Shirley Climo Papers 1
Shirley Climo Papers 1 
Collection Inventory
Box 1
17.25” x 11.5” x 3.75”
The Cobweb Christmas. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1982
Working title: The Spider’s Christmas
1. Original manuscript as submitted to editor (photocopy) 1980
2. Corrected manuscript
3. Sample typeset pages
4. Draft of the flap copy
5. Rejection letter from “Ranger Rick’s Nature Magazine”
6. Typed manuscript “The Spider’s Christmas”
7. Correspondence concerning source material—Photocopies of sources used
8. Correspondence with editors
9. Letters from students
10. Photocopy of galley
11. Reprint of “The Cobweb Christmas” from the Washington Post-December 24,1985
12. Book reviews from Britain
13. Book reviews
14. Copy of book—English Edition, hardback
15. Awards—Pick of the List, Parents’ Choice Remarkable
Gopher, Tanker, and the Admiral. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1984
Working Title: The Grandpa-Sitter
1. Original copy- Typescript of opening, 3 pages
2. Photocopy of “The Grandpa-Sitter” original submission
3. Second submitted rewrite of original first chapter
4. Edited photocopy of Chapter 1 (4th version)
5. Photocopied final submission
6. Sample galley pages
7. Sample manuscript pages
8. Galley marked set
9. Book reviews
10. Galley- Review Copy
Box 2
17.5” x 11.5” x 3.75”
Someone Saw A Spider. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1985.
Working title: Spider’s World
Enchanted Web
1. Typed (original) for Spider’s World
2. Corrected photocopy for Spider’s World
3. Typed manuscript Grandmother Spider Brings the Sun
4. Typed manuscript ‘So There!’ said the Spider
5. Title Page
6. Table of Contents and first typescript for Arachne’s Gift
7. Typescript submission (2nd version) for Arachne’s Gift
8. (2nd version) with corrections Arachne’s Gift
9. Miscellaneous typed manuscript pages
10. Extras and Explanation page
11. Typed manuscript with revisions
12. A galley of the illustrations
13. Galley pages with corrections
14. Book jacket
15. Correspondence
16. Notes and references
17. Book reviews
18. Uncorrected proof
19. Teacher’s Read Aloud Anthology .Macmillan/ McGraw Hill: New York, 1993, with “Little Father Spider Comes to Dinner” reprinted p. 23
20. Awards: Notable Book in Field of Social Studies; Notable Book in Field of Science Council of English Teacher’s Award
Box 3
17.5” x 11.5” x 3.75”
A Month of Seven Days. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1987.
Working Title: Tortoise-Shell Talisman
1. Carbon copy of original first chapter
2. Sample pages 16-20, 23-24
3. Ending pp. 138-139
4. Working photocopy
5. 1st version of dog scene
6. 2nd version of dog scene
7. Follow-up and dog scene
8. 1st version pp. 8-9 with name Hannibal
9. 2nd version pp. 5-8 with name change to Hodge
10. Photocopy of Kitchen scene
11. Sample pages- love interest disappears in final version
12. Typed manuscript- sample pages
13. Typed manuscript- sample pages
14. Typed manuscript pp. 19-21, 24-120
15. Selected pages from submission copy
16. Typed manuscript sample pages
17. Sample chapters from unbound review book
18. Reference articles
19. Galley
20. Correspondence
21. Book Reviews
22. Student made book- “The ABC’s of a Month of Seven Days”
23. Nominated for best book of the year in Indiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Minnesota, and Georgia
Box 4
17.5” x 11.5” x 3.75”
King of the Birds. New York: Harper Trophy, 1988.
1. First galley (text) with editorial suggestions
2. Copies of pages as submitted by Ruth Heller
3. Second galley (text) with editorial suggestions
4. Photocopy of illustrated galley with Ruth’s sketches
5. Proof
6. Copy of book-paperback
7. Correspondence
8. Book Reviews
9. ALA Notable Book in Field of Social Studies; State Award Nominee in Nevada, California, and Georgia
T.J.’s Ghost. New York: Harper Trophy, 1989.
1. Assorted pages from several early drafts
2. Partial marked set of galleys
3. Proof with revisions
4. Review copy of book
5. Letters from students
6. Correspondence
7. Book Reviews
8. Awards: Teacher’s Choice; Boston Globe
Box 5
17.5” x 11.5” x 3.75”
Egyptian Cinderella. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1989.
1. Typed manuscript
2. Third draft with word count on each page
3. Corrected final copy
4. Final copy ready for photocopy
5. Copy of front flap information
6. Galley
7. Suggested uses for the classroom
8. Photos from Ruth Heller of artwork in progress
9. Postcard issued by Harper
10. Letters from students and other book related correspondence
11. Book Reviews
12. ALA Notable Book in Field of Social Studies in 1989; Pick of the Lists- American Booksellers, Fall 1989; Georgia Storybook Master List 1990-1991; Nominee for Nevada’s
Young Reader’s Award.
City! New York. New York: Macmillan, 1990.
1. Handwritten bibliography
2. Galley
3. Pages with specifications
4. Master set- 2nd Proof
5. Book Reviews
6. Correspondence
Box 6
17.5” x 11.5” x 3.75”
City! San Francisco. Macmillan Publishing Company: New York, 1990.
1. Proposal for City Snapshots series
2. Typed manuscript
3. New pages 1-3, 7, 14, 18, 22-24, 27
4. Typed manuscript with new pages
5. Typed manuscript with corrections
6. Pages from working drafts
7. Index
8. Title page- Master Set, First Proof
9. Master Set- Second Proof
10. Master Set- Third Proof
11. Galley
12. Suggestions for map
13. Suggestions for pictures
14. Handwritten notes just after San Francisco earthquake for front of book
15. Book Reviews
16. Correspondence
City! Washington. Macmillan Publishing Company: New York, 1991.
1. Spiral notebook with notes taken on visit to city prior to writing book
2. Typed manuscript with revisions
3. Captions
4. Master Set- 1st Proof
5. Letters from students
6. Book Reviews
7. Correspondence