Sneed B. Collard III Papers
Sneed B. Collard III Papers 1 
Collection Inventory
Box 1
15.25” x 12.75” x 3”
Creepy Creatures. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing, 1992.
1. Signed agreement between Collard and Charlesbridge
2. Summary of Royalties
3. Proposal
4. Research material
a. Beetles
b. Electric rays
c. Hyenas
d. Leeches
e. Moles
f. Moray eels
g. Pangolins
h. Piranhas
i. Python
j. Sharks
l. Squid
m. Tambaqui
n. Tarantulas
o. Tasmanian Devils
p. Vultures
q. Warthogs
r. Other
5. List of contacts
6. Typed manuscript with revisions—10/26/91
7. Cover sheet for copies of illustrations from illustrator
8. Copies of illustrations
9. Poster—“Living Monsters”
10. Bibliographic materials
Smart Survivors. Minocqua, WI: North Word Press, 1993.
1. Research material
a. Ants
b. Frogs
c. Kangaroo rats
d. Mollusks
e. Orchids
f. Polar Bear
g. Snakes
h. Strangler figs
i. Worms
j. Wrasses
2. List of contacts
3. List of references
4. Letter from author’s father—2/7/93
5. Correspondence
6. Maps
7. Drawings
8. Bibliographic information
9. Computer disk (3.5)—Back up
Box 2
15.25” x 12.75” x 3”
Tough Terminators. Minocqua, WI: North Word Press, 1994.
1. Research materials
a. Barracuda
b. Cougar
c. Crocodile
d. Falcon
e. Hawk
f. Insects
g. Octopus
h. Pitcher Plant
i. Siphonophores
j. Spider
k. Tigers
l. Whales
m. Wolves
2. Research materials
a. Marine animals
b. Panther-like cats and their relatives
c. Bibliographic materials
3. Reference Search Chart
4. List of contacts
5 . Typed manuscript with revisions—10/21/92
6. Typed manuscript with revisions
7. Galley—2004 revisions
8. Proof—color
9. Correspondence
Box 3
15.25” x 12.75” x 3”
Our Natural Homes: Exploring Terrestrial Biomes of North and South America. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 1996.
1. Research materials
a. Desert
b. Forest
c. Grassland
d. Mountain
e. Savanna
f. Tundra
g. Woodlands
2. Illustration notes
3. Typed manuscript with revisions—4/15/94
4. Typed manuscript with revisions—9/15/94
5. Typed manuscript with revisions—6/6/95
6. Proof with revisions and correspondence
7. Two sample pages with drawings
8. Notes
Our Wet World. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 1998.
1. List of possible aquatic habitats
2. Typed synopsis: “Where Do They Live? Homes and Habitats in the Sea”
3. Typed synopsis: “Where Do They Live? Earth’s Outstanding Ocean Habitats”
4. Letter from author’s father—6/7/94
5. Typed manuscript with revisions—9/20/94
6. Typed manuscript with revisions—4/15/95
7. Typed manuscript with notes from author’s father—4/15/95
8. Correspondence, photo, and shipping receipts from illustrator
9. Copies of two illustrations
10. Research materials
a. Antarctica
b. Burrowers
c. Coastal vegetation and waters
d. Dolphin
e. Fish—Bluefin tuna, catfish, paddlefish and gar, pike, polypterids, sunfishes and bass
f. Krill
g. Mana tees
h. Mangrove forests
i. Otter
j. Porpoise
k. Salamanders
l. Seagrasses
m. Shark
n. Snapping Turtles
o. Tsunami waves
p. Whale
11. Maps
12. Bibliographies
Box 4
15.25” x 12.75” x 3”
Forest in the Clouds. Danbury, CT: Franklin Watts, 1997.
1. Four copies of the uncorrected proof with book jacket
2. One copy of the uncorrected proof with book jacket
Box 5a
15.25” x 12.75” x 3”
Acting for Nature. Berkley, CA: Heyday Books, 2000.
1. Signed agreement between Collard and Heyday Books
2. Theme ideas for book
3. Copy of information on front and back of book
4. Information gathered for sidebar with correspondence—3/29/97
5. Ten stories from author to publisher with correspondence—2/6/99
6. Typed manuscript with revisions
7. Copyedited manuscript with correspondence—5/6/99
8. Correspondence
9. Booklet--Inherit the Earth List of Manuscripts by Geographical Arrangement Action for Nature, Inc. materials
10. USA—Massachusetts—Sticking Your Neck Out
a. Typed manuscripts
b. Articles
c. Notes
d. Correspondence
e. Sidebar information
11. USA—Florida—Buried Treasure; Rescuing Baby Sea Turtles
a. Research materials
b. Correspondence
c. Copy of speech
d. Notes
e . Typed manuscript
12. USA—Colorado—Getting Involved in Landfill Issues
a. Typed manuscript with revisions
b. David Gilford’s answers to author’s questions
c. Research materials
d. Correspondence
13. Mexico—Explorers of the Mayan in the Peninsula of Yucatan
a. Typed manuscript with revisions
b. Research materials
c. Correspondence
d. Sidebar information
e. Cassette tape
Box 5b
15.25” x 12.75” x 3”
Acting for Nature (con’t)
14. Europe—England—It Started with a Tree Sparrow
a. Typed manuscript
b. Sidebar articles
15. Europe—England—Protecting an Ancient Woodland
a. Typed manuscripts
b. Notes on conversations with Alice Hyde
c. Newspaper articles
d. Research materials
e. Correspondence
f. Notes
16. Europe—England—The Barn Owl’s Last Stand
a. Typed manuscript with revisions
b. Research materials
c. Correspondence
17. Europe—Scotland—Five Thousand Spines
a. Typed manuscript
18. Europe—Spain—The Great Green March
a. Typed manuscript with revisions
b. Sidebar articles
c. Correspondence
d. Research materials
e. Booklet in Spanish
19. Europe—Germany—Counting Every Tree
a. Typed manuscript
b. Sidebar articles
c. Transcript of telephone interview
d. Introduction and aim
e. Correspondence
f. Research materials
Box 5c
15.25” x 12.75” x 3”
Acting for Nature (con’t)
20. Europe—Slovakia—Helping Hands for Traveling Toads
a. Typed manuscript
21. Africa—Kenya—Kenya’s Bird Life
a. Typed manuscript with revisions
b. Typed manuscripts
c. Sidebar information
d. Correspondence
e. Research information
f. Notes
g. Interview notes
22. Saudi Arabia—Bringing the Desert Back to Life
a. Typed manuscript with revisions
b. Sidebar information
c. Correspondence
d. Research materials
e. Notes
23. Saudi Arabia—Cleaning Oil Soaked Birds
a. Typed manuscript
b. Correspondence
c. Research materials
24. Japan—Secrets of the Earth
a. Typed manuscript
b. Correspondence
c. Research materials
d. Notes
25. Australia—Saving the Satin Bower Birds
a. Typed manuscript
b. Sidebar information
c. Correspondence
d .Research materials
e. Notes
26. New Zealand—Penguin Rescue
a. Typed manuscripts with revisions
b. Sidebar information
c. Interview notes
d. Correspondence
e. Research materials
27. Mexico—Only the Children Can Heal the Earth
a. Typed manuscript
28. Inventory of photographs by story
29. Miscellaneous
Box 6
15.25” x 12.75” x 3”
A Platypus Probably. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2005.
1. Typed manuscript with revisions (about 700 words) 3/24/01
2. Typed manuscript with correspondence (about 800 words) 2/8/02
3. Typed manuscript with revisions (about 800 words) and correspondence 12/5/02
4. Correspondence
5. Galleys—black and white
6. Galleys—color
One Night in the Coral Sea. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2005.
1. Correspondence
2. Galleys—black and white
3. Galleys--color
Box 7
15.25” x 12.75” x 3”
John Adams: Our Second President (American Heroes). New York: Benchmark Books, 2007.
1. Typed manuscript with revisions (1185 words)
2. Typed manuscript with revisions and notes from writers’ group (1100 words)
3. Typed manuscript with revisions (1240 words)
4. Typed manuscript with revisions (1240 words)
5. Postcard from Roy E. Goodman—American Philosophical Society