Descriptive Summary
Lopez, Barry, 1945-
Barry Lopez Papers: Requests for Book Jacket Blurbs,
2003-2004 and undated
Galley and reading
copies, manuscripts, and correspondence pertaining to requests for Barry Lopez
to write book jacket blurbs endorsing and supporting new publications, as well
as correspondence and mansucript when he served, at the request of Barbara
Kingsolver, as a judge for the Bellwether Prize.
R23.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University
3 boxes (2 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 books, galley proofs, manuscripts,
correspondence and other items sent to Barry Lopez for dust-jacket comments and
endorsements. He was also asked to serve as a judge for the Bellwether Prize,
an award for a work of fiction that incorporates ideas of social justice.
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 type of material: correspondence;
galley/reading copies, manuscripts; CD; and uncorrected proofs.
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-
Lopez, Barry Holstun, 1945- --Correspondence
Subjects
Bellwether Prize
Literature--Competitions
Authors, American--20th Century
American literature--21st Century
Social justice
Natural history
Natural history in literature
Collection accession #(s):
2008-0106-X
Purchase, 2004
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
Dr. Diane Warner, 2008.
Preferred Citation
Barry Lopez Papers: Requests for Book Jacket Blurbs, 2003-2004 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 Speaking Engagement Papers, 1971-1999 and undated
- Barry Lopez Photograph Collection: Apológia, 1977
- Barry Lopez Audio-Visual Collection, 1964-2001 and undated
- Barry Lopez Photograph Collection, 1964-2001 and undated
- Rick Bass Papers, 1958-2001 and undated
- Max Crawford Papers, 1960-2000 and undated
- David James Duncan Papers, 1959-2002 and undated
- David James Duncan Artifact Collection
- David James Duncan Oversize Items, 1959-2002 and undated
- Gretel Ehrlich Papers, 1923-2005 and undated
- Edward Hoagland Papers, 1953-2007 and undated
- William Kittredge Papers, 1954-2000 and undated
- Walter McDonald Papers, 1945-2003 and undated
- Bill McKibben Papers, 1971-2001 and undated
- Doug Peacock Papers, 1950-2000 and undated
- David Quammen Papers, 1956-1999 and undated
- Pattiann Rogers Papers, 1960-1999 and undated
- Pattiann Rogers Papers, 1977-2000
- Annick Smith Papers, 1940-2000 and undated
- Sandra Scofield Papers, 1958-2005 and undated
Collection Inventory
Correspondence
1
1
Barry Lopez, letter explaining the collection,
Nov. 30, 2004
1
2
Requests for endorsements, received with galley/reading
copy, manuscripts, uncorrected proofs; Lopez’s replies included,
Aug. 2003-Nov.
2004
1
3
Requests for endorsements, received without copy;
Lopez’s replies included,
Oct. 2003-Nov. 2004 and
undated
1
4
Request to be literary judge, The Bellwether Prize,
2003-2004 and
undated
Galley/reading copies, manuscripts,
1
5
Cloud Seeding, by Stacy
Gillett Coyle,
Oct. 17, 2003
1
6
Breathing Underwater: Lessons of
the Deep, by Corey Fischer,
July 15,
2003
1
7
A Sudden Country: a Novel,
by Karen Fisher,
[2004]
1
8
Icons of Loss and Grace: Moments
from the Natural World, by Susan Hanson,
July 17,
2003
1
9
Bloody Falls of the Coppermine:
Madness, Murder, and the Collision of Cultures in the Arctic, 1913, [by
McKay Jenkins,
2004]
1
10
The Children’s Blizzard, by
David Laskin,
[2004]
1
11
The Last Imaginary Place: A Human
History of the Arctic World, by Robert McGhee,
Nov. 24,
2003
1
12
All My Relations: Living with
Animals as Teachers and Healers, by Susan Chernak McElroy,
June 24,
2004
1
13
A Chorus of Buffalo: A Personal
Portrait of an American Icon, by Ruth Rudner,
Sept. 15,
2003
1
14
Rock Me on the Water: Down the
River of Remembrance, written and illustrated by Renny Russell,
2004
1
15
The Greening: A Novel, by
Michael Strelow,
June 7,
2004
1
16
Correcting the Landscape,
[by Marjorie Kowalski Cole], Bellwether Prize, [2004?]
CD
2
1
The Last Places on Earth, by
Meola, [2 PDF files of photographs],
May 11, 2004
Uncorrected Proofs and Books
2
2
Stillness is the Opening: A Write
Around Portland Anthology,
2003
2
3
The Whale and the Supercomputer:
On the Northern Front of Climate Change, by Charles Wohlforth,
2004
2
4
The Face of a Naked Lady: An Omaha
Family Mystery, by Michael Rips,
[2004?]
2
5
American Purgatorio, by
John Haskell,
[2004?]
2
6
The End of Oil: On the Edge of a
Perilous New World, by Paul Roberts,
2004
2
7
Wolf Brother, by Michelle
Paver,
2004
2
8
The Last Giant of Beringia: The
Mystery of the Bering Land Bridge, by Dan O’Neill,
2004
2
9
Under a Wild Sky: John James
Audubon and the Making of The Birds of America, by William Souder,
2004
2
10
On the Wild Edge: In Search of a
Natural Life, by David Petersen,
[2004?]
2
11
A Dog’s History of American: How
Our Best Friend Explored, Conquered, and Settled a Continent, by Mark
Derr,
2004
2
12
Notre Dame vs. the Klan: How the
Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan, by Todd Tucker,
2004
2
13
Wild Animus, by Rich
Shapero,
2004
2
14
Confluence: A River, the
Environment, Politics, & the Fate of All Humanity, by Nathaniel
Tripp,
[2004?]
3
1
About Grace: A Novel, by
Anthony Doerr,
[2004]
3
2
Redneck Riviera: Armadillos,
Outlaws, and the Demise of an American Dream, by Dennis Covington,
[2003?]
3
3
Ishi’s Brain: In Search of
America’s Last Wild Indian, by Orin Starn,
2003
3
4
The Blind Man and the Lap Dancer:
Close Encounters with Strangers, by Eric Hansen,
2004
3
5
Nature Noir: A Park Ranger’s
Patrol in the Sierra, by Jordan Fisher Smith,
2004
3
6
Elephas Maximus: A Portrait of the
Indian Elephant, by Stephen Alter,
2004
3
7
The Great Divide: The Rocky
Mountains in the American Mind, by Gary Ferguson,
2004