Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Papers

Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Papers, 1956-1999

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw, 1940-
Title: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Papers
Dates: 1956-1999 (inclusive)
19561999
Quantity: 17.5 linear feet
Collection Number: Mss 576
Summary: The collection contains manuscripts, publisher’s galleys, correspondence, research, and other materials from about one hundred of Dorothy Hinshaw Patent’s non-fiction science and nature books for children and young adults.
Repository: University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu
Access Restrictions: Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana--Missoula.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Dorothy Hinshaw Patent is the author of over one hundred thirty non-fiction books about science and nature for children and young adults. She was born in Rochester, Minnesota, on April 30, 1940. Her father, H. Corwin Hinshaw, was a physician at the Mayo Clinic. The Hinshaws moved to the San Francisco Bay area in California when Patent was nine years old and she grew up in Marin County. She received her bachelor’s degree from Stanford University in 1962 and her master’s and doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley. While in graduate school, Dorothy Hinshaw met and married fellow zoology student, Greg Patent.

After graduate school Patent worked as a scientist with two years of post-doctoral work at Sinai Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, and Stazzione Zoologica, in Naples, Italy. She spent several years teaching night school at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana, and was full-time on the faculty for six months.

In the 1970s, she began publishing children’s books about science and nature. She got her first publishing contract in 1972 and has been writing non-fiction children’s books ever since. In the early 1980s, she began collaborating on children’s books with photographer, William Muñoz. They have since published over sixty books together.

Patent has also written gardening books for adults with collaborator Diane Bilderback, including The Book of Garden Secrets (1983), which was revised and reissued in 1997. Patent has published numerous articles in such magazines as Organic Gardening, Arizoo, Camas, Falcon, Spider, Wild Outdoor World, among many others. Patent’s photographs have appeared in National Gardening, The Missoulian, and in some of her children’s books. She has coauthored cooking articles and the cookbook A is For Apple with her husband, Greg Patent, an award-winning culinary writer.

Patent has received numerous honors and awards. Many of her books have been chosen as Outstanding Trade Books for Children by the National Science Teachers Association. Her books have also been chosen for the Library of Congress’s Children’s Book of the Year, the Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year, and numerous other awards. Patent and her husband, Greg, live in Missoula, Montana. They have two grown children, David and Jason

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection primarily contains materials from close to one hundred of Patent’s non-fiction science and nature books for children and young adults. The collection contains materials from all stages of the writing process, including research, correspondence with publishers and expert consultants, drafts, publisher’s proofs, galleys, photographs, and other illustrations. While most of the collection contains materials from her published books, there are also materials related to manuscripts that were never completed. Other parts of the collection are devoted to correspondence and clippings.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright for some materials transferred to The University of Montana.

Preferred Citation

[Name of document or photograph number], Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana—Missoula.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is divided into four series:

Series I: Book Projects, 15.75 linear feet, 1956-1999

Subseries 1: Published Book Projects, 15.0 linear feet, 1966-1999

Subseries 2: Unpublished Book Projects, 0.75 linear feet, 1956-1988

Series II: Other Projects, 0.25 linear feet, 1977-1990

Series III: Correspondence, 0.75 linear feet, 1972-1991

Series IV: Clippings, 4 folders, 1977-1989

Acquisition Information

The collection was donated by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent in four parts in 1994, 1996, and 1999.

Processing Note

Some materials arrived at the archives organized by subject and this arrangement has been maintained as much as possible. Materials that were not filed with book projects or are not related to book projects have been placed into other series in the collection.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I: Book Projects, 1956-1999Return to Top

15.75 linear feet

This series includes materials from Dorothy Hinshaw Patent’s published and unpublished book projects. The materials include original manuscripts, drafts, research, notes, clippings, correspondence, illustrations, photographs, publisher’s proofs, galleys, and copies of published books. The manuscript drafts are mostly annotated. It is interesting to note that many of the drafts for Dorothy Hinshaw Patent’s early books were composed on the backs of her children’s elementary school assignments. This suggests Patent’s dual roles as a writer and mother.

This series also contains materials from Dorothy Hinshaw Patent’s unpublished book projects. In some cases, these book projects only contain research and preliminary writings. The unpublished book projects include: a textbook on animal biology that Patent was coauthoring with her husband that was never finished; a book about rodeos; and a manuscript about pheromones aimed at adults. The quotation marks around folder titles indicate the author’s description of the contents. The end of the series contains miscellaneous notes and photographs from unidentified book projects.

The series begins with published book projects organized according to full publication titles. The series ends with materials from unpublished book projects.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Subseries 1: Published Book Projects 15 linear feet This subseries contains manuscripts, publisher’s galleys, correspondence, and other materials from Patent’s published book projects.	1966-1999
Box/Folder
1/1	African Elephants: Giants of the Landdraft	1990 and undated
1/2	African Elephants: Giants of the Land, manuscript, dummy, author’s proof, master proof, and second proof	1991 and undated
1/3	African Elephants: Giants of the Land, photographs by William Muñoz	undated
1/4	Alex and Friends: Animal Talk, Animal Thinking, drafts	1997 and undated
1/5	Alex and Friends: Animal Talk, Animal Thinking, drafts and research	1987-1995 and undated
1/6	Alex and Friends: Animal Talk, Animal Thinking, drafts and research	1992-1996 and undated
1/7	All About Whales, original manuscript and master proof	1987
1/8	The American Alligator, draft and research	1971-1993 and undated
2/1	The American Alligator, original manuscript, drafts, and galleys	1994
2/2	Appaloosa Horses, original manuscript and galleys	1988 and undated
2/3	Appaloosa Horses, manuscript draft	1986-1988
2/4	Appaloosa Horses, research, master proof, and correspondence	1983-1987 and undated
2/5	Appaloosa Horses, photograph by William Muñoz	undated
2/6	An Apple a Day: From Orchard to You, research	1987-1989
2/7	An Apple a Day: From Orchard to You, draft	1990
2/8	An Apple a Day: From Orchard to You, draft and correspondence	1990
2/9	An Apple a Day: From Orchard to You, mechanicals, galleys, and published book	1990
3/1	Apple Trees, drafts and galleys	1996 and undated
3/2	Arabian Horses, correspondence, research, and drafts	1979-1981 and undated
3/3	Arabian Horses, galleys and published book	1982
3/4	Babies, draft and correspondence	1986 and undated
3/5	Babies, original manuscript, galleys, and published book	1988
3/6	Baby Horses with Mead-Dodd, correspondence and galleys	1984 and undated
3/7	Baby Horses with Carolrhoda Books, galleys and published book	1991
4/1	Back to the Wild, production first proof	1996
4/2	Backyard Fruit and Berries: How to Grow Them Better Than Ever, draft	undated
4/3	Backyard Fruit and Berries: How to Grow Them Better Than Ever, draft	undated
4/4	Backyard Fruit and Berries: How to Grow Them Better Than Ever , draft	undated
4/5	Backyard Fruit and Berries: How to Grow Them Better Than Ever, draft	undated
5/1	Backyard Fruit and Berries: How to Grow Them Better Than Ever, draft and correspondence	1983 and undated
5/2	Backyard Fruit and Berries: How to Grow Them Better Than Ever, draft	undated
5/3	Backyard Fruit and Berries: How to Grow Them Better Than Ever, draft	undated
5/4	Backyard Fruit and Berries: How to Grow Them Better Than Ever, proof	undated
5/5	Bacteria: How They Affect Other Living Things, research and correspondence	1966-1980 and undated
5/6	Bacteria: How They Affect Other Living Things, photographs	undated
6/1	Bacteria: How They Affect Other Living Things, drafts	undated
6/2	Bacteria: How They Affect Other Living Things, original manuscript and blueprints	1980
6/3	Bears of the World, original manuscript, drafts, blueprints	1979-1980
6/4	Beetles and How They Live, drafts	undated
7/1	Beetles and How They Live, correspondence	1977-1978
7/2	Beetles and How They Live, research	1966-1976
OS1	Biodiversity, galleys	1996
7/3	Biodiversity, draft	1993 and undated
7/4	Biodiversity, draft	1996 and undated
7/5	Biodiversity, draft	undated
7/6	Buffalo: The American Bison Today, original manuscript	1986
7/7	Buffalo: The American Bison Today, drafts and research	1969-1985 and undated
7/8	Buffalo: The American Bison Today, photographs by William Muñoz	1986
8/1	Butterflies and Moths: How They Function, original manuscript	1979
8/2	Cattle, research, galleys and published book	1993
8/3	Cattle, photographs by William Muñoz	1993
8/4	Children Save the Rainforest, original manuscript and master galleys	1996
8/5	Children Save the Rainforest, galleys	1996
8/6	Christmas Trees, draft, correspondence, and published book	1987 and undated
8/7	Christmas Trees, galleys and original manuscript	1987
8/8	Christmas Trees, photograph galleys	1987
8/9	Christmas Trees, research	1983-1987 and undated
9/1	Deer and Elk, author’s galleys, drafts, and original manuscript	1994 and undated
9/2	Dogs: The Wolf Within, galleys and correspondence	1991-1993
9/3	Dolphins and Porpoises, original manuscript	[1987]
9/4	Dolphins and Porpoises, author’s proofs	1987
9/5	Draft Horses, original manuscript and galleys	1986
9/6	Eagles of America, original manuscript, master proof, and second proof	1995
10/1	Evolution Goes on Everyday, original manuscript and notes	1977
10/2	Evolution Goes on Everyday, draft and notes	undated
10/3	Evolution Goes on Everyday, draft	undated
10/4	Evolution Goes on Everyday, draft	undated
10/5	Evolution Goes on Everyday, draft	undated
10/6	Family Goes Hunting, draft and research	undated
10/7	A Family Goes Hunting, original manuscript and published book	1991
11/1	Farm Animals, original manuscript, author’s proof, and master proof	1984
11/2	Farm Animals, drafts and research	1984 and undated
11/3	Feathers, galleys	1992
11/4	Feathers, galleys, master galleys, and original manuscript	1992
11/5	Feathers, draft	undated
11/6	Fire: Friend or Foe, original manuscript	1998
11/7	Fire: Friend or Foe, draft	undated
12/1	Fire: Friend or Foe, galleys	1998
12/2	Fire: Friend or Foe, galleys	1998
12/3	Fish and How They Reproduce, research notes	undated
12/4	Fish and How They Reproduce, illustrations	undated
12/5	Fish and How They Reproduce, draft	undated
12/6	Fish and How They Reproduce, draft	undated
12/7	Flashy Fantastic Rain Forest Frogs, galleys	1997
12/8	Flowers For Everyone, original manuscript and galleys	1990
13/1	Frogs, Toads, Salamanders, and How They Reproduce, draft	undated
13/2	Frogs, Toads, Salamanders, and How They Reproduce, drafts	undated
13/3	Frogs, Toads, Salamanders, and How They Reproduce, research	1967-1976
13/4	[Frogs, Toads, Salamanders, and How They Reproduce], art work	1975
13/5	Garden Secrets: A Guide to Understanding How Your Garden Grows and How You Can Help It Grow Even Better, drafts	1978-1980 and undated
13/6	Garden Secrets: A Guide to Understanding How Your Garden Grows and How You Can Help It Grow Even Better, drafts	1982 and undated
13/7	Garden Secrets: A Guide to Understanding How Your Garden Grows and How You Can Help It Grow Even Better, drafts	undated
13/8	Garden Secrets: A Guide to Understanding How Your Garden Grows and How You Can Help It Grow Even Better, drafts	undated
14/1	Garden Secrets: A Guide to Understanding How Your Garden Grows and How You Can Help It Grow Even Better, research and drafts	1982 and undated
14/2	Garden Secrets: A Guide to Understanding How Your Garden Grows and How You Can Help It Grow Even Better, drafts	undated
14/3	Garden Secrets: A Guide to Understanding How Your Garden Grows and How You Can Help It Grow Even Better, drafts	undated
14/4	Garden Secrets: A Guide to Understanding How Your Garden Grows and How You Can Help It Grow Even Better, drafts	undated
14/5	Garden Secrets: A Guide to Understanding How Your Garden Grows and How You Can Help It Grow Even Better, drafts	undated
14/6	Garden Secrets: A Guide to Understanding How Your Garden Grows and How You Can Help It Grow Even Better, correspondence	1980-1990
14/7	Garden Secrets: A Guide to Understanding How Your Garden Grows and How You Can Help It Grow Even Better, illustrations	undated
14/8	Garden Secrets: A Guide to Understanding How Your Garden Grows and How You Can Help It Grow Even Better, "Potatoes Chapter" draft	undated
15/1	Garden Secrets: A Guide to Understanding How Your Garden Grows and How You Can Help It Grow Even Better, correspondence	1979-1982
15/2	Garden Secrets: A Guide to Understanding How Your Garden Grows and How You Can Help It Grow Even Better, sample photographs	undated
15/3	Garden Secrets: A Guide to Understanding How Your Garden Grows and How You Can Help It Grow Even Better, galleys	1982
15/4	Garden Secrets: A Guide to Understanding How Your Garden Grows and How You Can Help It Grow Even Better, galleys	1982
15/5	Germs!, original manuscript and galleys	1982-1983 and undated
15/6	Grandfather’s Nose: Why We Look Alike or Different, manuscript	1986-1989
15/7	Red Wolf, Gray Wolf, original manuscript	undated
15/8	The Great Ice Bear: The Polar Bear and the Eskimo, published book	1999
15/9	Habitats: Saving Wild Places, original blueprint	1993
15/10	The Harrowsmith Country Life Book of Garden Secrets: A Down-To-Earth Guide to the Art and Science of Growing Better Vegetables, drafts and illustrations	undated
16/1	The Harrowsmith Country Life Book of Garden Secrets: A Down-To-Earth Guide to the Art and Science of Growing Better Vegetables, draft undated
16/2	The Harrowsmith Country Life Book of Garden Secrets: A Down-To-Earth Guide to the Art and Science of Growing Better Vegetables, draft	1990 and undated
16/3	The Harrowsmith Country Life Book of Garden Secrets: A Down-To-Earth Guide to the Art and Science of Growing Better Vegetables, draft undated
16/4	The Harrowsmith Country Life Book of Garden Secrets: A Down-To-Earth Guide to the Art and Science of Growing Better Vegetables, draft undated
17/1	The Harrowsmith Country Life Book of Garden Secrets: A Down-To-Earth Guide to the Art and Science of Growing Better Vegetables, proof, Chapter 1-9	undated
17/2	The Harrowsmith Country Life Book of Garden Secrets: A Down-To-Earth Guide to the Art and Science of Growing Better Vegetables, proof, Chapter 10-14	undated
17/3	Homesteading: Settling America’s Heartland, galleys	1997
17/4	Homesteading: Settling America’s Heartland, published book	1998
17/5	Horses and Their Wild Relatives, original manuscript and publisher’s proof	1981 and undated
18/1	Horses and Their Wild Relatives, blueprint and original manuscript	1981
18/2	Horses of America, published book and galleys	1981
18/3	How Insects Communicate, drafts	undated
18/4	How Insects Communicate, draft	undated
18/5	How Smart Are Animals?, galleys	undated
18/6	Hugger to the Rescue, galleys	1993-1994
18/7	Humpback Whales, original manuscript, galleys, and published book	1989
OS1	Hunters and the Hunted: Surviving the Animal World, book plates	1981
19/1	Hunters and the Hunted: Surviving in the Animal World, drafts	1978-1981 and undated
19/2	In Search of the Maiasaur, research	1979-1997
19/3	The Incredible Story of China’s Buried Warriors, drafts and notes	1998 and undated
19/4	Killer Whales, original manuscript, master proof, and published book	1993
19/5	The Lives of Spiders, original manuscript and blueprints	1980
19/6	The Lives of Spiders, galleys and drafts	1980 and undated
19/7	Looking At Ants, original manuscript, galleys, and drafts	1989
19/8	Looking at Bears, original manuscript and galleys	1994
20/1	Looking at Dolphins and Porpoises, original manuscript, galleys, and published book	1988-1989
20/2	Looking at Penguins, original manuscript and galleys	1993
20/3	Lost City of Pompeii, drafts and notes	undated
20/4	Microscopic Animals and Plants, draft	undated
20/5	Microscopic Animals and Plants, correspondence	1973-1974 and undated
20/6	Microscopic Animals and Plants, drafts	undated
20/7	Microscopic Animals and Plants, research	1972-1974 and undated
20/8	Miniature Horses, original manuscript and galleys	1991 and undated
21/1	Mosquitoes, galleys and original manuscript	1986
21/2	Nutrition: What’s in the Food We Eat, original manuscript, galleys, and published book	1992
21/3	Nutrition: What’s in the Food We Eat, manuscript and galleys	1992
21/4	Ospreys, manuscripts and galleys	1993
21/5	Pelicans, original manuscript and galley	1992
21/6	Pelicans, drafts	1991-1992
21/7	Pelicans, research	1986 and undated
21/8	A Picture Book of Cows, manuscript, correspondence, and clippings	1981-1984 and undated
21/9	A Picture Book of Cows, original manuscript and galleys	1982
21/10	A Picture Book of Ponies, original manuscript, galleys, and published book	1983
21/11	Pigeons, drafts	undated
22/1	Pigeons, research	1986-1996 and undated
22/2	Pigeons, contract, September 14	1993
22/3	Places of Refuge: Our National Wildlife Refuge System, drafts	undated
22/4	Places of Refuge: Our National Wildlife Refuge System, correspondence and research	1987-1991 and undated
22/5	Places of Refuge: Our National Wildlife Refuge System, research	1986-1991 and undated
22/6	Places of Refuge: Our National Wildlife Refuge System, original manuscript and final revised manuscript	1992
22/7	Plants and Insects Together, drafts	1975 and undated
22/8	Plants and Insects Together, rough drafts	undated
23/1	Prairie Dogs, galleys	1993
23/2	Prairie Dogs, drafts	1992 and undated
23/3	Prairie Dogs, research	1971-1992 and undated
23/4	Prairies, galleys and drafts	1995-1996 and undated
23/5	Prairies, original manuscript and galleys	1996
23/6	Prairies, illustrations	undated
23/7	Quarter Horses, galleys	1985
23/8	Quarter Horses, original manuscript	1985 and undated
23/9	[ The Quest For Artificial Intelligence], correspondence	1981-1986 and undated
23/10	[ The Quest For Artificial Intelligence], proposal	undated
23/11	[ The Quest For Artificial Intelligence], research	1983-1984 and undated
24/1	The Quest For Artificial Intelligence, drafts	undated
24/2	The Quest For Artificial Intelligence, draft	undated
24/3	The Quest For Artificial Intelligence, draft	undated
24/4	The Quest For Artificial Intelligence, draft	undated
24/5	The Quest For Artificial Intelligence, galleys	1986
25/1	Quetzal: Sacred Bird of the Forest, original manuscript and galleys	1996
25/2	Quetzal: Sacred Bird of the Forest, correspondence, research, and manuscript drafts	1991-1993 and undated
25/3	Raccoons, Coatimundis, and Their Family, correspondence and drafts	1978-1979 and undated
25/4	Raccoons, Coatimundis, and Their Family, correspondence and drafts	1978-1979 and undated
25/5	Raccoons, Coatimundis, and Their Family, original manuscript	1979
25/6	Raccoons, Coatimundis, and Their Family, illustration	undated
25/7	Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses, correspondence and research	1988-1990 and undated
26/1	Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses, original manuscript	1990
26/2	Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses, drafts	1988-1989 and undated
26/3	Shaping the Earth, draft	undated
26/4	The Sheep Book, galleys	1985
26/5	Sizes and Shapes in Nature: What They Mean, original manuscript	1979
26/6	Sizes and Shapes in Nature: What They Mean, blueprints	1979
26/7	Spider Magic, original manuscript, dummy, galleys, and published book	1982
26/8	Spider Magic, drafts and correspondence	1978 and undated
27/1	Treasures of the Spanish Main, drafts and research	1984-1998 and undated
27/2	Treasures of the Spanish Main, photographs	undated
27/3	The Vanishing Feast, galleys	1994
27/4	The Way of the Grizzly, original manuscript and galley	1987
27/5	Weasels, Otters, Skunks, and Their Family, sample chapter	undated
27/6	West By Covered Wagon: Retracing the Pioneer Trails, research, notes, and draft	1982-1994 and undated
27/7	West By Covered Wagon: Retracing the Pioneer Trails, published book	1995
27/8	Whales: Giants of the Deep, galleys	1984
27/9	Whales: Giants of the Deep, manuscript	1984
28/1	Whales: Giants of the Deep, drafts	undated
28/2	Whales: Giants of the Deep, research and correspondence	1981-1983 and undated
28/3	What Good is a Tail?, original manuscript and galleys	undated
28/4	Wheat: The Golden Harvest, original manuscript	undated
28/5	Where Food Comes From, galleys and dummy	1991
28/6	Where Food Comes From, research and drafts	1989-1990 and undated
28/7	Where Food Comes From, galleys and original manuscript	1991
28/8	Where the Bald Eagles Gather, original manuscript	1984
28/9	Where the Wild Horses Roam, drafts and correspondence	1987-1988 and undated
28/10	Where the Wild Horses Roam, correspondence	1980-1989 and undated
29/1	Where the Wild Horses Roam, galleys	1989
29/2	Where the Wild Horses Roam, original manuscript and published book	1989
29/3	Where the Wild Horses Roam, research	1979-1987 and undated
29/4	The Whooping Crane: A Comeback Story, original manuscript and research	1985 and undated
29/5	The Whooping Crane: A Comeback Story, galleys and manuscript	1988
29/6	The Whooping Crane: A Comeback Story, research	1974-1987 and undated
29/7	The Whooping Crane: A Comeback Story, correspondence	1981-1988 and undated
29/8	The Whooping Crane: A Comeback Story, photographs	undated
30/1	The Whooping Crane: A Comeback Story, drafts	undated
30/2	The Whooping Crane: A Comeback Story, drafts	undated
30/3	Why Mammals Have Fur, galleys	undated
30/4	Wild Turkey, Tame Turkey, galleys and manuscript	1989
30/5	Wild Turkey, Tame Turkey, research, correspondence, and notes	1986-1989 and undated
30/6	Wild Turkey, Tame Turkey, manuscript flap copy	1988-1989
30/7	The World of Worms, drafts	undated
30/8	Yellowstone Fires: Flames and Rebirth, original manuscript and galleys	1990
30/9	Yellowstone Fires: Flames and Rebirth, galleys	1990
30/10	Yellowstone Fires: Flames and Rebirth, research and draft	1988-1989 and undated
	Subseries 2: Unpublished Book Projects 0.75 linear feet This subseries contains research, drafts, correspondence, and other materials related to Patent's unpublished book projects	1956-1988
Box/Folder
31/1	"Animal Biology, College Textbook Project, Chapter 25, Comparative Anatomy of Embryology," research	undated
31/2	"Animal Biology, College Textbook Project, Paleontological Evidence," research	1967-1975
31/3	"Animal Biology, College Textbook Project, Chapter 13, Major Lives of Evolutionary Protosomes-Deuterosomes," research	1974-1979 and undated
31/4	"Animal Biology, College Textbook Project, Chapter 12, Misc. Phyla," research and drafts	1982-1988 and undated
31/5	"Animal Biology, College Textbook Project, Protozoa," research and drafts	undated
31/6	"Animal Biology, College Textbook Project, Chapter 7 Porifera," research	1980
31/7	"Animal Biology, College Textbook Project," correspondence	1980-1984
31/8	"Animal Biology, College Textbook Project, Chapter 23, Evolution and Natural Selection," research	1956-1980
31/9	"Animal Biology, College Textbook Project, Chapter 21, Chirdata," research	1976 and undated
31/10	"Animal Biology, College Textbook Project, Chapter 19, Lesser Deuterostones," research	1980-1984
31/11	"Animal Biology, College Textbook Project, Chapter 17, Arthopoda," research	1967-1980 and undated
31/12	"Animal Biology, College Textbook Project, Chapter 16, Arthropoda," research	1974
31/13	"Animal Biology, College Textbook Project, Chapter 14, Molluscs," research and drafts and undated	1974-1980
31/14	Pheromones book, "early attempt at adult book," research, drafts, correspondence	1971-1975 and undated
31/15	"Rodeo, never became a book"	1986-1987 and undated
31/16	Miscellaneous notes and materials	undated
31/17	Research notes	undated
31/18	Photograph proof sheet for unknown manuscript	undated
32/1	Photographs for "scientific publication based on Ph.D. thesis"	undated
32/2	Photographs for "scientific publication based on Ph.D. thesis"	undated
32/3	Photographs for "scientific publication based on Ph.D. thesis"	undated
32/4	Photographs for "scientific publication based on Ph.D. thesis"	undated
32/5	Photographs for "scientific publication based on Ph.D. thesis"	undated
32/6	Photographs for "scientific publication based on Ph.D. thesis"	undated

Series II: Other Projects, 1977-1990Return to Top

0.25 linear feet

This series contains correspondence, writings, clippings, and other materials regarding projects Patent was involved in or collected information about. There are materials from a workshop at Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, and from such organizations as the Community Gardens Association and the International Wildlife Film Festival, both based in Missoula, Montana.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
32/7	Montana Power Company billing statement project,	1980
32/8	"Curriculum Project,"	undated
32/9	Zoology 104, [Lecture notes, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana],	undated
32/10	Montana State University Workshop, Bozeman, Montana,	1977
32/11	International Wildlife Film Festival, Missoula, Montana,	1978-1990
32/12	Community Gardens Association, Missoula County, Missoula, Montana,	1977

Series III: Correspondence, 1972-1991Return to Top

0.75 linear feet

The series contains business correspondence with publishers and literary agents. A bulk of the correspondence contains the outgoing and incoming letters exchanged between Patent and Ed Lindemann. Lindemann was an editor of non-fiction science books for children at Holiday House, based in New York, New York, until the late 1970s. He worked with Patent on a number of her early books. The series also contains fan letters from children across the country and rejection letters from the very beginning of Patent’s literary career.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
32/13	Janet Chenery Correspondence	1983-1988
33/1	Dodd-Mead, correspondence	1984-1989
33/2	Fan Correspondence	1987-1989
33/3	Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, correspondence	1986-1990
33/4	Ed Lindemann, correspondence	1972-1974
33/5	Ed Lindemann, correspondence	1975-1976
33/6	Ed Lindemann, correspondence	1977-1978
33/7	Ed Lindemann, correspondence	1979-1983
33/8	G.P. Putnam and Sons, correspondence	1988
33/9	Rejection Correspondence	1971-1972
34/1	Rodale Press, correspondence	1983-1988
34/2	Lynn Seligman, Julian Bach Literary Agency, Incorporated, correspondence	1982-1985
34/3	Writing solicitations	1986-1988
34/4	Correspondence	1972-1991
34/5	Correspondence with other publishers	1980-1982
34/6	Publication solicitation correspondence	1977

Series IV: Clippings, 1977-1989Return to Top

4 folders

This series contains publications and clippings, most of which are related to agriculture.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
34/7	Agriculture in the Classroom,	1988-1989
34/8	People on the Farm, U.S. Department of Agriculture, publication,	1977-1982
34/9	Agriculture clippings,	1984-1988
34/10	Various clippings,	undated

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Children's literature, American
Nature--Juvenile literature
Science writers--Montana--Missoula
Science--Juvenile literature
Women authors, American--Montana--Missoula
Young adult literature, American

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