Ina B. Forbus Papers Initial Inventory (#4763)

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
Processed by:
Roslyn Holdzkom
Date Completed:
November 1995
Encoded by:
Jackie Dean
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Descriptive Summary Including Abstract

Title
Ina B. Forbus Papers (#4763)
Creator
Forbus, Ina B. (Ina Bell), d. 1994.
Extent
About 2000 items (7.5 linear feet)
Repository
Southern Historical Collection
Abstract
Ina Bell Forbus (d. 1994) was an award-winning Scottish-born author of children's books who lived in Durham, N.C., beginning in 1935. Her books include The Magic Pin (1956), The Secret Circle (1958), Dogs Are My Patients (with Louis L. Vine, 1961), Melissa (1962), and Tawney's Trick (1965). Forbus also wrote numerous short stories and poems, many of which were inspired by the rural North Carolina farm she shared with her husband, diplomat and hospital administrator Sample B. Forbus. The collection includes correspondence; files relating to her literary career and other interests; manuscripts of books, poems, short stories, and other writings; inscribed copies of books; clippings of reviews of Forbus's work and stories about her; photographs; and other items relating to Ina B. Forbus.
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Administrative Information

Access
RESTRICTED: Closed pending processing.
Usage Restrictions
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Terms

Children's literature, American--North Carolina.
Forbus, Ina B. (Ina Bell), d. 1994.
Women authors, American--20th century.
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Biographical Note

Ina Bell Forbus (d. 1994) was an award-winning Scottish-born author of children's books who lived in Durham, N.C., beginning in 1935. Her books include The Magic Pin (1956), The Secret Circle (1958), Dogs Are My Patients (with Louis L. Vine, 1961), Melissa (1962), and Tawney's Trick (1965). Forbus also wrote numerous short stories and poems, many of which were inspired by the rural North Carolina farm she shared with her husband, diplomat and hospital administrator Sample B. Forbus.

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Collection Overview

Correspondence; files relating to her literary career and other interests; manuscripts of books, poems, short stories, and other writings; inscribed copies of books; clippings of reviews of Forbus's work and stories about her; photographs; and other items relating to Ina B. Forbus.