Title: UW-Milwaukee Center for Children's Literature Records
Inclusive Dates: 1994-2005

Creator:

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Center for Children's Literature

Call Number: UWM Archival Collection 224

Quantity:

• .4 cubic ft. (1 box)
• 1 videocassette

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records of the Center for Children's Literature, a lending library and research center formerly administered by the School of Education that intended to "provide resources for nurturing a love of reading books." Most of the records in the collection date from 1998 to 2004, the active years of the Center at UWM, and concern the Center's establishment, operation, and funding.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-mil-uwmac0224

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The Center for Children's Literature was established in October 1998. Center Director John Warren Stewig, a professor in the School of Education and expert on children's literature pedagogy, accumulated the original collection of nearly 17,000 volumes. Part of the collection was a gift from Bette Peltola, a respected professor of children's literature at UWM.

To provide a resource for nurturing a love of reading books, the center provided more than 20,000 titles that been carefully selected from the numerous books published for children in the last 20 years. Much of the growth of the collection came courtesy of children's books publishers, who would send solicited and unsolicited copies of their books for use by the Center in teaching and research. Besides serving as a lending library for children's literature materials, the center held many workshops, lectures, and seminars by noted children's authors and illustrators each year.

In Autumn 2004, Professor Stewig took a faculty position at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the Center for Children's Literature relocated to that campus.

Records of the Center for Children's Literature, a lending library and research center formerly run by the School of Education that existed to "provide resources for nurturing a love of reading books." Most of the records in the collection date from 1998 to 2004, and concern the Center's establishment, operation, and funding. The majority of the documentation consists of the correspondence of Center founder and director John Warren Stewig with authors and other children's literature foundations. Also included in the collection are materials from public programs, including a celebration of Curious George author H. A. Rey, author talks with Ellen Raskin, Lois Ehlert, and Jules Feiffer, and workshops on writing, dramatizing, and publicizing children's literature. Also included is a promotional video created by the center, which showcases the resources offered and provides information on the center's history.

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

• UW-Milwaukee School of Education. UWM Archival Collection 5.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

John Warren Stewig donated accession 2010-062 to the Archives in June 2011.

Processing Information

Wen-Ling Lo (supervised by Brad Houston) processed accession 2010-062 in July 2013 as part of a fieldwork project with National Taiwan Normal University.

Box   1 Folder   1	Advisory Board Members, 2000-2004
Box   1 Folder   2	Art Makes Me Happy Featuring Steven Light, 2003-2004
Box   1 Folder   3	The Art of the Children's Book Illustrator Featuring Susan Jeffers, 1999
Box   1 Folder   4	Books Across the Curriculum: Using Children's Trade Books to Teach Subject Content, 1999-2000
Box   1 Folder   5	Books For Gift Giving, 1996-2002
Box   1 Folder   6	Book Sale, 2002-2003
Box   1 Folder   7	Celebrating 60 Years of Curious George, 2001-2002
Box   1 Folder   8	Children's Books By and About American Indians Featuring Sandra Cornelius, Sandra Orie, Christopher Canyon, 1999
Box   1 Folder   9	CLA Workshop: Picture Book Illustration and Fine Art: A Glorious Connection, 2000
Box   1 Folder   10	Different Stories, the Same Foundation Featuring Barbara Joosse, 2001
Box   1 Folder   11	Documents of Center for Children's Literature, 1996-2003
Box   1 Folder   12	Don Wood: HECKEDY PEG, 2000-2001
Box   1 Folder   13	Ellen Raskin Lecture, 1997-1999
Box   1 Folder   14	An Evening with Tom Barron, 1998
Box   1 Folder   15	Friends of Children's Literature, 2002-2003
Box   1 Folder   16	Happy Birthday Treehorn: the 30th Anniversary of the Collaboration Between Florence Parry Heide and Edward Gorey, 2001-2005
Box   1 Folder   17	John Warren Stewig, 1994-2003
Box   1 Folder   18	Jules Feiffer: the Time of My Life, 2002-2003
Box   1 Folder   19	Lois Ehlert's New Book Waiting for Wings, 2001
Box   1 Folder   20	Math Comes Alive Through Picture Books Featuring Stuart Murphy, 1999-2001
	Meet the Author Series
Box   1 Folder   21	Alexandria La Faye, 2003-2004
Box   1 Folder   22	Franny Billingsley, 2001-2002
Box   1 Folder   23	Pam Munoz Ryan, 2003
Box   1 Folder   24	The Opening of the UWM Center for Children's Literature, 1998
Box   1 Folder   25	Poetry Across the Curriculum,1998-1999
Video   1	Promotional Video, undated Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS)
	Workshops
Box   1 Folder   26	From Words into Action: Dramatizing Children's Books featuring Gretta Berghammer, 2000-2001
Box   1 Folder   27	How a Children's Book Gets Make featuring Regina Griffin, Diane Foote, DyAnne DiSalvo- Ryan, 2000
Box   1 Folder   28	Litigating the Case for Children's Books in Literature, Art, Education & Outreach featuring Trial Balloons, 2002
Box   1 Folder   29	Writing Children's Books Featuring Patricia L. Gauch, 1999