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Collection Summary | |
Creator: | Collin, Margaret H. |
Collection Name | Margaret Collin papers, 1929-2007 |
Physical Description | 2 Linear Feet 2 boxes |
Abstract | The Margaret Collin papers contains original and photocopied manuscripts of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. The collection also includes autobiographical material documenting her life before and after World War II. Her manuscript, Once Upon Four Decades documents other Holoacust survivors stories as well as her own. |
Collection Number | MS 632 |
Language: | Some materials are in German. |
Repository |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu |
Margaret H. Collin was born May 10, 1915 in Berlin, Germany. She was aware of the discrimination against the Jewish people in Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, but it was not until November 9, 1938, known as Kristallnacht or “Crystal Night” that she decided to flee Germany. The following February 1939, with a visitors visa in hand, she left for England, leaving her family behind. Unfortunately, her mother and father died in the Holocaust. She lived and worked in England for a few years, before traveling to the United States in 1946. She lived in various U.S. cities, such as Boston, Los Angeles, and finally in Tucson. Margaret spent most of her live helping Holocaust survivors acquire various benefits from the German government. She was able to record the survivor’s stories as well as her own personal reflections on the Holocaust in her manuscript, Once upon Four Decades. A copy of the manuscript is located at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C and the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
This collection includes materials pertaining to the life and work of Margaret Collin. The majority of the collection is Collin's fiction and nonfiction manuscripts, in addition to, poetry and various personal reflections. The collection also includes Collin's Once Upon Four Decades manuscript which tells Holocaust survivor stories. This series contains fiction manuscripts written by Margaret Collin. This series is arranged alphabetically. Believed to be the first title for the manuscript Prologue to the Past. This series contains nonfiction manuscripts written by Margaret Collin. This series is arranged alphabetically. This series contains poetry written by Margaret Collin. This series is arranged alphabetically. This series contains personal material related to Margaret Collin such as personal reflecions and photographs. This series is arranged alphabetically.
There are no restrictions on this collection.
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Once upon Four Decades RG-02.035, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Library and Archives
Margaret Collin papers (MS 632). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Processed in 2018.
Series I: Fiction 1983-2006 | |||||||||||
Scope and Content Note | |||||||||||
This series contains fiction manuscripts written by Margaret Collin. This series is arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
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1 | 1 | "The Day Beyond Tomorrow" 2006 | |||||||||
1 | 2 | Epilogue to the Future circa 1964 | |||||||||
Scope and Content Note | |||||||||||
Believed to be the first title for the manuscript Prologue to the Past. | |||||||||||
1 | 3 | "Exit C-Minor, G-Major" 2003 | |||||||||
1 | 4 | "Fate is Stronger than Fiction" 2004 | |||||||||
1 | 5 | "The Good Deed" undated | |||||||||
1 | 6 | "I Was a Nurse in a Nursing Home" 2006 | |||||||||
1 | 7 | "I'm Not Who I Am" 2004 | |||||||||
1 | 8 | "Just What Next" 2002 | |||||||||
1 | 9 | "My Dad Is a Woman" 2003 | |||||||||
1 | 10 | "Past Nature's Realm" 2000 | |||||||||
1 | 11 | "Pat Kelly's Funeral" 2000 | |||||||||
1 | 12 | "Peter and Petra" 2000 | |||||||||
1 | 13 | Prologue to the Past circa 1965 | |||||||||
1 | 14 | "Prologue to the Past" (Excerpts) undated | |||||||||
1 | 15 | "Review of an Echo: The Fifth Generation: A Family Saga" 1999 | |||||||||
1 | 16 | "The Senior Citizen" undated | |||||||||
1 | 17 | "Shabbath Shalom" 2004, undated | |||||||||
1 | 18 | "Side-Effects" 2006 | |||||||||
1 | 19 | "Sleepyhole" 2002 | |||||||||
1 | 20 | "Tanya and Tonio" 2003 | |||||||||
1 | 21-23 | "Terminal Island: Postscript to Yesteryear" 1983-1991 | |||||||||
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2 | 1 | "Three Miles from God" 2003 | |||||||||
2 | 2 | "Unlucky Lucky" 2003 | |||||||||
2 | 3 | Untitled Manuscript undated | |||||||||
2 | 4 | "Wishing Can Make It So" 2001, 2007 | |||||||||
2 | 5 | "Woodland Lodge" 2002 |
Series II: Nonfiction 1957-2004 | |||||||||||
Scope and Content Note | |||||||||||
This series contains nonfiction manuscripts written by Margaret Collin. This series is arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
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2 | 6 | "57 Unvergessene Jahre" 1999, undated | |||||||||
2 | 7 | "About Me by Me" 1996 | |||||||||
2 | 8 | "Closing Cord" 1957 | |||||||||
2 | 9 | "Expect the Impossible" 2004 | |||||||||
2 | 10 | "I Vanished into Thin Air" 1978 | |||||||||
2 | 11 | "Letters" 2002 | |||||||||
2 | 12 | "Like Brother, Like Sister" 2001 | |||||||||
2 | 13 | Once Upon Four Decades 1979 | |||||||||
2 | 14 | Once Upon Four Decades Correspondence 1980, 1991 | |||||||||
2 | 15 | "The Perfect Crime" 2000 | |||||||||
2 | 16 | "Poor Adrian" 2003 | |||||||||
2 | 17 | "Purry the Kitten" undated | |||||||||
2 | 18 | "Thoughts About Loneliness" undated | |||||||||
2 | 19 | "Three Times Born" 1972 | |||||||||
2 | 20 | "The Wall That Was" 2002 |
Series III: Poetry 1929-2004 | |||||||||||
Scope and Content Note | |||||||||||
This series contains poetry written by Margaret Collin. This series is arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
2 | 21 | "As Time Goes By" 2001 | |||||||||
2 | 22 | "A Cascades Collection: Poetry by the Residents of the Cascades" 2002, 2004 | |||||||||
2 | 23 | "Eye Surgery" undated | |||||||||
2 | 24 | "From Dusk to Dawn" undated | |||||||||
2 | 25 | "The Rumor Mill" undated | |||||||||
2 | 26 | "Thank You Lord" undated | |||||||||
2 | 27 | Untitled Poetry Book 1957 |
Series IV: Personal 1996-2003 | |||||||||||
Scope and Content Note | |||||||||||
This series contains personal material related to Margaret Collin such as personal reflecions and photographs. This series is arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
2 | 28 | Personal Reflections 1997-2003 | |||||||||
2 | 29 | Personal Reflections About the Past 1962, 2001, undated | |||||||||
2 | 30 | Photographs and News Clippings undated | |||||||||
2 | 31 | "Reflections During a Sale" undated | |||||||||
2 | 32 | Translations by Margaret Collin undated |