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BOOK TOUR FOR AMERICAN BLOOD IN CHICAGO, DENVER, NEW YORK CITY, MAY-JUNE 1987

 File — Box: 173, slide-box: 12

Scope and Contents

  1. 1. Book tour, Chicago, Juanita and JTN, May 1987. Juana and me posing before lion statue, buildings, canals. (18 slides)
  2. 2. Book tour, Chicago, JTN and Juana in Art Institute, May 1987. Seurat, Georgia O'Keefe, LaChaise, Edward Hopper, Grant Wood (American Gothic), Monet's Japanese footbridge and hay bales. (19 slides)
  3. 3. Book tour, Chicago, JTN and Juana at Art Institute, May 1987. Renoir, crystal ball, William Clift photo. Juana outside with red tulips. (20 slides)
  4. 4. Book tour, Chicago, Art Institute, on plane to Chicago from Austin, May 1987. Blue & white circular café tables. (18 slides)
  5. 5. Book tour, Chicago, Guild Bookstore, May 1987. Media escort Dennis Frish. Richard Bray at Guild (run by CLP). Vicki. B.J. and Amado Peña, pals from NM--Juana worked at El Taller in Taos where Amado showed. (20 slides)
  6. 6. Book tour, Chicago, Studs Terkel and Juana and Paul Hills, May 1987. Paul Hills. Studs Terkel with Juana. At lunch and on street with Paul Hills, really nice guy. (19 slides)
  7. 7. Book tour, Chicago, Juana in Center City, May 1987. Tall buildings! Impressive atriums! Glass elevators! Skyscrapers; Juana posing; incredible architecture of State of Illinois Center. (19 slides)
  8. 8. Book tour, Chicago, center city, Civic Plaza, Joan Miró, May 1987. Remarkable elevators, outdoor sculpture, jet plane, Juana surrounded by black spikes on plaza. (18 slides)
  9. 9. Book tour, Chicago, Picasso statue, May 1987. Juana feeding pigeons; statue; funny pair of sneakers. (15 slides)
  10. 10. Book tour, Chicago, river, city at night, May 1987. JTN watching hockey on TV. View of river and buildings from hotel window. Couple night scenes. (16 slides)
  11. 11. Book tour, Chicago, Lake Michigan, May 1987. Juana silhouetted in tunnel (used in Keep It Simple). Deserted beach at lake with pair of mallard ducks. And distinguished beer bottle. (20 slides)
  12. 12. Book tour, Chicago, Lake Michigan, May 1987. Beach and same 2 ducks. Parking lot in city. Boat in river. (9 slides)
  13. 13. Book tour, Denver again, and Boulder, May 1987. Botannical gardens. Parking lot in Boulder. Juana with Freixinet champagne in Boulder. (17 slides)
  14. 14. New York City, Tim Knowlton, the Hobels, Sarah McFall at Holt, June 1987. Tim Knowlton (my film agent at Curtis Brown). Philip and Mary Ann Hobel, producers of CBS Pancho Villa mini-series. (They produced "Tender Mercies") Sarah McFall, my wonderful publicist at Holt. (20 years later, 2007, Sarah was my publicist for Empanada Brotherhood at Chronicle in San Francisco.) See my correspondence files in hese archives for many letters between me and Tim Knowlton, Philip and Mary Ann Hobel, and Sarah McFall (later Bailey). (16 slides)
  15. 15. New York City, Mike Kimmel, JTN, June 1987. My best friend Mike on Canal Street, in bathrobe in his loft. John writing something. My correspondence files have hundreds of letters between Mike and I. (14 slides)

Dates

  • MAY-JUNE 1987

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.)

General

15 SLEEVES. In Chicago we walked around, many buildings, Institute of Art museum, did book signing at Guild Books, managed by Richard Bray. Saw B.J. and Amado Peña (artist pals from NM), did Studs Terkel radio show, Paul Hills was media escort, Picasso and Miro city scultures, visited Lake Michigan. Returned to Denver and Boulder, briefly. I went alone in June to NY. Met my film agent, Tim Knowlton; also Pancho Villa mini-series producers, Philip and Mary Ann Hobel; my wonderful publicist at Holt, Sarah McFall; and my best friend Mike Kimmel at his and wife Karen Krause's 8 Beach Street loft.

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
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Albuquerque NM 87131
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