This two-box collection consists of a handwritten draft and the first typescript of Clark's We Made This Land , subsequently published as These Were the Valiant . Box 1 contains the handwritten draft. Box 2 contains the first typescript of this 141-page book in draft form.

These Were the Valiant is a historical book chronicling westward expansion into America's southwestern states, specifically New Mexico, and it takes an in-depth look at some of New Mexico's most prominent historical characters, such as Kit Carson, Bishop Lamy, General Kearny, the Hermit of Hermit's Peak, and the Romeros of Romeroville.