Ann Nolan Clark manuscript

Collection

Identifier: Ms-0234

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Contained in the collection are three manuscripts of Clark’s 1969 book Journey of the People. Included is the original manuscript sent to Viking Press with editor’s marks, a carbon copy of the original manuscript, and galley proofs.

Dates

1969

Biographical / Historical

1889 Born, Las Vegas, New Mexico, the daughter of Patrick Francis and Mary (Dunne) Nolan

ca. 1915-19 Student, Highlands University, Las Vegas

1919 Married Thomas Patrick Clark; one son, Thomas Patrick (killed in action in World War II)

1919-23 Assistant English teacher, Highlands University; teacher, public schools in New Mexico

1923-62 Bureau of Indian Affairs: teacher, Santa Fe Boarding School, Tesuque Pueblo; education specialist, 1930- ; head of preparation of materials, Department of Adult Education

1940 Assigned to write a series of “Indian Life Readers” which were published in English/Sioux, English/Navajo, and English/Spanish

1940 Who Wants to be a Prairie Dog?, U. S. Office of Indian Affairs

1940 Little Herder in Spring, U. S. Office of Indian Affairs

1940 Little Herder in Autumn, U. S. Office of Indian Affairs

1940 Little Boy with Three Names, U.S. Office of Indian Affairs

1941 The Pine Ridge Porcupine, U. S. Office of Indian Affairs

1941 In My Mother's House, Viking (New York Herald Tribune Children's Spring Book Festival award; Junior Literary Guild selection; runner-up for Caldecott Medal)

1941 A Child's Story of New Mexico, University Publishing (with Frances Carey)

1942 About the Slim Butte Raccoon, U. S. Office of Indian Affairs

1942 Little Herder in Winter, U. S. Office of Indian Affairs

1942 Little Herder in Summer, U. S. Office of Indian Affairs

1942 Buffalo Caller, Row, Peterson 1942 There Still Are Buffalo, U. S. Office of Indian Affairs

1943 Young Hunters of Picuris, U. S. Office of Indian Affairs

1943 Bringer of the Mystery Dog, U. S. Indian Service

1943 Little Navajo Bluebird, Viking (Junior Literary Guild selection)

1943 About the Grass Mountain Mouse, U. S. Office of Indian Affairs

1943 About the Hen of Wahpeton, U. S. Office of Indian Affairs

1944 Brave Against the Enemy, U. S. Indian Service

1945 Sun Journey, U. S. Office of Indian Affairs

ca. 1945 Established monthly magazine for all intermediate-grade Indian children of the United States

ca. 1945 Member of Indian Service team working with relocated Japanese- Americans to help them establish their own educational programs

1945-50 Materials specialist, Institute of Inter-American Affairs (Inter-American Educational Foundation). Lived in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil; trained native teachers in these countries and helped them prepare teaching materials

1946-[?] Education consultant, Latin American Bureau, International Cooperation Administration

[?] U. S. delegate UNESCO Conferences, Brazil and Paris

1947 Singing Sioux Cowboy Reader, U. S. Indian Service The following seven books were “written at the request of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs for use in any Latin American country.”

1948 El Buey que Queria Vivir en la Casa, Government Printing Office (GPO)

1948 La Gallina que Queria Ayudar, GPO

1948 Linda Rita, GPO

1948 Los Patos son Diferentes, GPO

1949 El Cerdito que Fue al Mercado, GPO

1949 En el Camino de la Escuela, GPO

1949 Juan el Poblado, GPO

1948 El Maestro Rural en la Comunidad, Guatemala, Department of Rural Education

1950 Magic Money, Viking (Junior Literary Guild selection)

1951 Little Navajo Herder, U. S. Indian service (compilation of four earlier books)

1952 Looking-for-Something, Viking (New York Herald Tribune Children's Spring Book Festival award; Junior Literary Guild selection)

1952 Secret of the Andes, Viking (Newbery Medal; Junior Literary Guild selection)

1952 Blaukehlchen, das Indianerkind, Wein, Eurasia

1954 Blue Canyon Horse, Viking

1955 Santiago, Viking

1955 The Little Indian Pottery Maker, Melmont

1956 Third Monkey, Viking

1957 The Little Indian Basket Maker, Melmont

1959 A Santo for Pasqualita, Viking

1960 World Song, Viking

1962 Paco's Miracle, Bell Books

1962 O Milagre na Montanha, Rio do Janeiro, Distribuidora Record (translation of Paco's Miracle)

1962 The Desert People, Viking

1962 Recipient, Distinguished Service medal, U. S. Department of the Interior

1963 Father Kino, Priest to the Pimas, Farrar, Straus

1963 A Keepsake, Viking

1963 Recipient, Regina medal, Catholic Library Association

1963 Medicine Man's Daughter, Farrar, Straus

1963 Tia Maria's Garden, Viking

1965 Bear Cub, Viking

1965 This for That, Golden Gate

1965 A Grande Aventura, Sao Paulo, Editora Brasiliense

1967 Brother Andre of Montreal, Vision Books

1968 Summer Is for Growing, Farrar, Straus

1968 Arizona for Young People

1969 Along Sandy Trails, Viking

1969 Journey to the People, Viking

1969 These Were the Valiant, Horn

1970 Circle of Seasons, Farrar, Straus

1972 Hoofprint on the Wind, Viking

1975 Year Walk, Viking

1976 All This Wild Land, Viking

1978 To Stand Against the Wind, Viking

1979 In the Land of Small Dragon; A Vietnamese Folk Tale, Viking (by Dang Manh Kha, told to Ann Nolan Clark)

Mrs. Clark has also held membership in the following organizations:

Alpha Delta Kappa Altrusa International Benjamin Franklin Society (honorary) International Council of Women Kappa Delta Pi (honorary) Mark Twain Society (honorary) National Council of Women P.E.N. (New York) (honorary)

Extent

.25 Linear Feet (2 Boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

New Mexico teacher of Native American and Latin American children, and award-winning author. Comprised of the original manuscript, carbon copy, and galley proofs of her adult non-fiction book, Journey to the People (Viking, 1969).