ARCHIE F. CARR, Jr. (1909-1987) PAPERS

1909 [bulk 1935 - 1987] 1994

40 linear ft. (63 boxes)

Manuscript Group No. 30

(Revised February, 1996)

Archie Fairly Carr, Jr., University of Florida Graduate Research Professor of Zoology, was associated with the University for more than fifty years.  As a zoologist, he was most noted for his pioneering work in studying sea turtles and especially for discovering their migration patterns.  Earlier in his career he specialized in the regional natural history of reptiles and of turtles in general.  As a conservationist and writer, he sparked worldwide interest in saving turtles from threatened extinction.  His entire career was spent at the University of Florida, first as a student, B.A. (1932), M.S. (1934), and as the University's first Ph.D. (1937) in biology.  He continued as a faculty member until his death.

One of the University's Life Sciences buildings, Carr Hall, and the Archie F. Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research are named in his honor.  Other distinctions earned by Dr. Carr include the Daniel Giraud Elliott Medal from the National Academy of Science (1952) for his Handbook of Turtles, the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing in 1955, a University Distinguished Alumnus award in 1972 and the University's Presidential Medallion in 1986.  In 1987 Carr received the Gold Medallion of the New York Zoological Society and in 1984, the first Hal Borland Award from the National Audubon Society.  The Florida Museum of Natural History periodically awards the Archie F. Carr Medal to individuals who have distinguished themselves in biological conservation.

Dr. Carr's most noted work, the Windward Road  (1956) is credited with creating world wide attention on the plight of the sea turtle.  His other works include High Jungles  and Low  (1953, republished 1992), Ulendo, Travels of a Naturalist in and out of Africa (1964, republished 1992),So Excellent a Fishe, a Natural History of Sea Turtles (1967), and three Time-Life books, Everglades (1973), Land and Wildlife of Africa (1964), and Reptiles (1963).  Dr. Carr was also the author of a Guide to the Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fresh-water Fishes of Florida (1955) and a Handbook of Turtles  (1952).  A Naturalist in Florida  was published posthumously in 1994 by the Yale University Press.  ( Sources - Independent Florida Alligator, March 9, 1987, May 26, 1987, April 4, 1989; Audubon, March, 1982, and July, 1984;  New York Times, May 23, 1987, Biological Conservation (August, 1987), and letter to Kenneth Cooper, May 18, 1959.  A folder of bio-bibliographical information on Dr. Carr may be found in the University Archives Vertical File.)

Scope and content    Arranged in four series, Dr. Carr's Papers consist of various drafts and other material relating to his principal published works and numerous unpublished notebooks, individual and official correspondence, records of grants and of organizations with which he worked, and files on miscellaneous subjects with which he was involved or collected material.  These include several manuscripts by other authors.  Photographs are found throughout the Papers along with the documents which they originally accompanied. There is no separate photograph file.  The entire span of his career is covered.  Correspondence is found from his graduate student years until shortly before his death.

Research records from years of turtle tagging at Tortuguero, Costa Rica, and elsewhere are not contained in the Papers.  They are available through the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research.

Arrangement The four series of Papers are (1) Carr's manuscripts, published and unpublished, (2) Correspondence, (3) Organizational and Sponsored Research Records, and (4) Miscellaneous Papers. They remain in the general grouping and arrangement used by Dr. Carr.  Some rearrangement has been done of individual items. There is an additional finding guide for materials added in 1999.

Provenance   With the exception of the manuscripts noted below, all of the papers were donated by Carr's widow, Marjorie Harris Carr, and were transferred to the Library after his death.   Weeded papers include duplicate material, course records and evaluative material, financial records of grants, secondary materials which were not highly relevant to the collection, including his reprint file, and some non-substantive correspondence from the public.

An additional gift of Papers was made in 1995, resulting in this revised finding guide.  The additions include the manuscript of A Naturalist in Florida, many manuscript fragments relating to Carr's African books and numerous shorter manuscripts relating to Florida and to sea turtles, manuscripts of Life Line columns, and several subject files in the Miscellaneous series.  

A significant addition to the collection was made in 1999.  These materials are described in a supplementary finding guide. 

An addendum to the Papers (Box 49) was made in 1996.  It includes copies of letters from Archie and Marjorie Carr to Thomas L. Barbour (3 folders, 1939-1945) and a file of correspondence and manuscript received from Carr by Larry Ogren [7/5/96].

Related Manuscripts:  Along with Professor Carr's papers, the Carr gift included papers of turtle scientist and conservationist Tom Harrisson, D.S.O., O.B.E. (1911-1976).  These may be found in Manuscript Group 85.

 

CARR PAPERS INVENTORY

   

SERIES 1: MANUSCRIPTS, 1935-1994 (14 boxes, 6 feet)

The Papers contain significant manuscript material from Carr's eight popular trade works and from numerous lesser works.  Most of the chapters from his earliest trade book, High Jungles and Low (1953), are represented, although there is no manuscript of the complete work. Ulendo (1964), and the three Time-Life books, Reptiles (1963), Land and Wildlife of Africa (1964) and Everglades  (1973) are the most extensively documented.  In addition to drafts, there are numerous revisions, notes for the works, and correspondence concerning them.  Windward Road and So Excellent a Fishe, probably Carr's two most notable works, are represented by complete manuscript versions, but not by additional documentation.  The manuscripts of these two works and of Ulendo (denoted by "*" in the inventory) were donated directly by Carr while he was still alive, while the remainder of the Papers were donated by his estate.  Manuscripts from his earlier guides and handbooks may not be extant.

 In addition to the books, there are manuscripts of numerous lesser works.  Many of these were published as articles in popular scientific magazines and a few were given as addresses.  Some  technical writings are included here.  Additional technical writings are contained in his research proposals (Series 3).  Included in the manuscripts are a number of writings, not published, or not intended for publication, principally Carr's field observations and notebooks, although some material from these were incorporated into his published writings.  Miscellaneous notebooks are grouped together in Box 14.   Others, such as the journal on which part of High Jungles and Low is based, are with the manuscripts of the works in which they resulted.  A few published writings, primarily reprints of journal articles, are found here.

 

Box 1:  High Jungles and Low (1953) and Windward Road  (1956), 1947-1981

  High Jungles and Low, 1947-1951

                  The manuscript of this book as prepared for publication is not in the Papers.  Apparently the work was originally written as a number of separate essays, most of which exist in one or more manuscript form.          

1          TLS to Lewis F. Haines, director, University of Florida Press; Gainesville, Dec., 8, 1951, enclosing "plan for a book about Central America," accompanied by Outline and Contents.                         

2          "The Weeping Forest," typed ms. with autograph and typed revisions, accompanied by a letter to Gladys M. Keener, acting editor, Scientific Monthly; [n.p.] October 17, 1948.

3          "La Montana llorona," typed ms. and printed copy from Scientific Monthly, v. 68, no.4, April, 1949, with autograph revisions. 

4          "The Weeping Forest," typed ms., [n.d.] 

5          "High Jungles and Low," typed ms., [n.d.]

6          "High Jungles and Low," fragmentary typed and autograph mss., [n.d.]       

7          "Olancho Backwater," typed ms. with autograph revisions.

8          "Horseplay and Mules," 2 typed ms. with autograph revisions, [n.d.]

9          High Jungles and Low - Untitled ms. fragment, [n.d.]

10        Sketches of the Hill People, typed ms. with letter from Marjorie H. Carr to H. W. Ross, editor, the New Yorker; [n.p.] Nov. 9, 1947.

11        "The Red Fishes," two typed ms. versions with autograph revisions, [n.d.]

12        "Halls of the Mountain Crow" typed ms. with revisions and notes of the journey on which the account is based, 1948.

13        Halls of the Mountain Crow - a. ms. notebook of the trip on which the account is based, 1948.

14        The Sweet Sea - autograph ms. notes, [n.d.]

15        "The Turtles of Rat Island," typed ms., [n.d.]   (This essay was included in the outline for HJL, but not actually published.)

16        High Jungles and Low.  Autograph ms. notebook of parts of HJL., [n.d.]

17        High Jungles and Low. Book reviews, 1953.

    Windward Road (1956-1972)

18/19  *Windward Road; typed manuscript with autograph revisions  (2 folders.)

20        Windward Road photographs.  3 photographs published in Winward Road.

21        Windward Road - Reviews, primarily from newspapers, 1956-1972.

22        Correspondence with Alfred A. Knopf, inc., and Walt Disney Production re: television production, 1956 - [bulk] 1967

Box 2:  Reptiles (1963) and Ulendo  (1964)

  Reptiles,1962-1981

1          "The Idea of Reptile Study," and other ms. notes.

2          "Reptiles and Mythology."  Printed material and autograph notes.

3          Author sketch, 1st draft, January 11, 1962.

4          Chapter 1:  Fragmentary draft.

5          Chapter 2:  "The Age of Reptiles."  Typed draft (carbon).

6          Chapter 4:  "Reptile Range and Environment"; typed ms. with autograph revisions and notes.

7          Chapter 4:  Revised, typed draft (carbon).

8          Chapter 5:  "Water Reptiles," 2nd draft, October 29, 1962.

9          Chapter 5:  Revisions and editorial correspondence.

10        Chapter 7:  Paula Norworth, "Notes for Additional Material for New Chapter 7," typed ms. with a. revisions, November 21, 1962. 

11        Chapter 7:  "Reptiles and Man"; typed ms. w/ ALS to editor, September 1, 1962.

12        Chapter 7:  First draft, Jan. 25 [1973] with autograph revisions.

13        Chapter 7: Notes, "Marten's notes and mine."

14        Chapter 8:  Fragmentary ms. of end of chapter with a. revisions.

15        Chapter 8:  "The Passing of the Reptiles"; Jan. 23, 1963. 

16        Chapter 8:  "The Passing of the Reptiles," variant draft.

17        Chapter 8:  "Reptiles and the Future"; typed ms. with revisions.

18        Chapter 8:  "A Dubious Future"; proof copy.

19        Correspondence with Maitland Eddy and Percy Knauth of Time-Life Books re: publication of Reptiles, n.d., 1962-1963, 1967.

20        Correspondence with Time-Life re: Reptiles, 1963-1981.

21        Edelstein, Carl. 2 TLS to A. Carr re: Swedish translation of Reptiles; Stockholm,1963-1964.

22        Correspondence with Konrad Klemmer re: German translation of Reptiles, 1964.

23        Correspondence with readers re: Reptiles, 1963-1981.

Ulendo, 1964                            

24-27   *Typed manuscript with autograph revisions - 4 folders.

Box 3 Ulendo (1964) Continued:  Manuscripts, Correspondence, Notes, etc. 1956 - [bulk 1968] 1974  

1-3       *Ulendo - Typed manuscript (carbon) of final draft - 3 folders.

4          Ulendo - Illustrations.  27 black and white photos; 25 @ 8x10" and 2 severely cropped.

5          List of "Photographs Sent to Harold Strauss" (Knopf) and correspondence re: Ulendo photographs, Nov. 13-19, 1963

6          Author's Questionnaire form and Knopf correspondence, 1963

7          Book reviews, 1964-1965.

8          Correspondence - Alfred A. Knopf, inc., primarily Harold Strauss, re:  editing and publishing of Ulendo.  Includes original outline and some notes and ms. fragments, 1956 [bulk 1963 - 1965] 1974

9          Correspondence - William Heinemann ltd. re: British ed. of Ulendo, 1964-1965.

10        Correspondence - M. V. Decu re: Rumanian translation of Ulendo, 1967-1968.  

11        Correspondence on Africa with George Petrides and reprints of Petrides' articles, 1956 - 1959

12        Correspondence relating to Carr's African trip and research.  Includes reprints, 1956-1957

13        Correspondence from readers re: Ulendo, 1964.

14        "Amboseli Trip," notes.[ca. 1958?]

15        Bibliographical and other notes, 1952-1960.

16        Bibliographical notes, correspondence, and secondary sources relating to Africa

17        "Livingstone," and other African notes..

18        "Piri Piri trip," "Pt. Herald," and "Washington trip," a. notes

19        "Six mile safari" and other notes, several having to do with tsetse flies

Box 4: Ulendo  (1956) - Chapter Drafts and Fragments.

1          Preface, Drafts

2          Portuguese East, ms. fragment

3          Portuguese East., ms. fragment

4          Portuguese East, a. and typed fragmentary drafts

5          Portuguese East, a. and typed ms. draft [Nov. 1962] p. 2-55.

6          Portuguese East, a. ms. fragment, beginning with cobra incident.

7          Nysa, ms. fragments

8          Kungu, a. and typed fragments and notes

9          Kungu fly, a. and typed and mss

10        Kungu, a.ms., leaves 6-52.

11        [Chambo] - "Cichlid Enigma," "Nyasa cichlids," and related ms. fragments and notes.

12        [Chambo] - Cichlids, a. and typed mss.,

13        "The Snake," typed mss. of chapter from Ulendo  (2 drafts) [1958?] 23 p.

14        "The Bird and the Behemoth," typed ms., 57 p. , and a.notes.

15        "The Bird and the Behmoth," typed ms., [12] p.

16        A.Ms. notes and ms. fragments, relating to the "Bird and Behemoth."

17        "Heron piece," a. and typed notes and manuscript fragments, some labeled "Heron Piece,"which relate to the "Bird and the Behemoth Chapter."

18        "Falcon and Heron," a. and typed mss.

19        "Port Herald," typed ms. fragment, p. 7, 10-19 [part of "Bird and the Behemoth] and typed notes of trip to Port Herald, August 21-24 [195?]

20        "Lion's Song," typed ms., 30 p.

21        Ms. fragments on "Hunting," and "Hunting and the Future."

22        Ms. fragments, several on biological"Succession" and the "Nature of the Problem."

23        Ms. fragments on yellow, legal pad, including sections on swarming, "Lion's Song," and Lake Nyasa

Box 5:  Land and Wildlife of Africa, cited as Africa , 1963-1968  

1          African Wildlife: Preliminary Outline; 3 drafts of typed ms. with revisions, correspondence with Maitland Eddy, and a. notes, Jan., 1963.

2          About the Author, 2d draft, May 25, 1964..

3          Chapter 1: Kinships and Origins of African Wildlife; typed ms. with revisions, 2 drafts and correspondence with Maitland Eddy, Jan. - Feb. 1964.

4          Chapter 1: Kinships and Origins of African Wildlife; proofs, March - April, 1964.

5          Chapter 2: Life in Lakes and Rivers, a.mss.

6          Chapter 2: Life in Lakes and Rivers, 3 typed drafts.

7          Chapter 3: The Grasslands and the Great Game; typed ms., early version with revisions [1964?]

8          Chapter 3: The Grasslands and the Great Game; typed ms. and proofs, June, 1963 - April, 1964.

9          Chapter 3: The Grasslands and the Great Game; "Game Chapter Notes."

10        Chapter 3: The Grasslands and the Great Game; Game and Other Chapter Notes.

11        Chapter 3: The Grasslands and the Great Game; notes and letter to M. Eddy, June 12, 1963.

12        Chapter 4: The Carnivores: ms. fragment on lions.

13        Chapter 4: The Carnivores: a. and typed ms., rough draft.

14        Chapter 4: The Carnivores: typed ms., "work copy," also typed and a. notes, source material, etc.

15        Chapter 4: The Carnivores: typed mss., 2 versions.

16        Chapter 4: The Carnivores:  Proof copy with revisions [April, 1964].

17        Chapter 5:  The Tropical Rain Forest:  a. and typed ms. fragments.

18        Chapter 5:  The Tropical Rain Forest:  a. and typed ms., early draft

19        Chapter 5:  The Tropical Rain Forest:  typed mss., two drafts

20        Chapter 5:  The Tropical Rain Forest:  Proof copy (fragmentary) April [1964]

Box 6:  Africa

1          Chapter 6: Islands in the Clouds:  Notes for chapter, referred to as "Mountain Forests" chapter, including some correspondence, and transcripts, 1956 -  [1963?]

2          Chapter 6: Islands in the Clouds:  Notes and ms.fragments.

3          Chapter 6: Islands in the Clouds:  a. and typed ms., early version, 53 p.

4          Chapter 6: Islands in the Clouds:  a. and typed ms., early version, 28 p.

5          Chapter 6: Islands in the Clouds:  a. and typed ms., marked "work copy for final draft," 28 p.

6          Chapter 6: Islands in the Clouds:  final drafts, one indicating revisions, 26 p., and revised, typed copy, 28 p.

7          Chapter 6: Islands in the Clouds:  Proof copy with revisions, April 20, 1964.

8          Chapter 7:  The Naturalist's Promised Land, a. ms. fragments (folder labeled "Madagascar" by Carr).

9          Chapter 7:  The Naturalist's Promised Land, typed draft with source material.

10        Chapter 7:  The Naturalist's Promised Land, final drafts, one with a.revisions and typed, revised copy.

11        Chapter 7:  The Naturalist's Promised Land.  Proof copy with revisions

12        Chapter 8:  Wilderness for the Future, notes and ms. fragments.

13        Chapter 8:  Wilderness for the Future, typed ms. with revisions.

14        Chapter 8:  Wilderness for the Future, typed ms., final draft

15        Chapter 8:  Wilderness for the Future, revised proof, April 2, 1964

16        Wildlife of Africa Bibliography, revised proof, May 6 [1964]

17        Autograph and typed notes on African fauna

18        "Leakey's Men" [folder label used by Carr] Miscellaneous notes and fragments on Louis Leakey and other subjects

19        Africa - Correspondence (Time-Life, and others) 1963-1966

20        Africa - Correspondence (Maitland A. Eddy, Time-Life) 1963-1965

21        Corrections: The Land and Wildlife of Africa, Feb. 1968, with correspondence

22        Africa - Correspondence re.: 1978 revision,1977-1979

Box  7: So Excellent A  Fishe (1967)

1-3             *Typed ms. with manuscript revisions (3 folders).

4-6             *Typed ms. (carbon) with autograph title-page Sea Turtles (3 folders).

7                 Book reviews, 1967-1968.

Box 8:  Everglades (1973) 1971-1972

1                O'Reilly, John.  Everglades and Keys.

                  (Apparently Time-Life had first commissioned John O'Reilly to write a book on the Everglades.  This folder contains O'Reilly/Time Life correspondence, a book outline, and a draft of chapter one.)

2                Everglades - Carr-Time Life correspondence and publication contract.

3                Everglades - Chapter Outline, 1971.

                  Everglades - Chapter One, 1971-1972 (2 folders)

4                      Two typed drafts with autograph notations, correspondence, and fragmentary autograph manuscript.

5                      Notes for Chapter 1

                  Everglades - Chapter Two, 1972. (2 folders)

6                      Correspondence with Time-Life, two typed drafts, and revised copy of proof from publisher.

7                      Insert pages with autograph revisions.

8                Everglades - Chapter Three, 1972.

                        Correspondence, two typed drafts with autograph revisions.

                  Everglades - Chapter Four, 1972 (4 folders)

9                       1st draft, July 10, 1972.  Typed ms. with revisions, correspondence with Time-Life, and autograph comments by William Robertson, consultant on the book and superintendent of the Everglades National Park.

10                    Revision, September, 1972.  Typed ms. with revisions. Correspondence w/ Charles Osborne, Time-Life editor, & insert pages.

11                    4th draft, October 23 [1972]  Proof with autograph revisions and copy with revisions and         typed inserts.  Also autograph notes or chapter, and fragmentary revised proof pages, and               correspondence with Time-Life.

12                    5th draft, October 25 [1972]  Proof with autograph corrections.

                Everglades - Chapter 5, 1972- 2 folders.

13                    2 typed drafts with autograph revisions & typed letter to Charles Osborne, Time-Life.

14                    Autograph notes and correspondence with Charles Osborne, 1972.

15                    Everglades - Chapter 6, 1972

                   2 typed drafts with autograph revisions, correspondence with Charles Osborne, and revised proof

16              Everglades - Chapter 7, 1972

                        2 typed drafts with autograph revisions, revised proof, insert pages, and correspondence with Charles Osborne.

17              Everglades - Bibliography, 1971

                        Autograph and typed mss. of bibliography and correspondence from Charles Osborne.

18              Robertson, William

                        ALS; Homestead, May 29, 1972, and comments on Everglades manuscript.

Box 9:  Everglades (continued) 1969-1971,  and A Naturalist in Florida (1994)

1                Autograph and typed notes on National Biological Congress flight over South Florida, October 26, 1971, and printed map of flight path.

2                Big Cypress Chapter - Autograph notes.

3                Autograph notes on "Flatwoods and Hammocks," 1971.

4                Animals - Autograph notes and manuscript fragments.

5                Everglades notes and manuscripts - (Original folder labeled, "Life Everglades Article  -  Notes and unused ms.") 1971

6                Notes on tree snails and notes made June 28, 1972, E. Florida Bay.

7                Notes and fragmentary manuscripts on the Everglades, including the Everglades National Park (labeled Pahayokee Chapter - Notes by Carr).

8                A.ms. account of boat ride on the Kissimmee River, Nov. 14, 1969, and typed ms.account of flight over the Kissimmee Valley, Oct. 3, 1971.

9                A. notes on Everglades canals and from passage by the Dimrocks on panthers.

10              Daan, Serge and Mrs. M.J. Daan-Stiemens.  Correspondence regarding the Dutch translation of the Everglades, 1974.

A Naturalist in Florida, 1994

Carr had planned to write a book on Florida and apparently had actually written and submitted several chapters to Houghton Mifflin.  The project was never completed and the written chapters were published separately as periodical articles.  After Carr's death, Marjorie collected these essays and published them along with other of Carr's Florida writings as Naturalist in Florida, in effect Carr's collected works on Florida.  The complete manuscripts and proof for the book are here.  Manuscripts of some of the essays in their original form may be found in the Florida writings and Lifelines box (#11) and in the manuscripts of books such as Ulendo.

11              Typed manuscript with revisions by Marjorie Harris Carr, introductory material and chapters 1- 11

12              Typed manuscript with revisions by Marjorie Harris Carr, introductory material and chapters 12- 25, and postscripts.

13              Page proofs with revisions by Marjorie Harris Carr.

Box 10:  Honduran Manuscripts, 1945-1950

Carr spent the years 1945-1949, on leave from UF, as an instructor at the Escuela Agricola Panamerica in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.  High Jungles and Low was the principal literary result of these years.  Carr also observed Honduran amphibians and reptiles, making numerous notes and collecting data.  Correspondence indicates that he and Benjamin Shreve planned a joint publication, but abandoned the project.  The papers here represent Carr's Honduran notes, data gathered from different institutions on their Honduran specimens, a published monograph on Honduran animal habitats, and some miscellaneous writings.

1                Correspondence with Benjamin Shreve, Museum of Comparative Zoology, regarding the classification of Honduran fauna and of apparent plans for a publication, 1946-1950.

2                Central America notes, untitled; A.Ms., 12 leaves.  n.d.

3                Fishes of the Rio Yeguare, a tributary of the Rio Chobitica Pacifica drainage of Honduras, C.A., notes and other material for a report on species and habits [194-?]   A.ms., written in notebook.

4                "Honduras Herpes," [title from discarded envelope]; A.ms. notes of Agua Azul and Lake Yojoa.  3 leaves, August 4, 1949.

5                Honduras mammals; notebook, 1945-1947.

6                Honduras turtle notes 1947-1949.

7                Nicaraguan reptile notes and typed letter signed from E.R. Dunn, Haverford, PA., Nov. 12, 1950 (5 p.)

8                Notes on a Fish Survey of Lake Yojoa; typed ms. [July-August, 1949] 8 leaves.

9                Turtle field notes, A.Ms. notebook, Jan. 4, 1946-June 1, 1949.

10              Notes on Habitat [ca.1948]

11              Rainfall data from Honduran habitats, accompanied by a TLS  from Mark Trafton, Jr., Tela Railroad Company; La Lima, Honduras, Sept. 21, 1948.

12              Outline for Classification of Animal Habitats in Honduras, typed ms., 45 p., and reprint from Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 49.

13              Carr Honduras Collection, typed list [ca.1946]

14              Amphibians and reptiles; a. notes and list description of species, 1937-1949.

15              Amphibians and reptiles - typed notes and list of species [ca.1949]

16              Coecelians and salamanders; list of specimen [ca. 1951]

17              Frogs - lists of specimens [ca.1949]

18              Lizards - lists of specimens [ca.1949]

19              Snakes - lists of specimens [ca.1949]

20              Honduras and British Honduras (1954?); typed ms. of articles written for Encyclopedia Americana and correspondence, 1953-1960.

21              "Amphibians and Reptiles from Honduras in the Chicago Natural History Museum Collections," typed ms. by Stanley Rand, 1953.

Box 11:  Florida Essays and Lifelines, 1941-1990

This box contains manuscripts of several of Carr's essays on Florida natural history.  In addition to their original publication form, they were republished as chapters of A Naturalist in Florida.  Between 1982 and 1986, Carr wrote a column for Animal Kingdom, a periodical publication of the New York Zoological Society.  Many of these columns were also about Florida and reprinted in Naturalist in Florida.

1          "Fishes of Alachua County, Florida:  a Subjective Key," 2 copiesof 1941 publication, and correspondence to Majorie H. Carr, 1990.

2          "Hound Magic," typed copy from Field and Stream, v. 53(2), 1949.

3          "In Praise of Snakes," Carr's three typed drafts, published version from Audubon, July, 1971, and correspondence with Les Lines, 1971

4           Landscapes of Florida, 2 copies

5          "Man and Nature in Florida," published in Born of the Sun; typed mss., several drafts, correspondence with editors, etc.

6          "The Moss Forest," typed ms., March, 1971.

7          The Moss Forest, notes, correspondence relating to essay [1967-1971?]

8          The Moss Forest, autograph notes and manuscript fragment [ca. 1971]

9          The Moss Forest, copy of publication in Audubon, September, 1971, and a second copy, pasted up as Naturalist in Florida ms.

10        Springs and Caves

11        Sticky Heels, typed ms. [n.d.]

12        A.Ms. fragments relating to Florida

Life Line Columns

13        Armadillo Dilemma

14*      Bartram's Puzzling Legacy

15        Curious Conglomerates at Sea

16*      The Ducks of Wewa

17        Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

18        Jubilee (complete ms.) 57 p.

19        Jubilee (incomplete computer print out)

20        Jubilee (Daphne Jubilee) drafts, etc.

21        Jubilee (Homosassa)

22        Jubilee (Wacahoota)

23*      Kemp's Ridley: Rarest of the Sea Turtles

24        Plight of the Panther

25        Sheltering

26*      Tails of a lizard

27*      Thoughts Brought On by Cobias

28        Triple-Clutchers

29*       Two Blue Herons

30*       Water Hyacinths, manuscripts, extensive background [ca.1970?]

31         What's for Dinner?

32         Correspondence, 1985-1986

33         Notes in folder marked "Lifelines - Notes for future articles"

34         Notes for Dinasour Nesting (Lifelines) - Notes for Dinosaur Nesting (not published)

* Material added December, 2002

Box 12:  Sea Turtle Manuscripts, 1955-1981:

1          Chelonia mydas (Linne)--Green Turtle, Tortuga, Tortuga blanca [chapter for Costa Rican Natural History] and correspondence regarding publication, 1979-1981.

2          The Ecology and Migrations of Sea Turtles, II:  Results of Field Work in Costa Rica, 1955, by Archie Carr and Leonard Giovannoli, typed ms.

3          The Ecology and Migrations of Sea Turtles, 5:  Comparative Features of Isolated Green Turtle Colonies, by Carr and Harold Hirth, typed ms., published in American Museum Novitates, no. 2091 (1962), with correspondence, 1961.

4          "Extinction or Rescue for the Hawksbill?" by Carr and Anne Barkau Meylan, typed ms. and correspondence with Mrs. M.S. Fitter, Oryx, 1980

5          "Gift from Turtle Bogue" (National Geographic article), 1966.

6          "The Green Turtle," typed mss. (2 copies), one  with autograph revisions, 18 p, plus notes [published in Scientific American?]

7          "Green Turtle," (Scientific American) typed ms., 19 p, and bibliography.

8          [Green Turtle]  Untitled ms., on "Geographic Text Copy," paper with title page "Gift of Turtle Bogue," 12/17/64 and memo by Wayne Barrett, May 9, 1966.  The extra sheets may not belong with the     ms.  The contents of the ms. are more similar to "Land of Turtle Mountain."

9          The Green Turtle and Food for the Future, typed ms. [ca. 1962]

10        "The Impact of Nondegradable Marine Debris on the Ecology and Survival Outlook of Sea Turtles" typed ms. [ca. 1980] 16 p.

11        "Land of the Turtle Mountain," typed ms. [1962?]         

12        "Land of Turtle Mountain," labeled "3. ver." [ca. 1962] 17 p.

13        "Long Rang Recovery of a Tagged Yearling Chelonia" by Carr and Donald Sweat, 2 drafts, [ca. 1969]

14        "Modulated Reproductive Periodicity in Chelonia"by Archie and Marjorie H. Carr, several drafts [ca. 1969]

15        "Orientation" [of Chelonia] typed ms., 32 p., plus drawings [ca.1958]

16        "The Problems of Open-sea Navigation: the Migration of the Green Turtle to Ascension Island," by Arthur L. Koch, Archie Carr, and David W. Ehrenfeld.  With publisher correspondence, 1967-1968.

17        The Problems of Open-sea Navigation: the  Migration of the Green Turtle to Ascension Island by Koch, Carr, and Ehrenfeld.  Revised draft, 1967-1968.

18        Recruitment and Remigration in a Green Turtle Nesting Colony by Archie Carr and Marjorie H. Carr (drafts) [ca.1969]

19        Returns of Tagged Pen-reared Green Turtles by Ross Witham and Archie Carr.  2 typed p. (carbon) [ca. 1967?]

20        The Role of Vision in Sea-finding Orientation of the  Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) by David W. Ehrenfeld and Carr, 1966.

21        The Role of Vision in Sea-finding Orientation of the Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) by David W. Ehrenfeld and Carr, Variant draft, 1966.

22        The Sea Turtles [chapter for book]  2 drafts and correspondence with Victor H. Calahane, 1968.

23        Sea turtles  - (2 drafts, not the same text as "Sea Turtles" for Calahane book.)

24        Site Fixity in the Caribbean Green Turtle, by Archie and Marjorie H. Carr, typed ms. (published in Ecology, v. 53(3):1972) [1971?]

25        "Survival Outlook of the West Caribbean Green Turtle Colony" by Archie Carr

26        "Thirty Years with Sea Turtles; Perspectives for World Conservation;" Fairfield Osborn Address, 1984.

27        Rough Drafts/Notes for Osborn Lecture, 1984.

28        Osborn Lecture Correspondence, 1984

29        "Thirty Years with Sea Turtles," Hal Borland Award Version of the Osborn Address, 1984.

30        "Turtles Come Out of the Sea," typed ms. and Russian version from Komsomol Truth  [Bibliotechka "Komsomolskoi Pravdy"] Oct. 14, 1967.

Miscellaneous Notes

31        Bimini; a. note

32        Eggs; a. notes

33        General Outlook for Sea Turtle Survival

34        The Growth of Interest and Activity in Green Turtle Research and Conservation

35        Poaching calipee, etc.

36        Tag Returns - International, 1990

37        Sea Turtle articles and reprints by Carr, 1954-1970.

Box 13:  Other Manuscripts, 1941 - 1984, n.d., and Published Articles, 1936-1956

1          Articles written for the Book of Knowledge (Grolier) and correspondence with publisher, n.d. 1956-1965.

2          "Black Water, Green Light," galley proof for article published in Audubon, 1973.  Accompanied by fragmentary ms., notes, correspondence, and photographs of Four Hole Swamp, South Carolina [n.d.] 1971-1973.

3          "Dedicatory address of Dickinson Hall," University of Florida, March 25, 1983.  2 drafts and related documents.

4          Ecology - Various manuscript fragments

5          "Ecology, Survival, and Preservationism," typed ms, with note (copy) to Cal [Vanderwerf, ca.1970?]

6          "The Everglades," typed ms., with correspondence with Merian, 1979-1980.

7          Foreword to David Ehrenfield's Conserving Life on Earth (1972); typed ms. with autograph revisions.

8          Foreword to John H. Davis' Plant Life of Florida and correspondence, 1967

9          "Gopher Book" Preface [never published?]  1976

10        The Habitat, the Species, and Wildlife Preservation in Central America," "Species, Habitats and Compromise in Landscape Conservation,"and correspondence [ca. 1964]

11        "A Herpetological Survey of the Jim Woodruff Dam Area -- A Progress Report, " Walter Auffenberg, Archie Carr, and Duke Wilder [ca. 1953] 18 p.

12        "The Identity of Malacoclemmys Kohnii Buar," [1949] typed ms. with notes and letters concerning the genus graptemys, 1941-1945

13        Introduction to Paul Allen's book, Rain Forest of Golfo Dulce  (1956).  Typed ms., 3 p.

14        [Manatee manscript] with letter to Jonathan Fisher, National Wildlife, Oct. 27, 1975, 19 p.

15        Mexican Field Trip with Charles M. Bogert, 1951.  Includes diary of trip, field notes on collecting, and correspondence with Clifford H. Pope (Chicago Natural History Museum) and Bogert (American Museum of Natural History).

16        "Motivacion y Avenencia en la Preservacion de la Naturaleza," copied from Mesa Rondo

17        "Motivation and Compromise in Wilderness Preservation," typed ms.

18        Nature in North America," apparently the introduction for a proposed book to be entitled the Nature of North America, ed. Edwin Colbert and published by the National Geographic Society, 1975.

19        "Nature, Natural History, and the Future of Central America," typed ms. of address for the the Eleventh Annual Conference on the Caribbean (University of Florida, 1960) with correspondence, 1960.

20        "White Ant," revised, annotated proof and correspondence with Gerald Walker, and tear sheets from New York Times Magazine, September 20, 1964.  Published as "African Underground Movement."

21        "White-Antism and African Darkness" (New York Times Magazine) 1964.

Nesting Notes:

22        Amyda--Nesting Notes [ca. 1962]

23        Lizard Nesting Piece - Notes

24        Pseudemys - Nesting Habits

25        Pseudemys f. peninsularus - Nesting, Carr farm, 17 April 1963

26        Nesting Behavior Notes

27        Sceloporus  Nesting - 7 June 1963

28        Soft shell Nesting (Crow robbing nest)

29        Article reprints, 1936-1956