Clearcut Notes, 1971
File — Box: 15, Folder: 3
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This collection is organized into five series: Awards, Grants, Publicity; Correspondence; Research, Notes, Clippings, and Articles; Full-Length Manuscripts; and Audio Recordings.
Awards, Grants, Publicity: This series includes the application materials Wood assembled for various grants, including Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. Wood was awarded a substantial grant from the Colorado Bicentennial Commission in 1976 to fund Grassroots People; in 1987 the Museum of New Mexico awarded her a large grant to support her Taos Pueblo photography; and she won an NEA fellowship in literature in 1988 for “The Soledad Crucifixion" (published as Soledad in 2012). Her unsuccessful 1974 Guggenheim application would have funded an historical novel on Taos Pueblo. The series also includes materials from a 2012 NEA application which would fund a narrative poem on the Spanish Inquisition in New Mexico.
Correspondence: This series holds materials that reflect Wood’s professional and personal life. This series is subdivided into: Publishers; Agents; General; Appraisers/Collectors; and Teaching. Included are letters sent to Wood and carbons of letters written by Wood. Several folders contain correspondence between Wood and her agent and close friend Marie Rodell.
Research, Notes, Clippings, and Articles: Wood wrote and sold a number of articles in the 1960’s and early 1970’s before focusing exclusively on books. Most of the articles are about Colorado towns and Western themes. Subjects include environmental issues like deforestation, cattle ranching, nuclear energy, and radioactive pollution. Wood collaborated with members of the Sierra Club to publish articles about conservation and the timber industry. Wood published several profiles of Colorado cowboys and wild horses. This series includes one oversized box containing scrapbooks with Wood’s early work for the Beachcomber and the New York Times.
Manuscripts - Full Length: Ms. Wood’s work includes fiction, non-fiction, photography, children’s literature, poetry and an edited collection. Full length manuscripts are arranged chronologically. Wood collaborated with her photographer-husband Myron Wood on her first three books. The manuscripts are: Central City: A Ballad of the West; Little Wrangler; Colorado: Big Mountain Country; The Last Five Dollar Baby; Hollering Sun; Clearcut: The Deforestation of America; Many Winters; In This Proud Land; The King of Liberty Bend; The Man Who Gave Thunder to the Earth; The Grass Roots People; War Cry on a Prayer Feather; When Buffalo Free the Mountains; Heartland New Mexico; Taos Pueblo; Spirit Walker; Dancing Moons; The Girl Who Loved Coyotes; Shaman’s Circle; The Serpent’s Tongue; Sacred Fire; Thunderwoman; How the Tiny People Grew Tall; Mr. and Mrs. God; Old Coyote; Eye of the West; We Became as Mountains.
Correspondence with Roy Stryker is included with manuscript material for In This Proud Land, which was a collaboration between Wood and Stryker. Wood’s most well-known publication treating her experience on the Ute Indian Reservation is When Buffalo Free the Mountains. Several of her publications were deeply influenced by her relationships with several members of the Taos Pueblo; most well-known is the book of photography, Taos Pueblo. The libel suit brought against Wood for her work on the Ute people can be found among the materials for War Cry on a Prayer Feather, one of two books that she wrote on the Ute.
Audio Recordings: This series contains oral histories with members of the Taos Pueblo and with FSA photographers. Included are interviews with John Collier, Jr. and Russell Lee, as well as an oral history with Ms. Wood dated February 9, 2012.
Awards, Grants, Publicity: This series includes the application materials Wood assembled for various grants, including Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. Wood was awarded a substantial grant from the Colorado Bicentennial Commission in 1976 to fund Grassroots People; in 1987 the Museum of New Mexico awarded her a large grant to support her Taos Pueblo photography; and she won an NEA fellowship in literature in 1988 for “The Soledad Crucifixion" (published as Soledad in 2012). Her unsuccessful 1974 Guggenheim application would have funded an historical novel on Taos Pueblo. The series also includes materials from a 2012 NEA application which would fund a narrative poem on the Spanish Inquisition in New Mexico.
Correspondence: This series holds materials that reflect Wood’s professional and personal life. This series is subdivided into: Publishers; Agents; General; Appraisers/Collectors; and Teaching. Included are letters sent to Wood and carbons of letters written by Wood. Several folders contain correspondence between Wood and her agent and close friend Marie Rodell.
Research, Notes, Clippings, and Articles: Wood wrote and sold a number of articles in the 1960’s and early 1970’s before focusing exclusively on books. Most of the articles are about Colorado towns and Western themes. Subjects include environmental issues like deforestation, cattle ranching, nuclear energy, and radioactive pollution. Wood collaborated with members of the Sierra Club to publish articles about conservation and the timber industry. Wood published several profiles of Colorado cowboys and wild horses. This series includes one oversized box containing scrapbooks with Wood’s early work for the Beachcomber and the New York Times.
Manuscripts - Full Length: Ms. Wood’s work includes fiction, non-fiction, photography, children’s literature, poetry and an edited collection. Full length manuscripts are arranged chronologically. Wood collaborated with her photographer-husband Myron Wood on her first three books. The manuscripts are: Central City: A Ballad of the West; Little Wrangler; Colorado: Big Mountain Country; The Last Five Dollar Baby; Hollering Sun; Clearcut: The Deforestation of America; Many Winters; In This Proud Land; The King of Liberty Bend; The Man Who Gave Thunder to the Earth; The Grass Roots People; War Cry on a Prayer Feather; When Buffalo Free the Mountains; Heartland New Mexico; Taos Pueblo; Spirit Walker; Dancing Moons; The Girl Who Loved Coyotes; Shaman’s Circle; The Serpent’s Tongue; Sacred Fire; Thunderwoman; How the Tiny People Grew Tall; Mr. and Mrs. God; Old Coyote; Eye of the West; We Became as Mountains.
Correspondence with Roy Stryker is included with manuscript material for In This Proud Land, which was a collaboration between Wood and Stryker. Wood’s most well-known publication treating her experience on the Ute Indian Reservation is When Buffalo Free the Mountains. Several of her publications were deeply influenced by her relationships with several members of the Taos Pueblo; most well-known is the book of photography, Taos Pueblo. The libel suit brought against Wood for her work on the Ute people can be found among the materials for War Cry on a Prayer Feather, one of two books that she wrote on the Ute.
Audio Recordings: This series contains oral histories with members of the Taos Pueblo and with FSA photographers. Included are interviews with John Collier, Jr. and Russell Lee, as well as an oral history with Ms. Wood dated February 9, 2012.
Dates
- 1971
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 30 Boxes (27.5 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