SERIES A: CONTENT DESCRIPTION

Pre - school and school - age materials documenting McNair’s early creative efforts, career ambitions and education. Inclusive dates: 1941 – 1959.

Relevant chronological details:

• Born 19 June 1941 in Newport, NH
• Southview Elementary School, VT, 1947 – 1951
• Way School, Claremont, NH, 1951 – 1953
• Stevens High School, NH, 1956 – 1959

Click here to read McNair’s comments on his childhood. (See Childhood and Youth sections.)

SERIES A: CONTAINER LISTS

Little Brown Koko scrapbook (black cover)

Episodic stories of a fictional black boy named Little Brown Koko, read to McNair by his mother. He identified with the character Koko. Scrapbook made by McNair in the 1940s.

FOLIO BOX A1

Folder F-A1-1:     Original clippings (14)

Folder F-A1-2:     Photocopies of original clippings

Folder F-A1-3:     Scrapbook covers and sample pages

Little Brown Koko scrapbook (yellow cover)

Scrapbook made by McNair in the 1940s.

FOLIO BOX A1

Folder F-A1-4:     Original clippings (10)

Folder F-A1-5:     Photocopies of original clippings

Folder F-A1-6:     Scrapbook covers and sample pages

“Tot Books” – age 12

“Tot Books” were so titled because they told stories intended for young children. Made by McNair ca. 1953.

BOX A1

Folder A1-1:       Original “Tot Books" (4)

Titles: “An Adventure With Our Friend Melvin”; “The Adventures of a Balloon”;  “The Adventures of a Wrist Watch”; and, “The Jeep That Went to Heaven.”

8th grade report

School project made by McNair 1954 – 1955.

BOX A1

Folder A1-2:       Report titled “Commercial Art as a Profession”  

High school band trip (Washington DC) materials

The Stevens High School band was chosen to March in the January 1957 presidential inauguration of Dwight David Eisenhower. McNair was in the band’s color guard.

BOX A1

Folder A1-3:       Clippings and ephemera

Folder A1-4:       Washington DC souvenirs

High school yearbooks

BOX A1

Folder A1-5:       Red and Black yearbook (1956)

Folder A1-6:       Red and Black yearbook (1957)

Folder A1-7:       Red and Black yearbook (1958)

Folder A1-8:       Red and Black yearbook (1959)

Scrapbook (black cover)

Scrapbook made by McNair. Contains material dated 1946 – 1959.

BOX A2

Folder A2-1:       Front cover and pages 1-8

Folder A2-2:       Pages 9 -- 19

Folder A2-3:       Pages 20 -- 29

Folder A2-4:       Loose items and back cover

Folder A2-5:       Photocopies of original pages