David James Duncan: An Inventory of His Papers, 1959-2002 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Duncan, David James
	Title:	David James Duncan Papers,
	Dates:	1959-2002 and undated
	Abstract:	Papers of author David James Duncan from 1959-2002 and undated.
	Collection #	R15.1
	Quantity:	9 boxes (7.8 linear feet)
	Language	English.
	Repository:	Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Biographical Sketch

David James Duncan, born in Portland, Oregon in 1952, is a writer whose works include My Story as Told by Water, The Brothers K, The River Why, and River Teeth. His work deals with environmental issues, spiritual problems and fly-fishing. My Story as Told by Water, which was nominated for a National Book Award, expresses his concern about the possible extinction of the Pacific Northwest’s wild salmon. The River Why and The Brothers K received the Pacific Northwest Booksellers award. The Brothers K was also named a New York Times Notable Book in 1992 and won a Best Books Award from the American Library Association. Duncan currently lives in Montana.

A list of his publications include:

Duncan, David James. The Brothers K. New York: Bantam, 1993.
Duncan, David James. River Teeth: Stories and Writings. New York: Doubleday, 1995.
Duncan, David James. The River Why. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books; [Berkeley]: Distributed by University of California Press, 2002.
Duncan, David James. My Story as Told by Water. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 2001.

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Scope and Contents

The collection includes business and fan correspondence, manuscripts to published books and articles, reviews, some artifacts, miscellaneous publications, and lecture notes concerning David James Duncan’s writing career. Correspondents include Barry Lopez, Pattiann Rogers, Bill McKibben, William Kittredge, Sherman Alexie and Robert Michael Pyle.

The collection is in good condition and is part of the James Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community and the Natural World.

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Organization
	The collection is organized by types of materials such as correspondence, literary production, and printed materials.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research. Copyright is retained by the authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by U.S. copyright law.

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Index Terms
	The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.
	Subjects (Persons)
		Duncan, David James
		Duncan, David James- --Archives
		Duncan, David James- --Correspondence
		Duncan, David James- --Manuscripts
		Duncan, David James- --My Story as Told By Water
		Duncan, David James- --The Brothers K
		Duncan, David James- --The River Why
		Duncan, David James- --River Teeth
	Subjects
		Natural history--Northwest, Pacific
		Fly fishing
		Novelists, American
		Salmon--Effects of dams on

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Related Material


	For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:
		David James Duncan Artifact Collection David James Duncan Oversized Items Rick Bass Papers, 1958-2001 and undated Bill McKibben Papers, 1971-2001 and undated Barry Lopez Papers, 1864-2001 and undated Barry Lopez Audio Video Collection Barry Lopez Photograph Collection Barry Lopez Photograph Collection: Apológia Doug Peacock Papers, 1950-2000 and undated David Quammen Papers, 1956-1999 and undated Pattiann Rogers Papers, 1960-1999 and undated Annick Smith Papers, 1940-2000 and undated William Kittredge Papers, 1954-2000 and undated Max Crawford Papers, 1960-2000 and undated Sandra Scofield Papers, 1958-2005 and undated Gretel Ehrlich Papers, 1923-2005 and undated Edward Hoagland Papers, 1953-2007 and undated

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

David James Duncan Papers, 1959-2002 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Collection accession #(s):
2003-0009-X

Purchase, 2002

Processed by

Abel Ramirez, 2000

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Collection Inventory



Correspondence
box	folder
1	1	Sherman Alexie, includes cards, postcards, letters, e-mail, from Alexie, his wife, and assistant, includes poetry postcards (Philip Herter, Charley George), 1993-2000 and undated
	2	James R. Babb, editor Gray’s Sporting Journal, 2000
	3	Kim Barnes, includes Barnes’ draft manuscript with Duncan’s holographic notes, 1 DJD letter to Barnes, 1995-2000
	4	Rick Bass, includes postcards, letters, 2 color photos, 1993-2002 and undated
	5	Jim Beckmann, 1994-2002
	6	Wendell Berry, 1982 and 2000
	7	Deb Blue, includes manuscript, 1999-2001 and undated
	8	Frank Boyden, 1988-2001 and undated
	9	Annie Dillard, postcards, letter, 1995-2000 and undated
	10	Jim Dodge (includes poems, broadside), 2000-2001 and undated
	11	Brian Doyle, includes letters, postcards, e-mail, photocopies of articles and poems, 1993-2002
	12	Ellie Duncan (daughter) and classmates, letters and drawings, May 31, 2000
	13	Steve Duncan (brother), Christmas card, postcards, letters, 1996 and undated
	14	Doug Frank (photograph appears on cover of River Teeth), includes 1 DJD letter, 1 photo, 1982-2002 and undated
	15	Ian Frazier, 1 postcard, Sept. 27, 2000
	16	John Frohnmayer, includes 1 letter from DJD, 1993-1994
	17	Dan Glick, 1995 and 2000
	18	Jim Harrison, 1981, 2001
	19	Stanley Hauerwas, includes 2 Hauerwas essays: “On being a Christian and an American”; “September 11, 2001: a pacifist response,” 1998-2002
	20	Lorian Hemingway, 1994 and undated
	21	Jane Hirschfield, includes a broadsides of poems “Button” and “The Sweetness of Apples, of Figs,” 1997-2002
	22	Dave Hughes (fly fishing writer), includes letter from Katey Jones, 1986-1987
	23	Teresa Jordan, 1991-2000 and undated
	24	Greg Keeler (poet), letters, postcards, Keeler essay “A democracy of anglers,” 1992-1994 and undated
	25	William Kittredge, 1 postcard, undated
	26	Ursula K. Le Guin, 1 postcard, 1 card, 1992, 1995
	27	Craig Lesley, 1 postcard, 1 card, 2 letters, 1994-1995 and undated
	28	Barry Lopez, letters postcards, includes Lopez essay “Natural grief” and Lopez story “The hitter,” 1991-2000
	29	Daniel Mathews (Raven editions) letters, postcards, 1995-2001 and undated
	30	Peter Matthiessen, letters, postcards, 2001 and undated
	31	Tom McGuane, 1998-2001 and undated
	32	Bill McKibben (1 letter), 1995
	33	Stephanie Mills (1 letter), Feb. 8, 2001
	34	Dick Morgan, 1984-1985 and undated
	35	Laura A. Munson, includes Munson essay “Yard sale,” 1995-2001
	36	Pat Musick, letters and postcards, 2001-2002
	37	Kevin Oderman, includes letters, postcards, and photocopy of Oderman story “Go back on,” 1982-1994 and undated
	38	Chris Offutt, 1995-2000, and undated
	39	Jayne Anne Phillips, 1 Christmas card, 1 photocopy of Phillips essay “Home after dark,” 1998
	40	Robert Michael Pyle, letters, postcards, e-mail, copy-edited proof of DJD article on Pyle, 1999-200 and undated
	41	Pattiann Rogers, letters, postcards, Rogers poem “On the Eve of the Hearing” and essay “ Degree and Circumstance,” 1998-2001 and undated
	42	Benjamin Saenz, 1 letter, undated
	43	Scott Russell Sanders, 2001
	44	Charles Schwenk, 1985-2000 and undated
	45	Annick Smith, 1 letter, Sept. 28, 1996
	46	Gary Snyder, 1987-1997 and undated
	47	Kim Stafford, 1993-2000
	48	Mark A. Stewart, 1982-1998
	49	Chris Van Dyck, 1983-1985
	50	Terry Tempest Williams, 1 postcard, July 10, 1999
	51	Elizabeth Woody, includes two manuscript drafts, 1995-1999 and undated
	52	Robert Wrigley, 1994-1998
	53	Teri Zipf, 1994-1997
	54	Sallie ______, 1992-1998
	55	Phil A_____, 1991-2002 and undated
	56	Keith _____, 1996 and undated
	57	John (Henry’s TA at Harvard), May 5, 1998
	58	David James Duncan, copies of letters from DJD, 1981-2002 and undated

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Business Correspondence
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1	59	Nature Conservancy, 1994-2000
	60	Orion Society, 1995-2002 and undated
	61	Sierra Club, 1982-2001 and undated
	62	Thir$ty, A Theatre Spectacle About Water, 2000
	63	University of Portland, 1998
	64	Business correspondence, Jan-Aug., 2002
	65	Business correspondence, 2001
	66	Business correspondence, 2000
box	folder
2	1	Business correspondence, 1999
	2	Business correspondence, 1998
	3	Business correspondence, 1997
	4	Business correspondence, 1996
	5	Business correspondence (includes photographs), 1990-1995
	6	Business correspondence, 1978-1989
	7	Business correspondence, undated

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Correspondence, Personal and reader
box	folder
2	8	Correspondence, personal and reader, 2002
	9	Correspondence, personal and reader, Jan.-June 2001
	10	Correspondence, personal and reader, July-Dec. 2001
	11	Correspondence, personal and reader, Jan.-June 2000
	12	Correspondence, personal and reader, July-Dec. 2000
	13	Correspondence, personal and reader, 1999
	14	Correspondence, personal and reader, 1998
	15	Correspondence, personal and reader, 1997
	16	Correspondence, personal and reader (includes photographs), 1996
	17	Correspondence, personal and reader (includes photographs), Jan.-June 1995
	18	Correspondence, personal and reader, July-Dec. 1995
	19	Correspondence, personal and reader, 1994
box	folder
3	1	Correspondence, personal and reader (includes Limberlost Press postcard and photographs), 1993
	2	Correspondence, personal and reader, 1992
	3	Correspondence, personal and reader, 1990
	4	Correspondence, personal and reader, 1986-1989
	5	Correspondence, personal and reader, 1982-1985
	6	Correspondence, personal and reader, undated

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Literary Production
box	folder
3	7	Honduran Relief, by David Cates, undated
	8	“A prayer for the Salmon’s Second Coming,” typescript pages and page proofs with corrections, 2000 and undated
	9	“A Short History of the Farm,” by Michael Traugot, bound manuscript with correspondence, 1994-1999
	10	“Bird Watching as a Blood Sport,” essay for reading with intro. DJD gave at talk, typescript with corrections, 1998
	11	“Blood Knot,” fishing stories by Pete Fromm, manuscript with DJD’s notations on the text, 1997
	12	College Writing, a four page example, undated
	13	“Deborha,” a copy of “From These Roots,” with David James Duncan’s first story, 1959-1960
	14	“DJD Blurbs,” blurbs written by David James Duncan for other authors, 1995-2002 and undated
	15	“De Selby on the Godhead,” various drafts of an essay on Irish author Flann O’ Brien, undated
	16	“Fearless Leader,” page proofs with some corrections, 2000
	17	“Fight,” Typescript by DJD, undated
	18	“Fishing in Finnegan’s wake,” by Robert H. Boyle, unbound manuscript with correspondence, 1999-2000
	19	“Fishing Notes,” notes written after being in Mt. Lolo for four months, undated
	20	“Hats,” an outtake from “The Brothers K,” undated
	21	“How Much Gold is a River Worth,” copy of “New York Times” with David James Duncan’s Piece, 1997
	22	“Interview,” interview by Doug Thorpe, for image magazine, several drafts with corrections, 2001 and undated
	23	“Khwaja Khadir,” typescript and page proofs with corrections, 2000 and undated
	24	Lecture Notes, lecture notes and manuscripts, many of which would later become essays, 1993-2002 and undated
	25	Lecture Manuscripts, manuscripts for various lectures with numerous corrections, 2001-2002 and undated
	26	“Living Bones and Sex-Crazed Shoes,” original version of bone-fishing piece in L.A. Times travel magazine, undated
	27	“Meeting with a God,” page proofs with corrections, 2000
	28	“My Story as Told by Water,” miscellaneous draft sections with corrections, fine-press edition of “Strategic Withdrawal,” and rejected cover, 2001-2002
box	folder
4	1	“My Story as Told by Water,” manuscript page proofs with some corrections, 2000-2001
	2	“My Story as Told by Water,” manuscripts, including reference materials and correspondence, 2001 and undated
	3	“My Story as Told by Water,” book reviews, 2001
	4	“My Story as Told by Water,” final manuscript, copy edited proofs with corrections, 2001
	5	“My Story as Told by Water,” early bound manuscript, rough draft bearing variant titles, 1997 and undated
	6	“My Story as Told by Water,” correspondence, permissions, cover art proofs, and miscellaneous, 1998-2000
	7	“My Story as Told by Water,” miscellaneous page proofs with corrections, 2000-2001
	8	“Natives,” and excerpt from “My Story as Told by Water,” typescript with corrections, 2001
	9	“Old Dead Christmas,” miscellaneous unsorted manuscript pages with corrections abandoned early novel, 1974-1978 and undated
	10	“Old Dead Christmas,” miscellaneous unsorted manuscript pages, with corrections, abandoned early novel, undated
	11	Outtakes from, “The River Why,” “Two Kinds of Nothing,” and “An Angler’s Guide to Lord Byron,” undated
	12	“Postmortem of a Parodist,” essay on Duncan’s parody of Peter Matthiessen’s “The Snow Leopard,” with parody, undated
	13	Quotes, notes regarding fishing, Sufism, Buddhism, water, academic notes, etc., 1968-2002 and undated
	14	“The Raven in Logan’s Body,” tearsheet from a short fiction piece published in Orion Magazine as non-fiction, 1999
	15	“Risa’s Hadith,” one page excerpt from the unfinished novel, “Mahatma Gandhi’s Magic Word,” by David James Duncan, undated
	16	“Seven Henry Stories,” page proofs with corrections, undated
	17	“Song of Songs,” introduction for Judith Ernst’s “Song of Solomon,” two versions with illustrations and correspondence, 2002
	18	“Song of the Salmon Sylph,” excerpt from an unfinished verse novella, with introduction, undated
	19	“The Brothers K,” includes research materials for Vietnam sections of “The Brothers K,” a rejected dust cover, and interview with veteran, 1982-1988 and undated
	20	“The Brothers K,” real prayer in “The Brothers K,” by Gayle L. Saxby, academic paper, 1995
	21	“The Brothers K,” a rationale for the use of Duncan’s novel in senior Humanities,with a letter to Duncan, undated
box	folder
5	1	“The Brothers K,” quotations used in “The Brothers K,” undated
	2	“The Brothers K,” David James Duncan, early notes and draft, 1988-1989
	3	“The Brothers K,” copy edited manuscript, part one, 1991-1992
	4	“The Brothers K,” copy edited manuscript, part two, 1991-1992
	5	“The Brothers K,” revised, copy edited proofs, 1991-1992
box	folder
6	1	“The Brothers K,” reviews and tearsheets re: “The Brothers K,” 1992-1994 and undated
	2	“The Brothers K,” miscellaneous drafts of various sections, with many corrections, includes publishers dust jacket, 1990-1992 and undated
	3	“The Dow Jones Industrial Wildlife Refuge,” typewritten draft with corrections, unpublished novel, with proposal and summary, 1984 and undated
	4	“The King of Epoxy,” multiple incomplete drafts, undated
	5	“The River Teeth,” early manuscript with some holograph changes, undated
	6	“The River Teeth,” one page of quotes for “The River Teeth,” undated
	7	“The River Teeth,” book reviews, 1994-1995
	8	“The River Why,” original typewritten manuscript, with authors corrections, undated
	9	“The River Why,” a new afterward written by DJD twenty years later, entitled “Heart Work,” 2002 and undated
	10	“The River Why,” “Side Channels,” outtakes with various cover illustrations, 1983 and undated
	11	“The River Why,” screen play by Thomas A. Cohen and John Jay Osborn Jr., 1985
box	folder
7	1	“The River Why,” reviews and fan correspondence, 1982-1984
	2	“The River Why,” reviews and tearsheets, 1983-1984
	3	“The River Why,” reviews, tearsheets, correspondence, and scrapbook material, 1981-1985
	4	“The River Why,” original typewritten drafts of various sections of “The River Why,” with corrections, undated
	5	“The River Why,” original typewritten drafts of various sections of “The River Why,” with corrections, undated
	6	“The River Why,” original typewritten drafts of various sections of “The River Why,” with corrections, undated
	7	“The River Why,” original typewritten drafts of various sections of “The River Why,” with corrections, undated
box	folder
8	1	“The River Why,” original typewritten drafts of various sections of “The River Why,” with corrections, undated
	2	“The River Why,” reviews and tearsheets, 1982-1983
	3	“The Son Creates a World,” typescript of an abandoned story, undated
	4	“The Temple on Monday,” by Tom Crawford, poetry manuscript with Duncan’s notations, undated
	5	“The War for Norman’s River,” an excerpt, page proofs with corrections, 2001
	6	“Thoreau on Water,” with forward by David James Duncan, 2000-2001
	7	“Toxins in the Mother Tongue,” galley’s of the L.A. Times magazine article, 1994
	8	“Toxins in the Mother Tongue,” page proofs, undated
	9	“Who Owns The West?” page proofs with corrections, 1998
	10	“Why Write?” copy of “Northern Lights,” with David James Duncan’s essay, 1998
	11	“A Fertile Meadow Far from Town,” copy of Open Spaces Magazine with John Daniels article, a response to “A Writer’s Retreat In Oregon,” started by David Duncan and Frank Boyden, 1999-2000

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Printed Material, 1978-2002 and undated
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8	12	Various publications on, or about, David James Duncan and his work, 1992-2002
box	folder
9	1	“Edge Walking on The Western Rim,” anthology including “The River Teeth,” by DJD, 1994
	2	“Fly Fishing Tales,” copy with David James Duncan’s story, “The Line of Light,” 1994
	3	“His Idiots,” copy of the North American Review, with David James Duncan’s first story, 1978
	4	“The Miracle of The Yucatan,” copy of L.A. Times Magazine, with David James Duncan’s article, 1995
	5	“The River Teeth,” copy of Pacific Northwest, with David James Duncan’s essay, 1994
	6	“The River Teeth,” a journal of non-fiction narrative, 2001
	7	“Salmon’s Second Coming,” a copy of Sierra, with David James Duncan’s essay, 2000
	8	“Toxins in the Mother Tongue,” copy of L.A. Times Magazine with readers responses, 1994
	9	“Toxins in the Mother Tongue,” copy of L.A. Times Magazine with David James Duncan’s article, 1994

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Scrapbook Material, undated

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folder

Notes for VHS tape on miscellaneous takes, undated

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

David James Duncan:

An Inventory of His Papers, 1959-2002 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

Organization

Access Restrictions

Correspondence

Business Correspondence

Correspondence, Personal and reader

Literary Production

Printed Material, 1978-2002 and undated

Scrapbook Material, undated