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Biographical and Early Life, 1959-1970

Fiction

Nonfiction

Short Stories

Speeches

Unpublished Book Proposals and Ideas

Drafts and Correspondence

Videorecordings

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Container	Title
Eau Claire Mss CJ	Series: Biographical and Early Life, 1959-1970
Box 1 Folder 1	Copy of this finding aid
Box 1 Folder 2-4	High school papers
Box 1 Folder 5	Kansas University college papers
Box 1 Folder 6	Montana State University college papers
Box 1 Folder 7	Other papers
Box 21 Folder 23	Credit list
Box 21 Folder 24	Credit list, 1997
Box 21 Folder 25	Autobiography - early copy
Box 21 Folder 26	Autobiography - copy
Box 21 Folder 27	Page copies of his autobiography from Gale Research
Box 21 Folder 28	Publicity brochures
	Series: Fiction	⇧
Box 1 Folder 5	Growing Season (1984)
Box 2 Folder 1	Handwritten rough manuscript
Box 2 Folder 2	Typed manuscript
Box 2 Folder 3	Revised manuscript
Box 2 Folder 4	Revised typed manuscript
Box 2 Folder 5-6	Major revision of manuscript
Box 3 Folder 1-2	Manuscript with editing marks
Box 3 Folder 3	Correspondence
Box 3 Folder 4	Rewrite notes
Box 3 Folder 5	Galleys and specifications
	Wart, Son of Toad (1985)
Box 4 Folder 1	Notes
Box 4 Folder 2	Original manuscript (handwritten)
Box 4 Folder 3	Original manuscript typed
Box 4 Folder 4	Manuscript with editor's comments
Box 4 Folder 5	Rewrite notes and correspondence
Box 4 Folder 6	Page proofs
	Sheila's Dying (1987)
Box 5 Folder 1	Notes
Box 5 Folder 2-3	Manuscript with typesetting orders
Box 5 Folder 4	Partial manuscript with editor's comments
Box 5 Folder 5	Rewrite notes and correspondence
Box 5 Folder 6	Galleys
	Up Country (1989)
Box 6 Folder 1	Notes
Box 6 Folder 2	Original manuscript
Box 6 Folder 3-4	Revised manuscript
Box 6 Folder 5	Galleys
	Robodad (1990)
Box 7 Folder 1	Notes
Box 7 Folder 2	Manuscript with editor's notes
Box 7 Folder 3	Manuscript with typesetting orders
Box 7 Folder 4	Correspondence and rewrite notes
Box 7 Folder 5	Galleys with edit
Box 7 Folder 6	Galleys
Box 7 Folder 7	Page proofs
	Dancing on Dark Water (reissue of Robodad ) , (1993)
Box 7 Folder 8	New cover picture
	Dogwolf (1994)
Box 8 Folder 1	Notes
Box 8 Folder 2-3	Early manuscript
Box 8 Folder 4-5	Edited manuscript
Box 8 Folder 6-7	Final manuscript
Box 8 Folder 8	Correspondence and rewrite notes
Box 9 Folder 1	Galleys with heavy editing
Box 9 Folder 2	Galleys with less editing
Box 9 Folder 3	Page proofs
	Between a Rock and a Hard Place (1995)
Box 10 Folder 1	Manuscript
Box 10 Folder 2	Manuscript
Box 10 Folder 3	Working draft of manuscript
Box 10 Folder 4-5	Early manuscript with edit
Box 10 Folder 6	Early manuscript with editor's edit
Box 10 Folder 7	Late working manuscript
Box 11 Folder 1	Late working manuscript (continued)
Box 11 Folder 2-3	Galleys
	Bull Catcher (1997)
Box 12 Folder 1	Between Third and Home proposal (later Bull Catcher)
Box 12 Folder 2	Possible titles and early manuscript labeled as Catching Fire
Box 12 Folder 3	Catching Fire early manuscript
Box 12 Folder 4-5	Manuscript 1st revision
Box 12 Folder 6-7	Edited manuscript version
Box 23 Folder 1-2	Revision 2 (corrected by Graham Olson, longtime baseball coach)
Box 23 Folder 3	Edited draft
Box 23 Folder 4	Section of manuscript, 1993 Spring
Box 23 Folder 5	Inserts
Box 23 Folder 6	Long excerpts
Box 23 Folder 7-8	Galleys
Box 23 Folder 9	Edited manuscript, miscellaneous pages
Box 26 Folder 6	Correspondence and rewrite notes
Box 26 Folder 7	Publication agreement and correspondence
Box 26 Folder 8	Manuscript - 4045 word count
Box 26 Folder 9	Manuscript - 6143 word count
	Crescent Moon (1999)
Box 13 Folder 1	1st complete draft, 1996 July
Box 26 Folder 10	Manuscript - Comments/ edits by Larry Lynch with cover letter, 1996 August 6
Box 26 Folder 11	Manuscript - Comments / edits by Hilda Carter Fletcher, 1996 August/September
	Series: Nonfiction	⇧
	Supercomputers (1985)
Box 14 Folder 1-4	Notes
Box 14 Folder 5	The 5th Generation - book, with notes, used as reference in Supercomputers
Box 14 Folder 6	Manuscript
Box 14 Folder 7	Correspondence and rewrite notes
Box 14 Folder 8	Galleys
	Modern China (1986)
Box 15 Folder 1	Notes
Box 15 Folder 2	Manuscript with edit
Box 15 Folder 3	Manuscript with David Chang's edit
Box 15 Folder 4	Manuscript with typesetting orders
Box 15 Folder 5	Correspondence and rewrite notes
Box 15 Folder 6	Page proofs
	Modern Electronics (1986)
Box 16 Folder 1	Notes
Box 16 Folder 2	Edited manuscript with original illustrations
Box 16 Folder 3	Correspondence
	Illinois (1987)
Box 16 Folder 4	Notes
Box 16 Folder 5	Rough manuscript
Box 16 Folder 6	Correspondence
Box 16 Folder 7	Galleys
	Radio: From Marconi to the Space Age (1987)
Box 16 Folder 8	Notes
Box 16 Folder 9	Modern Communications - became Radio: ... 18 months before publication
Box 16 Folder 10	Manuscript with edit and typesetting orders
Box 16 Folder 11	Rewrite notes and correspondence
Box 16 Folder 12	Galleys
	American Revolution series: Colonies in Revolt (1988), Darkest Hours , (1988), At the Forge of Liberty , (1988), Birth of the Republic , (1988)
Box 17 Folder 1	Notes
Box 17 Folder 2	Correspondence and notes
	The Shoshoni (1989)
Box 17 Folder 3	Notes
Box 17 Folder 4	Manuscript
Box 17 Folder 5	Correspondence and rewrite notes
Box 17 Folder 6	Galleys
	The Battle of Gettysburg (1990)
Box 17 Folder 7	Notes
Box 17 Folder 8	Manuscript
Box 17 Folder 9	Correspondence and rewrite notes
Box 17 Folder 10	Galleys
Box 26 Folder 1	Reference sheet
	The Last Stand at the Alamo (1990)
Box 17 Folder 11	Notes
Box 17 Folder 12	Correspondence and rewrite notes
Box 17 Folder 13	Galleys
	The Colonial Wars: Clashes in the Wilderness (1992)
Box 17 Folder 14	Notes
Box 17 Folder 15	Early manuscript with edit
Box 17 Folder 16	Revised manuscript
Box 17 Folder 17	Correspondence
Box 17 Folder 18	Galleys with specifications
Box 17 Folder 19	Maps
	The American Revolution: War for Independence (1992)
Box 18 Folder 1	Notes
Box 18 Folder 2	Maps and pictures
Box 18 Folder 3	Early manuscript
Box 18 Folder 4	Manuscript
Box 18 Folder 5	Revised manuscript
Box 18 Folder 6	Correspondence
Box 18 Folder 7	Galleys and specifications
	The War of 1812: Second Fight For Independence (1992)
Box 18 Folder 8	Notes
Box 18 Folder 9	Early manuscript with edit
Box 18 Folder 10	Revised manuscript
Box 18 Folder 11	Correspondence
Box 18 Folder 12	Galleys
	The Mexican War: Manifest Destiny (1992)
Box 18 Folder 13	Notes
Box 18 Folder 14	Manuscript
Box 18 Folder 15	Copy-edited and fact-checked manuscript
Box 18 Folder 16	Correspondence
Box 18 Folder 17	Galleys
	The Civil War (1992)
Box 19 Folder 1	Notes
Box 19 Folder 2	Edited manuscript
Box 19 Folder 3	Correspondence
Box 19 Folder 4	Galleys
Box 19 Folder 5	Page proofs
	The Spanish-American War: Imperial Ambitions (1992)
Box 19 Folder 6	Notes
Box 19 Folder 7	Manuscript
Box 19 Folder 8	Correspondence
Box 19 Folder 9	Galleys
Box 19 Folder 10	Page proofs
	Battle of the Ironclads: The Monitor and the Merrimack (1993)
Box 19 Folder 11	Notes
Box 19 Folder 12	Manuscript
Box 19 Folder 13	Correspondence
Box 19 Folder 14	Galleys
	China Past--China Future (1994)
Box 20 Folder 1	Notes
Box 20 Folder 2	Notes-reference
Box 20 Folder 3	Modern China revised manuscript with edit by David Chang
Box 20 Folder 4	Modern China page proofs with notes
Box 20 Folder 5	Revised manuscript
Box 20 Folder 6	Correspondence and rewrite notes
Box 20 Folder 7	Manuscript rough pages
Box 20 Folder 8	Page proofs
Box 20 Folder 9	Manuscript rough pages
Box 20 Folder 10	Galleys
	I'm Tougher than Asthma (1996)
Box 24 Folder 1	Galleys (copy of faxed original)
Box 27 Folder 1	Proposal for book - known as Siri's Asthma
Box 27 Folder 2	Correspondence and rewrite notes
Box 27 Folder 3	Photocopy of the book Where's Chimpy? / by Bernice Rabe, a book about a girl with Down's Syndrome
Box 27 Folder 4	Picture of dust mite at x150 magnification: color photocopy, note included
Box 27 Folder 5	Book mock-up
Box 27 Folder 6-7	Page mock-up (post-it notes)
Box 27 Folder 8	Handwritten mock-up
Box 27 Folder 9	Introduction by Carol S. Carter - draft?
Box 27 Folder 10	Biography
Box 27 Folder 11	Suggested reading and resources list
Box 27 Folder 12	“More About Asthma,” 1995 July 25
Box 27 Folder 13	Picture list with notes
Box 27 Folder 14	Edited manuscript, 1995 March 21
Box 27 Folder 15	Edited manuscript with correspondence, 1995 May 16-17
Box 27 Folder 16	Edited manuscript, 1995 May 16
Box 27 Folder 17	Manuscript - submitted, 1995 May 16
Box 27 Folder 18	Edited manuscript - known as Siri and Her Asthma, 1995 June 26
Box 27 Folder 19	Edited manuscript, 1995 July 3
Box 27 Folder 20	Edited manuscript, 1995 July 21
Box 27 Folder 21	Edited manuscript with corrections by Dr. Bucholtz, correspondence included, 1995 August 3
Box 27 Folder 22	Pages of designer set with correspondence, 1995 May 25 - known as Siri's Asthma
Box 27 Folder 23	Faxed copy of designer set, 1995 August 1
Box 27 Folder 24	Notes and brochures on asthma - from unmarked manila envelope
	Big Brother Dustin (1997)
Box 24 Folder 2	, 1995 February 2 manuscript -known as Ready for Mary Ann
Box 24 Folder 3	, 1995 December 18-19 edited manuscript- known as Ready for Mary Ann
Box 24 Folder 4	, 1996 April 25 manuscript
Box 26 Folder 2	Correspondence and rewrite notes
Box 26 Folder 3	Page proofs, 1996 July 15
Box 26 Folder 4	Page proofs, 1996 July 26
Box 26 Folder 5	Design set of “photo album” in book, 1996 August 7
	Series: Short Stories	⇧
Box 21 Folder 1	“Tree” , (1989) galley
Box 21 Folder 2	“The Gully” , (1997) also known as “Amish Rescue” - 2 versions
Box 21 Folder 3	“Trashback” , (1997)
	“Bull Catcher,” (1996)
Box 21 Folder 4	Edited manuscript pp. 15-30
Box 21 Folder 5	Edited manuscript
Box 21 Folder 6	Edited manuscript - 3,827 word count
Box 21 Folder 7	Edited manuscript - 3,386 word count
Box 21 Folder 8	Manuscript - 7,865 word count
Box 21 Folder 9	Edited manuscript - 7,865 word count
Box 21 Folder 10	Edited manuscript - 7,984 word count
Box 21 Folder 11	Edited manuscript
	“Jock Story,” 1998 June 11
Box 26 Folder 16	Manuscript - 1,969 word count
Box 26 Folder 17	Edited manuscript - 1,969 word count
Box 26 Folder 18	Manuscript - 1,905 word count
Box 26 Folder 19	Manuscript - 1,966 word count
	Series: Speeches	⇧
Box 21 Folder 12	“Of Curve Balls and High Heat: How I Came to Write a Baseball Novel” , (1997)
	Series: Unpublished Book Proposals and Ideas	⇧
Box 21 Folder 13	Jim Fletcher proposal , (1980)
Box 21 Folder 14	A canoeing book , (1983)
	Modem Power
Box 21 Folder 15	Actual proposal that literary agent sent, 1984
Box 21 Folder 16	1984
Box 21 Folder 17	Electronic Workhorse, 1983 or 1984 (The proposal was on mainframes. The topic was dropped and was replaced by Supercomputers.)
Box 21 Folder 18	Thomas Edison , (1985)
Box 21 Folder 19	The Ain't Remover - A Practical Guide to Improving Your Child's Speech, circa 1985
Box 21 Folder 20	Tesla- , 1984-1986
	Gerard's Race (1996-1997?)
Box 21 Folder 21	Proposal- 2 versions
Box 21 Folder 22	Manuscript with friend's suggestions
	Series: Drafts and Correspondence Note: Original Disks (3.5-inch Computer Disks) in Macintosh Clarisworks and Word 5.1 formats	⇧
	Original
Box 22 Disk A1	Wart, Son of Toad / Robodad
Box 22 Disk A2	Alamo / Gettysburg / Shoshoni / Colonial Wars
Box 22 Disk A3	American Revolution / Mexican War / War of 1812
Box 22 Disk A4	Supercomputers / Modern Electronics
Box 22 Disk A5	Modern China / Spanish-American War / Civil War
Box 22 Disk A6	Radio: From Marconi to the Space Age / Illinois / Monitor and Merrimack
Box 22 Disk A7	Revolution Series (4 Books)
Box 22 Disk A8	Sheila's Dying
Box 22 Disk A9	Up Country
Box 22 Disk A10	Proposals
Box 22 Disk A11-12	Letters for University of Wisconsin (UW) Archives
Box 22 Disk A13	UW Archives, Speaking, Drive Test Permission
	Dogwolf
Box 22 Disk A14	#1-10
Box 22 Disk A15	#1- Original and Revision
Box 22 Disk A16	#2- Revision, Final, Revision, Smooth Final
Box 22 Disk A17	Correspondence
	Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Box 22 Disk A18	#1
Box 22 Disk A19	#2
	User copies
Box 22 Disk B1	Wart, Son of Toad / Civil War
Box 22 Disk B2	Robodad / Mexican War
Box 22 Disk B3	Radio / Illinois / Monitor and Merrimack
Box 22 Disk B4	Modern Electronics / Alamo
Box 22 Disk B5	Modern China / American Revolution
Box 22 Disk B6	Supercomputers / Spanish-American War
Box 22 Disk B7	Colonial Wars / Gettysburg / War of 1812
Box 22 Disk B8	Revolution Series (4 books)
Box 22 Disk B9	Up Country
Box 22 Disk B10	Sheila's Dying / Shoshoni
	Series: Videorecordings	⇧
	Originals
Box 25 Video A1	“The Creative Process and Writing.” Speaker: Alden Carter, 1985 June 27
Box 25 Video A2	Alden Carter, Middle/Jr. High Author Breakfast - WCC, 1990 October 13
Box 25 Video A3	Alden Carter - YA Author Speaking About Writing, 1992 April 6
Box 25 Video A4	“A Conversation with Alden Carter.” Produced by the School District of Marshfield, Wisconsin, 1993 October 6
Box 25 Video A5	“The Creative Process and Writing.” Speaker: Alden Carter, 1985 June 27
	User Copies
Box 25 Video B1	“The Creative Process and Writing.” Speaker: Alden Carter, 1985 June 27 Note: Video B1 may not match up correctly with A1.
Box 25 Video B2	Alden Carter, Middle/Jr. High Author Breakfast - WCC, 1990 October 13
Box 25 Video B3	Alden Carter - YA Author Speaking About Writing, 1992 April 6
Box 25 Video B4	“A Conversation with Alden Carter.” Produced by the School District of Marshfield, Wisconsin, 1993 October 6
Box 25 Video B5	“The Creative Process and Writing.” Speaker: Alden Carter, 1985 June 27 Note: Video B5 may not match up correctly with A5.