Charlie May Simon Letter
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Scope and Content Note
Letter from writer Charlie May Hogue Simon to Miss Long's fourth grade students in Morrilton, Arkansas, in response to their letters. The class had read Simon's All Men Are Brothers and Secret on the Congo. She answers their questions on topics like her travels to Africa, her name, and her writings.
Dates
- 1962
Creator
- Simon, Charlie May Hogue, 1897-1977 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Charlie May Hogue Simon, one of Arkansas's leading literary figures, was born in Monticello, Arkansas, on August 17, 1897. She attended Memphis State University in Tennessee. She also studied at Stanford University, California, the Chicago Art Institute, Illinois, and the Grande Chaumiere in Paris, France. Simon taught courses in creative writing at the University of Arkansas and appeared as a lecturer and teacher in creative writing seminars all over the country. She also taught English for three years at the Women's University of Tokyo, Japan. Simon is the author of twenty-seven books. Although she is most famous for her children's books, she was also a biographer, receiving the 1958 Albert Schweitzer Book Prize for A Seed Shall Serve, the story of Toyohiko Kagawa, spiritual leader of Modern Japan. In 1970, the State Education Department honored Simon by establishing the Charlie May Simon Award for Children's Literature. Simon was married to John Gould Fletcher, Arkansas's 1939 Pulitzer prize-winning poet. Charlie May Hogue Simon died in 1977.
[Biographical sketch copied from the finding aid for MC 1134, Charlie May Hogue Simon Letters]
Extent
0.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Arrangement of the Papers
The collection consists of a single item stored in a box with other small manuscript collections.
Acquisition Information
The Charlie May Hogue Simon Letter was donated to the Special Collections Department by Melissa Jane Dunsworth Murphy of Melbourne Beach, Florida, on June 18, 2010. Murphy was the recipient of the letter, on behalf of her fourth-grade class.
Processing Information
Processed by Katrina Windon; completed in January 2019.
Creator
- Simon, Charlie May Hogue, 1897-1977 (Person)
- Title
- Charlie May Hogue Simon Letter
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Katrina Windon
- Date
- January 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu