Book Projects
name: label: Collection Creator
content: McLanathan, Richard B. K.
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content: Richard McLanathan papers
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content: Richard McLanathan papers / Series 3: Writings
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.8 Linear Feet (Boxes 6-10, 31)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1964-1995
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mclarich, Subseries 3.4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Chronologically arranged book projects are followed by chronologically arranged unpublished book projects. Related correspondence is housed at the end of the series.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This subseries includes research material, notes, drafts, correspondence, contracts, reviews, and printed material related to several of McLanathan's published books: Images of the Universe, Leonardo da Vinci: The Artist as Scientist (1966), The Pageant of Medieval Art and Life (1966), The American Tradition in the Arts (1968), Art in America: A Brief History (1973), The Art of Marguerite Stix (1977), World Art in American Museums, A Personal Guide (1983), and Gilbert Stuart (1986), as well as books on Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Peter Paul Rubins for Abrams' First Impressions series (1990, 1993, 1995). 

Also found here are correspondence, notes, and writings related to book projects that did not materialize to publication. Included in the batch of unpublished projects are papers and a sound recording related to "Seeds of Change," McLanathan's monograph on the history of the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture.