Manuscripts of Joseph Wood Krutch, 1952-1970

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Manuscripts of Joseph Wood Krutch, 1952-1970

AZ 164


Collection Summary
Creator:	Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970.
Collection Name:	Manuscripts of Joseph Wood Krutch,
Inclusive Dates:	1952-1970
Physical Description:	1.7 linear feet
Abstract:	Joseph Wood Krutch, 1893-1970, was an author, educator, and naturalist. Author of social criticism, critical biographies, and later naturalist essays; retired to Tucson in 1952 and completed several works. This collection includes typescripts, some with holograph corrections, of published manuscripts for The Desert Year, 1952, Voice of the Desert: A Naturalist's Interpretation, 1955, The Great Chain of Life, 1957, Grand Canyon: Today and All Its Yesterdays, 1958, The Forgotten Peninsula: A Naturalist in Baja California, 1961, Herbal, 1965, and the introduction for The Best Nature Writing of Joseph Wood Krutch, 1970. Typescripts of unpublished travel diaries, 1965-1967, concern trips to France, Greece, and Baja California. Also present are printers copies for Great Chain of Life, Forgotten Peninsula, and Grand Canyon; and notes and miscellaneous material related to Herbal.
Collection Number:	AZ 164
Language:	Materials are in English.
Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu

Biographical Note

Author, educator, and naturalist. Author of social criticism, critical biographies, and later naturalist essays; retired to Tucson in 1952 and completed several works.

Scope and Content Note

Typescripts, some with holograph corrections, of published manuscripts for The Desert Year, 1952, Voice of the Desert : A Naturalist's Interpretation, 1955, The Great Chain of Life, 1957, Grand Canyon: Today and All Its Yesterdays, 1958, The Forgotten Peninsula: A Naturalist in Baja California, 1961, Herbal, 1965, and the introduction for The Best Nature Writing of Joseph Wood Krutch, 1970. Typescripts of unpublished travel diaries, 1965-1967, concern trips to France, Greece, and Baja California. Also present are printers copies for Great Chain of Life, Forgotten Peninsula, and Grand Canyon; and notes and miscellaneous material related to Herbal.

Arrangement

This collection is organized by title.

Restrictions

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Access Terms

Personal Name(s)

Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970 -- Archives.

Geographic Name(s)

Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) -- Description and travel -- Diaries.

France -- Description and travel -- Diaries.

Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- History.

Greece -- Description and travel -- Diaries.

Subject(s)

Animal behavior.

Botany, Medical.

Desert animals -- Arizona.

Desert biology.

Desert plants -- Arizona.

Evolution (Biology)

Manuscripts, American.

Natural history -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula)

Natural history -- Southwest, New.

Plants -- Folklore.

Administrative Information

Credit Line

Manuscripts of Joseph Wood Krutch (AZ 164). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Acquired as gifts, 1953-1967.

Processing History

Processed by Staff.