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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content

Organization

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Description of Series

Literary Production

Audio Recordings

Correspondence

Literary Production

Scrapbook Materials

Literary Production

Correspondence

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Video Recording

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Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

David Quammen:

An Inventory of His Papers, 1856-1999 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library



Descriptive Summary

CreatorQuammen, David, 1948-
Title:David Quammen Papers,
Dates:1856-1999 and undated
Abstract:Papers of author David Quammen spanning 1856-1999.
Collection #R 6.1
Quantity:35 boxes (35.0 linear feet)
LanguageEnglish.
Repository:Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

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.

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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 They include manuscripts of draft copies, published and unpublished works, short stories, final copies, revisions, research materials to his works, photocopied news clippings, business and literary correspondence, reviews,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.

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Organization

Organized by correspondence, literary production, printed material, and research materials.

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Restrictions

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.

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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

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Related Material

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

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

David Quammen Papers, 1856-1999 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Acquisition

Purchase, 2000

Processed by

Abel Ramirez, 2000

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Collection Inventory

 

Literary Production

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11“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Draft, 1995-1999
2“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Draft, 1995-1999
3“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Draft, 1995-1999
4“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Draft, 1995-1999
5“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Draft, 1994
6“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Draft, 1994
7“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Draft, 1994
8“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Fact-checked Copy, 1995
9“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Fact-checked Copy, 1995
10“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Fact-checked Copy, 1995
11“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Fact-checked Copy, 1995
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21“The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder”, Manuscripts, Revised Version, 1999
2“The Soul of Viktor Tronko: a Novel”, Manuscripts, Revised Version, 1986
3“The Soul of Viktor Tronko: a Novel”, Manuscripts, Revised Version, 1986
4“The Soul of Viktor Tronko: a Novel”, Manuscripts, Legal Pads, 1984-1986
5“The Soul of Viktor Tronko: a Novel”, Manuscripts, Legal Pads, 1984-1986
6“The Soul of Viktor Tronko: a Novel”, Manuscripts, Legal Pads, 1984-1986
7“The Soul of Viktor Tronko: a Novel”, Manuscripts, Legal Pads, 1984-1986
8“The Soul of Viktor Tronko: a Novel”, Manuscripts, Third Draft, [1986]

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Audio Recordings

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29“Song of the Dodo”, Interviews, 1988-1992
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31“Song of the Dodo”, Interviews, 1988-1992
2“Song of the Dodo”, Interviews, 1988-1992

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Correspondence

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33“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re: Audio and Screen Rights, 1995-1997
4“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re: Television Rights, 1996
5“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re: Television Rights, 1996-1998
6“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence, 1995-1997
7“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re: Paperback Edition, 1996-1998
8“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re: Foreign Rights, 1996-1998
9“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re: Television Rights, 1996-1997
10“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re: Quammen Lectures, 1995-1997
11“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re: Quammen Lectures, 1996
12“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re: Quammen Lectures, 1996

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Literary Production

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313“Song of the Dodo”, Lecture Notes, 1996

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Scrapbook Materials

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41“Song of the Dodo”, Photographic Slides, 1987-1996

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Literary Production

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42“Song of the Dodo”, Reviews, 1996-1998
3“Song of the Dodo”, Reviews, 1996-1997

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Correspondence

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44“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence, 1994-1997

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Literary Production

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45“The Song of the Dodo”, Page Layouts, [1995]

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Correspondence

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46“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re: Reprint Permissions, 1993-1996
7“Song of the Dodo”, Business Correspondence re: Miscellaneous Concerns, 1992-1995

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Literary Production

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48“Song of the Dodo”, Notebook of Individuals Who Received Complimentary Copies, 1995-1998
9“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, 1994-1995
10“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, 1994-1995
11“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, 1994-1995
12“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, 1994-1995
13“Oppenheimer's Axiom and the H-Bomb”, Manuscripts, [1977]
14“Severed Parts”, Manuscripts, [1973]
15“Spiders of Madagascar”, Manuscripts, 1973
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51“Uriah's Letter”, Manuscripts, [1973]
2“Structural Patterns in William Faulkner's Major Novels”, Manuscripts, Oxford Thesis, 1972
3“Second Samuel”, Manuscripts, [1975]
4“Second Samuel”, Manuscripts, [1975]
5“Second Samuel”, Manuscripts, [1978]
6“Second Samuel”, Manuscripts, [1978]
7“Absalom, Absalom!”, Manuscripts, Screenplay, 1969
8“Love and Death in Tristam Shandy”, Manuscripts, Undated
9“The Shattered Visage (American Technology Since the Manhattan Project)”, Manuscripts, Partial Draft, 1976-1978
10“Second Samuel”, Manuscripts, Notes, [1973]
11“Second Samuel”, Manuscripts, Original Typescript, [1973-1976]
12“Second Samuel”, Manuscripts, Original Typescript, [1973-1976]
13“And Passed From This Life”, Manuscripts, 1967
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61“To Walk the Line”, Reviews, 1970
2“Zoology Interests”, Artwork, 1970s
3“Short Stories”, Manuscripts, Various Drafts, 1971-1973
4“Lyrical Ballads”, Manuscripts, [1969]
5“Jane Austen: A Biography”, Manuscripts, Undated
6“Second Samuel”, Manuscripts, [1973]

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Correspondence

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67“Walking Out”, 1980

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Literary Production

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68“The Coming Out”, Screenplay, 1970s
9“You Don't Think I Take This Seriously?”, Manuscripts, Draft, 1970s
10“Boy, 12, Gives Birth to Frog”, Manuscripts, Draft of Short Story, 1972
11“Little Sister Death”, Manuscripts, Draft of Television Script, Undated
12“Zoology Term Papers”, Manuscripts, 1974-1975
13News Reporter's Notebooks (45 Notebooks of Research With Some Overlap Between Book and Magazine Research), 1983-1993
14News Reporter's Notebooks (45 Notebooks of Research With Some Overlap Between Book and Magazine Research), 1983-1993
15News Reporter's Notebooks (45 Notebooks of Research With Some Overlap Between Book and Magazine Research), 1983-1993
16“The Song of the Dodo”, Manuscripts, Draft, 1996
17News Reporter's Notebooks (45 Notebooks of Research With Some Overlap Between Book and Magazine Research), 1983-1993
18News Reporter's Notebooks (45 Notebooks of Research With Some Overlap Between Book and Magazine Research), 1983-1993

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Research Materials

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71“Kakadu National Park”, Research Materials, 1999
2“Kakadu National Park”, Research Materials, 1996-1999

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Video Recording

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73“Merv Griffin Show”, Videotape, 1985

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Research Materials

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74“Kakadu National Park”, Notebooks, 1998-1999
5“Madagascar”, Notebooks of Field Journals, 1997-1998
6CD-ROM of Jabiluka Uranium Mine and Its Environmental Impact, Plus Research Documents, 1998

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Research and Source Materials

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77“Butterfly Poaching”, Written for New Yorker Published by Orion LEPS - Key Sources, (1995), (1997), 1992-1995
8“Butterfly Poaching”, Written for New Yorker and Published by Orion LEPS - Key Sources, (1995), (1997), 1992-1995

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Research Materials

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79“Butterfly Poaching”, Lepidopterists, Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, June 1995
10“Butterfly Poaching”, Lepidopterists, Skalski, 1993-1995
11“Butterfly Poaching”, Lepidopterists, Miscellaneous Science, 1985-1995
12“Butterfly Poaching”, from the Lepidopterists Society, 1994-1995
13“Butterfly Poaching”, Olympic “leps”, 1995
14“Butterfly Poaching”, Butterflies' by Nabokov, Vladimir, 1995
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81“Butterfly Poaching”, Lepidopterists, Legal/General, 1988-1994
2“Butterfly Poaching”, LEPS/Working Documents, Conservation and Appreciation, 1936-1995
3“Butterfly Poaching”, Periodicals, Off-prints, LEPS/Working Documents, Conservation and Appreciation, 1966-1995

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Literary Production

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84“Unburied Seeds”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1993
5“Only Connect”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1993
6“Before the Fall”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1993
7“Point of Attachment”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1994
8“E is for Ecosystem”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1994
9“Eat of This Flesh”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1994
10“Reluctant Provider”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1995
11“Sea and Hypersea”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1995
12“Dirge for a Butterfly”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1994
13“Dirge for a Butterfly”, Manuscripts, Research Materials re: Fritillary Butterfly, 1994
14“Karl's Sense of Snow”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1995
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91“Eating the Unthinkable”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1995
2“Voice Part of a Duet”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1995
3“Superdove on 46th Street”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1995
4“Reaction Wood”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1995

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Correspondence

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95“Halcyon Moments in Hellfire Glade”, Business Correspondence re: Kayaking, 1997-1998

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Literary Production

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96“Halcyon Moments in Hellfire Glade”, Manuscripts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Interviews, and Notes, 1998

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Research Materials

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97“Halcyon Moments in Hellfire Glade”, Research Materials, 1998

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Literary Production

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98“Rules of the Jungle”, Manuscripts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Interviews, and Notes, 1997
9“Rules of the Jungle”, Manuscripts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Interviews, and Notes, 1997

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Correspondence

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910“Rules of the Jungle”, Business Correspondence, 1997

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Research Materials

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911“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials, 1997

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Literary Production

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912“Backwater Battlefront”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1997

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Research Materials

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913“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials, 1997
14“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials, 1997
15“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials, 1997
16“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials, 1997
17“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials, 1997
18“River of Mercy”, Research Materials, 1996
19“River of Mercy”, Research Materials, 1996

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Literary Production

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101“River of Mercy”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Correspondence, Research Materials, and Notes, 1996
2“A Whisper, Then a Shout”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Correspondence, Research Materials, and Notes, 1997

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Correspondence

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103“Revenge of the Nords”, Business Correspondence, 1996

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Literary Production

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104“Revenge of the Nords”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1996
5“Revenge of the Nords”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1996

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Research Materials

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106Research Materials re: Predators, 1997
7Research Materials re: Predators, 1997
8Research Materials re: Predators, 1997

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Audio Recordings

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109Cassette Tapes, Interviews, 1989-1992

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Literary Production

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1010Notebooks, 1980s-1990s
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111Notebooks, 1980s-1990s
2Loose Note cards of Lecture Notes, 1996

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Correspondence

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113Business Correspondence, 1977-1982
4Business Correspondence, 1977-1979
5Business Correspondence, 1977-1982
6Personal Correspondence, 1969, 1989

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Literary Production

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1171999 Diary, Working Journal, 1999
8Manuscripts, Drafts, 1990s
9Manuscripts, Drafts, 1990s
10Manuscripts, Drafts, 1990s
11Manuscripts, Drafts, 11990s
12“New York Times” Book Reviews, 1987-1997

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Research Materials

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1113“Faulkner's Delta”, Maps, 1997
14“Backwoods Boondoggle”, Research Materials, 1997
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121“Backwoods Boondoggle”, Research Materials, 1997
2“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials, 1997
3“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials, 1997
4“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials, 1997
5“Faulkner's Delta”, Research Materials, 1997
6“Of Men and Rivers”, Research Materials, 1997
7“The Delta Council”, Research Materials, 1997

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Video Recording

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128“Chocolate Tide”, Videotape, Undated

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Correspondence

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129Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1980-1997
10Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1980-1997
11Miscellaneous Correspondence and Personal Correspondence (A-L), 1977-1997
12Miscellaneous Correspondence and Personal Correspondence (A-L), 1977-1997
13Miscellaneous Correspondence and Personal Correspondence (M-Z), 1977-1997
14Miscellaneous Correspondence and Personal Correspondence (M-Z), 1977-1997
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131Literary Correspondence from Warren, Robert Penn and Family, 1978-1989
2Personal Correspondence from Malkin, Ev, 1977-1999
3Personal Correspondence from Malkin, Ev, 1977-1999

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Research Materials

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134“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: The Grizzly Bear, 1985-1991
5“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: The Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan, 1990-1992
6“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: The Grizzly Bear Habitat, 1988-1991
7“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: The Grizzly Bear/PVA Meeting, 1991-1992
8“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: The Grizzly Bear/Mattson, David J. Essays, 1991-1993
9“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: The Grizzly Bear/Greater Yellowstone Coalition, 1991-1993
10“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Guam and the Brown Tree Snake Problem, 1975-1988
11“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Guam and the Brown Tree Snake Problem, 1972-1994
12“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Guam and the Brown Tree Snake Problem, 1972-1994
13“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Guam and the Brown Tree Snake Problem, 1989-1995
14“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Guam and the Brown Tree Snake Problem, 1989-1995
15“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Guam and the Brown Tree Snake Problem, 1980-1987
16“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Quammen's Guam Trip, 1988-1989

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Correspondence

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1317“Song of the Dodo”, Correspondence re: Quammen's Guggenheim Fellowship, 1987-1989

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Research Materials

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1318“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Hawaii and Species Extinction, 1947-1990
19“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Hooker, J.D. Essays, 1896-1953

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Correspondence

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1320“Song of the Dodo”, Correspondence re: Indonesian Trip, 1992

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Research Materials

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1321“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Indonesia, 1989-1991
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141“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Indonesia and Wallace, Alfred Russell, 1977-1985

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Correspondence

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142“Song of the Dodo”, Correspondence re: Indonesian Trip, 1992

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Research Materials

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143“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Introduced Species, 1955-1980
4“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Isle Royale in Canada and Wolf Populations, 1988-1990
5“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Java and the Java Hawk Eagle, 1986-1990
6“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Krakatau and Thornton, Ian Essays, 1983-1988
7“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Krakatau and Early Essays, 1909-1953
8“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Lazell, James D. Essays, 1983-1989
9“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: MacArthur, Robert and Ecology, 1962-1989
10“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Madagascar, 1930-1992
11“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Madagascar's Ranomafana National Park, 1985-1997
12“Song of the Dodo”, Research Materials re: Madagascar's Ranomafana National Park, 1972-1989

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Literary Production

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1413“The Soul of Viktor Temkin”, Manuscripts, Undated
14“The Soul of Viktor Temkin”, Manuscripts, Undated
15“The Soul of Viktor Temkin”, Manuscripts, Corrected Draft, 1983
16“The Soul of Viktor Temkin”, Manuscripts, Corrected Draft, 1983
17“The Soul of Viktor Temkin”, Manuscripts, Corrected Draft, 1983

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Correspondence

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1418Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1997
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151Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1997
2Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1996-1997
3Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1996
4Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1996
5Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1996
6Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1996
7Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1995
8Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1995
9Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1994-1995
10Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1994
11Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1993
12Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1992-1993
13Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1986-1993
14Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1992
15Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1991-1992
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161Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1991
2Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1990-1991

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Research Materials

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163“Song of the Dodo”, Essays of Wallace, Alfred R., 1857-1977
4“Song of the Dodo”, Biography of Alfred R. Wallace by George, Wilma, 1964
5“Song of the Dodo”, Biographies of Alfred R. Wallace by Williams-Ellis, Anabel and Fichman, Martin, 1966-1981
6“Song of the Dodo”, Alfred R. Wallace Including “The Stories of a Letter”, Wallace Bibliography, Plus Essays and Notes on Wallace, 1966-1981
7“Song of the Dodo”, Alfred R. Wallace Line and Malay Biogeography, 1856-1987
8“Song of the Dodo”, Essays by Western, David, 1981-1992
9“Song of the Dodo”, Essays and Correspondence by Wilcox, Bruce, 1985-1987
10“Song of the Dodo”, Essays by Wilson, Edward O., 1956-1995
11“Song of the Dodo”, Essays and Correspondence by Wilson, Edward O., Including Quammen's Essay “The Man Who Loves Life”, 1956-1992
12“Song of the Dodo”, Yellowstone National Park, 1985-1990
13“Song of the Dodo”, Draft of the Status Report on the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear, 1988
14“Song of the Dodo”, Various Dates
15“Song of the Dodo”, Various Dates
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171“Song of the Dodo”, Various Dates
2“Song of the Dodo”, Various Dates

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Correspondence

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173“Song of the Dodo”, Reader Response, 1997-1998
4“Song of the Dodo”, Reader Response, April 1996-August 1997
5“Song of the Dodo”, Reader Response, March 1993-1997
6“Song of the Dodo”, Reader Response, March 1993-1997

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Research Materials

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177“Song of the Dodo”, Various Articles, Undated

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Correspondence

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178Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1992-1997
9Correspondence re: British Petroleum and Wildlife Trusts Natural World Book Prize, 1996
10Business Correspondence With Lyons, Nick, 1983-1986
11Business Correspondence re: Conference of Yellowstone National Park Naturalists, 1986
12Business Correspondence re: Conference of New York State Outdoor Education Association, 1987
13Business Correspondence re: Miami Book Fair, 1987
14Business Correspondence re: “Good Evening Show” for Minnesota Public Radio, 1988
15Business Correspondence re: P.E.N. Meeting in New York, 1990
16Business Correspondence re: National Public Radio Appearances, 1986-1988
17Business Correspondence With Golden, Renee Wayne, 1995-1997
18Miscellaneous Business Correspondence With Golden, Renee Wayne, 1996-1997
19Miscellaneous Business Correspondence With Golden, Renee Wayne, 1996-1997
20Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1989-1990
21Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1989
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181Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1988-1989
2Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1987-1988
3Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1986-1987
4Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1986-1987
5Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1985-1986
6Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1984-1985
7Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence, 1983-1984
8Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence, 1983-1984
9Miscellaneous Business Correspondence, 1982-1983

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Audio Recordings

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1810Interviews With Quammen, David, 1984-1997
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191Interviews With Quammen, David, 1984-1987

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Literary Production

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192“Fishing Journal”, 1977-1981

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Research Materials

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193“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar's Ranomafana National Park, Ryan, James Essays, Correspondence, 1981-1990
4“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar and Beza Mahafaly, 1986-1992
5“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar's Deforestation and Fauna Extinction, 1972-1990
6“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar's Indri Lemur, 1972-1991
7“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar's Lemurs, 1966-1986
8“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar's Prehistory, Paleontology, and Early Extinction, 1970-1989
9“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar's Tenrecs, Moles, Shrews, 1966-1990
10“Song of the Dodo”, Popular Articles, Madagascar, 1980-1989

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Miscellaneous Materials

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1911“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar Trip Details, 1988
12“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar Trip Materials, Correspondence, etc., 1987-1988

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Research Materials

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1913“Song of the Dodo”, Madagascar's Tenrecs (Animal), Undated
14“Song of the Dodo”, the Mammal Slide Library, 1988-1989

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Miscellaneous Materials

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1915“Song of the Dodo”, Correspondence, Maps, Research Materials, Mauritius, 1981-1994

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1916“Song of the Dodo”, Mauritius and Round Island's Ecology, 1981-1992
17“Song of the Dodo”, Mauritius and the Dodo Bird, 1937-1996
18“Song of the Dodo”, Mayr, Earnst Essays, 1932-1979
19“Song of the Dodo”, Metapopulations, 1970-1991
20“Song of the Dodo”, Metapopulations of Pikas (Animal) in Bodie, CA, 1974-1991
21“Song of the Dodo”, 1990-1996
22“Song of the Dodo”, Brazil's Muriqui (Spider Monkeys), 1971-1993

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Miscellaneous Materials

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201“Song of the Dodo”, “Married Couple With Lemurs”, Commentary With Quammen, David, Texts and Revisions, NPR, 1989

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Business Correspondence

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202“Song of the Dodo”, New Guinea Trip, 1989-1990

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203“Song of the Dodo”, New Guinea Birds, Correspondence, 1976-1992
4“Song of the Dodo”, New Guinea “Birds of Paradise”, 1981-1988
5“Song of the Dodo”, Miscellaneous Sources, New Guinea, 1858-1989

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Business Correspondence

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206“Song of the Dodo”, Articles, “Richness in Isolation”, Manuscript, New Guinea Trip, 1985-1990

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Research Materials

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207“Song of the Dodo”, New Zealand Species Extinction, 1936-1998
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

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Literary Production

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209“The Dirty Word and the Clean Place”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1991
10“A Future As Big As Indonesia”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1991
11“Love in the Age of Relativity”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1991
12“Sea Snake Alert”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1991
13“The Disappeared”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1991
14“Omega”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1990
15“Rumors of My Demise”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1990
16“The Bohong and the Tiger”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1990
17“Plagues, Magic Bullets, and Whiplash”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1990
18“Columbus and Submuloc”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1990
19“Everything Old Will Be New”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1991
20“The Goatwalker”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1991
21“The White Tigers of Cincinnati”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1991
22“Theories of Enormity”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1992
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211“Vision at Lake Telle”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1992
2“The Economy of Nature”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1991
3“The Economy of Nature”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1992
4“Vortex”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1992
5“The Swallow That Hibernates Underwater”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1992
6“To Live and Die in L.A.”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1992
7“Trinket From Aru”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1993
8“Dog in the Night”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1993
9“Not the Cichlids of Lake Malawi”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, and Notes, 1992

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Miscellaneous Materials

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2110“Muscling Nature”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Human Control of Nature, 1989
11“Five Kinds of Rarity”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Mountain Lions, March 1990
12“Bagpipes for Ed”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Abbey, Edward (Later in “Wild Thoughts From Wild Places”), April 1989
13“Darkening the Sky”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Passenger Pigeon Extinction, April 1987
14“The Newmark Warning”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), U.S. National Parks, 1988
15“Elephant Secrets”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Elephants, June 1988
16“The Owl's Mask”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Chaos Theory, 1987
17“The Wet Breath of the Forest”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Amazonian Rain Forest, September 1987
18“Friendship in Stone”, Makela-Horner, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Dinosaur Fossils, 1987
19“Animals Who Answer”, Animal Training, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Animal Training, 1988
20“Aliens”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Trans-Global Species Invasions, May 1987
21“Ramifications”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Opossums, 1989
22“Nuclear Dreams”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Nuclear Disaster Anxiety, 1988
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221“Nuclear Dreams”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Nuclear Disaster Anxiety, 1988
2“The Intraspecific Gourmet”, Cannibalism, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Intraspecific Predation, 1987
3“The Zoo of You”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Endemic Species on Humans, SKIN, 1988
4“This is Merz”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Garbage, 1989
5“Incest in Moderation”, Manuscripts, Drafts, Research Materials, Correspondence, Notes (for “Outside” Article), Inbreeding, 1989
6“Turning the Key”, Manusc