Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, c.1954-1981

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MS. Opie 242

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Correspondence and other papers relating to the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books at Toronto Public Library, and to Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections:

Folder 1: Correspondence (including with Edgar Osborne, Judith St. John, and Toronto Public Library), c.1954-1981; catalogues, brochures and press cuttings relating to the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, and to the public library and the Boys and Girl's House in Toronto, c.1959-1975.
Folder 2: Annual Reports, newsletters and brochures relating to the (British Branch of the) Friends of the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books/Friends of the Osborne & Lillian H. Smith Collections, c.1969-1978.
Folder 3: Brochures, newsletters, press cuttings and invitations relating to early children's books (exhibitions, anthologies, facsimile editions etc.). Also includes material relating to children's books in general and to child literacy, c.1970s.