xt7hqb9v1n3n https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7hqb9v1n3n/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7hqb9v1n3n/data/m557.dao.xml Caudill, Rebecca 1928-1963 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 reel of microfilm (ca. 184 pieces) collections m557 English University of Kentucky The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Rebecca Caudill papers [microfilm] Radio adaptations. Children's literature, American -- Adaptations. Children's literature, American -- Book reviews. Radio scripts. Authors, American -- Kentucky. Rebecca Caudill papers [microfilm] text Rebecca Caudill papers [microfilm] 1928 1928-1963 2017 true xt7hqb9v1n3n collection false kukm1f64m_557 Caudill, Rebecca papers [microfilm] Rebecca Caudill papers [microfilm]  M-557 Processed by: Archives Staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Eric Weig University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center Special Collections Research Center University of Kentucky Libraries Margaret I. King Library Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0039 URL:  This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on  2017-03-22 16:50:06 -0400 . Description is in English. Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2017 March 2 Description updated by Sarah Mackenzie Wade. 
   
     
       English 
     
     
       University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center 
     
     Rebecca Caudill papers [microfilm] 
     
       Caudill, Rebecca 
     
     M-557 
     
       0.1 Cubic Feet 
       1 reel of microfilm (ca. 184 pieces) 
     
     1928-1963 
   
   
     Conditions Governing Access 
 Collection is open to researchers by appointment.    
   
     Biographical/Historical note 
 Children's author Rebecca Caudill was born in 1899 in Poor Folk, Harlan County, in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky. When Caudill was five years old, her family left Kentucky for Tennessee in order to pursue better educational opportunities for the ten Caudill children. Much of Caudill's writing is based on her two Appalachian childhood settings. Caudill was the first member of her family to go to college. She earned a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia and a master's degree in international relations from Vanderbilt University. After completing her studies, Caudill taught English in Brazil for two years, worked as an editor in Nashville, and finally moved to Chicago to work in a publishing house. In Chicago she met fellow author and editor James Sterling Ayars, whom she married in 1931. In 1937, the Ayars moved to Urbana, Illinois, where they settled permanently with their two children, James Ayars, Jr. and Rebecca Jean Ayars.  Over the course of her career, Caudill wrote over twenty children's books, including  Tree of Freedom , which was a Newbery Honor Book in 1950 and  Pocketful of Cricket , which was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1965. In 1969, she and her husband co-authored  Contrary Jenkins Though known primarily for her children's books, Caudill also wrote magazine articles, short stories, and a nonfiction book,  My Appalachia , which is a documentary of the socio-economic conditions in Southern Appalachia in the mid-1960s. Caudill was also active in her Illinois community and her Kentucky hometown. She gave many lectures and speeches throughout Appalachia and the Midwest to advocate for peace, cofounded the Champaign-Urbana Peace Council, and served on the boards of trustees for Harlan County, Kentucky's Pine Mountain Settlement School and for the Urbana Free Library in Illinois. Harlan County's first community library in Cumberland, Kentucky was renamed the Rebecca Caudill Public Library in her honor in 1973. Caudill died in 1985.    
   
     Custodial History note 
 Ayars, Rebecca Caudill. Loan to be microfilmed by University of Kentucky Libraries, 1964.    
   
     General note 
 None online. Must visit contributing institution.    
   
     Preferred Citation note 
 M-557 : [identification of item], Rebecca Caudill papers [microfilm], 1928-1963, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.    
   
     Related Materials 
 81M1, Rebecca Caudill papers, 1903-1985, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.    
   
     Scope and Contents note 
 The collection consists of materials related to Rebecca Caudill's work as a writer, along with some biographical material. It includes reviews of  Barrie and Daughter ,  Happy Little Family ,  [Tree of Freedom] ,  The House of the Fifers ,  Susan Cornish ,  Time for Lissa ,  Higgins and the Great Big Scare , and  The Best-Loved Doll . Also includes biographical materials, articles by Caudill about her work, radio scripts of  Up and Down the River ,  The House of the Fifers , and  The Best-Loved Doll , and newspaper articles about Caudill's public appearances, her awards and honors, and her trip to Geneva, Switzerland with a peace group in 1951.    
   
     Conditions Governing Use note 
 The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.    
   
     Radio adaptations. 
     Children's literature, American -- Adaptations. 
     Children's literature, American -- Book reviews. 
     Radio scripts. 
     Authors, American -- Kentucky. 
     Caudill, Rebecca