Descriptive Summary
Lopez, Barry, 1945-
Barry Lopez Speaking Engagement Papers,
1971-1999 and undated
Papers and other
material used by Barry Lopez in his speaking engagements from
1991-1999.
R20.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
3 boxes and one wallet
(2.25 linear feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
Barry Lopez is an essayist, author, and short story writer. His books
include Arctic Dreams, for which he received the
National Book Award, and Of Wolves and Men, a
National Book Award finalist, as well as several collections of short stories
and two collections of essays. He has received fellowships from the American
Academy of Arts and Letters, the John Burroughs Society, the Orion Society, and
other institutions. In his nonfiction, Mr. Lopez writes often about the
relationship between physical landscape and human culture. In his fiction, he
frequently addresses issues of intimacy, ethics, and identity. His work has
been widely anthologized and translated into thirteen languages. He travels
widely and has collaborated with a number of artists on a variety of projects
in theater, music, and the fine arts. Since 2003 he has been Visiting
University Scholar at Texas Tech University. He lives on the McKenzie River in
rural western Oregon.
Book publications include:
- Lopez, Barry. Resistance. New York:
Knopf, 2004.
- Lopez, Barry. Vintage Lopez. New
York: Vintage, 2004.
- Lopez, Barry. Light Action in the
Caribbean. New York: Knopf, 2000.
- Lopez, Barry. About This Life. New
York: Knopf, 1998.
- Lopez, Barry. Apológia. Athens: U of
Georgia P, 1998.
- Lopez, Barry. Lessons from the
Wolverine. Athens: U of Georgia P, 1997.
- Lopez, Barry. Field Notes. New York:
Knopf, 1994.
- Lopez, Barry. The Rediscovery of North
America. Lexington, UP of Kentucky, 1990.
- Lopez, Barry. Crow and Weasel.
Berkeley: North Point, 1990.
- Lopez, Barry. Crossing Open Ground.
New York: Scribner, 1988.
- Lopez, Barry. Arctic Dreams. New
York: Scribner, 1986.
- Lopez, Barry. Winter Count. New
York: Scribner, 1981.
- Lopez, Barry. River Notes. Kansas
City, MO: Andrews & McNeel, 1979.
- Lopez, Barry. Of Wolves and Men. New
York: Scribner, 1978.
- Lopez, Barry. Giving Birth to
Thunder. Kansas City, MO: Andrews & Mcneel, 1978.
- Lopez, Barry. Desert Notes. Kansas
City, MO: Andrews & McNeel, 1976.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes materials used by author Barry Lopez in
preparation for speaking engagements: correspondence, maps, notes and drafts,
research materials, photographs, and brochures.
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 date of the speaking engagement.
Headings in quotations indicate information comes from the original
folders.
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)
Lopez, Barry Holstun, 1945-
Subjects
Social justice
Environmental
ethics
Speeches, addresses, etc.,
American
Collection accession #(s):
2008-104-B
Purchase, 2008
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research. Copyright is retained by the
authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by
U.S. copyright law.
Processed by
Bonnie Hanson, 2008.
Preferred Citation
Barry Lopez Speaking Engagement Papers, 1971-1999 and undated,
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, Texas
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collection:
- Barry Lopez Papers, 1964-2001 and undated
- Barry Lopez Photograph Collection: Apológia.
- Gretel Ehrlich Papers, 1923-2005 and undated
- 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
- Sandra Scofield Papers, 1958-2005 and undated
- Barry Lopez Audio-Visual Collection, 1964-2001 and undated
- Barry Lopez Photograph Collection, 1964-2001 and undated
- Edward Hoagland Papers, 1953-2007 and undated
- David James Duncan Papers, 1959-2002 and undated
- David James Duncan Artifact Collection
- David James Duncan Oversized Items
- Rick Bass Papers, 1958-2001 and undated
- Bill McKibben Papers, 1971-2001 and undated
Collection Inventory
Speaking Engagements
1
1
"Orion: June 21-26, 1999,"
Feb. 17, 1997–Dec. 1999
and undated
1
2
"Orion: II June 21-26, 1999,"
June 21-26, 1999 and
undated
1
3
“Orion/Tripp/Lopez, Fire and Grit, June 21-26. 1999,”
July 1998 – March 20,
1999 and undated
1
4
“OSU Library, May 28, 1999,”
Feb. 26, 1999 and
undated
1
5
“Montessori – April 16, 1999,”
March–April 1999 and
undated
1
6
“Eagle Rock, March 19- 21, 1999,”
Feb. 19–March 22, 1999
and undated
1
7
“University of Pittsburgh, March 15-16, 1999,”
May 20, 1998–March 16,
1999 and undated
1
8
“Border Book Festival II, March 11-14, 1999,”
March 11-14, 1999 and
undated
1
9
“Border Book Festival, March 11-14, 1999,”
May 2, 1984–April 17,
1999 and undated
1
10
“Mt. Calvary, Feb. 24-26, 1999,”
June 19995–April 22,
1999
1
11
“Robin Eschner / Feb. 13-14, 1999,”
Nov. 16, 1998–Feb. 14,
1999 and undated
1
12
“University of Northern Arizona, Nov. 1998,”
Aug.-Nov.
1998
1
13
“Kansas State, Oct. Oct. 29- 31, 1998,”
Feb 1998-April
1999
1
14
“Rochester, Oct. 27, 1998,”
July – Oct.
1998
1
15
“Northwest Bookfest, Oct 24-25, 1998,”
1997-Nov. 1998
and undated
1
16
“Spokane, Sept. 1998,”
July – Oct.
1998
1
17
“Governor’s Awards, Oct. 16, 1998,”
Oct. 1998 and
undated
1
18
“L.A. Public Library, Sept. 23, 1998,”
Aug.1998 and
undated
1
19
“Bloedel, Sept 11-13, 1998,”
Dec 1992-Sept. 1998 and
undated
1
20
“Australia II, Aug/Sept 1998,”
April 1996–Sept. 1998 and
undated
1
21
“Australia, Aug/Sept 1998,”
Aug/Sept 1998 and
undated
1
22
“Gaucher College Aug. 13-16, 1998,”
Dec. 1997-Sept.
1998
1
23
“Portland, July 30, 1998,”
March 1998–Aug. 1998 and
undated
1
24
“Nine – 14 Club / July 1, 1988,”
June-July 1998 and
undated
1
25
“Arco, July 8-10, 1998,”
1971-Aug. 1998
1
26
“Book Expo, May 30, 1998,”
Jan. 1995–Oct. 1998 and
undated
1
27
“Franciscan Montessori, May 15, 1998,”
March–Aug.
1998 and undated
1
28
“Knox College, April 28- May 1, 1998,”
Feb. 1998-July 1998 and
undated
1
29
“AWP, March 27-28, 1998,”
Aug. 1997-March 1998 and
undated
1
30
“Mt. Calvary, 1998,”
1996-1998 and
undated
1
31
“Quammen [H]?erbst, 1998,”
1997-1998
1
32
“California Association of Teachers of English, March 1,
1998,”
Dec. 1996-March 1998 and
undated
1
33
“Dove, Feb. 1998,”
Feb.-March 1998 and
undated
1
34
“The Blake School, April 26-28, 1998,”
April 1995-Jan.
1999
1
35
“PEN/Faulkner, Nov. 27, 1997,”
Nov. 3, 1991-Dec.
1997
1
36
“The Mind of the Dragon, Nov. 7, 1997,”
June-Nov. 1997 and
undated
1
37
“Oregon Book Awards, Nov 6, 1997,”
Jan.-Nov.1997
1
38
“Harbourfront Centre II, Oct. 24-Nov, 1, 1997,”
Oct.-Nov.1, 1997 and
undated
1
39
“Harbourfront Centre, Oct. 24-Nov, 1, 1997,”
May-Dec. 1997 and
undated
1
40
“University of Georgia, Oct. 5-10, 1997,”
Spring 1989-Nov.1997 and
undated
2
1
“Vassar, 1997,”
Nov. 20, 1995-Oct.
1997
2
2
“Hawaii, 1997,”
Aug. 29, 1994-Oct. 21,
1997
2
3
“Niell Roan/Bach Festival, 1995,”
June 23-July 8, 1995 and
undated
2
4
“M.S. Frontier Spirit, Aug. 1991,”
1990-March 10,
1992
2
5
“The American West, May 17-19, 1991,”
Jan.-Dec. 1991
Photographs
3
1
From: “Orion: June 21-26, 1999,”
Feb. 17, 1997–Dec. 1999
and undated
3
2
From: “Border Book Festival, March 11-14, 1999,”
May 2, 1984–April 17,
1999 and undated
3
3
From:“Book Expo, May 30, 1998,”
Jan. 1995–Oct. 1998 and
undated
3
4
From: “PEN/Faulkner, Nov. 27, 1997,”
Nov. 3, 1991-Dec.
1997
Oversize
4
1
Great Smoky Mountains brochure (from “Orion: June 21-26,
1999”),
1999
4
2
Antietam brochure (from “Orion: June 21-26, 1999),
undated
4
3
Orion Afield brochure (from “Orion II: June 21-26,
1999”),
undated
4
4
Penobscot Riverkeepers newspaper (from “Orion II: June
21-26, 1999”),
2000
4
5
“Flora + Fauna” article (from “Orion/Tripp/Lopez, Fire
and Grit, June 21-26. 1999"),
July, 1998
4
6
NCTC Campus Area map (from “Orion/Tripp/Lopez, Fire and
Grit, June 21-26, 1999”),
undated
4
7
Border Book Festival newspaper (from “Border Book
Festival, March 11-14, 1999”),
March 1999
4
8
Border Book Festival mailer (from “Border Book Festival,
March 11-14, 1999”),
March 20-23,
1997
4
9
Mt. Calvary brochure (from “Mt. Calvary, Feb. 24-26,
1999”),
undated
4
10
University of Northern Arizona brochure (from
“University of Northern Arizona, Nov. 1998”),
undated
4
11
The Peaks brochure (from “University of Northern
Arizona, Nov. 1998”),
Fall 1999
4
12
Parking Regulations map (from “Kansas State, Oct. Oct.
29- 31, 1998”),
1998-1999
4
13
Northwest Bookfest brochure (from “Northwest Bookfest,
Oct 24-25, 1998”),
Oct 24-25,
1998
4
14
Auntie Notes newspaper (from “Spokane, Sept. 1998”),
Sept./Oct.
1998
4
15
Melbourne Writers’ Festival newspaper (from “Australia
II, Aug/Sept 1998”),
1998
4
16
Melbourne Visitor’s Map (from “Australia, Aug/Sept
1998”),
undated
4
17
Lecture Literary Management brochure (from “Book Expo,
May 30, 1998”),
1997-1998
4
18
Apologia broadside (from “Book Expo, May 30, 1998”),
Oct. 1998
4
19
Franciscan Montessori brochure (from “Franciscan
Montessori, May 15, 1998”),
undated
4
20
Mt. Calvary bulletin (from “Mt. Calvary, 1998”),
1998
4
21
Eleventh Annual Oregon Book Awards brochure (3 copies)
(from “Oregon Book Awards, Nov 6, 1997”),
Nov. 6, 1997
4
22
Oregon Book Awards mailer (2 copies) (from “Oregon Book
Awards, Nov 6, 1997”),
Oct. 6, 1997
4
23
Toronto, Canada brochures (7) (from “Harbourfront Centre
II, Oct. 24-Nov, 1, 1997”),
1997 and
undated
4
24
PEN/Faulkner Reading Series brochure (from
“PEN/Faulkner, Nov. 27, 1997”),
1997
4
25
University of Georgia map (from “University of Georgia,
Oct. 5-10, 1997”),
1994
4
26
The Environmental Imagination brochure (4 copies) (from
“Vassar, 1997”),
June16-July 25,
1997
4
27
National Tropical Botanical Garden brochures (2) (from
“Hawaii, 1997”),
undated
4
28
Crescent H Ranch brochure (from “The American West, May
17-19, 1991”),
undated