1. Artist's dummy for The Castle Number Nine, with four extra pages of text Creator: From the Collection: Shirley, Betsy Beinecke Published / Created: circa 1937 Call Number: GEN MSS 764 Container / Volume: Box 2, folder 29 Image Count: 3 Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (GEN MSS 764) > Series I: Authors and Illustrators for Children > Bemelmans, Ludwig and Mimi > Artist's dummy for The Castle Number Nine, with four extra pages of text
2. Drawing of Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf, for "The Hobbit," by J. R. R. Tolkien; ink on paper Creator: From the Collection: Shirley, Betsy Beinecke Published / Created: 1967 Call Number: GEN MSS 764 Container / Volume: Box 13, folder 302 Image Count: 1 Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (GEN MSS 764) > Series I: Authors and Illustrators for Children > Sendak, Maurice > Drawing of Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf, for "The Hobbit," by J. R. R. Tolkien; ink on paper
3. Drawings (34 on 16 sheets) for The Brownies Abroad; ink and pencil on bristol board mounted on Creator: From the Collection: Shirley, Betsy Beinecke Published / Created: circa 1899 Call Number: GEN MSS 764 Container / Volume: Box 6, folder 104 Image Count: 1 Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (GEN MSS 764) > Series I: Authors and Illustrators for Children > Cox, Palmer > The Brownies > Drawings (34 on 16 sheets) for The Brownies Abroad; ink and pencil on bristol board mounted on illustration board
4. Drawings (4) for Pickings from the Portfolio of the Reporter of the New Orleans "Picayune"; pencil Creator: From the Collection: Shirley, Betsy Beinecke Published / Created: circa 1846 Call Number: GEN MSS 764 Container / Volume: Box 7, folder 131 Image Count: 2 Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (GEN MSS 764) > Series I: Authors and Illustrators for Children > Darley, Felix Octavius Carr > Drawings (4) for Pickings from the Portfolio of the Reporter of the New Orleans "Picayune"; pencil, ink, and wash on paper
5. Dummy for Sam, by Ann Herbert Scott; watercolor, ink and pencil on paper, with paste-up text Creator: From the Collection: Shirley, Betsy Beinecke Published / Created: circa 1966 Call Number: GEN MSS 764 Container / Volume: Box 14, folder 311 Image Count: 5 Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (GEN MSS 764) > Series I: Authors and Illustrators for Children > Shimin, Symeon > Dummy for Sam, by Ann Herbert Scott; watercolor, ink and pencil on paper, with paste-up text
6. Letter to Carey and Hart, regarding typography for and delay in production of the first edition of Creator: From the Collection: Shirley, Betsy Beinecke Published / Created: 1842 Oct 7 Call Number: GEN MSS 764 Container / Volume: Box 9, folder 176 Image Count: 4 Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (GEN MSS 764) > Series I: Authors and Illustrators for Children > Griswold, Rufus W. (Rufus Wilmot) > Letter to Carey and Hart, regarding typography for and delay in production of the first edition of The Poets and Poetry of America
7. Letter to Mrs. Arthur Vorwald, regarding his life and work Creator: From the Collection: Shirley, Betsy Beinecke Published / Created: 1938 Jun 21 Call Number: GEN MSS 764 Container / Volume: Box 15, folder 325 Image Count: 2 Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (GEN MSS 764) > Series I: Authors and Illustrators for Children > Tenggren, Gustaf > Letter to Mrs. Arthur Vorwald, regarding his life and work
8. Letters (12) to Grant B. and Elizabeth Baker Schley, with letters (7) addressed to "Cousin" Creator: From the Collection: Shirley, Betsy Beinecke Published / Created: 1899-1904, undated Call Number: GEN MSS 764 Container / Volume: Box 5, folder 93 Image Count: 37 Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (GEN MSS 764) > Series I: Authors and Illustrators for Children > Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart) > Letters (12) to Grant B. and Elizabeth Baker Schley, with letters (7) addressed to "Cousin"
9. Letters (2) to a boy, regarding an autograph, and to W. W. Denslow acknowledging a misquotation Creator: From the Collection: Shirley, Betsy Beinecke Published / Created: 1895 and 1902 Call Number: GEN MSS 764 Container / Volume: Box 10, folder 204 Image Count: 6 Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (GEN MSS 764) > Series I: Authors and Illustrators for Children > Jenks, Tudor > Letters (2) to a boy, regarding an autograph, and to W. W. Denslow acknowledging a misquotation from "Twas the Night Before Christmas"
10. Letters (29) to Evelyn Baker Schley Behr Creator: From the Collection: Shirley, Betsy Beinecke Published / Created: 1906-1917, undated Call Number: GEN MSS 764 Container / Volume: Box 5, folder 91 Image Count: 46 Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (GEN MSS 764) > Series I: Authors and Illustrators for Children > Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart) > Letters (29) to Evelyn Baker Schley Behr
11. Letters and notes (4) to Lisbeth Schley Behr and Evelyn Shirley Behr Creator: From the Collection: Shirley, Betsy Beinecke Published / Created: 1914, undated Call Number: GEN MSS 764 Container / Volume: Box 5, folder 92 Image Count: 14 Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (GEN MSS 764) > Series I: Authors and Illustrators for Children > Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart) > Letters and notes (4) to Lisbeth Schley Behr and Evelyn Shirley Behr
12. Manuscript book, "A Collection of Sentence's [sic] Divine and Moral"; holograph with illustrations Creator: From the Collection: Shirley, Betsy Beinecke Published / Created: 1807 Call Number: GEN MSS 764 Container / Volume: Box 5, folder 98 Image Count: 18 Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (GEN MSS 764) > Series I: Authors and Illustrators for Children > Coffin, Hannah > Manuscript book, "A Collection of Sentence's [sic] Divine and Moral"; holograph with illustrations in ink
13. Manuscript booklet, "The History of Little Fanny Exemplified in a Series of Figures"; holograph Creator: From the Collection: Shirley, Betsy Beinecke Published / Created: [1812?] Feb 19 Call Number: GEN MSS 764 Container / Volume: Box 11, folder 248 Image Count: 1 Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (GEN MSS 764) > Series I: Authors and Illustrators for Children > Miller, Mary Jane > Manuscript booklet, "The History of Little Fanny Exemplified in a Series of Figures"; holograph
14. Manuscript, "A Lecture on Kittens (including Cats)"; holograph Creator: From the Collection: Shirley, Betsy Beinecke Published / Created: undated Call Number: GEN MSS 764 Container / Volume: Box 2, folder 23 Image Count: 13 Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (GEN MSS 764) > Series I: Authors and Illustrators for Children > Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) > Manuscript, "A Lecture on Kittens (including Cats)"; holograph
15. Manuscript, "Goopana," parody of Burgess's work by unidentified authors [likely family members or Creator: From the Collection: Shirley, Betsy Beinecke Published / Created: undated Call Number: GEN MSS 764 Container / Volume: Box 4, folder 75 Image Count: 88 Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (GEN MSS 764) > Series I: Authors and Illustrators for Children > Burgess, Gelett > Manuscript, "Goopana," parody of Burgess's work by unidentified authors [likely family members or friends]
16. Manuscript, "The Agnes Magazine"; typescript carbon, with ink and watercolor drawings, and Creator: From the Collection: Shirley, Betsy Beinecke Published / Created: 1898 Jul 15 Call Number: GEN MSS 764 Container / Volume: Box 4, folder 74 Image Count: 13 Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (GEN MSS 764) > Series I: Authors and Illustrators for Children > Burgess, Gelett > Manuscript, "The Agnes Magazine"; typescript carbon, with ink and watercolor drawings, and holograph poem; inscribed to Agnes Bouchard
17. Manuscript, "The Most Peculiar History of the Chewing Gum Man"; bound typescript, with ink and Creator: From the Collection: Shirley, Betsy Beinecke Published / Created: 1894 Call Number: GEN MSS 764 Container / Volume: Box 4, folder 76 Image Count: 9 Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (GEN MSS 764) > Series I: Authors and Illustrators for Children > Burgess, Gelett > Manuscript, "The Most Peculiar History of the Chewing Gum Man"; bound typescript, with ink and watercolor drawings