Descriptive Summary
Duncan, David James
David James Duncan
Artifact Collection,
1959-2002 and undated
The collection
contains artifacts that accompanied the David James Duncan Papers, 1959-2002
and undated.
R15.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
1 box (1 linear
foot)
English.
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 includes:
- 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.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains artifacts that accompanied the David James
Duncan Papers, 1959-2002 and undated.
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 material type.
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
Subjects
Natural history -- Northwest,
Pacific
Collection accession #(s):
2003-0009-X
Purchase, 2002
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research. Copyright is retained by the
creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by
U.S. copyright law.
Processed by
Abel Ramirez, 2003.
Preferred Citation
David James Duncan Artifact Collection, 1959-2002 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 collections:
- David James Duncan Papers, 1959-2002 and undated
- David James Duncan Oversized Items
- Barry Lopez Papers, 1964-2001 and undated
- Barry Lopez Photograph Collection: Apológia, 199
- Barry Lopez Speaking Engagement Papers, 1971-1999 and
undated
- Barry Lopez Audio-Visual Collection, 1964-2001 and undated
- Barry Lopez Photograph Collection, 1964-2001 and undated
- Barry Lopez Papers: Requests for Book Jacket Blurbs, 2003-2004
and undated
- Rick Bass Papers, 1958-2001 and undated
- Max Crawford Papers, 1960-2000 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
- Howard Norman Collection, 1975-1979 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
Artifacts
1
1
River teeth, or inner knots of tree branches, 5 items,
undated
1
2
River stones, collected from a river, 11 items,
unsated
1
3
Old Pagan, empty Bourbon whiskey bottle with picture of
Duncan,
undated