Descriptive Summary
Bass, Rick, 1958-
Rick Bass Papers,
1986-1997 and undated
Correspondence of author Rick
Bass from 1986-1997 and undated.
R30.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
1 box
(0.5 linear feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
Rick Bass is a writer and environmental activist. He was born in Fort
Worth, Texas, in 1958, but spent much of his youth in Houston. He graduated
from Utah State with a degree in geology and then worked as a petroleum
geologist in Mississippi. In 1987 Bass moved to Montana and began writing
full-time. He is the author of numerous short stories, novels, memoirs and
essays. Much of his work focuses on the reasoned benefits of preserving
wilderness areas, such as the roadless Yaak Valley of Montana, where he and his
family lived for many years.
A list of his publications includes:
- Bass, Rick. Nashville Chrome.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
- Bass, Rick. The Wild Marsh: Four Seasons at
Home in Montana. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2009.
- Bass, Rick. Why I Came West. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
- Bass, Rick. The Lives of Rocks.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
- Bass, Rick. The Diezmo. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
- Bass, Rick. Caribou Rising. San
Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 2004.
- Bass, Rick. The Hermit’s Story:
Stories. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
- Bass, Rick. Colter: The True Story of the
Best Dog I Ever Had. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
- Bass, Rick. Fiber. Athens:
University of Georgia Press, 1998.
- Bass, Rick. The New Wolves: The Return of
the Mexican Wolf to the American Southwest. NY: Lyons Press,
1998.
- Bass, Rick. Where the Sea Used to
Be. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
- Bass, Rick. The Sky, the Stars, the
Wilderness. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
- Bass, Rick. The Book of Yaak. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 1996.
- Bass, Rick. In the Loyal Mountains.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995.
- Bass, Rick. The Lost Grizzlies: A Search
for Survivors in the Colorado Wilderness. Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
1995.
- Bass, Rick. Platte River. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, 1994.
- Bass, Rick. The Ninemile Wolves. NY:
Ballantine, 1993.
- Bass, Rick. Winter: Notes from
Montana. Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, 1991.
- Bass, Rick. Oil Notes. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, 1989.
- Bass, Rick. The Watch. NY: Norton,
1989.
- Bass, Rick. Wild to the Heart.
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1987.
- Bass, Rick. The Deer Pasture.
College Station, TX: Texas A“&”M, 1985.
Scope and Contents
Over 100 letters from author Rick Bass to James Linville, editor of the
Paris Review. Beginning in 1986 with Bass’s
first fiction submission to the journal and continuing until 1997.
Includes photographs, postcards, correspondence from other publishers and
birth announcements for Bass’s two daughters.
The collection is in good condition and is part of the James Sowell
Family Collection in Literature, Community and the Natural World.
Organization
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)
Bass, Rick,
1958-
Bass, Rick, 1958-
--Correspondence
Linville, James.
Bass, Rick, 1958- Where the Sea Used to Be
Places
Mississippi
Montana
Yaak Valley
(Mont.)
Subjects
Paris Review
Collection accession #(s):
2001-0202-X
Purchase, 2001
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.
Photographs can only be duplicated by permission of Rick Bass.
Processed by
Diane Warner, Sept. 2011.
Preferred Citation
Rick Bass Papers, 1986-1997 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:
- Rick Bass Papers, 1959-2002 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
- William Kittredge Papers, 1919-2007 and undated
- 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
- Barry Lopez Request for Book Jacket Blurbs, 2003-2004 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
Inventory
1
1
List of correspondence and other papers, by Ken Lopez,
undated
Correspondence
1
2
Bass to James Linville
(Paris Review) and Daniel Max; To Bass: Jim Harrison,
The In-Fisherman,, Stackpole Books, Capra Press,
Texas A“&”M Univ. Press, Schaffner Agency, Cimarron Review,; one photo,
1986
1
3
Bass to James Linville (Paris Review), one photo,
1987
1
4
Bass to James Linville (Paris Review),
1988
1
5
Bass to James Linville (Paris Review),
1989
1
6
Bass to James Linville (Paris Review), three photos,
1990
1
7
Bass to James Linville (Paris Review),
1991
1
8
Bass to James Linville (Paris Review), and to House of Representatives, one photo,
1992
1
9
Bass to James Linville (Paris Review),
1993
1
10
Bass to James Linville (Paris Review),
1994
1
11
Bass to James Linville (Paris Review),
1995
1
12
Bass to James Linville (Paris Review); Ada ____? to James Linville,
1996
1
13
Bass to James Linville (Paris Review), seven photos,
1997
1
14
Bass to James Linville (Paris Review);
Linville to Bass; Linville’s introduction of Bass and Gretel Ehrlich reading (typescript),
review of Wild to the Heart, two photos,
1987-1992 and undated