William Kittredge: An Inventory of His Papers, 1954-2000 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

William Kittredge:

An Inventory of His Papers, 1954-2000 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Kittredge, William
	Title:	William Kittredge Papers,
	Dates:	1954-2000 and undated
	Abstract:	Papers of the author William Kittredge from 1954-2000 and undated.
	Collection #	R 4.1
	Quantity:	47 boxes (47.0 linear feet)
	Language	English.
	Repository:	Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Biographical Sketch

William Kittredge was born in Oregon in 1932 and grew up on a working ranch in the Warner Valley of southeastern Oregon. He attended Oregon State University (1954) and University of Iowa (M.F.A. 1969). He taught in the English Department at the University of Montana from 1969 until his retirement in 1997. His awards include a Stegner Fellowship to attend the writing program at Stanford University, two National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowships, two Pacific Northwest Bookseller's Awards, National Governor's Award for the Arts, the PEN West Award, and the National Endowment for the Humanities' Charles Frankle Prize for service to the humanities, Neil Simon Award from American Playhouse. He is the author of numerous essays, short stories and novels, including the Cord series of western novels written under the pseudonym Owen Rountree. With Annick Smith, Kittredge was the co-producer of A River Runs Through It, based on the novella by Norman Maclean.

A list of his publications includes:

Kittredge, William. Balancing Water: Restoring the Klamath Basin. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2000.
Kittredge, William. The Portable Western Reader. New York: Penguin Books, 1997.
Kittredge, William. Who owns the West? San Francisco: Mercury House, 1996.
Kittredge, William. Lost Cowboys (But Not Forgotten). New York: Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1992.
Kittredge, William. "The healthiest girl in town."The Interior Country: Stories of the Modern West. Athens, Ohio: Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, 1987.
Kittredge, William. "Livestock."Ranching Traditions: Legacy of the American West. New York: Abbeville Press, 1989.
Kittredge, William. Owning It All: Essays. Saint Paul, Minn.: Graywolf Press, 1987.
Kittredge, William. The Van Gogh Field and Other Stories. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1978.

Scope and Contents

The collection has a variety of materials detailing the literary works of William Kittredge. They include manuscripts of draft copies, published and unpublished works, short stories, final copies, revisions, research materials to his works, photocopied news clippings, business and literary correspondence, lecture and class notes, reviews, and computer disks. Some of his literary works include “Sixty Million Buffalo,” “Hole in the Sky,” and “Nature of Generosity.” It also includes anthologies such as “Last Best Place” and “West of Your Town.”

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


Organization
	The collection is organized by correspondence, literary production, printed material, and research materials. The title "60 Million Buffalo" also appears as "Sixty Million Buffalo."

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.


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)
		Kittredge, William
		Kittredge, William--Archives
		Kittredge, William--Authorship
		Kittredge, William--Awards
		Kittredge, William--Correspondence
		Kittredge, William--Criticism and interpretation
		Kittredge, William--Homes and haunts--West (U.S.)
		Kittredge, William--Manuscripts
		Kittredge, William--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
		Kittredge, William--Sources
	Places
		West (U.S.)--Environmental conditions
		West (U.S.)--In literature
	Subjects
		Authors--United States--Correspondence
		Natural history
		Natural history--Catalogs and collections
		Natural history--Literary collections
		Natural history literature--United States
		Natural history in literature
		Novelists--United States--Correspondence
		Storytelling--Social aspects--West (U.S.)

Related Material


	For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:
		Barry Lopez Papers, 1964-2001 and undated Barry Lopez Audio Visual Collection, 1964-2007 and undated Barry Lopez Photograph Collection, 1964-2001 and undated Barry Lopez Photograph Collection: Apológia Edward Hoagland Papers, 1953-2007 and undated Rick Bass Papers, 1959-2002 and undated Doug Peacock Papers, 1950-2000 and undated Bill McKibben Papers, 1971-2001 and undate David Quammen Papers, 1956-1999 and undated Pattiann Rogers Papers, 1960-1999 and undated Annick Smith Papers, 1940-2000 and undated Max Crawford Papers, 1960-2000 and undated Walter Macdonald Papers, 1945-2003 and undated Sandra Scofield Papers, 1958-2005 and undated David James Duncan Papers, 1959-2002 and undated

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

William Kittredge Papers, 1954-2000 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Collection accession #(s):
2000-0230-X

Purchase, 2000

Processed by

Abel Ramirez, 2000, reprocessed by Curtis Peoples, 2003.

Additional Sources



		Kittredge, William. Taking Care: Thoughts on Storytelling and Belief. Minneapolis: Publishers Group West, 1999.
		Voices of the West: a Western Writers Collection. [video recording] Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1996.
		Cooperman, Matthew. "Self: Stalking the Gaps. Climbing Back into the Tree: Art, Nature, and Theology in A River Runs Through It."
		Reading Under the Sign of Nature: New Essays in Ecocriticism. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2000.
		Talbot, Jill L. Silence, Pride and Grace: the Film Adaptation of A River Runs Through It. Thesis (M.A.)--Texas Tech University, 1995.

Collection Inventory



Literary Production
box	folder
1	1	“…And It Was Our Country…,” 1970s
	2	“34 Seasons of Winter,” 1970s
	3	“60 Million Buffalo” and “The Serpent Has Deceived All Mankind,” undated
	4	“60 Million Buffalo,” 1970s
	5	“60 Million Buffalo,” 1970s
	6	“60 Million Buffalo,” 1970s
	7	“60 Million Buffalo,” 1970s
	8	“60 Million Buffalo,” 1970s
	9	“60 Million Buffalo,” 1970s
	10	“60 Million Buffalo,” late 1970s
	11	“60 Million Buffalo,” late 1970s
	12	“60 Million Buffalo,” late 1970s
box	folder
2	1	“60 Million Buffalo,” late 1970s
	2	“60 Million Buffalo,” late 1970s
	3	“60 Million Buffalo,” mid-late 1970s
	4	“60 Million Buffalo,” mid-late 1970s
	5	“60 Million Buffalo,” mid-late 1970s
	6	“60 Million Buffalo,” mid-late 1970s
	7	“60 Million Buffalo,” manuscripts, 1974
	8	“60 Million Buffalo,” Early drafts, 1974-1975
	9	“60 Million Buffalo,” Computer Disks, 1981
	10	“60 Million Buffalo,” c.1987
	11	“60 Million Buffalo,” undated
	12	“60 Million Buffalo,” undated
	13	“60 Million Buffalo,” undated
	14	“60 Million Buffalo,” undated
	15	“60 Million Buffalo,” undated
	16	“60 Million Buffalo,” undated
box	folder
3	1	“60 Million Buffalo,” undated
	2	“60 Million Buffalo,” undated
	3	“60 Million Buffalo,” undated
	4	“60 Million Buffalo,” undated
	5	“60 Million Buffalo,” undated
	6	“60 Million Buffalo,” undated
	7	“60 Million Buffalo,” undated
	8	“60 Million Buffalo,” undated
	9	“60 Million Buffalo,” undated
	10	“A Bay Horse, A Turtle Dove,” 1960s
	11	“A Bay Horse, A Turtle Dove,” pre-1968
	12	“A Broken Mirror: Things Money Can’t Buy,” 1970s
	13	“A Change of Season,” 1960s
	14	“A Dark Wood,” 1970s
	15	“A Flower in Winter/ Certain Poets Are Sad,” 1990
	16	“A River Runs Through It,” 1985
	17	“A River Runs Through It,” 1985
	18	“A River Runs Through It,” 1985
	19	“A River Runs Through It,” 1985-1986
box	folder
4	1	“A River Runs Through It,” 1986
	2	“A River Runs Through It,” 1986
	3	“A River Runs Through It,” 1986
	4	“A River Runs Through It,” 1986
	5	“A River Runs Through It,” 1986
	6	“A River Runs Through It,” 1986
	7	“A River Runs Through It,” 1986
	8	“A River Runs Through It,” 1986
	9	“A River Runs Through It,” 1986
	10	“A River Runs Through It,” 1992
	11	“Actual Miles,” 1980
	12	“Adventure,” 1960s
	13	“Africa,” 1970s
	14	“Agape, Eros, Agape!,” 1960s
	15	“Agriculture,” 1970s
	16	“Agriculture,” undated
	17	“All the Pretty Highways,” 1993
	18	“American Heartline,” 1997
	19	“American Heartline,” 1997
	20	“American Heartline,” 1997
	21	“American Heartline,” 1997
box	folder
5	1	“American Heartline,” 1997
	2	“American Pastoral,” undated
	3	“American Pastoral,” undated
	4	“Arizona Interview,” 1990
	5	Articles, 1998-1999
	6	“At the Senator’s House,” 1960s
	7	“Audubon,” 1980
	8	“Augustus Hunn,” 1955-1956
	9	“Augustus Hunn,” 1955-1956
	10	“Authorial Voice in the Ballad,” 1968
	11	“Backland Vets,” c. 1981
	12	“Balancing Water,” 1997
	13	“Balancing Water,” 1997-1998
	14	“Balancing Water,” 1997-1998
	15	“Balancing Water,” 1997-1998
	16	“Balancing Water,” 1998
	17	“Balancing Water,” undated
	18	“Be Careful What You Want,” undated
	19	“Be Careful What You Want,” undated
	20	“Beginners” and “A Small Good Thing,” 1980
	21	“Beyond the Bridge,” 1960s
box	folder
6	1	Bill Kittredge Notebook, 1985-1987
	2	“Blue Stone,” 1960s
	3	“Blue Stone,” 1970s
	4	“Bogie” and “Jackson,” undated
	5	Book Reviews, 1996-1998
	6	Book Reviews, 1996-1998
	7	“Breaker of Horses,” 1970s
	8	“Breaker of Horses,” 1970s
	9	“Bulletproof,” undated
	10	“Cantrell,” 1989
	11	“Chasing the Dutchman,” 1988
	12	“Christmas in Istanbul: with Gary Snyder,” 1971
	13	Class Notes From Stanford University and Iowa, 1968-1974
	14	“Clockwork Agriculture,” 1987-1989
	15	“Clowning,” 1991
	16	“Clyde Beatty in Nevada,” 1970s
	17	Computer Disks, 1999
	18	Copies of Published Works, undated
	19	“Cornucopia Bluebird Sky,” 1979
	20	“Corps of Discovery: Under the Command of Lewis and Clark,” 1986
	21	“Corps of Discovery: Under the Command of Lewis and Clark,” 1986
	22	“Corps of Discovery,” 1987-1988
	23	“Cowboys and Images,” December 1993
	24	“Desire and Pursuit of the Whole: The Politics of Storytelling,” 1992
	25	“Desperadoes,” undated
	26	Dictionary of Literary Biography, 1999
	27	“Drinking and Driving,” and “Leaving,” 1979-2000
	28	“Drinking With Students,” 1974
	29	Early Published Materials, 1967-1974
box	folder
7	1	Early Published Materials, 1967-1974
	2	“Earth First!,” 1990
	3	“Eating In,” 1970s
	4	“Empire By the Sea,” 1987
	5	Essay Drafts, 1970-1990
	6	Essays, Newspapers, and Notes for Material Integrated into Hole in the Sky, 1992 and undated
	7	“Fate is a Guitar Player,” 1960s
	8	“Flight,” 1970s
	9	“Flight,” undated
	10	“Flight,” undated
	11	“Funeral Game for a Breaker of Horses,” undated
	12	“Funny,” [1967]
	13	“Funny,” 1970s
	14	“Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the Lost Art of Storytelling,” 1971
	15	“Garden of the World,” undated
	16	“Garden of the World,” undated
	17	“Garments of Adieu,” [1967]
	18	“Gazing Over the Edge: Robert Helm at Home,” undated
	19	“Generosity of Nature,” 1990-1992
box	folder
8	1	“Generosity of Nature,” 1995
	2	“Getting Actual,” [1993]
	3	“Getting Rich,” 1970s
	4	“Ghost Dance for Lonnie,” 1971
	5	“Going to Grandmother’s Land,” 1970s
	6	“Good Boys,” 1970s
	7	“Good Boys,” 1979
	8	Guggenheim Application, 1984
	9	“Guthrie – G Falls Paper,” 1990
	10	“Halfbreed Soldier,” 1960s
	11	“Heartland,” [1979]
	12	“Heartland,” 1979
	13	“Heartland,” 1979
	14	“Heartland,” 1979
	15	“Hermitage,” 1960s
	16	“Hermitage,” 1970s
	17	“Hermitage,” c. 1966
	18	“Hi Tech,” undated
	19	“High Roads,” undated
	20	“High Tech,” 1982
	21	“Hole in the Sky,” 1989
	22	“Hole in the Sky,” 1989
	23	“Hole in the Sky,” 1990
	24	“Hole in the Sky,” 1990
	25	“Hole in the Sky,” 1990
	26	“Hole in the Sky,” 1991
box	folder
9	1	“Hole in the Sky,” 1991
	2	“Hole in the Sky,” 1991
	3	“Hole in the Sky,” 1991
	4	“Hole in the Sky,” 1992
	5	“Hole in the Sky,” 1992
	6	“Hole in the Sky,” 1992
	7	“Hole in the Sky,” 1992
	8	“Hole in the Sky,” 1992
	9	“Hole in the Sky,” 1992
	10	“Hole in the Sky,” 1992
	11	“Hole in the Sky,” 1992
	12	“Hole in the Sky,” 1992
	13	“Hole in the Sky,” 1992
	14	“Hole in the Sky,” 1992
	15	“Hole in the Sky,” 1992
box	folder
10	1	“Hole in the Sky,” 1992
	2	“Hole in the Sky,” undated
	3	“Hole in the Sky,” undated
	4	“Hole in the Sky,” undated
	5	“Hole in the Sky,” undated
	6	“Hole in the Sky,” undated
	7	“Home,” 1984
	8	“Horses in Heaven,” 1970s
	9	“Horses in Heaven,” 1970s
	10	“Human Beauty,” [1967]
	11	“Images of Spiritual Parenthood,” 1970s
	12	“In the Van Gogh Field,” 1970s
	13	“In Without Knocking: Charlie Russell and the American West,” 1982
	14	“Iowa City,” 1968-1969
	15	“Iowa City,” 1968-1969
	16	“Iowa City,” 1968-1969
	17	“Iowa City,” 1968-1969
	18	“Island in the Cold,” 1968
box	folder
11	1	“Kitwancool,” 1984
	2	“Kookooskia,” 1970s
	3	“Kookooskia,” 1970s
	4	“Kookooskia,” undated
	5	“Lakeview,” 1966-1967
	6	Last Best Place, 1988
	7	Last Best Place, 1988
	8	Last Best Place, 1988
	9	Last Best Place, 1988
	10	Last Best Place, 1988
	11	Last Best Place, 1988
	12	Last Best Place, 1988
	13	Last Best Place, 1988
	14	Last Best Place, 1988
	15	Last Best Place, 1988
	16	“Learning to Love,” 1970s 1970s
	17	“Light: Going Out into Autumn,” 1991
	18	Linda Hasselstrom Offprint, 1993
	19	“Lives We No Longer Lead,” undated
	20	Loose Class Notes from Iowa, 1968
	21	Loose Holograph and Miscellaneous Notes, 1970s-1990s
	22	Loose Holograph and Miscellaneous Notes, 1980s-1990s
	23	“Lost Cowboys (But Not Forgotten),” 1992
box	folder
12	1	“Lost Cowboys,” 1991
	2	“Lost Cowboys,” 1992
	3	“Medusa,” 1970s
	4	“Mexican Steers,” 1970s
	5	“Mexican Steers,” c. 1968
	6	“Might As Well Be a Winner,” 1968
	7	Miscellaneous Publication Materials, 1990-1999
	8	Miscellaneous Publication Materials, 1994-1996
	9	Miscellaneous Typescripts of Essays, 1992-1999
	10	Miscellaneous Typescripts of Essays, 1995-1996
	11	Miscellany of Stories, 1960s
	12	“Miss Goddess of Love,” 1960s
	13	“Miss Goddess of Love,” 1960s
	14	“Momentum Is Always the Weapon,” 1970s
	15	“Momentum Is Always the Weapon,” undated
	16	“Montana Myths,” 1984-1989
	17	“Montana of the Mind,” 1979
	18	“Montana Spaces,” 1988
	19	“Montana Spaces,” 1988
	20	“Montana: Perfect Light,” 1990
	21	“Narcissa,” 1980
box	folder
13	1	“Native Cutthroat,” 1970s
	2	“Native Cutthroat,” 1970s
	3	“Natural Causes,” 1982
	4	“Nature of Generosity,” 1990s
	5	“Nature of Generosity,” 1996-1997
	6	“Nature of Generosity,” 1997
	7	“Nature of Generosity,” 1997-1998
	8	“Nature of Generosity,” 1997-1998
	9	“Nature of Generosity,” 1997-1998
	10	“Nature of Generosity,” 1999
	11	“Nature of Generosity,” 1999
	12	“Nature of Generosity,” 2000
	13	“Nature of Generosity,” 2000
	14	“Nature of Generosity,” 2000
box	folder
14	1	“Nature of Generosity,” 2000
	2	“Nature of Generosity,” 2000
	3	NBC Show Segment, undated
	4	“Neversweat,” 1989-1990
	5	“Neversweat,” 1997
	6	“New Country,” 1981-1982
	7	“No More Money: A Christmas Carol,” [1980]
	8	“Nob Hill,” 1970s
	9	“Not in My Backyard,” 1988
	10	Notebook – Story Ideas, Notes, Reading Lists, Submissions of Stories, late 1960s
	11	Notebooks of Self-Education Materials, 1950s
	12	“Nothing to Be Afraid of Anymore,” 1983-1985
	13	“Oasis,” 1989
	14	“Oh, Where is My Love, My Gift?,” 1960s
	15	“Oklahoma Series,” 1980s
	16	“On the Rim,” undated
	17	“One Intimations Falling,” 1990
	18	“Overthrust Dreams,” undated
box	folder
15	1	“Owen Rountree’s ‘Cord’ Series: The Self-Reflexive Popular Western,” 1983
	2	“Owning It All,” 1987
	3	“Owning It All,” undated
	4	“Owyhee Buckaroo,” 1980
	5	“Owyhee Buckaroo,” 1980
	6	“Pastorale: Some Versions of the Happy Land,” 1993
	7	“Patria,” [1967]
	8	“Patria,” 1960s
	9	“Paul Shepard Notes,” undated
	10	“Perfect Ignorance,” 1970s
	11	“Peter and the Man,” 1960s
	12	“Phantom Silver,” [1976]
	13	“Phantom Silver,” 1970s
	14	“Phantom Silver,” 1970s
	15	“Phantom Silver,” 1970s
	16	“Phantom Silver,” 1987
	17	“Playa,” 1970s
	18	Poems by Novelist Bob Reid, undated
	19	Poems, 1970-1971
	20	Pre-1968 Notebooks, [1965]
	21	“Pretty Soon There’s Nothing There,” 1970s
	22	Publication Materials, 1994-1996
	23	“Rain Forests of the Olympic Peninsula,” [1968]
	24	“Rain Forests” and “The Waterfall Camp,” 1960s
	25	“Rain Forests,” 1970s
	26	“Rain Forests,” 1970s
	27	“Raven Brought the Light,” 1984
	28	Reading Lists, 1960s
	29	“Reading Your Lips,” undated
	30	“Real Lives,” undated
box	folder
16	1	“Reasons for Living,” 1970s
	2	“Redneck Secrets,” 1979
	3	“Redneck Secrets,” 1987
	4	“Rednecks for Wilderness,” 1990
	5	“Reimagining Desire or Courting the Trickster,” 1998
	6	“Reimagining Desire or Courting the Trickster,” 1998
	7	“Reimagining Desire: Conservancy in Southeastern Oregon,” undated
	8	“Reimagining Desire: The Politics of Generosity,” 1997-1998
	9	“Reimagining Desire: The Politics of Generosity,” 1997-1998
	10	“Reimagining Desire: The Politics of Paradise,” 1997
	11	“Reimagining Desire: The Politics of Paradise,” 1997
	12	“Reimagining Desire: The Politics of Paradise,” 1997
	13	“Reimagining Warner: Conservancy in Southeastern Oregon,” undated
	14	“Remember Christmas,” 1960s
	15	Revised Christmas Manuscripts, 1970s
	16	“Seeing an Elephant: Art in the Rockies,” 1984
	17	“Seeing an Elephant: Art in the Rockies,” 1984
box	folder
17	1	Self Education Notes, late 1950s
	2	Self-Education Materials, 1950s-1960s
	3	Self-Education Materials, 1954-1956
	4	Self-Education Materials, 1954-1956
	5	Self-Education Materials, 1964-1965
	6	“Seventh Day of Christmas,” 1968
	7	“Seventh Day of Christmas,” undated
	8	Short Stories, 1967-1968
	9	Short Stories, 1970-1971
	10	Short Stories, 1970-1971
	11	Short Stories, 1970-1971
	12	Short Stories, 1970s
	13	Short Stories, 1970s
	14	Short Stories, c. 1980s
	15	Short Stories, c. 1980s
	16	Short Stories, c. 1980s
	17	Short Stories, c. 1980s
box	folder
18	1	Short Stories, c. 1980s
	2	Short Stories, c. 1980s
	3	Short Story Drafts, 1983
	4	Short Story Drafts, 1983
	5	“Silver and Gold,” 1970s
	6	“Silver Bullets: Where the Western Heroes Went,” undated
	7	“Silver Bullets,” 1983
	8	“Sisters and Brothers,” 1960s
	9	“Sixty Million Buffalo,” 1981
	10	“Smoking for the World,” 1993
	11	“So Long, Buddy,” [1967]
	12	“Society of Eros,” [1967]
	13	“Society of Eros,” 1970s
	14	“Some Final Day, A Party,” [1967]
	15	“Spiritual Parenthood,” 1970s
	16	Stanford Notebook, 1973
	17	“Starting Over in Agriculture,” 1978-1980
	18	“Steens Mountain,” 1979-1983
	19	“Stoneboat,” 1970s
	20	Stories – Book Typescripts, undated
	21	Stories into Film: An Anthology, undated
	22	“Strangers in Paradise,” undated
	23	“Suddenly Agape,” [1967]
	24	“Sunday Love,” 1970s
	25	“Sunday Love,” 1970s
	26	“Sunday Love,” 1970s
box	folder
19	1	“Taking Care: Thoughts on Storytelling and Belief,” 1997
	2	“Taking Care: Thoughts on Storytelling and Belief,” 1999
	3	“Taking Care,” 1999
	4	Teaching Materials, 1980s
	5	Teaching Materials, 1980s
	6	Teaching Materials, 1983 and undated
	7	Teaching Materials, 1987
	8	Teaching Materials, 1987
	9	Teaching Materials, undated
	10	“The Audubon Book,” 1980s
	11	“The Audubon Book,” 1980s
	12	“The Audubon Book,” 1980s
	13	“The Comeback of Jerry Benedict,” 1960s
	14	“The Cove,” 1970s
	15	“The Cowboy Hall of Fame and Other Visions,” 1981
	16	“The Day I Found Pandemonium: Or One Vision of Sorrow in Greater L.A. County,” 1965
	17	“The Desert and the City,” 1956
box	folder
20	1	“The Far Heart,” undated
	2	“The Flames of War,” 1960s
	3	“The Flower’s of Cool,” 1960s
	4	“The Garden of the World,” [1967]
	5	“The Garden of the World,” 1960s
	6	“The Geneva Convention,” [1967]
	7	“The Great American Detective,” 1978
	8	“The Great Bear Project,” 1983-1985
	9	“The Great Bear Project,” 1983-1985
	10	“The Great Bear Project,” 1985
	11	“The Great Bear,” 1983-1985
	12	“The Great Bear,” 1983-1985
	13	“The Heart of Nevada,” 1960s
	14	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Addresses and Miscellaneous Documents, 1988-1991
	15	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Annick Smith’s Notes, 1988-1991
	16	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Authors Lists, 1988-1991
	17	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Budget and Manuscripts from a June Meeting, undated
box	folder
21	1	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Coal Tax Grant, 1988-1991
	2	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Cover Sheets, undated
	3	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, February 1987 Meeting, 1987
	4	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Financial Statements, 1988-1991
	5	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts Lists, 1988-1991
	6	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts Lists, 1988-1991
	7	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts Lists, 1988-1991
	8	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts Lists, 1988-1991
	9	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts Lists, 1988-1991
	10	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts Lists, 1988-1991
	11	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts Lists, 1988-1991
	12	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts Lists, 1988-1991
	13	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts Lists, 1988-1991
	14	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts Lists, 1988-1991
	15	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts Lists, 1988-1991
box	folder
22	1	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts Lists, 1988-1991
	2	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts Lists, 1988-1991
	3	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts Lists, 1988-1991
	4	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts Lists, 1988-1991
	5	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts Lists, 1988-1991
	6	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts Lists, 1988-1991
	7	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Brinig Essays, undated
	8	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 2, 1988-1991
	9	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 3, 1988-1991
	10	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 3, 1988-1991
	11	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapters 4 and 5, 1988-1991
	12	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapters 4 and 5, 1988-1991
	13	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 6, 1988-1991
box	folder
23	1	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 6, 1988-1991
	2	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 7, 1988-1991
	3	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 7, 1988-1991
	4	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 7, 1988-1991
	5	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 1, 1988-1991
	6	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 1, 1988-1991
	7	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 2, 1988-1991
	8	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 3, 1988-1991
	9	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 3, 1988-1991
	10	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 4, 1988-1991
	11	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 5, 1988-1991
	12	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 6, 1988-1991
box	folder
24	1	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 6, 1988-1991
	2	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 7, 1988-1991
	3	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 7, 1988-1991
	4	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 7, 1988-1991
	5	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Chapter 8, 1988-1991
	6	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Essays, 1988-1991
	7	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Manuscripts, Untitled, 1988-1991
	8	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Master List Notes, 1988-1991
	9	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Master List, 1986
	10	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Master List, 1986
	11	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Master List, 1987
	12	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Master List, 1987
	13	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Master List, 1987
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25	1	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Master List, undated
	2	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Minutes from the Centennial Anthology Project Meetings, 1988-1991
	3	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Miscellaneous Documents from October 1986 Meeting, 1986
	4	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Press Releases, 1988-1991
	5	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Proposals, 1988-1991
	6	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Publication Information, 1988-1991
	7	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Research Proposal, 1988-1991
	8	“The Last Safe Place,” 1993
	9	“The Man Who Loved Buzzards,” 1973
	10	“The Mercy of the Elements,” 1970s
	11	“The Mercy of the Elements,” 1976
	12	“The Mexican Steers,” 1970s
	13	“The Mexican Steers,” undated
	14	“The Popular Fiction Review,” 1970s
	15	“The Right Thing,” 1984-1988
	16	“The Seraphim of Power,” 1969
	17	“The Seventh Day of Christmas,” 1968-1969
	18	“The Seventh Day of Christmas,” 1968-1969
	19	“The Seventh Day of Christmas,” 1969-1971
	20	“The Seventh Day of Christmas,” 1969-1971
	21	“The Singers,” 1970s
	22	“The Size of Things,” 1974-1981
	23	“The Sleeping Child Massacre: A Partial Description of Jerome Bedderly’s Nevada Journal Dated 1892,” 1970s
	24	“The Soap Bear,” 1970s
	25	“The Soap Bear,” undated
	26	“The Stone Corral,” 1973
	27	“The Tallest Man Is Me,” late 1960s
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26	1	“The Two Worlds of Norman Maclean,” 1983
	2	“The Understanding,” 1960s
	3	“The Understanding,” 1960s
	4	“The Uses of Power,” 1970s
	5	“The Van Gogh Field,” 1970s
	6	“The Vineland Lullaby,” 1970s
	7	“The Voice of Water,” 1970s
	8	“The War in the West,” 1993
	9	“The Waterfowl Tree,” 1966-1967
	10	“The Waterfowl Tree,” 1966-1967
	11	“The Waterfowl Tree,” 1970s
	12	“The Waterfowl Tree,” 1970s
	13	“The Waterfowl Tree,” 1979
	14	“The White Christ,” 1970s
	15	“Trickery,” 1992
	16	“Trickery,” mid-1990s
	17	“Trickery,” mid-1990s
	18	TriQuarterly Book, 1979-1980
	19	TriQuarterly Review, 1976
	20	“Underground River,” 1970s
	21	“Underground River,” undated
	22	University of Iowa Class Notes, 1968-1969
	23	University of Oregon, 1968
	24	“Unnecessary Beasts,” 1970s
	25	“Unnecessary Beasts,” 1973
	26	Unpublished Stories, undated
	27	“Vanishing Farmlands,” undated
	28	Various Authors, undated
	29	Various Authors, undated
	30	Various Authors, undated
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27	1	Various Authors, undated
	2	Various Authors, undated
	3	Various Authors, undated
	4	Various Authors, undated
	5	Various Authors, undated
	6	Various Drafts of Stories, undated
	7	Various Manuscript Material on Computer Disks, undated
box	folder
28	1	Various Typescripts and Galleys of Essays, 1995-1996
	2	Various Unpublished Story Drafts, 1968-early 1970s
	3	Various Unpublished Story Drafts, pre-1968
	4	“Vectors and Mr. Ambler,” 1955-1956
	5	“Voice of Water,” 1970s
	6	“Waiting for Essie,” 1960s
	7	“War,” 1966
	8	“We All Remember Christmas,” 1960s
	9	“We Are Not in This Together,” [1979]
	10	“We Are Not in This Together,” 1970s
	11	“We Are Not in This Together,” 1970s
	12	“We Are Not in This Together,” 1979
	13	“We Are Not in This Together,” 1979
	14	“We Are Not in This Together,” undated
	15	“We Are Not in This Together,” undated
	16	West of Your Town, The Viking Portable Western Reader, [1996]
	17	West of Your Town, The Viking Portable Western Reader, [1996]
	18	West of Your Town, The Viking Portable Western Reader, [1996]
	19	West of Your Town, The Viking Portable Western Reader, [1996]
	20	West of Your Town, The Viking Portable Western Reader, 1996
	21	West of Your Town, The Viking Portable Western Reader, 1996
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29	1	West of Your Town, The Viking Portable Western Reader, 1996
	2	“What is Wilderness Worth, and How Come?,” undated
	3	“What Love Would Be,” 1979
	4	“What Love Would Be,” c. 1990
	5	“What Love Would Be,” c. 1990
	6	“What Love Would Be,” c. 1990
	7	“White People in Paradise,” 1988-1989
	8	“White People in Paradise,” 1991
	9	“White People in Paradise,” 1991
	10	“Who Owns the West?,” 1988
	11	“Who Owns the West?,” 1994
	12	“Who Owns the West?,” 1995
	13	“Who Owns the West?,” 1996
	14	“Who Owns the West?,” undated
	15	“Who Owns the West?,” undated
	16	“Why I Don’t Want to Quit My Old Flame,” 1993
	17	“Wildflowers,” 1994
	18	“Windbreak,” 1987
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30	1	“Windbreak,” 1987
	2	“Windbreak,” 1987
	3	“Windbreak,” 1987
	4	“Windbreak,” 1987-1988
	5	“Windbreak,” 1988
	6	“Windbreak,” 1988
	7	“Windbreak,” 1988
	8	“Wives and Fishes,” 1960s
	9	“Xenophobia,” undated
	10	“Yellowstone in Winter,” undated
	11	“Young Men and Fire,” 1989
	12	Montana Committee for the Humanities In-Kind Contributions Report, undated



Correspondence
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31	1	A Last Name, 1960s-2000
	2	“A River Runs Through It,” 1985
	3	Abbey, Edward, 1979, 1987
	4	Anderson, Kent, 1987-1993
	5	“Antler,” 1985
	6	B Last Name, 1960s-2000
	7	B Last Name, 1960s-2000
	8	“Balancing Water,” 1996-1999
	9	Banks, Russell, undated
	10	Barrett, Andrea, 1995
	11	Bass, Rick, 1988-1998
	12	Blew, Mary Clearman, 1988-1990
	13	Bowen, Peter, 1985-1987
	14	Burk, James Lee, 1972-1989
	15	Business Correspondence – Cord Contract, 1984
	16	Business Correspondence, 1969
	17	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	18	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	19	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	20	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	21	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	22	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
box	folder
32	1	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	2	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	3	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	4	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	5	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	6	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	7	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	8	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	9	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	10	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	11	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	12	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
box	folder
33	1	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	2	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	3	Business, Literary and Personal, 1960s-1990s
	4	Business, Literary and Personal, 1968-1989
	5	Business, Literary and Personal, 1968-1989
	6	Business, Literary and Personal, 1979-1987
	7	Business, Literary and Personal, 1983-1985
	8	Business, Literary and Personal, 1983-1987
	9	Business, Literary and Personal, 1983-1988
	10	Business, Literary and Personal, 1983-1989
	11	Business, Literary and Personal, 1983-1989
box	folder
34	1	Business, Literary and Personal, 1984-1989
	2	Business, Literary and Personal, 1984-1989
	3	Business, Literary and Personal, 1987-1989
	4	Business, Literary and Personal, 1987-1989
	5	Business, Literary and Personal, 1987-1994
	6	Business, Literary and Personal, 1987-1994
	7	Business, Literary and Personal, 1988-1989
	8	Business, Literary and Personal, 1991-1992
	9	Business, Literary and Personal, 1991-1992
	10	Business, Literary and Personal, 1992-1994
	11	Business, Literary and Personal, 1992-1994
	12	C Last Name, 1960s-2000
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35	1	C Last Name, 1960s-2000
	2	Canin, Ethan, 1989
	3	Carver, Raymond and Gallagher, Tess, 1970-1998
	4	Cheuse, Alan, 1991
	5	Coover, Robert, 1977
	6	Coyote, Peter, 1985
	7	Crawford, Max, 1978-1999
	8	Crumley, James, 1971-1979
	9	D Last Name, 1960s-2000
	10	Dillard, Annie and Richardson, Bob, 1992-1995
	11	Dodge, Jim, 1994
	12	Doig, Ivan, 1979-1998
	13	Duncan, David James, 1997-1998
	14	E Last Name, 1960s-2000
	15	Eastlake, William, 1970-1979
	16	Ehrlich, Gretel, 1981-1993
	17	Encyclopedia of the West, 1989
	18	Exhibition Proposal on Drylands and Ruins: The Desert West in Photographic Books and Prints, 1994
	19	Exley, Frederick, 1969
	20	F Last Name, 1960s-2000
	21	Fiedler, Leslie, 1989
	22	Finch, Bob, 1994
	23	Finnegan, Bill, 1978-1987
	24	Ford, Richard, 1980-1997
	25	Foreman, Dave, 1991
	26	Fox, Bill, 1969
	27	G Last Name, 1960s-2000
	28	Galvin, James, 1990-1992
	29	Goldbarth, Albert, 1987
	30	Guterson, David, 1995
	31	Guthrie Jr., A.B., 1987
	32	H Last Name, 1960s-2000
	33	H Last Name, 1960s-2000
	34	Haines, John, 1984-1999
	35	Hansen, Ron, 1979-1985
	36	Hanson, John, re: Windbreak, 1987-1993
	37	Harrison, Jim, 1989-1997
	38	Hay, John, 1992-1997
	39	Hemingway, Greg, 1986
	40	Henley, Patricia, 1985-1995
	41	Hildebrand, John, 1989
	42	Hirschfield, Jane, undated
	43	Hongo, Garrett, 1993-1996
	44	Houston, James, 1978-1996
	45	Hugo, Richard, undated
	46	I Last Name, 1960s-2000
	47	J Last Name, 1960s-2000
	48	Jackson, Jon, 1970-1972
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36	1	Johnson, Dorothy, 1979
	2	Josephy, Alvin, 1995
	3	K Last Name, 1960s-2000
	4	Keeble, John, 1979
	5	Kidder, Tracy, 1972-1986
	6	Kinder, Chuck, 1979-1987
	7	Kittredge, Oscar, 1987
	8	Kizer, Carolyn, 1992
	9	Koepf, Michael, 1982-1991
	10	Kuralt, Charles, 1994
	11	L Last Name, 1960s-2000
	12	Lawrence, Seymour, 1980-1981
	13	Lesley, Craig, 1989-1997
	14	Lish, Gordon, 1969-1971
	15	Lopez, Barry, 1985-1997
	16	Lowry, Beverly, 1992-1994
	17	M Last Name, 1960s-2000
	18	M Last Name, 1960s-2000
	19	Maclean, Norman, 1984-1986
	20	McDonell, Terry, 1997
	21	McGuane, Thomas, 1971-1999
	22	Merwin, W.S., 1992-1996
	23	Miscellaneous Business Materials, 1993-1995
	24	Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1980s
	25	Miscellaneous, 1960s-2000
	26	Miscellaneous, 1960s-2000
	27	Mixed Correspondence, 1990s
	28	Mixed Correspondence, 1990s
	29	Mixed Correspondence, 1990s
box	folder
37	1	Mixed Correspondence, 1990s
	2	Mixed Correspondence, 1990s
	3	Mixed Correspondence, 1990s
	4	Mixed Correspondence, 1990s
	5	Mixed Correspondence, 1990s
	6	Momaday, N. Scott, 1993
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36	7	N Last Name, 1960s-2000
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37	8	Nabhan, Gary, 1991
	9	Nabokov, Peter, 1993
	10	Nelson, Kent, undated
	11	Nelson, Richard, 1987-1997
	12	Nichols, John, 1985-1995
	13	O Last Name, 1960s-2000
	14	Orbison, Barbara, 1989
	15	Ortiz, Simon, 1996
	16	Owens, Louis, 1982-1988
	17	P Last Name, 1960s-2000
	18	Peacock, Doug, 1961-1995
	19	Price, Richard, 1984
	20	Pyle, Robert Michael, 1992-1998
	21	Q Last Name, 1960s-2000
	22	Quammen, David, 1979-1991
	23	R Last Name, 1960s-2000
	24	R Last Name, 1960s-2000
	25	Readers’ Responses to Hole in the Sky, 1993-1997
	26	Reed, J.D., 1970-1971
	27	Robinson, Marilynne, 1989
	28	S Last Name, 1960s-2000
	29	S Last Name, 1960s-2000
	30	S Last Name, 1960s-2000
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38	1	Salisbury, Ralph, 1966-1993
	2	Salter, James, 1979
	3	Sanchez, Thomas, 1987
	4	Silko, Leslie, 1981
	5	Simpson, Mona, 1986-1989
	6	Smith, Lee, 1994-1995
	7	Stafford, William, 1992
	8	Standiford, Les, 1993
	9	Stegner, Wallace and Mary, 1979-1997
	10	T Last Name, 1960s-2000
	11	“Taking Care,” 1999
	12	“The Great Alone,” 1987-1988
	13	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Coal Tax, 1988-1991
	14	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Miscellaneous Addresses, 1988-1991
	15	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Miscellaneous, 1985-1991
	16	The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Miscellaneous, 1988-1991
	17	Thon, Melanie Rae, 1990
	18	Turner, Fred, 1992-1997
	19	U Last Name, 1960s-2000
	20	University Business and Related Publications, 1975-1989
	21	University of Missouri Press re: The Van Gogh Field, 1977-1978
	22	V Last Name, 1960s-2000
	23	W Last Name, 1960s-2000
	24	W Last Name, 1960s-2000
	25	Ward, Robert, 1979
	26	Welch, James, 1973-1994
	27	White, Robin, 1965-1968
	28	Williams, Terry Tempest, 1989-1999
	29	Wilson, S. Clay, 1979-1992
	30	Wolff, Tobias, 1982
	31	Yates, Martha, 1970-1971
	32	Z Last Name, 1960s-2000

Correspondence and Printed Material

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Miscellaneous Materials and Letters, 1999-2000

Miscellaneous Materials, 1985-1999

Correspondence and Miscellaneous Material

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folder

Awards, Ceremonies, Correspondence and Business Items, 1993-1996



Research Materials
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39	4	“A Bride Goes West,” by Alderson, Nannie, 1988-1991
	5	“A Gathering of Grizzlies,” by Peacock, Doug, 1988-1991
	6	“A Ghost Town on the Yellowstone,” by Paul, Elliot, 1988-1991
	7	“A Lady’s Ranch Life in Montana,” by Randell, Isabel, 1988-1991
	8	“A Man Called Horse,” by Johnson, Dorothy, 1988-1991
	9	“A Wisconsin Youth in Montana, 1880-1883,” by Barrows, John, 1988-1991 1988-1991
	10	“Advocate and Guardian,” by Coates, Grace, 1988-1991
	11	“An Indian Girl’s Story of a Trading Expedition to the Southwest About 1841,” Edited by Adams, Winona, 1988-1991
	12	“Back Trail of an Old Cowboy,” by Young, Paul, 1988-1991
	13	“Balancing Water,” 1996-1998
	14	“Balancing Water,” 1996-1998
	15	Blackfeet Tribal Archives, 1988-1991
	16	“Boots and Saddles,” by Custer, Elizabeth, 1988-1991
	17	“Born to Be,” by Gordon, Taylor, 1988-1991
	18	“Buffalo and Other Stories,” by Ude, Wayne, 1988-1991
	19	“Canning Time,” by Stoddard, Si, 1988-1991
	20	“Chip, Of the Flying U,” by Bower, B.M., 1988-1991
	21	“Cody and Terry,” by Van Cleve, Spike, 1988-1991
	22	“Copper Camp,” 1988-1991
	23	“Cowboys North and South,” by James, Will, 1988-1991
	24	“Drawing Down the Moon,” by Coyle, McCarthy, 1988-1991
	25	“Early Western Travels,” by Thwaites, Reuben, 1988-1991
	26	“Exploration, Fur Trade, Missionaries, 1804-1861,” 1988-1991
	27	“Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage,” by Strahorn, Carrie, 1988-1991
	28	“Folklore Customs,” by Baird, Elmer, 1988-1991
	29	“Frontier Editor,” by Whetstone, Daniel, 1988-1991
	30	“Frontier Woman,” by Ronan, Mary, 1988-1991
	31	“Golden Fleece,” by Call, Hughie, 1988-1991
	32	“Heart,” by MacMahon, Neil, 1988-1991
	33	“Herd Trouble,” by Hardin, Floyd, 1988-1991
	34	“Holiday in Yellowstone Park,”