Marguerite deAngeli Collection Guide and Digital Holdings The Marguerite deAngeli Collection is composed of a variety of materials donated by Mrs. deAngeli and her family, as well as other donors, to the Lapeer District Library in 1985.   Items include: published and unpublished artwork, book manuscripts, research notes, personal correspondences and family photographs. Because this is a limited collection, keyword searching may not produce desired results.  Below is a list of terms that will guide you through the collection and will allow you to view it in a variety of groupings.  We believe that you will learn much about Marguerite deAngeli, her works, her life and her contribution to American children's literature and that you will come to love her as we do

BOOKS Black Fox of Lorne Bright April Book of Favorite Hymns Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes Butter at the Old Price Copper-Toed Boots Door in the Wall Elin's Amerika Empty Barn Fiddlestrings Friendship & Other Poems Goose Girl Henner's Lydia Jared's Island Just Like David Lion in the Box Petite Suzanne Old Testament Skippack School A Summer Day With Ted and Nina Ted and Nina Go to the Grocery Store Thee, Hannah! The Ted and Nina Story Book Turkey for Christmas Up the Hill Whistle for the Crossing Yonie Wondernose SUBJECTS Animals Children Decorative art Plants

ARTWORK Book jackets Illustrations for other authors  Published illustrations Unpublished Preliminary sketches Note cards WRITINGS Drafts Interview Manuscripts Magazine articles Correspondences Research and background information LIFE Awards and Honors Certificates Early life in Lapeer Lapeer buildings Lapeer visits Family papers Family pictures Marguerite deAngeli Photos deAngeli family Lofft family Sloan family Tuttle family

In 1999, a portion of the collection was digitized with funding,in part, from a federal Library Services and Technology Act subgrantfrom the Institute of Museum & Library Services, administeredby the Library of Michigan, the Mideastern Michigan Library Cooperativeand Lapeer District Library (learnmore about the grant).