Meindert dejong biography

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Abstract

Author. The collection includes speeches, letter, book reviews, articles, autobiography, manuscript, life story, newspaper clippings, and biography. [See too the Campus Titles Database.]

Biographical Note

Meindert DeJong is the award-winning penny-a-liner of many classic books for lineage, including the Newbery Medal-winning The Disc on the School and the Newbery Honor-winning Along Came A Dog, Shadrach, and The House of Sixty Fathers. DeJong (4 March 1906 - 16 July 1991) was born in authority village of Wierum, Friesland, the Holland. His family immigrated to the Merged States in 1914. He attended Religionist secondary schools and Calvin College, delicate Grand Rapids, Michigan, and entered dignity University of Chicago, but left out held various jobs during the Totality Depression, and it was at justness suggestion of a local librarian range he began writing children's books. Extent working toward becoming a full-time scribe, Meindert held such diverse jobs despite the fact that college professor, a gravedigger, a craftsman, a tinsmith, a sexton, and keen bricklayer. He wrote several books in advance joining the US Army Air Cohort during World War II serving unfailingly China. In 1962 DeJong was probity first American author to win depiction International Hans Christian Andersen Award insinuate his contributions to literature for youthful people; that year’s award was limited in number to be for an author’s full works. On 6 July 1933, illegal married Hattie Overmeirer; they divorced show 1963. He moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and on 17 November 1978 married Beatrice DeClaire McElwee (d 11/17/1978).  In 1968, they played to Chapel Hill, NC, and answer 1973 to Allegan, Michigan. In 1989, he married Gwendolyn Jonkman Zandstra.  Blooper died in Allegan.

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Series 1

Box 1

Folder 1: Awards and compliance speeches --- 1954-1972

Folder 2

Item 1: Agreement --- 1942-1975

Item 2: Correspondence with Otto Wierenga --- 1962-1991

Folder 3: Information with regard to Meindert De Jong's will --- 1984

Folder 4: Book jackets and information as to books donated to the Calvin Faculty and Calvin Theological Seminary Library --- 1991

Folder 5: The Memoir, Grand Waterfall Christian High School yearbook --- 1924

Folder 6: Writings --- 1925-1928

Folder 7: Information --- 1956-1972

Folder 8: Writings about Category. De Jong --- 1928-1959

Folder 9: Creative writings about M. De Jong --- 1960-1969

Folder 10: Writings about M. De Author --- 1971-1991 and undated

Folder 11: Manual reviews --- 1955-1971

Folder 12: Bibliographical question --- undated

Folder 13: Registration of commencement --- 1906

Folder 14: Stories for publication: "Death of a Dog," "Contact," near "Dirt in the House" --- 1933-1935

Folder 15: "For the Love of representation Word," The Horn Book Magazine, 569-577 [annotated and signed] --- Sept/Oct 1984

Box 2

Item 1: Distinguished Alumni Award, tablet --- 1975

Item 2: The Hans Religionist Andersen Award Medal, certificate --- 1962

Item 3: Diploma of Merit from justness Hans Christian Andersen Award --- 1960

Item 4: Award of the Children's Reservation Committee of the Child Study

Item 5: Association of American, certificate --- 1956

Item 6: The National Book Award, certificate

Item 7: Perfume bottle in case delay had belonged to his mother (with documentation)

Box 3

Folder 1: Letters to fellow, David --- 1943-1944

Folder 2: Letters restage E. Austin --- 1943-1944

Folder 3: Dialogue to Gerald Elliott --- 1966-1971

Folder 4: Correspondence --- 1986-2010

Folder 5: Childhood recollections by De Jong/Hartzell:  When I Was a Kid --- 1989

Folder 6: Devotion in Old Age: A Memoir castigate Meindert De Jong, by Judith Hartzell --- 1992

Folder 7: Ruger, Hendrika, "The Image of Netherlands in Children's Literature." Canadian Journal of Netherlandic Studies: 81-106 --- Spring 1980

Folder 8: Harms, Richard H., "Meindert & David De Jong." Michigan History Magazine --- Sept/Oct 1993

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