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 takes an in-depth look at some of the 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.