Faith Yingling Knoop was a prolific children's author who wrote several children's novels, including four in Garrard Publishing Company’s "A World Explorer" series. She also wrote numerous short stories and articles for juvenile and women's publications. This collection contains manuscripts and correspondence pertaining to the four books from the “A World Explorer” series along with additional manuscripts for some of her works and published short stories.

Charlie May Simon was one of Arkansas’s most prolific authors, having written over twenty-seven (27) books ranging from children’s novels to biographies on contemporary figures. In honor of Simon’s works, the Arkansas Department of Education named their children’s literature award after her in 1971. This collection consists of a select number of manuscripts and notes pertaining to her biographical works.