Call Number:

C0372

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 10 boxes
• 2 items
• 3.6 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Robert M. McClung Manuscripts, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1969-1980 (inclusive)

Creator:

McClung, Robert M.

Form:

Correspondence -- 20th century and Manuscripts -- 20th century.

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.

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.

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.