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Title: Patricia Beatty papers
Date (inclusive): 1960-1988
Collection Number: MS 220
Creator:
Beatty, Patricia, 1922-1991
Creator:
Beatty, John Louis, 1922-1975
Extent:
18.75 linear feet
(46 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: This collection consists of notes, proofs, manuscripts, and other material related to the written works of Patricia Beatty,
an award-winning author of children's books including
Lupita Manana and
Charley Skedaddle. The collection also includes materials on books Beatty co-authored with her husband John Beatty.
Languages: The collection is in English.
This collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives.
Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission
of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable
rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Patricia Beatty papers (MS 220). Special Collections & University Archives,
University of California, Riverside.
Gift of Patricia Beatty, 1989.
The collection was processed by Carlota Ramirez, Student Processing Assistant, 2017.
Processing of the Patricia Beatty papers was completed by undergraduate students from the University of California, Riverside
as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project was funded
by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian.
Patricia Beatty was born in Portland, Oregon, and was a longtime resident of Southern California. After graduating from Reed
College, she taught high school english and history, and later held various positions as a science and children's librarian.
In 1950, she married John Louis Beatty, a history professor.
In 1953 the Beattys moved to Riverside, where John had received a position at the newly formed University of California, Riverside.
Patricia worked at the Riverside Public Library as a librarian, and began writing books in her spare time. She wrote numerous
books, and coauthored 10 books with John before his death in 1975. She also taught Writing Fiction for Children at several
branches of the University of California in the late 1960s. Beatty married UC Riverside economics professor Carl Uhr in 1975,
and passed away on July 9, 1991.
Beatty's work won numerous awards, including two Western Writers of America Awards (1984, 1987), the Scott O'Dell Award for
Historical Fiction for
Charley Skedaddle (1988), and two California Council Medals from the Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People
(1974, 1976). The California Library Association also created the John and Patricia Beatty Award in 1987, to honor children's
books highlighting California.
This collection consists of manuscript drafts, proofs, notes, and other materials related to 49 written works by award-winning
children's author Patricia Beatty, including the 10 books Beatty co-authored with her husband John Beatty. Items in the collection
also include some personal materials, including biographies, news clippings, correspondence, and an article Beatty authored
on writing historical novels for young people.
The collection has been kept for the most part in its original order with original folder titles. Materials are organized
chronologically into series based on the title of the work, with oversized items separated physically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Authors
Children's literature, American
Manuscripts
Notes
Proofs (printed matter)