Descriptive Summary
Blanchard, Nona
Blanchard, Nona, Papers
1964-2012
Materials are written in English.
2006-264, 2006-279; 2007-014, 2007-209, 2008-187,
2009-039; 2009-352; 2010-177; 2010-306; 2011-039; 2011-372
2 ft., 4 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
Poetry, bound volumes, lyrics, sheet
music, CD’s, and calendars comprise the Nona Blanchard Papers, 1964-2012, documenting
Blanchard’s activities as a poet and lyricist in Austin, Texas.
Biographical Note
Nona Blanchard, a native of West Texas, now lives in Austin, Texas, and writes
poetry, prose, music and lyrics. Additionally, she has served as a president of the
Austin Poetry Society. She formerly worked for the University of Texas Foreign
Language Education Center.
Scope and Contents
Poetry, bound volumes, lyrics, sheet music, CD’s, and calendars comprise the Nona
Blanchard Papers, 1964-2012, and document Blanchard’s activities as a poet and
lyricist in Austin, Texas. The collection relates to Blanchard’s work with artist
Greenfield Bowie, including lyrics; sheet music; CD’s, the cover artwork by
Blanchard; and her lyric work files, comprised of annotated drafts and notes.
Additionally, the papers document much of her literary career and contain a copy of
the Texas Observer, in which a copy of her poem
"Abbreviated Epitaph" was published in 2007.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Blanchard, Nona--Archives.
Bowie, Greenfield
Subjects (Organizations)
Austin Poetry Society (Austin, Tex.)
Subjects
Lyricists--Texas.
Poets--Texas.
Places
Austin (Tex.)
Preferred Citation
Nona Blanchard Papers, 1964-2011, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
Subsequent revisions were made by Megan Mummey, August 2010, Evan Usler, March 2011,
and Maria Soscia, December 2011.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Sheet Music:
2.325/E454a
"How’d You Get Me Under Your Spell?"
"Baby, Baby"
"Kiss Me, Kiss Me"
"Puff and Spot"
"When You Look At Me"
"Maybe"
"Turn Down the Lights"
"I Don’t Blame You"
Bound Volumes:
Precis, Vol. 1, 2005
Snapshots, 2004
Space to See Far, Far Across,
2001
Time Exposure, 2006
Patches of Light,
1977
Walking Softly, 1980
First Collection, 1964
Spitting into the Wind,
1978
Loose Change, 1989
My Captain, 2004
Scenes from a West Texas Childhood,
1982
Impressions of a Gajiin Wife,
2002-2004
In the Garden: A Collection of
Poems, 2007
Austin Poetry Society: Golden Jubilee
Anthology, 1949-1999, 2000
2.325/F84
Found in a Canyon, 2007
Precis, vol. 2, 2007
Texas Poetry Calendar,
2008
Texas Observer with Blanchard poem
"Abbreviated Epitaph," October 5, 2007
Now then. There, there, now, by Nona
Blanchard, 2008
Another City. Another Room, by Nona
Blanchard, 2009
Reflections: An Anthology in Celebration of
Austin Poetry Society’s 60th Anniversary, 2009
Collected Works , vol. 2,
2004-2010
(removed from binder)
Pastiche: By your leave, by Nona
Blanchard 2010
Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, by
Nona Blanchard 2011
Lyrics for Greenfield Bowie music:
2.325/454a
Sultry Nights, 1997-2003
Gifts from the Muse,
2004
Compact discs (CDs):
2.325/B10
Earthtone, Greenfield Bowie, with N.
Blanchard's artwork, 2000
Hill Country Ragtime, Greenfield
Bowie, with N. Blanchard's artwork, 2001
Nona Blanchard's lyrics work folders, with cassettes of Greenfield
Bowie songs:
"Make a Wish: The Gardner's Song," 1996, 2003
"Why Can't This Love Be Fair? Possibilities,"
1996
"Playtime Pal," 1991
"Pick Me Up At Eight," 1994
"Ride the Carousel," 1989
"'Till the End of Our Time," 1979
"When I Look Back," 1990
"What Kind of Fool Would Be Your Girl?" 1992
"What Am I To Do With You?"
"Without Me You Will Only Have the Night,"
1996
"Kiss Me, Kiss Me"
"Make a Wish"
"Puff and Spot"
"Remind Me To Remember"
"Turn Down the Lights (Come Dance With Me)"
"When You Look at Me"
"When You Tell Me"
"You Are Heaven-Sent," 1994
"How'd You Me Under Your Spell?" 1996
"Baby, Baby"
"Apple Pie and Ice Cream," 1996
"Adieu," 1991
"All the Days of My Life," 1989
"Are You The One? Maybe," 1994
"BLT," 1996
"Ballad of Allyé Mogret"
"Days Are Rushing Past," 1989
"I'm Here"
"I Love the Way You Hold Me"
"I Don't Blame You"
"Holiday Plans," 1996
"I Wonder Where You Are Tonight," 1992
"I Start and End With You,"
1981
2.325/J56
Enabling: Reflections Upon Family
Vignettes, November 2011 (CD and hard
copy)
Photostat of one of Blanchard’s poems printed in the Austin Chronicle, September 30,
2011
“Best Austin Poetry,” Austin Poetry
Society, 2010-2011
“Texas Poetry Calendar,
2012