TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Sheet Music:
Bound Volumes:
Lyrics for Greenfield Bowie music:
Compact discs (CDs):
Nona Blanchard's lyrics work folders, with cassettes of Greenfield
Bowie songs:
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A Guide to the Nona Blanchard Papers, 1964-2012
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Creator: |
Blanchard, Nona |
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Blanchard, Nona, Papers |
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Dates: |
1964-2012 |
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Abstract: |
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. |
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Accession No.: |
2006-264, 2006-279; 2007-014, 2007-209, 2008-187,
2009-039; 2009-352; 2010-177; 2010-306; 2011-039; 2011-372 |
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Extent: |
2 ft., 4 in. |
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Materials are written in English. |
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Repository: |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin |
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.
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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.
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Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Blanchard, Nona--Archives. |
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Bowie, Greenfield |
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Austin Poetry Society (Austin, Tex.) |
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Lyricists--Texas. |
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Poets--Texas. |
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Austin (Tex.) |
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Nona Blanchard Papers, 1964-2011, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Subsequent revisions were made by Megan Mummey, August 2010, Evan Usler, March 2011,
and Maria Soscia, December 2011.
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Sheet Music: |
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"How’d You Get Me Under Your Spell?" |
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"Baby, Baby" |
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"Kiss Me, Kiss Me" |
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"Puff and Spot" |
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"When You Look At Me" |
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"Maybe" |
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"Turn Down the Lights" |
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"I Don’t Blame You" |
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Bound Volumes: |
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Precis, Vol. 1, 2005
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Snapshots, 2004
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Space to See Far, Far Across,
2001 |
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Time Exposure, 2006
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Patches of Light,
1977 |
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Walking Softly, 1980
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First Collection, 1964
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Spitting into the Wind,
1978 |
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Loose Change, 1989
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My Captain, 2004
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Scenes from a West Texas Childhood,
1982 |
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Impressions of a Gajiin Wife,
2002-2004 |
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In the Garden: A Collection of
Poems, 2007 |
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Austin Poetry Society: Golden Jubilee
Anthology, 1949-1999, 2000 |
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Found in a Canyon, 2007
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Precis, vol. 2, 2007
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Texas Poetry Calendar,
2008 |
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Texas Observer with Blanchard poem
"Abbreviated Epitaph," October 5, 2007
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Now then. There, there, now, by Nona
Blanchard, 2008 |
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Another City. Another Room, by Nona
Blanchard, 2009 |
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Reflections: An Anthology in Celebration of
Austin Poetry Society’s 60th Anniversary, 2009
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Collected Works , vol. 2,
2004-2010
(removed from binder) |
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Pastiche: By your leave, by Nona
Blanchard 2010 |
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Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, by
Nona Blanchard 2011 |
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Lyrics for Greenfield Bowie music: |
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Sultry Nights, 1997-2003
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Gifts from the Muse,
2004 |
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Compact discs (CDs): |
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Earthtone, Greenfield Bowie, with N.
Blanchard's artwork, 2000 |
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Hill Country Ragtime, Greenfield
Bowie, with N. Blanchard's artwork, 2001
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Nona Blanchard's lyrics work folders, with cassettes of Greenfield
Bowie songs: |
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"Make a Wish: The Gardner's Song," 1996, 2003
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"Why Can't This Love Be Fair? Possibilities,"
1996 |
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"Playtime Pal," 1991 |
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"Pick Me Up At Eight," 1994
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"Ride the Carousel," 1989
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"'Till the End of Our Time," 1979
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"When I Look Back," 1990
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"What Kind of Fool Would Be Your Girl?" 1992
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"What Am I To Do With You?" |
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"Without Me You Will Only Have the Night,"
1996 |
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"Kiss Me, Kiss Me" |
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"Make a Wish" |
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"Puff and Spot" |
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"Remind Me To Remember" |
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"Turn Down the Lights (Come Dance With Me)" |
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"When You Look at Me" |
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"When You Tell Me" |
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"You Are Heaven-Sent," 1994
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"How'd You Me Under Your Spell?" 1996
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"Baby, Baby" |
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"Apple Pie and Ice Cream," 1996
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"Adieu," 1991 |
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"All the Days of My Life," 1989
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"Are You The One? Maybe," 1994
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"BLT," 1996 |
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"Ballad of Allyé Mogret" |
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"Days Are Rushing Past," 1989
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"I'm Here" |
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"I Love the Way You Hold Me" |
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"I Don't Blame You" |
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"Holiday Plans," 1996 |
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"I Wonder Where You Are Tonight," 1992
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"I Start and End With You,"
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Enabling: Reflections Upon Family
Vignettes, November 2011 (CD and hard
copy) |
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Photostat of one of Blanchard’s poems printed in the Austin Chronicle, September 30,
2011 |
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“Best Austin Poetry,” Austin Poetry
Society, 2010-2011 |
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“Texas Poetry Calendar,
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