Nick Lyons Ephemera Collection, 1932-2005 (Collection 2475)

Nick Lyons Ephemera Collection, 1932-2005

Collection 2475
Bozeman, Montana
2005

Including original correspondence, documents from the various publishing companies he worked for, original manuscripts of articles and books, artwork etc. 1932-2005

16.8 linear feet

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The records of Nick Lyons' publishing and writing career were acquired from Tony Lyons on February 23, 2005. Nick Lyons is a well known as a publisher of sports books especially in the field of fly fishing and the author of numerous angling books.

Nick Lyons was born on June 5, 1932 in New York, New York. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, Bard Collage, and the University of Michigan, from which he earned a doctorate in 1963. Lyons married in 1957 to artist Mari Blumenau and the couple had four children; Paul, Charles, Jennifer, and Anthony (Tony). Lyons academic career began at the University of Michigan were he taught English prior to accepting a position at the Hunter College of the City University of New York in 1961. He remained on the faculty of CUNY until 1988. He also worked as the executive editor of Crown Publishers from 1964-1974. An avid fisherman, Lyons found a way to combine his avocation and profession in 1977 when he created his first publishing company, Nick Lyons Books, as an American subsidiary of the British publisher Benn Brothers Ltd. In 1984, he bought out the subsidiary rights and incorporated as Nick Lyons Books, Inc. It earned the reputation as one of the premier publishers of fishing books, but the company also printed works on nature, camping, adventure, gardening, woodworking, travel, the sea, history, food and wine, art and reference, hunting, general sport, and a few fiction titles. In 1989, in partnership with Peter Burford the name was changed to Lyons & Burford, Publishers. When Peter Burford left the company in 1997, it became the Lyons Press. In 1999, Tony Lyons, Nick's son, took over as President and Publisher of the firm with Nick remaining as Chairman of the Board. During its final full year of production in 2000, Lyons Press published 190 titles and had sales estimated at more than seven million dollars. In 2001 Lyons Press was acquired by Globe Pequot Press of Guilford, Connecticut. As well as being a book publisher Nick Lyons is a prolific writer and has produced several books on fly fishing. He has written introductions, forewords and prefaces for many Lyons Press books and also had a feature column of essays named the "Seasonable Angler" in Fly Fisherman Magazine for many years. Lyons has written articles for many other periodicals including Field & Stream and the New York Times, and several anthologies of these essays have been published. He is also a frequent speaker at functions devoted to fishing including museum openings, conventions, and meetings of assorted fly fishing organizations and clubs.

The Lyons Press records include the corporate history of the firm represented by the by-laws, assorted minutes, contracts and agreements with authors, business plans, financial papers and investors and publisher agreements. Original editorial manuscripts of books published by Lyons Press and bound advance uncorrected proofs and galley prints, a full set of autographed catalogs, promotional materials and company memos are included. Also received were over 320 subject files for prominent authors and artists including Art Flick, Charles Brooks, John Troy, Tom McGuane, Paul Schullery, Ed Zern, Len Wright, Valerie Haig-Brown, and Verlyn Klinkenborg. Some were great friends and some were business associates. In addition, the collection includes: numerous original rough drafts, with notes and handwritten editorial notations, of articles and columns written by Nick Lyons for publications including the Fly Fisherman Magazine, Field & Stream and the New York Times; introductions, prefaces and forewords for many prominent fly fishing books; edited speech notes and cards for talks at meetings of Trout Unlimited chapters, the Anglers Club of New York, the American Museum of Fly Fishing, and conventions of organizations and companies related to fishing and publishing. Also contained in the collection are original art works, photographs, and personal memorabilia.

RESTRICTIONS APPLY: Permission to publish any documents created by Nick Lyons and unpublished prior to February 23, 2005 cannot be granted by Montana State University, and Montana State University holds no copyright of any kind for any material created by parties other than Nick Lyons, including (but not limited to) literary or manuscript copyright or copyright in any of the works of art. All Nick Lyons Books, Lyons & Burford and The Lyons Press corporate historical documents and all original signed contracts or letter agreements and all drafts of such agreements in Series 1 are restricted from public access until February 23, 2010. Also a selected number of author subject files denoted by italics R ** are restricted from public access until February 23, 2010. Another collection of author/subject files denoted by bold R * are restricted from public access until February 23, 2007.

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Series 1	Nick Lyons Books, Lyons & Burford and Lyons Press Records 1971-2002 Boxes 1-13.
Series 2	Author Subject Files, 1932-2005
Series 3	Nick Lyons writings, articles, and speeches
Series 4	Artwork, photographs and personal ephemera

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Series 1
Boxes 1-13
Nick Lyons Books, Lyons & Burford and The Lyons Press Records 1971-2002

Business plans, financial records, minutes of directors and shareholders meetings, agreements and financial by-outs between individuals and corporations. Notes and memos to Tony Lyons and other staff members, various day to day materials with handwritten notations by Nick Lyons including correspondence, advertising materials, book proposals, etc. Also present are Nick Lyons' agreement to become an editorial consultant for Crown Publishers in 1971 and other publishers' agreements. Draft and final contracts, agreements and negotiations are arranged alphabetically by author. Also present are all company catalogues (autographed by Nick and Tony) , many original manuscripts with editor/proofreader remarks and changes, book proposals, bound advance uncorrected proofs and galley prints (Lyons publications are autographed and meant for reviewers) and miscellaneous promotional materials. The historical corporate documents and contracts contained in Box 1 through Box 4, file 4 are restricted from public access until February 23, 2010.

Box 1   (Restricted)

1. Handwritten summary of collection and draft overview of Lyons Press by Nick Lyons

2. Benn Brothers Inc. - 1977-1984: business plans and agreements, correspondence

3. By-laws, business plan for prospective investors, related correspondence

4. Minutes - Board of Directors: 1985-2000 (incomplete)

5. Minutes - Shareholders: 1984-1999 (incomplete)

6. Financial statements, loans and business plans: 1982-1984

7. Financial statements, loans and business plans: 1984-1991

8. Financial statements, loans and business plans: 1992-1996

Box 2   (Restricted)

1. Financial statements, loans and business plans: 1997-2002

2. Business agreements, by-outs and shareholders agreements

3. Business agreements, correspondence, associated papers - other publishers 1971-1998

4. Nick Lyons memos and notes assorted - from day to day operations

5. Nick Lyons memos and notes (cont)

6. Nick Lyons memos and notes (cont)

Box 3   (Restricted)

1. Contracts, agreements and negotiations : A-B

2. Contracts, agreements and negotiations : C-E

3. Contracts, agreements and negotiations : F-H

4. Contracts, agreements and negotiations : I-K

5. Contracts, agreements and negotiations : L

6. Contracts, agreements and negotiations : Lyons, Nick

Box 4  (Files 1-4 restricted)

1. Contracts, agreements and negotiations : M-O

2. Contracts, agreements and negotiations : P-R

3. Contracts, agreements and negotiations : S-U

4. Contracts, agreements and negotiations : V-Z

5. Catalogs - Nick Lyons Books: 1983-1988

6. Catalogs - Lyons & Burford Publishers: 1989-1991

Box 5

1. Catalogs - Lyons & Burford Publishers: 1992-1994

2. Catalogs - Lyons & Burford Publishers: 1995-1997

3. Catalogs - Lyons Press: 1998-1999

4. Catalogs - Lyons Press: 2000- Winter 2001

5. Catalogs - Lyons Press: Spring 2001-Summer 2002

Box 6

1. Catalogs - miscellaneous publishing companies

2. Fliers, broadsheets, newsletters

3. Public relations: news releases, magazine and newspaper articles, photographs

4. Reviews, opinion pieces

5. Barich, Bill. Crazy for Rivers, 1999 - original manuscript

6. Brennan, Carlene F. Hemingway and His World of Cats and Dogs 2004 - book proposal

7. Campbell, A.J. Dripping with Pride, 2000 - manuscript submitted (unpublished )

8. Cole, John. Tarpon Quest, 1991 - original manuscript

9. Fromm, Pete. Blood Knot, 1998 - blue line copies

Box 7

1. Hemingway, Jack. A Life Worth Living, 2002 - original manuscript

2. Hemingway, Jack. A Life Worth Living - manuscript (cont)

3. Hemingway, Jack. A Life Worth Living - manuscript (cont)

4. Hemingway, Jack. A Life Worth Living - manuscript (cont)

5. Kittredge, William. Montana Spaces - : essays in celebration of Montana, 1988 - manuscript

6. Kittredge, William. Montana Spaces - manuscript (cont)

7. Kittredge, William. Montana Spaces - manuscript (cont)

8. Klinkenborg, Verlyn. Making Hay, 1986 - first draft manuscript

Box 8

1. Lyons, Nick, Editor. Hemingway on Fishing, 2000 - notes, research papers, promotions

2. Lyons, Nick, Ed. Hemingway on..., (cont) - manuscript in progress materials

3. Lyons, Nick, Ed. Hemingway on..., (cont) - foreword, Jack Hemingway - drafts

4. Lyons, Nick, Ed. Hemingway on..., (cont) - acknowledgment, Nick Lyons - draft

5. Lyons, Nick, Ed. Hemingway on..., (cont) - introduction, Nick Lyons - drafts

6. Lyons, Nick, Ed. Hemingway on..., (cont) - bibliography drafts

7. Lyons, Nick, Ed. Hemingway on..., (cont) - Hemingway writings used

8. Lyons, Nick, Ed. Hemingway on..., (cont) - Hemingway writings not used

9. Lyons, Nick, Ed. Hemingway on..., (cont) - Hemingway collected journal entries

10. Lyons, Nick, Ed. Hemingway on..., (cont) - photocopy prints of photos w/captions

11. Lyons, Nick, Ed. Hemingway on..., (cont) - photocopy prints not used

12. Lyons, Nick, Ed. Hemingway on..., (cont) - photo research w/photocopies of pictures

13. Lyons, Nick. In Praise of Wild Trout, 1998 - blue line copies

Box 9

1. Madison, Larry, photographer; text by Nick Lyons. Trout River, 1988 - drafts of text

2. McGuane, Thomas. Some Horses, 1999 - original manuscript

3. Prosek, James. In the Wake of Walton, senior essay, Yale Univ., 1996 (sent to Tony Lyons)

4. Prosek, James. Joe and Me, 1997- promo /informational materials from Wm Morrow Co.

5. Prosek, James. Joe and Me : an Education in fishing and friendship, 1997-galley, B&W

6. Prosek, James. Joe and Me : an Education in fishing and friendship, 1997- galley, color

Box 10

1. Van Put, Ed. The Beaverkill, 1996 - manuscript

2. Van Put, Ed. The Beaverkill - manuscript (cont)

3. Van Put, Ed. The Beaverkill - manuscript (cont)

4. Van Put, Ed. The Beaverkill - manuscript (cont)

5. Van Put, Ed. The Beaverkill - manuscript (cont)

6. Van Put, Ed. The Beaverkill - manuscript (cont)

7. Wright, Leonard M. Stonefly and Caddis Fly-fishing, 1991 - original manuscript

8. Book - Schmidt, Bill. Hooks for the Fly:a Tier's Reference Guide,1997 Piscator Publ.

9. Japanese book by Bando, Yuki. American Bamboo Rod Builders, ca 1999 with letter and note

Box 11: Bound advance copies and galley prints from Lyons and other publishers:

Babb, James R. Crosscurrents: a Fly Fisher's Progress, 1999

Babb, James R. Fly-Fishin' Fool, 2005

Babb, James R. River Music: a Fly Fisher's For Seasons, 2001

Barich, Bill. Crazy for Rivers, 1999

Barich, Bill. The Sporting Life: Horses, Boxers, Rivers and a Russian Ballclub, 1999

Bass, Rick. The New Wolves, 1998

Burton, Mallory. Green River Virgins and Other Passionate Anglers, 2000

De la Valdene, Guy. For a Handful of Feathers Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995

Detweiler, M. David. Evenings along the Stream. Stackpole Books, 1990

Ellis, Ron. Cogan's Woods. Pruett Publishing Co., 2001

Fromm, Pete. Blood Knot, 1998

Fromm, Pete. Dry Rain, 1997

Fromm, Pete. Night Swimming Stories. Picador USA, 1999

Gierach, John. Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders. Simon & Schuster,2000

Gierach, John. Fishing Bamboo, 1997

Gierach, John. Good Flies: Favorite Trout Patterns and How They Got that Way, 2000

Goddard, John. John Goddard's Trout-Fishing Techniques, 1996

Heywood, Joseph. The Snowfly, a novel, 2000

Lee, Robert. Guiding Elliott, a novel, 1997

Lyons, Nick, Ed. In Praise of Wild Trout, 1998

Lyons, Nick. My Secret Fishing Life. Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999

Lyons, Nick, compiler and Editor. The Quotable Fisherman, 1998

Box 12: Bound advance copies and galley prints from Lyons and other publishers:

Bound advanced uncorrected proofs and galley prints from Lyons and other publishers:

Maclean, John N. Fire on the Mountain. Wm. Morrow and Co., 1999

Martin, Darrel. The Fly Fisher's Illustrated Dictionary, 2000

Mathews, Craig. Western Fly-Fishing Strategies, 1998

McClane, A. J. McClane's Secrets of Successful Fishing. Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1979

McGuane, Thomas. Some Horses, 1999

McInerney, Jay. Bacchus & Me: Adventures in the Wine Cellar, 2000

Moore, Kathleen Dean. Riverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water, 1995

Morrow, Bradford. Giovanni's Gift. Viking, 1996

Norman, Seth. The Fly Fisher's Guide to Crimes of Passion, 2000

Nova, Craig. Brook Trout and the Writing Life, 1999

O'Brien, Dan. The Contract Surgeon, 1999

Olsson, Jennifer. Cast Again: Tales of a Fly-Fishing Guide, 1996

Page, Margot. Little Rivers: Tales of a Woman Angler, 1995

Plummer, William. Wishing My Father Well: a Memoir of Fathers, Sons and Flyfishing. Overlook Press, 2000

Probert, Richard Ezra. Archie's Way: a Memoir of Craftsmanship and Friendship, 1998

Proper, Datus. Running Waters, 2001

Prosek, James. The Complete Angler: a Connecticut Yankee Follows in the Footsteps of Walton. Harper Collins, 1999

Prosek, James. Fly-Fishing the 41st: around the world on the 41st parallel Harper Collins,

Quammen, David. Song of the Dodo Scribner, 1996 (advanced reader's excerpt)

Box 13: Bound advance copies and galley prints from Lyons and other publishers:

Quinnett, Paul. Fishing Lessons: Insights, Fun and Philosophy from a Passionate Angler. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1998

Randolph, John. Becoming a Fly Fisher: From Brookie Days to the Tenth Level, 2002

Raymond, Steve. Rivers of the Heart: a Fly-Fishing Memoir, 1998 (2 copies)

Richler, Mordecai. On Snooker, 2001

Sandor, Marjorie. The Night Gardener, 1999

Schullery, Paul. Royal Coachman: the Lore and Legends of Fly-Fishing Simon & Schuster, 1999

Schullery, Paul. Shupton's Fancy: a Tale of the Fly-Fishing Obsession Stackpole Books, 1996

Sloan, Stephen. Fly Fishing is Spoken Here, 2003

Swisher, Doug and Richards, Carl. Back-country Fly Fishing in Salt Water, 1994

Thomas, E. Donnall, Jr. Dream Fish and Road Trips, 1996

Tidwell, Mike. Amazon Stranger, 1996

Waldie, Scott. Travers Corners, 1997

Wetherell, W.D. One River More, 1998 White, Randy Wayne. The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua, 1998

Wright, Leonard M., Jr. Trout Maverick: Fly-Fishing Heresies and Tactics, 1996

Wulff, Joan. Joan Wulff's Fly-Casting Accuracy, 1997

Wulff, Joan. La Precisione nel Lancio. GEA, 1999 (Italian version of above title)

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Series 2
Boxes 14-36
Author Subject Files, 1932-2005

This series contains the author subject files received in the collection. Subjects of the files may be an individual, publication or organization. The files are arranged in alphabetical order by author name in addition to files for outdoor authors and artists, other publishers and fans. (A group of unsorted letters have been interfiled as appropriate). Contents may include personal or professional correspondence between the author, Lyons publications and/or Nick Lyons. Many contain enclosures. The nature of the enclosures may include drafts of works in progress, editorial suggestions and requests, art work, postcards, photographs, tied flies, greeting cards, biographical questionnaires, copies of magazine or newspaper articles or assorted ephemera. RESTRICTIONS: A selected list of these author subject files denoted by italics R** are restricted from public access until February 23, 2010. Another portion of these author subject files denoted by bold R * are restricted from public access until February 23, 2007.

Box 14

1. Affre, Pierre

2. Allen, Gordon

3. Almy, Gerald

4. American Museum of Fly Fishing

5. Angler's Club of New York

6. Apte, Stu

7. Atkinson, R. Valentine

8. Attaway, Roy

9. Austin, Terry

10. Babb, Jim

11. Bachman, Robert

12. Baker, Palmer

13. Bam, Foster

14. Barich, Bill

15. Barich, Bill (cont)

Box 15

1. Barnes, Duncan

2. Barrett, Peter

3. Barseness, John

4. Bashline, L. James

5. Bass, Rick    R**

6. Baughman, Mike

7. Beaseley, David

8. Beck, Cathy

9. Begos, Kevin    R**

10. Behnke, Robert

11. Benn, Timothy    R**

12. Benn, Timothy (cont)    R**

13. Berls, Robert

14. Best, A. K.

Box 16

1. Bodio, Steve

2. Bodio, Steve (cont)

3. Bonavist, Tony

4. Borger, Gary

5. Bowers, Bill   R**

6. Boyle, Robert

7. Braithwaite, Jack

8. Brander, Mike

9. Brooks, Charles E.

10. Brown, Dick

11. Bryan, John

12. Bryant, Nelson

13. Buck, Dick

Box 17

1. Burford, Peter   R**

2. Burford, Peter (cont)   R**

3. Burger, Knox    R*

4. Burnett, David

5. Burroughs, Franklin

6. Burton, Mallory

7. Butler, Jim

8. Calabi, Silvio

9. Callaghan, Dan

10. Cameron, Angus

11. Camuto, Chris

12. Cardenas, Jeffrey

13. Carmichael, Hoagy

14. Carter, Jimmy

15. Carty, David

16. Casada, Jim

17. Cassell, Jay    R*

Box 18

1. Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum

2. Chatham, Russell    R**

3. Cicere, Andrew

4. Circle, Homer

5. Clarke, Bryan

6. Clarke, C. D.

7. Cole, John

8. Combs, Trey

9. Cone, Arthur

10. Cooke, Barrie

11. Coykendall, Ralf    R**

12. Coykendall, Ralf (cont)    R**

13. Craighead, John

14. Crockett, Mike

15. Cunningham, Rip

Box 19

1. DeMott, Bob

2. Dennis, Jerry

3. Despommier, Dickson

4. Detweiler, David

5. Di Benedetto, Catherine

6. Dick, Lenox

7. Droetto, Angelo

8. Earnhardt, Tom

9. Elliott, Charles

10. Ellis, Jack

11. Ellis, Ron

12. Engels, John

13. Fergus, Charles

14. Fergus, Jim

15. Field & Stream    R*

16. Fisher, Jon

17. Flick, Art

18. Fly FishermanHistorical Times

Box 20

1. Foote, Tim

2. Ford, Richard

3. Fornelli, Joe

4. Fox, Charlie

5. Francis, A. M. (Mac)    R*

6. Fromm, Pete

7. Garfield, Curt

8. Gauvin, Charles

9. Gibson, Barry

10. Gierach, John     R*

11. Gierach, John (cont)    R*

12. Goddard, John

13. Golad, Frank

14. Graves, John

15. Gresham, Grits

16. Grooms, Steve

17. Groth, John

18. Grover, Jan Zita

19. Haas, Evelyn

20. Haig-Brown, Valerie

Box 21

1. Hamm, Jim

2. Hammond, Bryn

3. Hardie, Eldridge

4. Harrison, Jim

5. Harvey, George

6. Hasselstrom, Kinda

7. Hederstierna, Claes

8. Hemingway, Jack

9. Henderson, Dave

10. Hepworth, Jim

11. Hill, Gene

12. Hoagland, Edward    R**

13. Holt, John

14. Houk, Stuart N.

15. Hughes, Dave

16. Hummel, Kermit     R*

17. Humphrey, Bill

18. Hyde, Elizabeth Walden

19. Iwamasa, Ken

20. Janes, Edward C.(Ted)

Box 22

1. Jardine, Charles

2. Jelinski, Jack

3. Jones, Allen

4. Jones, Robert F.

5. Karas, Nick

6. Katz, Merrill "Doc"

7. Kaufmann, William

8. Kawatski, Diane

9. Keller, Mitch

10. Kelly, T. H. Jr. (Tom)

11. Kessler, Herman

12. Kittredge, William

13. Klausmeyer, David

14. Klinkenborg, Verlyn

15. Klinkenborg, Verlyn (cont)

16. Knowles, Justin

17. Kreh, Lefty    R*

18. Krieger, Mel

Box 23

1. LaFontaine, Gary

2. Laidlaw, Bret

3. Lea, Syd

4. Lee, Art

5. Lee, Robert

6. Leeson, Ted    R**

7. Leeson, Ted (cont)   R**

8. Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher

9. Leiser, Eric

10. Lembke, Janet

Box 24

1. Leonard, Edson

2. Lilly, Bud

3. Lopez, Barry

4. Lowry, Beverly

5. Lyman, Henry

6. Lyons, Nick    R*

7. Lyons, Nick (cont)    R*

8. Lyons, Nick (cont)    R*

9. Lyons, Nick (cont)    R*

10. Maclean, John

11. Maclean, Norman

Box 25

1. Madison, Larry

2. Madson, John

3. Manocchia, Adriano

4. Marden, Luis

5. Marinaro, Vincent

6. Martin, Darrell

7. Martin, Darrell

8. Mathews, Craig     R*

9. Mathews, Craig (cont)    R*

10. Matthiessen, Peter

11. McCarthy, Terry

12. McClane, A. J.(Al)

Box 26

1. McCloskey, Bill

2. McDonald, John

3. McGuane, Tom

4. McManus, Patrick

5. McPhee, John

6. Mele, Frank

7. Melner, Sam

8. Merritt, Jim

9. Merwin, John

10. Metz, Robert

11. Meyers, Charlie

12. Meyers, Steve

13. Middleton, Harry

14. Migdalski, Ed

15. Migel, Mike

16. Migliore, Joe

17. Montaigne, Fen

18. Morris, Holly

19. Morris, Skip

Box 27

1. Mort, Terry

2. Morton, Bruce

3. Moser, Ron

4. Mosher, Howard Frank

5. Murray, Harry

6. Neff, Sid    R*

7. Niemeyer, Ted

8. Norman, Geoffrey    R**

9. Norman, Seth

10. Nova, Craig

11. O'Brien, Dan

12. O'Kelly, Sebastian

13. O'Neil, Michael

14. Oelgart, Ike

15. Oertli, Alfred G.

16. Ogelsby, Arthur

17. Olsson, Jennifer

18. Page, Margot

19. Palmer, Tom

Box 28

1. Patterson, Neil

2. Paugh, Tom

3. Pequignot, John-Paul

4. Perkins, Leigh & family members     R**

5. Pero, Tom

6. Petzal, Dave

7. Pfeiffer, C. Boyd

8. Pisarro, Joe

9. Plimpton, George

10. Plummer, William

11. Pobst, Dick

12. Proper, Datus

13. Prosek, James

14. Proulx, E. Annie

15. Quammen, David

16. Quesada, Luis

17. Raban, Jonathan

18. Raines, Howell    R**

19. Randolph, John

Box 29

1. Raymond, Steve

2. Reiger, George

3. Richards, Carl

4. Richardson, W. F.

5. Richler, Mordecai    R*

6. Ritz, Charles C.

7. Robinson, Alan James

8. Rogers, Neal

9. Rosenbauer, Tom    R**

10. Rowan, Roy

11. Rowen, John

Box 30

1. Rubin, Louis

2. Russell, Andy

3. Ryan, Will

4. Saile, Bob

5. Salmon, Dick

6. Samson, Jack

7. Sandor, Marjorie

8. Scheck, Art

9. Schreiber, Le Ann

10. Schullery, Paul

11. Schullery, Paul (cont)

12. Schwiebert, Ernest

13. Seybold, David

14. Shaw, Helen

15. Sheldon, Harold P.

Box 31

1. Sherwood, Patricia

2. Shultz, Terry

3. Siegel, Henry

4. Sosin, Mark

5. Soucie, Gary

6. Sparse Grey Hackle ( Miller, Alfred W.)

7. Sparse Grey Hackle ( Miller, Alfred W.) (Cont)

8. Stearns, Bob

9. Stewart, Dick

10. Stinehour Press

11. Sutcliffe, Tom

12. Swisher, Doug

13. Tabory, Lou

14. Taft, Dave

Box 32

1. Talleur, Dick

2. Talleur, Dick (cont)

3. Tanner, Gary

4. Tapply, Bill

5. Tapply, H.G.

6. Taylor, Bernie     R*

7. Taylor, Bill

8. Thomas, E. Donnell

9. Tidwell, Mike     R**

10. Tillenius, Clarence

11. Timken, Jane

12. Tolnay, Tom

Box 33

1. Traver, Robert (Voelker, John)

2. Troth, Al

3. Troy, John

4. Trueblood, Ted

5. Tullis, Larry

6. Underwood, Lamar

7. Van Put, Ed

8. Vance, Joel

9. Vletas, Steve & Kim

10. Volcker, Paul     R**

11. Waddell, Ted

12. Waldie, Scott

13. Waldman, Jonathan

14. Walinchus, Rod

15. Wallace, David Rains

16. Warner, William

17. Waslick, Mark

18. Waterman, Charlie

19. Wechsler, Charles

20. Wegman, William

21. Wetherell, Walt

22. Wethern, Bob

23. White, Randy Wayne     R**

24. White, Slaton

Box 34

1. Whitlock, Dave R*

2. Wickstrom, Gordon

3. Willers, Bill

4. Williams, Ted

5. Wilson, Dermot

6. Winchester Press

7. Wood, Charles B., III

8. Woods, Craig    R*

9. Woolner, Frank

10. Wright, Leonard M.

11. Wulff, Joan

12. Wulff, Lee

Box 35

1. Zern, Ed

2. Zern, Ed (cont)

3. Assorted book collectors

4. Assorted fan letters, thank you notes, requests for appearances, etc.

5. Assorted other publishers: A-G

6. Assorted other publishers: H-O

Box 36

1. Assorted other publishers: P-Z

2. Assorted outdoor artists

3. Assorted outdoor authors: A-G

4. Assorted outdoor authors: H-O

5. Assorted outdoor authors: P-Z

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Series 3
Boxes 37-40
Nick Lyons writings, articles, and speeches

A collection of hand written and typed manuscript drafts with numerous editorial notes and corrections of Lyons essays, articles, forewords, introductions, prefaces of books, and speaking engagements. Speaking notes frequently have several drafts and editorial notes on full pages or 5x7 speech cards. Where publications and dates have been determined the materials are by publication in chronological order. There are also miscellaneous writings and unidentified articles with publication unknown. Dates of most speaking engagements are listed or identified by content.

Box 37

1. Article: "The View from Manhattan; On the Death of My Underwood Standard" for Big Sky Journal ca.2001

2. Article: "The Big Fly," Field & Stream - August 1990 (galley copy)

3. Article: "Sizing Up New Rivers," Field & Stream - May 1993

4. Article: "A Fisherman's Childhood in Brooklyn," Field & Stream - Jan 1994

5. Article: "The Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer," Field & Stream - July 1994

6. Article:" Connections," Field & Stream - Apr 1996

7. Article: "On Outdoor Re-Creation," Field & Stream - Winter 1996

8. Article: "Leon Chandler: Fly Fishing's Johnny Appleseed," for Field & Stream - nd

9. Article: "On Wearing a Tie While Fishing," Fly Fishing News - nd

10. Article: "I AM Emma Woodhouse," Forbes - ca. 2001

11. Article: "New Kafka Novel Soars," Natl. Book Critics Circle - ca. 1992

11. Article: "Rejection, Acceptance," New York Times (NYT) - ca.1992

12. Article: "Wild Brookies," NYT - ca.1995

13. Article: "You Should Have Been Here Today...with a Fly Rod," NYT - Fall 2000

14. Article: "Thoughts on the Upcoming Fiftieth Anniversary," NYT online - 2003

15. Article: "Learning about Fishing from the Living Room," NYT ca. 2004

16. Article: "Desperately Avoiding Trout Season," Special to the NYT - April - no yr.

17. Article: "Flies on the (Business) Brain," "Business World" NYT - n.d.

18. Article: "The Family that Fishes Together ...," Pennsylvania Gazette, Nov 1996

19. Article: "The Fly-Fishing Book Businessan Insider's Update," ca. 1984

20. Article: "The Sphinx on Canvas," Ennis, MT- 1993

21. Article: "Non-Imitative" ca.1995

22. Article: "On Great Pond" ca. 2001

23. Article: "Breaking Camp," on leaving his office upon sale of Lyons Press, Mar-Apr, 2002

24. Article: "By Way of a Resum," ca. 2004

25. Article: "The Art of the Trout Fly" n.d.

26. Article: "For a Ride," n.d.

27. Essay: "Snobbish Fly Fisherman," Fly Fisherman Magazine (FFM), Spring 1978

28. Essay: "Very Minor Tactics on an English Chalkstream," FFM, Winter 1979

29. Essay: "Wild Strawberries," FFM, Sept 1983

30. Essay: "Salmo Psychosis," FFM, Dec 1983

31. Essay: "Winter Dreams with Sparse," FFM, May 1984

32. Essay: "Two by Two," FFM, July 1984

33. Essay: "Intense Fly Fisherman," FFM, Sept 1994

34. Essay: "Stealth," FFM, March 1987

35. Essay: "Mornings," FFM, Sept 1990

36. Essay: "World of the Silver Kings," FFM, Dec 1990

37. Essay: "In the Car," FFM, March 1993

38. Essay: "The Mystery Hatch," FFM, July 1993

39. Essay: "Small Fish," FFM, Sept 1993

40. Essay: "When," FFM, Dec 1993

41. Essay: "What I Did Last Summer," FFM, Feb 1994

42. Essay: "The Antic Angler," FFM, May 1994

Box 38

1. Essay: "The Journals of Clyde Fish," FFM, July 1994

2. Essay: "Humanity: A to Zern," FFM, Sept 1994

3. Essay: "On a Small Creek," FFM, Dec 1994

4. Essay: "Crowds," FFM, Feb 1995

5. Essay: "Fishing, Yea, Yea," FFM, May 1996; Fish & Wildlife Today, Summer 1996

6. Essay: "Hopper Days," FFM, July 1996

7. Essay: "Powerhouse Pond," FFM, Feb 1997

8. Essay: "Journal Entries," FFM, March 1997

9. Essay: "Fly Fishers Spring," FFM, July 1997

10. Essay: "Going and Coming Back," FFM, Sept 1997

11. Essay: "Fine Old Fish Books," FFM, Dec 1997

12. Essay: "193 Minutes," FFM, Feb 1998

13. Essay: "Truth in Outdoor Writing," FFM, March 1998

14. Essay: "On the Top," FFM, May 1998

15. Essay: "Aging Fly Fisher," FFM, July 1998

16. Essay: "Me, Too," FFM, Sept 1998

17. Essay: "Fly Fishers Gifts," FFM, Dec 1998

18. Essay: "The Lyons Pellet Fly," FFM, Dec 2004

19. Essay: "First Carp," FFM, May 2005

20. Foreword: Hunter, Chris (Christopher J.). Better Trout Habitat c1991

21. Foreword: Lyons, Nick. In Praise of Wild Trout c1998

22. Foreword: Lyons, Nick, Editor. The Quotable Fisherman c1998

23. Foreword: Atkinson, R. Valentine. Trout and Salmon c1999

24. Foreword: Japanese book by Tatsuhiro Saido on fly tying n.d. (no record of publication)

25. Introduction: a Nick Lyons' book on the Au Sable River draft dated 1995

26. Introduction: Greene, Harry Plunket. Where the bright waters meet, c1997

27. Introduction: Atkinson, R. Valentine. Distant waters: the greatest fly-fishing worldwide c1997

28. Introduction: Grant McClintock; Mike Crockett . Watermark c1998

29. Introduction: Traver, Robert. Traver on fishing : a treasury..., c2001

30. Introduction: Sutcliffe, Tom. Hunting Trout c2002

31. Introduction: Nick Lyons, Editor. Classic Fishing Stories c2002

32. Preface: Raymond, Steve. The year of the trout c.1985

33. Preface: Cooper, Gwen & Haas, Evelyn. Wade a Little Deeper, Dear:.. c1989

34. Preface: Caucci, Al. Hatches II, c1995

35. Preface: Lyons, Nick. My Secret Fishing Life, c1998

Box 39

1. Remarks: Introduction of Ed Zern, Trout Unlimited , TGF - Mar 8,1986

2. Remarks: Awards Program for Hunter College (as MC), May 5,1986

3. Remarks: Acceptance of Gingrich Award, Mar 14, 1987

4. Remarks: Books & Co., Oct 1, 1991

5. Remarks: Introduction of Howell Raines, Trout Unlimited, TGF Mar 24, 1994

6. Remarks: for Joan Salvato Wullf celebration (for delivery by Jane Simoni) June 13, 1996

7. Remarks: Introduction of John Gierach at Barnes and Noble, Nov 18, 1997`

8. Remarks: Anglers' Club of New York, ca.1998

9. Remarks: Lyons Press 29th Sales Conference, May 8, 1999

10. Remarks: Introduction of Pete Bodo, Atlantic Salmon Federation, ca 2000

11. Remarks: Acceptance ofMedal of Honor, Anglers' Club of New York, Dec 6, 2000

12. Remarks: Denver Convention, Aug 28, 2002

13. Remarks: American Museum of Fly Fishing, fund-raising for expansion, ca. 2003-04

14. Remarks: Acceptance of Heritage Award, American Museum of Fly Fishing, Apr 23, 2004

15. Remarks: Friends of Upper Delaware, Feb 19, 2005

16. Remarks: Introduction of Len Wright, Anglers' Club of New York, n.d.

17. Remarks: Mari Lyons on her painting at various functions, no dates

18. Speech: Eastern Federation of Fly Fishers Conclave June 2, 1984. Fish Tales (version 1)

19. Speech: American Museum of Fly Fishing Nov 17, 1988

20. Speech: Keynote address, OWAA Convention June 7, 1993. An Outdoor Writer's Odyssey

21. Speech: American Museum of Fly Fishing, 25th Anniversary Aug 21, 1993

22. Speech: Southern Publishers, New Orleans, ca.1995. Reflections of a Fly Fishing Publisher

23. Speech: Orvis Aug 25, 2002

24. Talk: Philadelphia Marine Museum, Sep 19, 1987

25. Talk: Trout Unlimited, Clearwater TGF ca.1987-88 My Fishing in Print

26. Talk: Trout Unlimited, Clearwater 25th anniversary, Feb13, 1988. Major and Minor Angling

27. Talk: Trout Unlimited, TGF ca.1989 Angling Humor

28. Talk: Anglers Club of New York Oct 8, 1992. Everyone and His Mother-in-Law Wants...

29. Talk: American Museum of Fly Fishing Dec 10,1992 Perils--and Pleasuresof Fish-Book Publishing

Box 40

1. Talk: Anglers Club of New York Oct 24, 1995. Some Very Minor Tactics

2. Talk: Trout Unlimited, Coldwater Conservation Fund Oct 29, 1996

3. Talk: Anglers' Club of New York ca.1998

4. Talk: Anglers' Club of New York ca. 1999. Connett's Derrydale Press

5. Talk: Trout Unlimited - Morristown Feb 5, 2002

6. Talk: Alternative Books Aug 21, 2002 Misadventures of an Independent Publisher

7. Talk: Fish Tales (version 2) ca. 2002-3

8. Talk: Trout Unlimited, TGF Feb 28 (year unknown) Spring Creek

9. Odds and ends: Commentary - Sam Fadala's work ca.1994 More than the Advance

10. Odds and ends: Letter to FFM about extremely bad review , Summer 1998

12. Odds and ends: Traver on Fishing (rough catalog copy) ca. 2001

11 Odds and ends: promotional material for Fly-Fishers Book Club, Jan 2, 2001.

13. Odds and ends: essays - rough drafts and bits and pieces

14. Odds and ends: regrets for missing symposium (possibly on Ernest Hemingway)

15. Odds and ends: notes for comments to would be writers

16. Odds and ends: QSR, TN radio "Spirit of the Sport", Nick Lyons interview (audiotape)

17. Odds and ends: Outdoor Channel, Nick Lyons comments "Ernest Hemingway" 2002 (videocassette)

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Series 4
Boxes 41-42; Oversize
Artwork, photographs and personal ephemera

Collected artwork includes an original oil painting, original watercolors, book illustrations in pen and pencil as well as copy prints of illustrations for publications, cartoons and promotional posters. Some are framed or mounted. Also present are an original sketch book, photographic prints in black & white and color, snapshots, slides as well as brochures, catalogues, and personal memorabilia. Signed artwork is filed by the artist.

Box 41

1. Daiber, Steven C: pencil sketch

2. Foley, Shep: - pencil sketch

3. Harrington, Richard: line drawings - copy prints ca. 1984-85

4. Kane, Taylor: watercolor

5. Leonard, Edson: fishing flies -plates

6. Lyons, Mari: 2 small book covers; 1 small watercolor reprint

7. Lyons, Mari: sketch book, Ennis 1993 watercolors and line drawings with Nick Lyons margin notes and commentary

8. Meltzoff , Stanley: 2 art catalogs

9. Sutcliffe ,Tom: illustrations - August 2002

10. Troy, John: 2 watercolor cartoons

11. Walinchus, Rod: authenticated lithographed art prints

12. White, John Robert: watercolors - sample slides

13. Illustrations: flies and insects for books

14. Illustrations: miscellaneous pencil and copy prints

15. Illustrations: set of trout fly plates

16. Illustrations: spot drawings of trout for books

17. Illustrations: unsigned angling drawings

18. Ephemera: brochures and book announcements

19. Ephemera: catalogs - fishing tackle and fishing flies

20. Ephemera: invitations and other memorabilia

21. Photographs #1-3: Brooks, Charles

22. Photographs #4-26: Callahan, Dan - prints of wildlife, river and fishermen

23. Photographs #27-34: Nick Lyons fishing; Nick Lyons book promotions, events

24. Photographs #35: Quammen, David

25. Photographs #36: White, Randy Wayne

26. Photographs #37: Wulff, Joan

27. Photographs # 38-43: bamboo rod building

28. Photographs #44-50: unidentified individuals

29. Photographs #51-53: slides of horses

Box 42 (oversized and fragile items)

5 mounted book promotion posters; 1 Barry Glickman numbered print; 1 Alan James Robinson numbered print plus original line drawings for In Praise of Wild Trout ; oversized original fly illustrations

Framed artwork

Lyons, Mari: 5 watercolors

Lyons, Mari: 1 oil painting

Prosch, John: 3 watercolor trout illustrations (field sketches)

Wolff, Glenn: 1 watercolor trout illustration with text for book (autographed)

Wolff, Glenn: 2 watercolor trout illustrations proofs # 2-3

1 Plaque: 1993 Kudo from Fly Rod & Reel magazine honoring Lyons & Burford Angling Books

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