Box 132
Container
Contains 42 Results:
THE SAYINGS OF CHAIRMAN JOHN, 2006
File — Box: 132, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents
I thought I'd put together a small book of pithy quotations from all my different writings. I only got as far as this folder's 10 hand-written pages, all taken from my collected essays, Dancing on the Stones
Dates:
2006
MAPLE LEAF NOTEBOOK, 2008
File — Box: 132, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents
This little notebook has 6 pages of notes made on March 31, 2008 for a book I might write on making of the Milagro Beanfield War movie. A bad idea whose time has not come, thanks God.
Dates:
2008
PHOTO WORKSHOPS, 1982-1987
File — Box: 132, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents
This folder has 4 catalogues for the Owens Valley Photography Workshops, in 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987. These are simply to introduce the work of Ray McSavaney, John Sexton, and Bruce Barnbaum and their guest instructors. The photo reproductions in the catalogues are lovely.
Dates:
1982-1987
PHOTO WORKSHOP, 1988
File — Box: 132, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
This was my first workshop. Ray called it: The Spirit of a Land. The folder contains: 1.) A couple of 1988 Owens Valley Photography Workshop catalogues. From here on Ray always printed one of my photographs in the catalogue, along with images by all the other guest instructors. 2.) An August 1988 View Camera magazine with a Ray McSavaney portfolio selection and an interview with Ray. 3.) A list of workshop participants. 4.) A tip sheet on how to keep your cameras from being stolen. 5.) A...
Dates:
1988
PHOTO WORKSHOP, 1989
File — Box: 132, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents
This folder contains a list of workshop participants, a workshop schedule, and two catalogues for the 1989 Owens Valley Photography Workshops, and a postcard and letter from Ray to me. Our workshops were also done with Ray's photographer friend Jack Waltman, and his wife Bev: they became my good friends also. (Pages are numbered 1-5 at bottom of page.)
Dates:
1989
PHOTO WORKSHOP, 1990
File — Box: 132, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents
This folder has: 2 1990 Owens Valley Photography Workshop catalogues. A list of participants. A schedule. An expense sheet for gas and groceries, lodging and meals. A letter from Ray, Bruce, and John to workshop participants. A couple of sheets of Ray's developing and exposure suggestions. A couple of thank-you notes from participants to me. 6 letters between Ray McSavaney and me. A business card and 3 Japanese coins from workshop participant Osamu Hamada, who became a friend and correspondent....
Dates:
1990
PHOTO WORKSHOP, 1991
File — Box: 132, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents
In this folder are: 2 1991 Ray McSavaney Photographic Workshop catalogues (the workshop name has changed). A list of participants. A schedule for the workshop. One letter from Ray to me. And my hand-written list of Ray's images intended for his book, Explorations. (Pages are numbered 1-4 at bottom.)
Dates:
1991
PHOTO WORKSHOP, 1992
File — Box: 132, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents
Woops. This folder has no list of participants. All it has are 2 Ray Mcsavaney 1992 Photographic Workshop catalogues, and 8 letters (one is a postcard) between Ray and me. He was seeking to publish his book, Explorations, for which I would do a short forward. Copy of that forward in galleys is included here. There is also a letter from Ray to workshop participants announcing publication of his book, Explorations, coming in 1993. (Pages are numbered 1-10 at bottom.)
Dates:
1992
PHOTO WORKSHOP, 1993
File — Box: 132, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents
Folder contents are: A 1993 catalogue for the Ray McSavaney Photographic Workshops. A list of participants. A schedule. Several of Ray's detailed instructions for making an image, selecting film. One note from me to Ray. Also a lovely brochure with 7 images announcing Ray's book, Explorations. (Pages are numbered 1-10 at bottom of page.)
Dates:
1993
PHOTO WORKSHOP, 1994
File — Box: 132, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents
This folder has: A 1994 Ray McSavaney Photographic Workshop catalogue. A list of participants. A schedule. A note to me from Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, relating to the workshop. (Pages numbered 1-3 at bottom of page.)
Dates:
1994
PHOTO WORKSHOP, 1996
File — Box: 132, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents
I did not participate in a 1995 or 1996 workshop because I had multiple health problems. This folder contains only a copy of View Camera magazine, July/August 1996 with a Ray McSavaney image on the cover, and a portfolio of his images on pages 4-11.
Dates:
1996
PHOTO WORKSHOP, 1997
File — Box: 132, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents
I made a comeback to The Spirit of a Land workshop in 1997. This folder has a 1995 and 1996 catalogue as well as a 1997 Ray McSavaney Photographic Workshop catalogue with one of my pictures in it. There is also a list of participants, a schedule, and maps of Taos. Plus 2 letters between Ray and me. And a beautiful miniature silverpoint (?) drawing by Ray that he gave to me. A pamphlet on a lecture by Joel Meyerowitz that Ray gave to me; Meyerowitz was my hero, especially his book, "A Summer's...
Dates:
1997
PHOTO WORKSHOP, 1998
File — Box: 132, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents
The only things in this folder are a 1998 catalogue for the Ray McSavaney Photographic Workshops and a 1999 and 2000 catalogue. Also a 2-page December 4, 1998 letter from me to Ray. But the Spirit of a Land workshops ended simply because there was not enough interest. I had a lot of good times with Ray and friends Jack and Bev Waltman over the decade in these workshops.
Dates:
1998
PHONE MESSAGES, 1994
File — Box: 132
Scope and Contents
62 pages. These scattered messages were written by myself or my wife. In 1994 I started the year with endocarditis, almost died, got remarried end of January, taught creative writing at UNM, published Conjugal Bliss, did a spring book tour locked in congestive heart failure, had open-heart surgery on May 3rd, then tried to recover. Tough year. A few names not identified above: Alex Shoumatoff, author of many books, writer for Vanity Fair, New Yorker; Eric Patterson, my Burque...
Dates:
1994
PHONE MESSAGES, 1996
File — Box: 132
Scope and Contents
118 pages. During this year I went to Sevilla, Spain in February, got divorced in July, climbed Lake Fork Peak for the first time, worked on screenplays, and struggled (unsuccessfully) to write a novel, The Voice of the Butterfly. Some name identifications not mentioned previously: Elizabeth Mono, ran Taos program called "Talk Back;" Demetria Martínez, author of "Mother Tongue;" Tania Nichols, my daughter; Letty Naranjo, director of S.Fe Literacy Program; Jim and Mary Ciletti,...
Dates:
1996
PHONE MESSAGES, 1997
File — Box: 132
Scope and Contents
156 pages. I was supposed to return to Hamilton College for a week of workshops in January (or Feb?), but got very sick, and went back there in April instead. Worked on novels, screenplay for Midnight Return, wrote 2 articles for Audubon Magazine, including an elegy for my dad, "A Man for All Seasons." Visited my father in Smithville, TX with my 2 brothers in January, and by myself in November. Most of the phone messages seem personal from just a few friends; my professional life was slowing...
Dates:
1997
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...
Dates:
1998