PHONE MESSAGES, 1998
File — Box: 132
Scope and Contents
193 pages. This is the year my father died. I visited him in Smithville, TX, in late March. He died April 13. I returned to Smithville for his funeral a couple days later. In May I flew with my kids to the Floyd Estate on Long Island for a memorial for Pop in the family graveyard. My Española writer friend Jim Sagel committed suicide on April 6. All year I worked on my Butterfly novel, and the screenplay for Midnight Return. Attended the Border Book Festival in Las Cruces; went to Kluckhohn Center in Belligham, WA.
Increasingly, phone messages were from personal friends, oft-mentioned above. I did not have e-mail or Internet, and received way fewer invitations to do speeches, workshops.
Identification of some names in phone message notes not often identified previously: Barb Dutrow, LSU geologist; Billy Hayes, author of Midnight Express; Carolyn Shae, Audubon magazine; Jillian Kogan, L.A. producer, we worked on "The Letter" together; Roger Cohn, editor of Audubon; Jackie Nichols, my dad's wife; Denise Chávez, author, organizer of Border Book Festival; Juanita Nichols, my second wife; Elizabeth Mono, ran Taos "Talk Back;" Sam Orr, screenwriter, ran OJ Sarah's Cafe in S.Fe; Bill Knief, Taos videographer; Joe Barrera, prof from Colorado Springs; Phaedra Greenwood, Taos writer; Jim Sagel, Española writer and teacher; Luis Urrea, author, teacher; Mary Powell, director of Ancient City Press, S.Fe.; Tony Bill, L.A. actor, film producer; Robin Troy, writer, daughter of my first cousin Libby (Nichols) Troy; Christine Hemp, Taos poet, fly fisher; Helen Nichols, wife of my brother Tim; Peter Davis, L.A. producer of Midnight Return; Tony Stafford, English prof. at UTEP (urging me to take visiting professor chair at UTEP); Paul Guernsey, editor at Fly Fishing Magazine (who published my eulogy for friend Mike Kimmel); Tony Huston, writer, falconer in Taos; Shirley Stark, Denver artist; Dan Gerber, author, race car driver; Cynthia Farah, photographer from El Paso; Clay McKee, Pop's best friend in Smithville, TX; John Hickenlooper, owned Wyncoop Brewery in Denver, later became Denver Mayor; Boni Bryant, realtor trying to sell my Carson Land; Lisa McAllister, my step-sister (from Pop's 3rd wife, Kathy Chalmers); Amy Loper McBride, worked for Western Colorado Congress; Richard Stavdahl, ranger at William Floyd Estate in Mastic where my dad was born; Tim Knowlton, my NY film agent; Carlos Ramirez, director UNM Los Alamos, Jim Sagel's good friend; Sean Murphy, Taos writer, prof, musician; Rachel Schectman, daughter of Loomis pal Dick Schectman; Bridget Barkley, editor at Geo Magazine; Bud Baker, Colorado Springs judge, Pop's friend; Phyllis Hotch, Taos poet, member of SOMOS; Bill Slette, caretaker of Jackie Nichols in TX; Jim Lubowitz, Taos orthopedist, who set my broken hand; Dylan Dow, Juanita Nichols' son; Kurt Russo, Kluckhon Center, Bellingham, WA; Bill Becker, CA pal, went to Nicaragua with me in '83; Willi Wood, a manager at Moby Dickens bookstore in Taos; Larry Taub, S.Fe lawyer, board of Mandelman-Ribak Foundation in Taos; Johanne Mayr, German grad student at UNM studying my work; Pat McCabe, Taos writer, poet; Dave Petersen, Durango author, elk hunter; Beth Hadas, editor at UNM Press; Sylvia Landfair, former girlfriend; Ernie Bulow, Gallup bookseller; Courtney White, Quivira Coalition; Scott Slovic, University Nevada in Reno prof, editor; Regina Sowell, friend from Montrose, CO; Lynn Ledbetter, Alabama photographer; Richard Hill, Taos mesa developer; Diane Enright, my new realtor trying to sell Carson land; Andrew Pope, agent at Curtis Brown in NY; Chris Eyre, director of "Smoke Signals;" Kathy Anderson, NY agent who became my new literary agent; Matt Krane, photographer, ski patrol, fishing guide in Breckenridge, CO; Bill Whaley, Taos publisher of Geronimo, later Horse Fly; Mike Tilley, Taos radio interviewer; María García, Taos Floresta; María Valdez, San Luis, CO, activist. Blue binder.
Increasingly, phone messages were from personal friends, oft-mentioned above. I did not have e-mail or Internet, and received way fewer invitations to do speeches, workshops.
Identification of some names in phone message notes not often identified previously: Barb Dutrow, LSU geologist; Billy Hayes, author of Midnight Express; Carolyn Shae, Audubon magazine; Jillian Kogan, L.A. producer, we worked on "The Letter" together; Roger Cohn, editor of Audubon; Jackie Nichols, my dad's wife; Denise Chávez, author, organizer of Border Book Festival; Juanita Nichols, my second wife; Elizabeth Mono, ran Taos "Talk Back;" Sam Orr, screenwriter, ran OJ Sarah's Cafe in S.Fe; Bill Knief, Taos videographer; Joe Barrera, prof from Colorado Springs; Phaedra Greenwood, Taos writer; Jim Sagel, Española writer and teacher; Luis Urrea, author, teacher; Mary Powell, director of Ancient City Press, S.Fe.; Tony Bill, L.A. actor, film producer; Robin Troy, writer, daughter of my first cousin Libby (Nichols) Troy; Christine Hemp, Taos poet, fly fisher; Helen Nichols, wife of my brother Tim; Peter Davis, L.A. producer of Midnight Return; Tony Stafford, English prof. at UTEP (urging me to take visiting professor chair at UTEP); Paul Guernsey, editor at Fly Fishing Magazine (who published my eulogy for friend Mike Kimmel); Tony Huston, writer, falconer in Taos; Shirley Stark, Denver artist; Dan Gerber, author, race car driver; Cynthia Farah, photographer from El Paso; Clay McKee, Pop's best friend in Smithville, TX; John Hickenlooper, owned Wyncoop Brewery in Denver, later became Denver Mayor; Boni Bryant, realtor trying to sell my Carson Land; Lisa McAllister, my step-sister (from Pop's 3rd wife, Kathy Chalmers); Amy Loper McBride, worked for Western Colorado Congress; Richard Stavdahl, ranger at William Floyd Estate in Mastic where my dad was born; Tim Knowlton, my NY film agent; Carlos Ramirez, director UNM Los Alamos, Jim Sagel's good friend; Sean Murphy, Taos writer, prof, musician; Rachel Schectman, daughter of Loomis pal Dick Schectman; Bridget Barkley, editor at Geo Magazine; Bud Baker, Colorado Springs judge, Pop's friend; Phyllis Hotch, Taos poet, member of SOMOS; Bill Slette, caretaker of Jackie Nichols in TX; Jim Lubowitz, Taos orthopedist, who set my broken hand; Dylan Dow, Juanita Nichols' son; Kurt Russo, Kluckhon Center, Bellingham, WA; Bill Becker, CA pal, went to Nicaragua with me in '83; Willi Wood, a manager at Moby Dickens bookstore in Taos; Larry Taub, S.Fe lawyer, board of Mandelman-Ribak Foundation in Taos; Johanne Mayr, German grad student at UNM studying my work; Pat McCabe, Taos writer, poet; Dave Petersen, Durango author, elk hunter; Beth Hadas, editor at UNM Press; Sylvia Landfair, former girlfriend; Ernie Bulow, Gallup bookseller; Courtney White, Quivira Coalition; Scott Slovic, University Nevada in Reno prof, editor; Regina Sowell, friend from Montrose, CO; Lynn Ledbetter, Alabama photographer; Richard Hill, Taos mesa developer; Diane Enright, my new realtor trying to sell Carson land; Andrew Pope, agent at Curtis Brown in NY; Chris Eyre, director of "Smoke Signals;" Kathy Anderson, NY agent who became my new literary agent; Matt Krane, photographer, ski patrol, fishing guide in Breckenridge, CO; Bill Whaley, Taos publisher of Geronimo, later Horse Fly; Mike Tilley, Taos radio interviewer; María García, Taos Floresta; María Valdez, San Luis, CO, activist. Blue binder.
Dates
- 1998
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