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The collection consists of biographical information, family correspondence, personal correspondence, business correspondence,
writings and speeches, financial papers, printed material, photographs, and artifacts.
Family correspondence is between Burch and his parents, siblings, aunts, nieces and nephews. He writes descriptive letters
from Japan in 1954 and more from London in 1978-1979. A majority of the business correspondence is with publishers, especially
Viking Press, the publisher of most of his books. There is also correspondence with elementary schools, high schools, colleges,
and libraries that he visited for speaking engagements, conferences and book signings.
Writings include journals of his freighter trips, and typed versions and galley proofs of many of his books.
A large portion of the financial papers are royalty statements from the sale of his books.
There are photographs of Burch and his family and friends, and photographs of Japan taken while he lived there. Also included
are photographs of dogs, ducks, swans, and koi all of which he considered as pets.
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