Typescript, printed and manuscript documents arising from the creation of The Junior Bookshelf magazine, mainly from the 1950s-1960s.
‘Archives’ File. Includes an illustration, letters to the editor from subscribers and contributors, records relating to editor’s participation in BBC broadcast. 1936-1961. 57 items
Diana Morrell File. Letters from subscribers and contributors, draft articles, notes on the history of The Junior Bookshelf, press releases, press cuttings, meeting minutes of The Library Association, promotional leaflet, newsletter, invitations, invoices. 1950-1973. 37 items
‘Various Letters and Articles’ file. Contains letters, articles submitted for publication, letters concerning reprinting articles, book lists, material relating to literary awards, pamphlet ‘Cultural Anthropology’ by Walter Goldschmidt. 1957-1980. 23 items
‘Junior Bookshelf Literary File’, 1962-1966: Includes letters from journal contributors, drafts of articles, notes, letters to the editor (and extracts from letters). 33 items 1960-1966
Children’s Libraries and the Book Market, Youth Libraries Group, The Library Association, Pamphlet No 1 (1967). Marked as being ‘for review’.