Children's Literature Research Collection 113 Elmer L. Andersen Library University of Minnesota 222 21st Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 Scott O'Dell Papers, 1960-1992. 17.1 linear ft.
Various states appear together in the same run of a manuscript.
In addition, O'Dell's acceptance speech for the Andersen award is represented, along with materials relating to the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction and the O'Dell scholarship. Soon after winning the 1961 Newbery Medal for Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O'Dell began considering the Kerlan Collection as a repository for his manuscripts. The first donation did not arrive until May 1989, a donation of correspondence to O'Dell from the public. Translations, first U.S. printings, galleys, and manuscripts in various states soon followed it. Scott O'Dell died in October 1989.