Prepared by the Children's Book Section, Library of Congress in conjunction with an exhibition in the Library's Rare Book and Special Collections Division to celebrate the centennial of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Compiled by Virginia Haviland and Margaret N. Coughlan.
Virginia Haviland was for many years the Director of the Children's Literature Center at the Library of Congress and was also author of more than two dozen books. She was graduated from Cornell University, and for her dedication to children's literature, she was awarded the Regina Medal in 1976.