SPIDERMAN NOTEBOOK, 2005-2006
File — Box: 132, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains phone messages throughout and: 1.) 5-page diary of my May 2005 trip to Florissant, Colorado to meet my brothers on my dad's 30 acres of land in Florissant to decide whether to sell it or not. 2.) 9 pages of notes about incidents in the lives of my father and mother, an outline for the memoir called Goodbye, Monique. 3.) 5 pages of false-start novel called How 9/11 Saved Me. The same bad writing as in all earlier false starts of bad novels. 4.) 24 pages of notes on Argentine language and slang (to be used in my novel The Empanada Brotherhood) that I got from watching these movies in Spanish: Motorcycle Diaries, Bolivia, The Official Story, Tango Bar, Funny Dirty Little War, and Eva Peron. 5.) 3-page January 18, 2006 interview with Pueblo sculptor, John Suazo, for a piece on him in the catalogue of his show at the Harwood Museum in Taos. 6.) 5-page first draft of the John Suazo Harwood catalogue riff. 7.) Notes from a February 20, 2006 meeting to stop Ski Valley expansion. 8.) Another 5-page idiotic start to a dumb novel titled The War on Terrorism or The Destruction of Chamisaville. Spinning my wheels. 9.) 7 more pages of an aborted novel dated April 4, 2006. 10.) Maureen McCoy critique of The Empanada Brotherhood. 11.) A 3-page record of hours I spent working to knock down an old shed. 12.) A word count of each chapter in The Empanada Brotherhood dated September 5, 2006. (See ARCHIVAL BOX 9, FOLDERS 6-8, and BOXES 72-77, and BOX 110.)
Dates
- 2005-2006
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research, however, researchers must sign consent form prior to gaining access to materials. Calavera drawings, proofs, and etchings as well as "little diaries" (Boxes 14, 125, 126, 129, 142) are housed in high security and may require up to 24 hours for retrieval. Enlarged photocopies and typed transcriptions of "little diaries" in Box 142 are located in Box 184.
Extent
From the Collection: 184 boxes (172 cu. ft.)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451