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Hazel Wilson collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0401

Collection Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs, interviews and reviews, and her son's memorial tribute.

Dates

  • 1950-1992

Creator

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Curator of the Maine Women Writers Collection.

Biographical/Historical Note

Hazel Hutchins Wilson was born in 1898 in Portland, Maine to Fred Linwood and Emma Hutchins. She attended Bates College and went on to study library science at Simmons College. She worked in libraries in Missouri, Massachusetts, Colorado and Paris, France. She married Jerome Wilson in 1930 and they lived in the Washington, D.C. area for the remainder of their lives. Wilson wrote a number of books for children, as well as some biographies. She also taught writing classes for children and was a lecturer at a number of events. Wilson passed away in 1992 in Bethesda, Maryland.

Extent

4 folders

Language of Materials

English

Title
Guide to the Hazel Wilson collection, 1950-1992
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Maine Women Writers Collection Repository

Contact:
Abplanalp Library
University of New England
716 Stevens Avenue
Portland Maine 04103 United States