Exhibit Gallery
Free and open to the public.
Opening Reception
Sunday, November 15, 2009, 2:00 p.m.
120 Elmer L. Andersen Library
Featuring writer, literary historian, and children's literature critic Leonard S. Marcus
RSVP for reception by November 6 at stangret@umn.edu or 612-624-9339.
Sixty years ago, Dr. Irvin Kerlan donated his collection of children's books to the University of Minnesota. Dr. Kerlan chose what was best and representative of each current year and, when he could afford it, bought children's classics and past Newbery winners. Soon he began pursuing the background material that went into making the books, writing letters to authors and illustrators, and they replied by forwarding their original manuscripts, artwork, and selected correspondence with editors and children. From the halls of a Washington, D.C., brownstone to the caverns of the University, the Kerlan Collection now contains over 110,000 children's books, as well as original manuscripts, artwork, galleys, and color proofs for more than 18,000 titles.
Join us as we commemorate sixty years as one of the world's greatest children's literature research collections.
