David Melton Papers
David Melton Papers 3 
Collection Inventory
Drawer 21
32” X 43.25” X 2”
Children of Dreams – Children of Hope. Philadelphia: Better Baby Press, 1991.
Working Title: Veras Mongoloids
1. Book jacket (24)—22 ¾” X 8 ¾”
2. Book cover –17 ¾” X 23 ¼”-Little girl playing violin—Media: Pencil/ink
3. Book cover layout—9” x 12”
4. Poster—17” X 22”--Dr. Raymundo Veras
5. Typed manuscript pages
6. Typed manuscript pages (missing pp. 1-50, 52, 73)
7. Proof
8. Slides (7)
9. Galley
10. Typed manuscript—early draft
11. Typed manuscript with revisions
Drawer 22
32” X 43.25” X 2”
Don’t Feed the Monster on Tuesdays. Kansas City: Landmark Editions, 1991.
1. Page layout sheets
2. Galley pages (2 incomplete sets)
3. Original artwork (complete set)
4. Transparency pp. 42-43
5. Proof pages—2 black/white and 1 color
6. Copy of book
Don’t Rant and Rave on Wednesdays. Kansas City: Landmark Editions, 1994.
1. Manuscript working copy
2. Original illustrations (initial sketches)--Missing p. 38—Media: Pencil
3. Book dummy—missing pages 4-5, 38-30
4. Illustrations—missing pages 18, 26—Media: Marker
5. Copy of sketches—missing pages 2, 14-15, 20-21, 26-27, 32, 36-37, 38, 52, 55
6. Galley—missing pages 38-39
7. Copy of book
Don’t Despair on Thursdays. Kansas City: Landmark Editions, 1996.
1. Page layout sheets
2. Copy of illustrations
3. Original Artwork
4. Enlargement of artwork—missing pages 13-14, 44-45, 54
Drawer 23
32” X 43.25” X 2”
You Can Improve Your Students’ Writing Skills Immediately. Kansas City: Landmark Editions, 1997.
1. Handwritten and typed and manuscript with revisions
2. Typed manuscript with revisions—early draft
3. Typed manuscript with revisions
4. Typed manuscript with revisions
5. Typed manuscript with revisions
6. Typed manuscript with revisions
7. Typed manuscript with revisions
8. Typed manuscript with revisions
Drawer 24
32” X 43.25” X 2”
You Can Improve Your Students’ Writing Skills Immediately. Kansas City: Landmark Editions, 1997.
9. Proof pages with revisions (Chapters 1-5)
10. Proof pages with revisions (Chapters 6)
11. Proof pages with revisions (Chapters 7)
12. Proof pages with revisions (Chapters 8-10)
13. Proof pages with revisions (Chapters 11-14)
14. Proof pages where changes were made
15. Proof--3 sets
Don’t Tell a Whopper on Fridays. Kansas City: Landmark Editions, 1999.
1. Packet with manuscript dated 12-16-98 from Adolph Moser with ideas for artwork (7pages typed)
2. Introduction of book – includes two stories about lying 1) the boy who cried wolf and 2) George Washington
3. Handwritten Notes: two pages about lying
4. Handwritten manuscript
5. Typed manuscript with revisions
6. Blurbs: 8 pages of blurbs – captioned balloons over artwork with dialog
7. Draft: 33 pages of book pages – two per page with additions, deletions and initial sketches
8. Draft: 37 pages of draft book – typed script with changes and photocopies of sketches with changes
9. Draft: 30 pages of draft book with original sketches
10. Original sketches—missing pages 40-41, 53
11. Original illustrations—missing pages 30-31
12. Copy of illustrations—missing pages 48-49
13. Illustrations not used in final publication
14. Miscellaneous pages
Drawer 25
32” X 43.25” X 2”
Don’t Fall Apart on Saturdays. Kansas City: Landmark Editions, 2000.
1. Original artwork—missing pages 24-25
2. Book Dummy
3. Correspondence
How to Write a Book in Forty Days and Get It Published. Kansas City: Landmark. 2001.
1. Three book covers mounted on foam board
2. Typed manuscript with revisions
3. Typed manuscript
4. Typed manuscript with revisions
5. Typed manuscript
6. Miscellaneous manuscript pages
7. Galley (9/28/98)
8. Galley (9/30/98) with corrections
9. Galley (10/2/98)
10. Galley (10/2/98) with corrections—3 copies
11. Galley (6/30/00) with corrections
12. Galley (10/17/00) with corrections
13. Galley (10/19/00)
14. Galley (1/24/01)
15. Galley
Other Published Works
Wee Wisdom. Unity Village, MO: Unity School of Christianity.
1. March 1974—Center—Calendar
2. April 1974----Center—Calendar
3. May 1974—Pages 14-18—“Bigmouth Sam and the Talking King Snake”
4. June/July 1974—Center--Calendar
5. February 1975—Pages 12-14—“Tom and the Varmint-Getter”