Robert M. McClung Manuscripts, 1969-1980

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Collection Overview

Creator:

McClung, Robert M.

Title:

Robert M. McClung Manuscripts

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/hh63sv927

Dates:

1969-1980

Size:

10 boxes, 2 items, 3.6 linear feet

Storage Note:

ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-10

Language:

English

Abstract: Robert M. McClung (Princeton's Class of 1939) was an American writer of children's fiction and non-fiction, especially about animals and natural history. His papers contain five manuscripts of published works by McClung on wildlife conservation and endangered species. The collection includes the original edited typescripts, outlines, workbooks and notes, page and galley proofs, Xerox copies, reference material, maps, and illustrations of the books, as well as related correspondence.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

Contains five manuscripts of published works by McClung on wildlife conservation and endangered species: Lost Wild America (1969), Lost Wild Worlds (1976), Hunted Mammals Of The Sea (1978), America's Endangered Birds (1979), and Vanishing Wildlife Of Latin America (1981). The collection includes the original edited typescripts, outlines, workbooks and notes, page and galley proofs, Xerox copies, reference material, maps, and illustrations of the books, as well as related correspondence--such as McClung's correspondence with his editors, the books' illustrators, and subject experts. In addition, there are several scientific papers by McClung and material related to Princeton President Harold W. Dodds and his father, Samuel Dodds.

Collection Creator Biography:

McClung, Robert M.

A member of Princeton's Class of 1939, McClung was an American writer of children's fiction and non-fiction, especially about animals and natural history.

Collection History

Acquisition:: Gift of the author. Additions are a gift of Gale S. McClung.
Appraisal: No appraisal information is available.
Processing Information: This collection was processed in 2002. Finding aid written in 2002.

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