Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1953-1956 | Attended Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio |
| 1956-1958 | B.A., Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio |
| 1959 | Attended New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y. |
| 1960 | Married Arnold Adoff |
| 1967 | Published Zeely. New York: Macmillan |
| 1968 | Published The House of Dies Drear. New York: Macmillan |
| 1971 | Published The Planet of Junior Brown. |
| 1972 | Published W. E. B. Du Bois: A Biography. New York: Crowell |
| 1974 | Published M. C. Higgins, the Great. New York: Macmillan Published Paul Robeson: The Life and Times of a Black Man. New York: Harper and Row |
| 1975 | Published The Writings of W. E. B. Du Bois. New York: Crowell Received John Newbery Medal and National Book Award for M. C. Higgins, the Great |
| 1976 | Published Arilla Sun Down. New York: William Morrow |
| 1980-1981 | Published the Justice trilogy, Dustland, The Gathering, and Justice and Her Brothers. New York: Greenwillow Books |
| 1982 | Published Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush. New York: Philomel |
| 1983 | Published The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl. New York: Harper Published Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed. New York: Greenwillow Books |
| 1984 | Published A Little Love. New York: Philomel Virginia Hamilton Lecture in Children's Literature established at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio |
| 1936, Mar. 12 | Born, Yellow Springs, Ohio |
| 1985 | Published The People Could Fly. New York: Knopf |
| 1988 | Published Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave. New York: Knopf Published In the Beginning. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich |
| 1989 | Published The Bells of Christmas. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich |
| 1990 | Published Cousins. New York: Philomel |
| 1992 | Received Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing |
| 1994 | Honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio |
| 1995 | Received Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal Fellow, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation |
| 1997 | Published Her Stories. New York: Blue Sky Press |
| 1998 | Published Second Cousins. New York: Blue Sky Press |
| 2002, Feb. 19 | Died, Yellow Springs, Ohio |
| 2003 | Posthumous publication of Wee Winnie Witch's Skinny. New York: Blue Sky Press |