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Cornell University.
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Eve Merriam
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Her book, The Inner City Mother Goose, was described as one of the most banned books of the time. lieutenant inspired a 1971 Broadway musical called Inner City and a 1982 musical production called Street Dreams. She published a total of 88 books
Merriam died on April 11, 1992 in Manhattan from liver cancer.
"Eve Merriam, Poet and Author Who Wrote for Children, Is Dead," Bruce Lambert, The New York Times, April 13, 1992. Heffer, Helen Ruth Julian.
A Checklist of Works by and about Eve Merriam. Master’s thesis, University of Maryland, 1980.
Includes 84-page biographical essay.
Copeland, J. South., Speaking of Poets: Interviews with Poets Who Write for Children and Young Adults (1993). short biography from Wisconsin Writers" Collection at MITH Biography at Jewish Women"s Archive “Eve Merriam.” In Anne Commire, educated, Something About the Author, volunteer 40. Detrolt: Gale Research Company, 1985. In other works Archival materials Finding Aid for holdings related to Eve Merriam in the University of Minnesota Libraries Children"s Literature Research Collection Papers, 1840-1978 (inclusive), 1930-1978 (bulk): A Finding Aid.Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
Additional papers, 1960-1984 (inclusive), 1978-1984 (bulk): A Finding Aid.Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
Additional papers of Eve Merriam, ca.1930-1992: A Finding Aid.Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. Audiovisual collection of Eve Merriam, 1964-1992: A Finding Aid.Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
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Politics
Red Feminism: American Communism and the Making of Women's Liberation (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001).
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