Descriptive Summary
Quammen, David, 1948-
David Quammen Papers,
1856-1999 and undated
Papers of author David
Quammen spanning 1856-1999.
R 6.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
35 boxes (35.0 linear
feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
The Quammen Papers spans most of David Quammen's career as a
contemporary science and travel writer. He has been writing a column for
Outside magazine for fifteen years. One of his
books is The Song of the Dodo which is based on
the impact of humans to plant and animal wildlife. He has received a Lannan
Foundation Fellowship. Other awards include the National Magazine Award, and
the New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in
Journalism.
A list of his publications include:
- Quammen, David.
The Flight of the Iguana: a
Sidelong View of Science and Nature. New York: Delacorte Press,
1988.
- Quammen, David.
Miracle of the
Geese. Words from the Land: Encounters with
Natural History Writing. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books,
1988.
- Quammen, David.
Natural Acts: a Sidelong
View of Science and Nature. New York: Schocken Books, 1985.
- Quammen, David.
The Song of the Dodo: Island
Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions. New York: Scribner, 1996.
- Quammen, David.
Wild Thoughts From Wild
Places. New York: Scribner, 1998.
Scope and Content
The collection has a variety of materials detailing the literary works
of David Quammen. They include manuscripts of draft copies, published and
unpublished works, short stories, final copies, revisions, research materials
to his works, photocopied news clippings, business and literary correspondence,
reviews, audio and video recordings. Some of his literary works include “The
Song of the Dodo”, “The Soul of Victor Tronko”, “Natural Acts” research and
magazine features. Most of the materials concentrate on his research for “Song
of the Dodo”.
The collection is in good condition and is part of the James Sowell
Family Collection in Literature, Community and the Natural World.
Organization
Organized by correspondence, literary production, printed material,
and research materials.
Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed.
Subjects (Persons)
Quammen, David,
1948-
Quammen, David, 1948-
--Archives
Quammen, David, 1948-
--Correspondence
Quammen, David, 1948-
--History and criticism
Quammen, David, 1948-
--Journeys
Quammen, David, 1948-
--Manuscripts
Quammen, David, 1948-
--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Quammen, David, 1948-
--Sources
Subjects
Authors, American--20th
century--Correspondence
Endangered
species
Island ecology
Natural history
literature
Natural history
literature--United States
Natural history
Natural history in
literature
Natural history--Literary
collections
Nature in
literature
Nature--Literary
collections
Acquisition
Purchase, 2000
Access Restrictions
Open for research. Copyright is retained by the authors of items in
this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by U.S. copyright law.
Patrons may only access one News Reporter Notebook at a time.
Processed by
Abel Ramirez, 2000
Preferred Citation
David Quammen Papers, 1856-1999 and undated, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
- Max Crawford Papers, 1938-2000 and undated
- William Kittredge Papers, 1954-2000 and undated
- Pattiann Rogers Papers, 1960-1999 and undated
Collection Inventory
Literary Production
1
1
“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Draft,
1995-1999
1
2
“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Draft,
1995-1999
1
3
“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Draft,
1995-1999
1
4
“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Draft,
1995-1999
1
5
“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Draft,
1994
1
6
“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Draft,
1994
1
7
“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Draft,
1994
1
8
“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Fact-checked Copy,
1995
1
9
“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Fact-checked Copy,
1995
1
10
“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Fact-checked Copy,
1995
1
11
“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Fact-checked Copy,
1995
2
1
“The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the
Beholder”, Manuscripts, Revised Version,
1999
2
2
“The Soul of Viktor Tronko: a Novel”, Manuscripts,
Revised Version,
1986
2
3
“The Soul of Viktor Tronko: a Novel”, Manuscripts,
Revised Version,
1986
2
4
“The Soul of Viktor Tronko: a Novel”, Manuscripts, Legal
Pads,
1984-1986
2
5
“The Soul of Viktor Tronko: a Novel”, Manuscripts, Legal
Pads,
1984-1986
2
6
“The Soul of Viktor Tronko: a Novel”, Manuscripts, Legal
Pads,
1984-1986
2
7
“The Soul of Viktor Tronko: a Novel”, Manuscripts, Legal
Pads,
1984-1986
2
8
“The Soul of Viktor Tronko: a Novel”, Manuscripts, Third
Draft,
[1986]
Audio Recordings
2
9
“Song of the Dodo”, Interviews,
1988-1992
3
1
“Song of the Dodo”, Interviews,
1988-1992
3
2
“Song of the Dodo”, Interviews,
1988-1992
Correspondence
3
3
“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re: Audio
and Screen Rights,
1995-1997
3
4
“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re:
Television Rights,
1996
3
5
“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re:
Television Rights,
1996-1998
3
6
“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence,
1995-1997
3
7
“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re:
Paperback Edition,
1996-1998
3
8
“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re: Foreign
Rights,
1996-1998
3
9
“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re:
Television Rights,
1996-1997
3
10
“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re: Quammen
Lectures,
1995-1997
3
11
“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re: Quammen
Lectures,
1996
3
12
“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re: Quammen
Lectures,
1996
Literary Production
3
13
“Song of the Dodo”, Lecture Notes,
1996
Scrapbook Materials
4
1
“Song of the Dodo”, Photographic Slides,
1987-1996
Literary Production
4
2
“Song of the Dodo”, Reviews,
1996-1998
4
3
“Song of the Dodo”, Reviews,
1996-1997
Correspondence
4
4
“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence,
1994-1997
Literary Production
4
5
“The Song of the Dodo”, Page Layouts,
[1995]
Correspondence
4
6
“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re: Reprint
Permissions,
1993-1996
4
7
“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re:
Miscellaneous Concerns,
1992-1995
Literary Production
4
8
“Song of the Dodo”, Notebook of Individuals Who Received
Complimentary Copies,
1995-1998
4
9
“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts,
1994-1995
4
10
“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts,
1994-1995
4
11
“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts,
1994-1995
4
12
“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts,
1994-1995
4
13
“Oppenheimer's Axiom and the H-Bomb”, Manuscripts,
[1977]
4
14
“Severed Parts”, Manuscripts,
[1973]
4
15
“Spiders of Madagascar”, Manuscripts,
1973
5
1
“Uriah's Letter”, Manuscripts,
[1973]
5
2
“Structural Patterns in William Faulkner's Major
Novels”, Manuscripts, Oxford Thesis,
1972
5
3
“Second Samuel”, Manuscripts,
[1975]
5
4
“Second Samuel”, Manuscripts,
[1975]
5
5
“Second Samuel”, Manuscripts,
[1978]
5
6
“Second Samuel”, Manuscripts,
[1978]
5
7
“Absalom, Absalom!”, Manuscripts, Screenplay,
1969
5
8
“Love and Death in Tristam Shandy”, Manuscripts,
Undated
5
9
“The Shattered Visage (American Technology Since the
Manhattan Project)”, Manuscripts, Partial Draft,
1976-1978
5
10
“Second Samuel”, Manuscripts, Notes,
[1973]
5
11
“Second Samuel”, Manuscripts, Original Typescript,
[1973-1976]
5
12
“Second Samuel”, Manuscripts, Original Typescript,
[1973-1976]
5
13
“And Passed From This Life”, Manuscripts,
1967
6
1
“To Walk the Line”, Reviews,
1970
6
2
“Zoology Interests”, Artwork,
1970s
6
3
“Short Stories”, Manuscripts, Various Drafts,
1971-1973
6
4
“Lyrical Ballads”, Manuscripts,
[1969]
6
5
“Jane Austen: A Biography”, Manuscripts,
Undated
6
6
“Second Samuel”, Manuscripts,
[1973]
Correspondence
6
7
“Walking Out”,
1980
Literary Production
6
8
“The Coming Out”, Screenplay,
1970s
6
9
“You Don't Think I Take This Seriously?”, Manuscripts,
Draft,
1970s
6
10
“Boy, 12, Gives Birth to Frog”, Manuscripts, Draft of
Short Story,
1972
6
11
“Little Sister Death”, Manuscripts, Draft of Television
Script,
Undated
6
12
“Zoology Term Papers”, Manuscripts,
1974-1975
6
13
News Reporter's Notebooks (45 Notebooks of Research With
Some Overlap Between Book and Magazine Research),
1983-1993
6
14
News Reporter's Notebooks (45 Notebooks of Research With
Some Overlap Between Book and Magazine Research),
1983-1993
6
15
News Reporter's Notebooks (45 Notebooks of Research With
Some Overlap Between Book and Magazine Research),
1983-1993
6
16
“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Draft,
1996
6
17
News Reporter's Notebooks (45 Notebooks of Research With
Some Overlap Between Book and Magazine Research),
1983-1993
6
18
News Reporter's Notebooks (45 Notebooks of Research With
Some Overlap Between Book and Magazine Research),
1983-1993
Research Materials
7
1
“Kakadu National Park”, Research Materials,
1999
7
2
“Kakadu National Park”, Research Materials,
1996-1999
Video Recording
7
3
“Merv Griffin Show”, Videotape,
1985
Research Materials
7
4
“Kakadu National Park”, Notebooks,
1998-1999
7
5
“Madagascar”, Notebooks of Field Journals,
1997-1998
7
6
CD-ROM of Jabiluka Uranium Mine and Its Environmental
Impact, Plus Research Documents,
1998
Research and Source Materials
7
7
“Butterfly Poaching”, Written for New Yorker
(1995),
Published by Orion
(1997), LEPS -
Key Sources,
1992-1995
7
8
“Butterfly Poaching”, Written for New Yorker
(1995), and
Published by Orion
(1997), LEPS -
Key Sources,
1992-1995
Research Materials
7
9
“Butterfly Poaching”, Lepidopterists, Annual Meeting in
Minneapolis,
June 1995
7
10
“Butterfly Poaching”, Lepidopterists, Skalski,
1993-1995
7
11
“Butterfly Poaching”, Lepidopterists, Miscellaneous
Science,
1985-1995
7
12
“Butterfly Poaching”, from the Lepidopterists Society,
1994-1995
7
13
“Butterfly Poaching”, Olympic “leps”,
1995
7
14
“Butterfly Poaching”, Butterflies' by Nabokov, Vladimir,
1995
8
1
“Butterfly Poaching”, Lepidopterists, Legal/General,
1988-1994
8
2
“Butterfly Poaching”, LEPS/Working Documents,
Conservation and Appreciation,
1936-1995
8
3
“Butterfly Poaching”, Periodicals, Off-prints,
LEPS/Working Documents, Conservation and Appreciation,
1966-1995
Literary Production
8
4
“Unburied Seeds”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1993
8
5
“Only Connect”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials,
Correspondence, and Notes,
1993
8
6
“Before the Fall”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1993
8
7
“Point of Attachment”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1994
8
8
“E is for Ecosystem”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1994
8
9
“Eat of This Flesh”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1994
8
10
“Reluctant Provider”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1995
8
11
“Sea and Hypersea”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1995
8
12
“Dirge for a Butterfly”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1994
8
13
“Dirge for a Butterfly”, Manuscripts, Research Materials
re: Fritillary Butterfly,
1994
8
14
“Karl's Sense of Snow”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1995
9
1
“Eating the Unthinkable”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1995
9
2
“Voice Part of a Duet”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1995
9
3
“Superdove on 46th Street”, Manuscripts, Drafts,
Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1995
9
4
“Reaction Wood”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1995
Correspondence
9
5
“Halcyon Moments in Hellfire Glade”, Business
Correspondence re: Kayaking,
1997-1998
Literary Production
9
6
“Halcyon Moments in Hellfire Glade”, Manuscripts,
Research Materials, Correspondence, Interviews, and Notes,
1998
Research Materials
9
7
“Halcyon Moments in Hellfire Glade”, Research Materials,
1998
Literary Production
9
8
“Rules of the Jungle”, Manuscripts, Research Materials,
Correspondence, Interviews, and Notes,
1997
9
9
“Rules of the Jungle”, Manuscripts, Research Materials,
Correspondence, Interviews, and Notes,
1997
Correspondence
9
10
“Rules of the Jungle”, Business Correspondence,
1997
Research Materials
9
11
“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials,
1997
Literary Production
9
12
“Backwater Battlefront”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1997
Research Materials
9
13
“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials,
1997
9
14
“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials,
1997
9
15
“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials,
1997
9
16
“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials,
1997
9
17
“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials,
1997
9
18
“River of Mercy”, Research Materials,
1996
9
19
“River of Mercy”, Research Materials,
1996
Literary Production
10
1
“River of Mercy”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Correspondence,
Research Materials, and Notes,
1996
10
2
“A Whisper, Then a Shout”, Manuscripts, Drafts,
Correspondence, Research Materials, and Notes,
1997
Correspondence
10
3
“Revenge of the Nords”, Business Correspondence,
1996
Literary Production
10
4
“Revenge of the Nords”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1996
10
5
“Revenge of the Nords”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1996
Research Materials
10
6
Research Materials re: Predators,
1997
10
7
Research Materials re: Predators,
1997
10
8
Research Materials re: Predators,
1997
Audio Recordings
10
9
Cassette Tapes, Interviews,
1989-1992
Literary Production
10
10
Notebooks,
1980s-1990s
11
1
Notebooks,
1980s-1990s
11
2
Loose Note cards of Lecture Notes,
1996
Correspondence
11
3
Business Correspondence,
1977-1982
11
4
Business Correspondence,
1977-1979
11
5
Business Correspondence,
1977-1982
11
6
Personal Correspondence,
1969, 1989
Literary Production
11
7
1999 Diary, Working Journal,
1999
11
8
Manuscripts, Drafts,
1990s
11
9
Manuscripts, Drafts,
1990s
11
10
Manuscripts, Drafts,
1990s
11
11
Manuscripts, Drafts,
11990s
11
12
“New York Times” Book Reviews,
1987-1997
Research Materials
11
13
“Faulkner's Delta”, Maps,
1997
11
14
“Backwoods Boondoggle”, Research Materials,
1997
12
1
“Backwoods Boondoggle”, Research Materials,
1997
12
2
“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials,
1997
12
3
“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials,
1997
12
4
“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials,
1997
12
5
“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials,
1997
12
6
“Of Men and Rivers”, Research Materials,
1997
12
7
“The Delta Council”, Research Materials,
1997
Video Recording
12
8
“Chocolate Tide”, Videotape,
Undated
Correspondence
12
9
Miscellaneous Correspondence,
1980-1997
12
10
Miscellaneous Correspondence,
1980-1997
12
11
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Personal Correspondence
(A-L),
1977-1997
12
12
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Personal Correspondence
(A-L),
1977-1997
12
13
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Personal Correspondence
(M-Z),
1977-1997
12
14
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Personal Correspondence
(M-Z),
1977-1997
13
1
Literary Correspondence from Warren, Robert Penn and
Family,
1978-1989
13
2
Personal Correspondence from Malkin, Ev,
1977-1999
13
3
Personal Correspondence from Malkin, Ev,
1977-1999
Research Materials
13
4
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: The Grizzly
Bear,
1985-1991
13
5
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: The Grizzly
Bear Recovery Plan,
1990-1992
13
6
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: The Grizzly
Bear Habitat,
1988-1991
13
7
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: The Grizzly
Bear/PVA Meeting,
1991-1992
13
8
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: The Grizzly
Bear/Mattson, David J. Essays,
1991-1993
13
9
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: The Grizzly
Bear/Greater Yellowstone Coalition,
1991-1993
13
10
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Guam and the
Brown Tree Snake Problem,
1975-1988
13
11
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Guam and the
Brown Tree Snake Problem,
1972-1994
13
12
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Guam and the
Brown Tree Snake Problem,
1972-1994
13
13
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Guam and the
Brown Tree Snake Problem,
1989-1995
13
14
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Guam and the
Brown Tree Snake Problem,
1989-1995
13
15
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Guam and the
Brown Tree Snake Problem,
1980-1987
13
16
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Quammen's
Guam Trip,
1988-1989
Correspondence
13
17
“Song of the Dodo”, Correspondence re: Quammen's
Guggenheim Fellowship,
1987-1989
Research Materials
13
18
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Hawaii and
Species Extinction,
1947-1990
13
19
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Hooker, J.D.
Essays,
1896-1953
Correspondence
13
20
“Song of the Dodo”, Correspondence re: Indonesian Trip,
1992
Research Materials
13
21
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Indonesia,
1989-1991
14
1
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Indonesia and
Wallace, Alfred Russell,
1977-1985
Correspondence
14
2
“Song of the Dodo”, Correspondence re: Indonesian Trip,
1992
Research Materials
14
3
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Introduced
Species,
1955-1980
14
4
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Isle Royale
in Canada and Wolf Populations,
1988-1990
14
5
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Java and the
Java Hawk Eagle,
1986-1990
14
6
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Krakatau and
Thornton, Ian Essays,
1983-1988
14
7
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Krakatau and
Early Essays,
1909-1953
14
8
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Lazell, James
D. Essays,
1983-1989
14
9
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: MacArthur,
Robert and Ecology,
1962-1989
14
10
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Madagascar,
1930-1992
14
11
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Madagascar's
Ranomafana National Park,
1985-1997
14
12
“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Madagascar's
Ranomafana National Park,
1972-1989
Literary Production
14
13
“The Soul of Viktor Temkin”, Manuscripts,
Undated
14
14
“The Soul of Viktor Temkin”, Manuscripts,
Undated
14
15
“The Soul of Viktor Temkin”, Manuscripts, Corrected
Draft,
1983
14
16
“The Soul of Viktor Temkin”, Manuscripts, Corrected
Draft,
1983
14
17
“The Soul of Viktor Temkin”, Manuscripts, Corrected
Draft,
1983
Correspondence
14
18
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1997
15
1
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1997
15
2
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1996-1997
15
3
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1996
15
4
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1996
15
5
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1996
15
6
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1996
15
7
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1995
15
8
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1995
15
9
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1994-1995
15
10
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1994
15
11
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1993
15
12
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1992-1993
15
13
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1986-1993
15
14
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1992
15
15
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1991-1992
16
1
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1991
16
2
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1990-1991
Research Materials
16
3
“Song of the Dodo”, Essays of Wallace, Alfred R.,
1857-1977
16
4
“Song of the Dodo”, Biography of Alfred R. Wallace by
George, Wilma,
1964
16
5
“Song of the Dodo”, Biographies of Alfred R. Wallace by
Williams-Ellis, Anabel and Fichman, Martin,
1966-1981
16
6
“Song of the Dodo”, Alfred R. Wallace Including “The
Stories of a Letter”, Wallace Bibliography, Plus Essays and Notes on Wallace,
1966-1981
16
7
“Song of the Dodo”, Alfred R. Wallace Line and Malay
Biogeography,
1856-1987
16
8
“Song of the Dodo”, Essays by Western, David,
1981-1992
16
9
“Song of the Dodo”, Essays and Correspondence by Wilcox,
Bruce,
1985-1987
16
10
“Song of the Dodo”, Essays by Wilson, Edward O.,
1956-1995
16
11
“Song of the Dodo”, Essays and Correspondence by Wilson,
Edward O., Including Quammen's Essay “The Man Who Loves Life”,
1956-1992
16
12
“Song of the Dodo”, Yellowstone National Park,
1985-1990
16
13
“Song of the Dodo”, Draft of the Status Report on the
Yellowstone Grizzly Bear,
1988
16
14
“Song of the Dodo”,
Various Dates
16
15
“Song of the Dodo”,
Various Dates
17
1
“Song of the Dodo”,
Various Dates
17
2
“Song of the Dodo”,
Various Dates
Correspondence
17
3
“Song of the Dodo”, Reader Response,
1997-1998
17
4
“Song of the Dodo”, Reader Response,
April 1996-August
1997
17
5
“Song of the Dodo”, Reader Response,
March
1993-1997
17
6
“Song of the Dodo”, Reader Response,
March
1993-1997
Research Materials
17
7
“Song of the Dodo”, Various Articles,
Undated
Correspondence
17
8
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1992-1997
17
9
Correspondence re: British Petroleum and Wildlife Trusts
Natural World Book Prize,
1996
17
10
Business Correspondence With Lyons, Nick,
1983-1986
17
11
Business Correspondence re: Conference of Yellowstone
National Park Naturalists,
1986
17
12
Business Correspondence re: Conference of New York State
Outdoor Education Association,
1987
17
13
Business Correspondence re: Miami Book Fair,
1987
17
14
Business Correspondence re: “Good Evening Show” for
Minnesota Public Radio,
1988
17
15
Business Correspondence re: P.E.N. Meeting in New York,
1990
17
16
Business Correspondence re: National Public Radio
Appearances,
1986-1988
17
17
Business Correspondence With Golden, Renee Wayne,
1995-1997
17
18
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence With Golden, Renee
Wayne,
1996-1997
17
19
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence With Golden, Renee
Wayne,
1996-1997
17
20
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1989-1990
17
21
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1989
18
1
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1988-1989
18
2
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1987-1988
18
3
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1986-1987
18
4
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1986-1987
18
5
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1985-1986
18
6
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1984-1985
18
7
Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence,
1983-1984
18
8
Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence,
1983-1984
18
9
Miscellaneous Business Correspondence,
1982-1983
Audio Recordings
18
10
Interviews With Quammen, David,
1984-1997
19
1
Interviews With Quammen, David,
1984-1987
Literary Production
19
2
“Fishing Journal”,
1977-1981
Research Materials
19
3
“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar's Ranomafana National
Park, Ryan, James Essays, Correspondence,
1981-1990
19
4
“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar and Beza Mahafaly,
1986-1992
19
5
“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar's Deforestation and Fauna
Extinction,
1972-1990
19
6
“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar's Indri Lemur,
1972-1991
19
7
“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar's Lemurs,
1966-1986
19
8
“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar's Prehistory,
Paleontology, and Early Extinction,
1970-1989
19
9
“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar's Tenrecs, Moles, Shrews,
1966-1990
19
10
“Song of the Dodo”, Popular Articles, Madagascar,
1980-1989
Miscellaneous Materials
19
11
“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar Trip Details,
1988
19
12
“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar Trip Materials,
Correspondence, etc.,
1987-1988
Research Materials
19
13
“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar's Tenrecs (Animal),
Undated
19
14
“Song of the Dodo”, the Mammal Slide Library,
1988-1989
Miscellaneous Materials
19
15
“Song of the Dodo”, Correspondence, Maps, Research
Materials, Mauritius,
1981-1994
Research Materials
19
16
“Song of the Dodo”, Mauritius and Round Island's
Ecology,
1981-1992
19
17
“Song of the Dodo”, Mauritius and the Dodo Bird,
1937-1996
19
18
“Song of the Dodo”, Mayr, Earnst Essays,
1932-1979
19
19
“Song of the Dodo”, Metapopulations,
1970-1991
19
20
“Song of the Dodo”, Metapopulations of Pikas (Animal) in
Bodie, CA,
1974-1991
19
21
“Song of the Dodo”,
1990-1996
19
22
“Song of the Dodo”, Brazil's Muriqui (Spider Monkeys),
1971-1993
Miscellaneous Materials
20
1
“Song of the Dodo”, “Married Couple With Lemurs”,
Commentary With Quammen, David, Texts and Revisions, NPR,
1989
Business Correspondence
20
2
“Song of the Dodo”, New Guinea Trip,
1989-1990
Research Materials
20
3
“Song of the Dodo”, New Guinea Birds, Correspondence,
1976-1992
20
4
“Song of the Dodo”, New Guinea “Birds of Paradise”,
1981-1988
20
5
“Song of the Dodo”, Miscellaneous Sources, New Guinea,
1858-1989
Business Correspondence
20
6
“Song of the Dodo”, Articles, “Richness in Isolation”,
Manuscript, New Guinea Trip,
1985-1990
Research Materials
20
7
“Song of the Dodo”, New Zealand Species Extinction,
1936-1998
20
8
“Song of the Dodo”, Newmark, William D. Research on U.S.
National Park Mammalian Populations, Including Quammen's Essay Manuscript “The
Newmark Warning”,
1986-1996
Literary Production
20
9
“The Dirty Word and the Clean Place”, Manuscripts,
Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1991
20
10
“A Future As Big As Indonesia”, Manuscripts, Drafts,
Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1991
20
11
“Love in the Age of Relativity”, Manuscripts, Drafts,
Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1991
20
12
“Sea Snake Alert”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1991
20
13
“The Disappeared”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1991
20
14
“Omega”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials,
Correspondence, and Notes,
1990
20
15
“Rumors of My Demise”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1990
20
16
“The Bohong and the Tiger”, Manuscripts, Drafts,
Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1990
20
17
“Plagues, Magic Bullets, and Whiplash”, Manuscripts,
Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1990
20
18
“Columbus and Submuloc”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1990
20
19
“Everything Old Will Be New”, Manuscripts, Drafts,
Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1991
20
20
“The Goatwalker”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1991
20
21
“The White Tigers of Cincinnati”, Manuscripts, Drafts,
Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1991
20
22
“Theories of Enormity”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1992
21
1
“Vision at Lake Telle”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1992
21
2
“The Economy of Nature”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1991
21
3
“The Economy of Nature”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1992
21
4
“Vortex”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials,
Correspondence, and Notes,
1992
21
5
“The Swallow That Hibernates Underwater”, Manuscripts,
Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1992
21
6
“To Live and Die in L.A.”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1992
21
7
“Trinket From Aru”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1993
21
8
“Dog in the Night”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1993
21
9
“Not the Cichlids of Lake Malawi”, Manuscripts, Drafts,
Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes,
1992
Miscellaneous Materials
21
10
“Muscling Nature”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Human Control of
Nature,
1989
21
11
“Five Kinds of Rarity”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Mountain Lions,
March 1990
21
12
“Bagpipes for Ed”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Abbey, Edward (Later
in “Wild Thoughts From Wild Places”),
April 1989
21
13
“Darkening the Sky”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Passenger Pigeon
Extinction,
April 1987
21
14
“The Newmark Warning”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), U.S. National Parks,
1988
21
15
“Elephant Secrets”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Elephants,
June 1988
21
16
“The Owl's Mask”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Chaos Theory,
1987
21
17
“The Wet Breath of the Forest”, Manuscripts, Drafts,
Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Amazonian
Rain Forest,
September 1987
21
18
“Friendship in Stone”, Makela-Horner, Manuscripts,
Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article),
Dinosaur Fossils,
1987
21
19
“Animals Who Answer”, Animal Training, Manuscripts,
Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article),
Animal Training,
1988
21
20
“Aliens”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials,
Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Trans-Global Species Invasions,
May 1987
21
21
“Ramifications”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Opossums,
1989
21
22
“Nuclear Dreams”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Nuclear Disaster
Anxiety,
1988
22
1
“Nuclear Dreams”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Nuclear Disaster
Anxiety,
1988
22
2
“The Intraspecific Gourmet”, Cannibalism, Manuscripts,
Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article),
Intraspecific Predation,
1987
22
3
“The Zoo of You”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Endemic Species on
Humans, SKIN,
1988
22
4
“This is Merz”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials,
Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Garbage,
1989
22
5
“Incest in Moderation”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research
Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Inbreeding,
1989
22
6
“Turning the Key”, Manuscripts, Notes, Research
Materials, Interview Transcripts (for “Rolling Stone” Magazine), Launch-control
Officers (Later Included in “Wild Thoughts from Wild Places”,
1987
22
7
“Synecdoche and the Trout”, Manuscripts, Drafts,
Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Seasons of the Angler” Chapter
of Book Edited by Seybold, David and Later Concluded in “Wild Thoughts from
Wild Places”), Trout Fishing,
1986
22
8
“Oppenheimer's Axiom in the Age of Star Wars”,
Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Esquire”),
the Strategic Defense Initiative,
1985
Correspondence
22
9
Reader Feedback to Quammen's “Natural Acts” Column,
1984-1987
22
10
Reader Feedback to Quammen's “Natural Acts” Column,
1987-1989
22
11
Reader Feedback to Quammen's “Natural Acts” Column,
1989-1990
22
12
Reader Feedback to Quammen's “Natural Acts” Column,
1988-1994
22
13
Reader Feedback to Quammen's “Natural Acts” Column,
February 1992 - March
1993
22
14
Reader Feedback to Quammen's “Natural Acts” Column,
July 1990 - November
1991
22
15
“The Zolta Configuration”, Miscellaneous Tearsheets and
Reviews, Correspondence,
1983-1995
22
16
“Natural Acts”, Schocken Books Promotional Materials,
Announcements, Correspondence, Notes,
1985
22
17
“Flight of the Iguana”, Miscellaneous Tearsheets,
Reviews, and Correspondence,
1988-1989
22
18
“Flight of the Iguana”, Business Correspondence and
Contracts,
1987-1996
22
19
“The Soul of Viktor Tronko”, Miscellaneous Tearsheets,
Reviews, and Correspondence,
1987
22
20
“The Soul of Viktor Tronko”, Correspondence and
Contracts,
1986-1995
22
21
“Blood Line: Stories of Fathers and Sons”, Business
Correspondence, Contracts, Reviews,
1986-1997
22
22
“Blood Line: Stories of Fathers and Sons”, Miscellaneous
Tearsheets, Reviews, and Correspondence,
1988
22
23
“Flight of the Iguana”, Business Correspondence,
Contracts, Reviews,
1986-1989
23
1
“Natural Acts”, Business Correspondence, Royalty
Statements, Contracts, Reviews,
1984-1996
23
2
“Natural Acts”, Business Correspondence,
1991-1993
23
3
Business Correspondence, Contracts, Legal Concerns With
Doubleday,
1991-1992
Literary Production
23
4
“Murder in Madagascar”, Manuscripts, Script,
1989-1993
Research Materials
23
5
“Natural Acts”, Miscellaneous Research Materials,
1981-1985
23
6
“Natural Acts”, Miscellaneous Research Materials,
1985-1987
23
7
“Natural Acts”, Miscellaneous Research Materials,
1987-1990
23
8
“Natural Acts”, Miscellaneous Research Materials,
1990-1991
23
9
“Natural Acts”, Miscellaneous Research Materials,
1991-1995
Photographs
23
10
Black-and-White Photographs, Color Photographs, Slides,
1982-1996
Literary Production
23
11
“The Dope on Eggs”, Manuscripts,
1987
23
12
“Limelight”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials,
Correspondence, and Notes,
1995
23
13
“Limelight”, Manuscripts, Draft,
1993
23
14
“Rethinking the Lawn”, Manuscripts, Draft,
1994
23
15
“Half-Blinded Poets and Birds”, Manuscripts, Draft,
1989
23
16
“Palpating the Tumor”, Manuscripts, Draft,
1992
23
17
“You Can Run”, Manuscripts, Draft,
1994
23
18
“Strawberries Under Ice”, Outlines and Notes,
1993-1994
Miscellaneous Materials
24
1
Research Materials, Correspondence, Tearsheets, Grizzly
Bears,
September
1991-1994
Business Correspondence
24
2
Grizzly Piece for Rocky Mountain Issue of “GEO” Magazine
(Germany),
1993-1994
Literary Production
24
3
Two Copies of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's
“Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan”,
1982-1992
Miscellaneous Materials
24
4
Responses to and Criticisms of the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service's “Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan”,
1991-1995
Research Materials
24
5
Grizzly Bears, Copies of “Yellowstone Grizzly Journal”
and Manuscript of Quammen's Interview with French, Steve,
1989-1993
24
6
The Grizzly Bear, 1993