[PW] Re: ? children's author Maria Gleit/Hertha Gleitsmann

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On Fri, November 3, 2006 12:00 pm, Dennis Lien said:

> At 03:41 PM 10/31/2006, you wrote:
>>Our info seeker is looking for biographical information on children's
>>book author of the 1930's, mainly 40's, 50's-- Hertha Gleitsmann,
>>pseudo. Maria Gleit.
>
>
> Dates are 1909-1981, per WORLD BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX database.  I sent
> Elizabeth offlist some citations from that which reputedly contain entries
> for Gleit; all were in German only.
>
> Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // d-lien at umn.edu
>

Dennis--

Did you find any info in _A Bio-Bibliography of German-American Writers,
1670-1970_? _Biography and Genealogy Master Index_ says she's in there,
under "Hertha Gleitsmann". MNCAT says the book is at the Wilson Library.

--Andrea Herman
  St. Paul Public Library

P.S. Sorry to weigh in so late, I had a big project due.