Finding Aid to the Ruth Plumly Thompson Speedy in Oz Papers 1934 BASC 10
Finding aid prepared by Susanne Mari Sakai
Book Arts & Special Collections
February 2020
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco 94102
bookarts@sfpl.org
Title: Ruth Plumly Thompson
Speedy in Oz
Papers
Date: 1934
Identifier/Call Number: BASC 10
Creator:
Thompson, Ruth Plumly, 1891-1976
Creator:
Neill, John R. (John Rea)
Physical Description:
2 folders
Contributing Institution:
Book Arts & Special Collections
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 557-4567
info@sfpl.org
Abstract: The collection contains the typed manuscript for the children's book
Speedy in Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson, adorned by sketches of accompanying illustrations by John R. Neill.
Physical Location: Collection is stored on site.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in
English.
Collection is open for research and is available for use during Book Arts & Special Collections hours.
Copyright has not been assigned to the San Francisco Public Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
materials must be submitted in writing to Book Arts & Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of
the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items. The copyright for
Speedy in Oz
will enter public domain in 2030.
[Identification of item/Title of folder], Ruth Plumly Thompson
Speedy in Oz
Papers (BASC 10), Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library.
The manuscript was transferred from the San Francisco Public Library's Children's Department in or after 1993.
Ruth Plumly Thompson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 27, 1891. She began her writing career in 1914 writing
a weekly children's column
for the
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
She is best known for continuing the famous Oz series after the original author L. Frank Baum's death in 1919. Between 1921
and 1939, she wrote one Oz book a year. They were all illustrated by John R. Neill, who had also illustrated Baum's Oz books,
except for the first one,
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Thompson stopped writing Oz books in 1939 and Neill took over, writing three until his death in 1942.
The collection consists of the typed manuscript for the children's book
Speedy in Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson. The manuscript contains markings as well as pencil sketches of accompanying illustrations by John
R. Neill.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fantasy fiction
Illustrated children's books
Illustration of books -- Juvenile literature
Illustrators -- Juvenile literature.
Juvenile fiction
Oz (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction
Oz (Imaginary place) -- Fiction
Women authors -- Juvenile literature
Thompson, Ruth Plumly, 1891-1976
Neill, John R. (John Rea)
Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919