Nick Lyons ephemera collection, 1932-2005

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Lyons, Nick
Title
Nick Lyons ephemera collection
Dates
1932-2005 (inclusive)
Quantity
16.8 linear feet
Collection Number
2475
Summary
The Nick Lyons Ephemera Collection includes the corporate history of the Lyons Press, represented by the by-laws, assorted minutes, contracts and agreements with authors, business plans, financial papers, and investors and publisher agreements. Original editorial manuscripts of books published by Lyons Press and bound advance uncorrected proofs and galley prints, a full set of autographed catalogs, promotional materials, and company memos are included. Also received were over 320 subject files for prominent authors and artists. In addition, the collection includes numerous original rough drafts, with notes and handwritten editorial notations, of articles and columns written by Nick Lyons. Also contained in the collection are original art works, photographs, and personal memorabilia.
Repository
Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Languages
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Nick Lyons was born on June 5, 1932 in New York, New York. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, Bard College, and the University of Michigan, from which he earned a doctorate in 1963. Lyons married artist Mari Blumenau (1935-2016) in 1957 and the couple had four children; Paul, Charles, Jennifer, and Anthony (Tony). Lyons' academic career began at the University of Michigan where he taught English prior to accepting a position at the Hunter College of the City University of New York in 1961. He remained on the faculty of CUNY until 1988. He also worked as the executive editor of Crown Publishers from 1964-1974. An avid fisherman, Lyons found a way to combine his avocation and profession in 1977 when he created his first publishing company, Nick Lyons Books, as an American subsidiary of the British publisher Benn Brothers Ltd. In 1984, he bought out the subsidiary rights and incorporated as Nick Lyons Books, Inc. The company earned a reputation as one of the premier publishers of fishing books, but it also printed works on nature, camping, adventure, gardening, woodworking, travel, the sea, history, food and wine, art and reference, hunting, general sport, and a few fiction titles. In 1989, in partnership with Peter Burford the name was changed to Lyons and Burford, Publishers. When Peter Burford left the company in 1997, it became the Lyons Press. In 1999, Tony Lyons, Nick's son, took over as President and Publisher of the firm with Nick remaining as Chairman of the Board. During its final full year of production in 2000, Lyons Press published 190 titles and had sales estimated at more than seven million dollars. In 2001 Lyons Press was acquired by Globe Pequot Press of Guilford, Connecticut. As well as being a book publisher, Nick Lyons is a prolific writer and has produced several books on fly fishing. He has written introductions, forewords, and prefaces for many Lyons Press books and also had a feature column of essays named the "Seasonable Angler" in Fly Fisherman Magazine for many years. Lyons has written articles for many other periodicals including Field and Stream and the New York Times, and several anthologies of these essays have been published. He is also a frequent speaker at functions devoted to fishing, including museum openings, conventions, and meetings of assorted fly fishing organizations and clubs.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Lyons collection includes the corporate history of the firm represented by the by-laws, assorted minutes, contracts and agreements with authors, business plans, financial papers, and investors and publisher agreements. Original editorial manuscripts of books published by Lyons Press and bound advance uncorrected proofs and galley prints, a full set of autographed catalogs, promotional materials, and company memos are included. Also received were over 320 subject files for prominent authors and artists including Art Flick, Charles Brooks, John Troy, Tom McGuane, Paul Schullery, Ed Zern, Len Wright, Valerie Haig-Brown, and Verlyn Klinkenborg. Some were great friends and some were business associates. In addition, the collection includes numerous original rough drafts, with notes and handwritten editorial notations, of articles and columns written by Nick Lyons for publications including the Fly Fisherman Magazine, Field and Stream, and the New York Times; introductions, prefaces and forewords for many prominent fly fishing books; edited speech notes and cards for talks at meetings of Trout Unlimited chapters, the Anglers Club of New York, the American Museum of Fly Fishing, and conventions of organizations and companies related to fishing and publishing. Also contained in the collection are original art works, photographs, and personal memorabilia.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish any documents created by Nick Lyons and unpublished prior to February 23, 2005 cannot be granted by Montana State University, and Montana State University holds no copyright of any kind for any material created by parties other than Nick Lyons, including (but not limited to) literary or manuscript copyright or copyright in any of the works of art. All Nick Lyons Books, Lyons and Burford, and The Lyons Press corporate historical documents and all original.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Series 1 Nick Lyons Books, Lyons and Burford and Lyons Press Records 1971-2002

Series 2 Author Subject Files, 1932-2005

Series 3 Nick Lyons Writings, Articles, and Speeches

Series 4 Artwork, Photographs and Personal Ephemera

Acquisition Information

The records of Nick Lyons' publishing and writing career were acquired from Tony Lyons on February 23, 2005. Nick Lyons is a well-known as a publisher of sports books especially in the field of fly fishing and the author of numerous angling books.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 May 21

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

1:  Nick Lyons Books, Lyons & Burford and The Lyons Press Records, 1971-2002Return to Top

Business plans, financial records, minutes of directors and shareholders meetings, agreements and financial by-outs between individuals and corporations. Notes and memos to Tony Lyons and other staff members, various day to day materials with handwritten notations by Nick Lyons including correspondence, advertising materials, book proposals, etc. Also present are Nick Lyons' agreement to become an editorial consultant for Crown Publishers in 1971 and other publishers' agreements. Draft and final contracts, agreements, and negotiations are arranged alphabetically by author. Also present are all company catalogues (autographed by Nick and Tony), many original manuscripts with editor/proofreader remarks and changes, book proposals, bound advance uncorrected proofs and galley prints (Lyons publications are autographed and meant for reviewers), and miscellaneous promotional materials.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Handwritten summary of collection and draft overview of Lyons Press by Nick Lyons
1 2
Benn Brothers Inc. - business plans and agreements, correspondence
1977-1984
1 3
By-laws, business plan for prospective investors, related correspondence
1 4
Minutes - Board of Directors (incomplete)
1985-2000
1 5
Minutes - Shareholders (incomplete)
1984-1999
1 6
Financial statements, loans, and business plans
1982-1984
1 7
Financial statements, loans, and business plans
1984-1991
1 8
Financial statements, loans, and business plans
1992-1996
2 1
Financial statements, loans, and business plans
1997-2002
2 2
Business agreements, by-outs, and shareholders agreements
2 3
Business agreements, correspondence, associated papers - other publishers
1971-1998
2 4-6
Nick Lyons memos and notes assorted - from day to day operations
3 1
Contracts, agreements, and negotiations : A-B
3 2
Contracts, agreements, and negotiations : C-E
3 3
Contracts, agreements, and negotiations : F-H
3 4
Contracts, agreements, and negotiations : I-K
3 5
Contracts, agreements, and negotiations : L
3 6
Contracts, agreements, and negotiations : Lyons, Nick
4 1
Contracts, agreements, and negotiations : M-O
4 2
Contracts, agreements, and negotiations : P-R
4 3
Contracts, agreements, and negotiations : S-U
4 4
Contracts, agreements, and negotiations : V-Z
4 5
Catalogs - Nick Lyons Books
1983-1988
4 6
Catalogs - Lyons & Burford Publishers
1989-1991
5 1
Catalogs - Lyons & Burford Publishers
1992-1994
5 2
Catalogs - Lyons & Burford Publishers
1995-1997
5 3
Catalogs - Lyons Press
1998-1999
5 4
Catalogs - Lyons Press
2000-2001 Winter
5 5
Catalogs - Lyons Press
2001 Spring-2002 Summer
6 1
Catalogs - miscellaneous publishing companies
6 2
Fliers, broadsheets, newsletters
6 3
Public relations: news releases, magazine and newspaper articles, photographs
6 4
Reviews, opinion pieces
6 5
Barich, Bill. Crazy for Rivers - original manuscript
1999
6 6
Brennan, Carlene F. Hemingway and His World of Cats and Dogs - book proposal
2004
6 7
Campbell, A.J. Dripping with Pride - manuscript submitted (unpublished)
2000
6 8
Cole, John. Tarpon Quest - original manuscript
1991
6 9
Fromm, Pete. Blood Knot - blue line copies
1998
7 1-4
Hemingway, Jack. A Life Worth Living - original manuscript
2002
7 5-7
Kittredge, William. Montana Spaces: essays in celebration of Montana - manuscript
1988
7 8
Klinkenborg, Verlyn. Making Hay - first draft manuscript
1986
8 1
Lyons, Nick, Editor. Hemingway on Fishing - notes, research papers, promotions
2000
8 2
Lyons, Nick, Editor. Hemingway on Fishing - manuscript in progress materials
8 3
Lyons, Nick, Editor. Hemingway on Fishing - foreword, Jack Hemingway - drafts
8 4
Lyons, Nick, Editor. Hemingway on Fishing - acknowledgment, Nick Lyons - draft
8 5
Lyons, Nick, Editor. Hemingway on Fishing - introduction, Nick Lyons - drafts
8 6
Lyons, Nick, Editor. Hemingway on Fishing - bibliography drafts
8 7
Lyons, Nick, Editor. Hemingway on Fishing - Hemingway writings used
8 8
Lyons, Nick, Editor. Hemingway on Fishing - Hemingway writings not used
8 9
Lyons, Nick, Editor. Hemingway on Fishing - Hemingway collected journal entries
8 10
Lyons, Nick, Editor. Hemingway on Fishing - photocopy prints of photos w/captions
8 11
Lyons, Nick, Editor. Hemingway on Fishing - photocopy prints not used
8 12
Lyons, Nick, Editor. Hemingway on Fishing - photo research w/photocopies of pictures
8 13
Lyons, Nick In Praise of Wild Trout - blue line copies
1998
9 1
Madison, Larry, photographer; text by Nick Lyons. Trout River - drafts of text
1988
9 2
McGuane, Thomas. Some Horses - original manuscript
1999
9 3
Prosek, James. "In the Wake of Walton," senior essay, Yale University (sent to Tony Lyons)
1996
9 4
Prosek, James. Joe and Me - promo /informational materials from Wm Morrow Co.
1997
9 5
Prosek, James. Joe and Me: an Education in fishing and friendship-galley, B&W
1997
9 6
Prosek, James. Joe and Me : an Education in fishing and friendship- galley, color
1997
10 1-6
Van Put, Ed. The Beaverkill - manuscript The Beaverkill - manuscript
1996
10 7
Wright, Leonard M. Stonefly and Caddis Fly-fishing - original manuscript
1991
10 8
Book - Schmidt, Bill Hooks for the Fly: a Tier's Reference Guide, Piscator Publishing
1997
10 9
Japanese book by Bando, Yuki. American Bamboo Rod Builders, with letter and note
circa 1999
11
Babb, James R. Crosscurrents: a Fly Fisher's Progress
1999
11
Babb, James R. Fly - Fishin' Fool
2005
11
Babb, James R. River Music: a Fly Fisher's For Seasons
2001
11
Barich, Bill. Crazy for Rivers
1999
11
Barich, Bill. The Sporting Life: Horses, Boxers, Rivers and a Russian Ballclub
1999
11
Bass, Rick. The New Wolves
1998
11
Burton, Mallory. Green River Virgins and Other Passionate Anglers
2000
11
De la Valdene, Guy. For a Handful of Feathers. Atlantic Monthly Press
1995
11
Detweiler, M. David. Evenings along the Stream. Stackpole Books
1990
11
Ellis, Ron. Cogan's Woods. Pruett Publishing Co.
2001
11
Fromm, Pete. Blood Knot
1998
11
Fromm, Pete. Dry Rain
1997
11
Fromm, Pete. Night Swimming Stories. Picador USA
1999
11
Gierach, John. Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders. Simon & Schuster
2000
11
Gierach, John. Fishing Bamboo
1997
11
Gierach, John. Good Flies: Favorite Trout Patterns and How They Got that Way
2000
11
Goddard, John. John Goddard's Trout-Fishing Techniques
1996
11
Heywood, Joseph. The Snowfly, a novel
2000
11
Lee, Robert. Guiding Elliott, a novel
1997
11
Lyons, Nick, Ed. In Praise of Wild Trout
1998
11
Lyons, Nick. My Secret Fishing Life. Atlantic Monthly Press
1999
11
Lyons, Nick, Compiler and Editor. The Quotable Fisherman
1998
12
Maclean, John N. Fire on the Mountain. Wm. Morrow and Co.
1999
12
Martin, Darrel. The Fly Fisher's Illustrated Dictionary
2000
12
Mathews, Craig. Western Fly-Fishing Strategies
1998
12
McClane, A. J. McClane's Secrets of Successful Fishing. Holt, Rinehart, Winston
1979
12
McGuane, Thomas. Some Horses
1999
12
McInerney, Jay. Bacchus & Me: Adventures in the Wine Cellar
2000
12
Moore, Kathleen Dean. Riverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water
1995
12
Morrow, Bradford. Giovanni's Gift. Viking
1996
12
Norman, Seth. The Fly Fisher's Guide to Crimes of Passion
2000
12
Nova, Craig. Brook Trout and the Writing Life
1999
12
O'Brien, Dan. The Contract Surgeon
1999
12
Olsson, Jennifer. Cast Again: Tales of a Fly-Fishing Guide
1996
12
Page, Margot. Little Rivers: Tales of a Woman Angler
1995
12
Plummer, William. Wishing My Father Well: a Memoir of Fathers, Sons and Flyfishing. Overlook Press
2000
12
Probert, Richard Ezra. Archie's Way: a Memoir of Craftsmanship and Friendship
1998
12
Proper, Datus. Running Waters
2001
12
Prosek, James. The Complete Angler: a Connecticut Yankee Follows in the Footsteps of Walton. Harper Collins
1999
12
Prosek, James. Fly-Fishing the 41st: around the world on the 41st parallel. Harper Collins
12
Quammen, David. Song of the Dodo Scribner (advanced reader's excerpt)
1996
13
Quinnett, Paul. Fishing Lessons: Insights, Fun and Philosophy from a Passionate Angler. Andrews McMeel Publishing
1998
13
Randolph, John. Becoming a Fly Fisher: From Brookie Days to the Tenth Level
2002
13
Raymond, Steve. Rivers of the Heart: a Fly-Fishing Memoir (2 copies)
1998
13
Richler, Mordecai. On Snooker
2001
13
Sandor, Marjorie. The Night Gardener
1999
13
Schullery, Paul. Royal Coachman: the Lore and Legends of Fly-Fishing Simon & Schuster
1999
13
Schullery, Paul. Shupton's Fancy: a Tale of the Fly-Fishing Obsession Stackpole Books
1996
13
Sloan, Stephen. Fly Fishing is Spoken Here
2003
13
Swisher, Doug and Richards, Carl. Back-country Fly Fishing in Salt Water
1994
13
Thomas, E. Donnall, Jr. Dream Fish and Road Trips
1996
13
Tidwell, Mike. Amazon Stranger
1996
13
Waldie, Scott. Travers Corners
1997
13
Wetherell, W.D. One River More
1998
13
White, Randy Wayne. The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua
1998
13
Wright, Leonard M., Jr. Trout Maverick: Fly-Fishing Heresies and Tactics
1996
13
Wulff, Joan. Joan Wulff's Fly-Casting Accuracy
1997
13
Wulff, Joan. La Precisione nel Lancio. GEA (Italian version of above title)
1999

2:  Author Subject Files, 1932-2005Return to Top

This series contains the author subject files received in the collection. Subjects of the files may be an individual, publication, or organization. The files are arranged in alphabetical order by author name in addition to files for outdoor authors and artists, other publishers, and fans. (A group of unsorted letters have been interfiled as appropriate). Contents may include personal or professional correspondence between the author, Lyons publications, and/or Nick Lyons. Many contain enclosures. The nature of the enclosures may include drafts of works in progress, editorial suggestions and requests, art work, postcards, photographs, tied flies, greeting cards, biographical questionnaires, copies of magazine or newspaper articles or assorted ephemera.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
14 1
Affre, Pierre
14 2
Allen, Gordon
14 3
Almy, Gerald
14 4
American Museum of Fly Fishing
14 5
Angler's Club of New York
14 6
Apte, Stu
14 7
Atkinson, R. Valentine
14 8
Attaway, Roy
14 9
Austin, Terry
14 10
Babb, Jim
14 11
Bachman, Robert
14 12
Baker, Palmer
14 13
Bam, Foster
14 14-15
Barich, Bill
15 1
Barnes, Duncan
15 2
Barrett, Peter
15 3
Barseness, John
15 4
Bashline, L. James
15 5
Bass, Rick
15 6
Baughman, Mike
15 7
Beaseley, David
15 8
Beck, Cathy
15 9
Begos, Kevin
15 10
Behnke, Robert
15 11-12
Benn, Timothy
15 13
Berls, Robert
15 14
Best, A.K.
16 1-2
Bodio, Steve
16 3
Bonavist, Tony
16 4
Borger, Gary
16 5
Bowers, Bill
16 6
Boyle, Robert
16 7
Braithwaite, Jack
16 8
Brander, Mike
16 9
Brooks, Charles E.
16 10
Brown, Dick
16 11
Bryan, John
16 12
Bryant, Nelson
16 13
Buck, Dick
17 1-2
Burford, Peter
17 3
Burger, Knox
17 4
Burnett, David
17 5
Burroughs, Franklin
17 6
Burton, Mallory
17 7
Butler, Jim
17 8
Calabi, Silvio
17 9
Callaghan, Dan
17 10
Cameron, Angus
17 11
Camuto, Chris
17 12
Cardenas, Jeffrey
17 13
Carmichael, Hoagy
17 14
Carter, Jimmy
17 15
Carty, David
17 16
Casada, Jim
17 17
Cassell, Jay
18 1
Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum
18 2
Chatham, Russell
18 3
Cicere, Andrew
18 4
Circle, Homer
18 5
Clarke, Bryan
18 6
Clarke, C.D.
18 7
Cole, John
18 8
Combs, Trey
18 9
Cone, Arthur
18 10
Cooke, Barrie
18 11-12
Coykendall, Ralf
18 13
Craighead, John
18 14
Crockett, Mike
18 15
Cunningham, Rip
19 1
DeMott, Bob
19 2
Dennis, Jerry
19 3
Despommier, Dickson
19 4
Detweiler, David
19 5
Di Benedetto, Catherine
19 6
Dick, Lenox
19 7
Droetto, Angelo
19 8
Earnhardt, Tom
19 9
Elliott, Charles
19 10
Ellis, Jack
19 11
Ellis, Ron
19 12
Engels, John
19 13
Fergus, Charles
19 14
Fergus, Jim
19 15
Field & Stream
19 16
Fisher, Jon
19 17
Flick, Art
19 18
Fly Fisherman. Historical Times
20 1
Foote, Tim
20 2
Ford, Richard
20 3
Fornelli, Joe
20 4
Fox, Charlie
20 5
Francis, A.M. (Mac)
20 6
Fromm, Pete
20 7
Garfield, Curt
20 8
Gauvin, Charles
20 9
Gibson, Barry
20 10-11
 Gierach, John
20 12
Goddard, John
20 13
Golad, Frank
20 14
Graves, John
20 15
Gresham, Grits
20 16
Grooms, Steve
20 17
Groth, John
20 18
Grover, Jan Zita
20 19
Haas, Evelyn
20 20
Haig-Brown, Valerie
21 1
Hamm, Jim
21 2
Hammond, Bryn
21 3
Hardie, Eldridge
21 4
Harrison, Jim
21 5
Harvey, George
21 6
Hasselstrom, Kinda
21 7
Hederstierna, Claes
21 8
Hemingway, Jack
21 9
Henderson, Dave
21 10
Hepworth, Jim
21 11
Hill, Gene
21 12
Hoagland, Edward
21 13
Holt, John
21 14
Houk, Stuart N.
21 15
Hughes, Dave
21 16
Hummel, Kermit
21 17
Humphrey, Bill
21 18
Hyde, Elizabeth Walden
21 19
Iwamasa, Ken
21 20
Janes, Edward C. (Ted)
22 1
Jardine, Charles
22 2
Jelinski, Jack
22 3
Jones, Allen
22 4
Jones, Robert F.
22 5
Karas, Nick
22 6
Katz, Merrill "Doc"
22 7
Kaufmann, William
22 8
Kawatski, Diane
22 9
Keller, Mitch
22 10
Kelly, T.H. Jr. (Tom)
22 11
Kessler, Herman
22 12
Kittredge, William
22 13
Klausmeyer, David
22 14-15
Klinkenborg, Verlyn
22 16
Knowles, Justin
22 17
Kreh, Lefty
22 18
Krieger, Mel
23 1
LaFontaine, Gary
23 2
Laidlaw, Bret
23 3
Lea, Syd
23 4
Lee, Art
23 5
Lee, Robert
23 6-7
Leeson, Ted
23 8
Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher
23 9
Leiser, Eric
23 10
Lembke, Janet
24 1
Leonard, Edson
24 2
Lilly, Bud
24 3
Lopez, Barry
24 4
Lowry, Beverly
24 5
Lyman, Henry
24 6-9
Lyons, Nick
24 10
Maclean, John
24 11
Maclean, Norman
25 1
Madison, Larry
25 2
Madson, John
25 3
Manocchia, Adriano
25 4
Marden, Luis
25 5
Marinaro, Vincent
25 6-7
Martin, Darrell
25 8-9
Mathews, Craig
25 10
Matthiessen, Peter
25 11
McCarthy, Terry
25 12
McClane, A.J. (Al)
26 1
McCloskey, Bill
26 2
McDonald, John
26 3
McGuane, Tom
26 4
McManus, Patrick
26 5
McPhee, John
26 6
Mele, Frank
26 7
Melner, Sam
26 8
Merritt, Jim
26 9
Merwin, John
26 10
Metz, Robert
26 11
Meyers, Charlie
26 12
Meyers, Steve
26 13
Middleton, Harry
26 14
Migdalski, Ed
26 15
Migel, Mike
26 16
Migliore, Joe
26 17
Montaigne, Fen
26 18
Morris, Holly
26 19
Morris, Skip
27 1
Mort, Terry
27 2
Morton, Bruce
27 3
Moser, Ron
27 4
Mosher, Howard Frank
27 5
Murray, Harry
27 6
Neff, Sid
27 7
Niemeyer, Ted
27 8
Norman, Geoffrey
27 9
Norman, Seth
27 10
Nova, Craig
27 11
O'Brien, Dan
27 12
O'Kelly, Sebastian
27 13
O'Neil, Michael
27 14
Oelgart, Ike
27 15
Oertli, Alfred G.
27 16
Ogelsby, Arthur
27 17
Olsson, Jennifer
27 18
Page, Margot
27 19
Palmer, Tom
28 1
Patterson, Neil
28 2
Paugh, Tom
28 3
Pequignot, John-Paul
28 4
Perkins, Leigh & family members
28 5
Pero, Tom
28 6
Petzal, Dave
28 7
Pfeiffer, C. Boyd
28 8
Pisarro, Joe
28 9
Plimpton, George
28 10
Plummer, William
28 11
Pobst, Dick
28 12
Proper, Datus
28 13
Prosek, James
28 14
Proulx, E. Annie
28 15
Quammen, David
28 16
Quesada, Luis
28 17
Raban, Jonathan
28 18
Raines, Howell
28 19
Randolph, John
29 1
Raymond, Steve
29 2
Reiger, George
29 3
Richards, Carl
29 4
Richardson, W.F.
29 5
Richler, Mordecai
29 6
Ritz, Charles C.
29 7
Robinson, Alan James
29 8
Rogers, Neal
29 9
Rosenbauer, Tom
29 10
Rowan, Roy
29 11
Rowen, John
30 1
Rubin, Louis
30 2
Russell, Andy
30 3
Ryan, Will
30 4
Saile, Bob
30 5
Salmon, Dick
30 6
Samson, Jack
30 7
Sandor, Marjorie
30 8
Scheck, Art
30 9
Schreiber, Le Ann
30 10
Schullery, Paul
30 11
Schullery, Paul (cont.)
30 12
Schwiebert, Ernest
30 13
Seybold, David
30 14
Shaw, Helen
30 15
Sheldon, Harold P
31 1
Sherwood, Patricia
31 2
Shultz, Terry
31 3
Siegel, Henry
31 4
Sosin, Mark
31 5
Soucie, Gary
31 6-7
Sparse Grey Hackle (Miller, Alfred W.)
31 8
Stearns, Bob
31 9
Stewart, Dick
31 10
Stinehour Press
31 11
Sutcliffe, Tom
31 12
Swisher, Doug
31 13
Tabory, Lou
31 14
Taft, Dave
32 1-2
Talleur, Dick
32 3
Tanner, Gary
32 4
Tapply, Bill
32 5
Tapply, H.G.
32 6
Taylor, Bernie
32 7
Taylor, Bill
32 8
Thomas, E. Donnell
32 9
Tidwell, Mike
32 10
Tillenius, Clarence
32 11
Timken, Jane
32 12
Tolnay, Tom
33 1
Traver, Robert (Voelker, John)
33 2
Troth, Al
33 3
Troy, John
33 4
Trueblood, Ted
33 5
Tullis, Larry
33 6
Underwood, Lamar
33 7
Van Put, Ed
33 8
Vance, Joel
33 9
Vletas, Steve & Kim
33 10
Volcker, Paul
33 11
Waddell, Ted
33 12
Waldie, Scott
33 13
Waldman, Jonathan
33 14
Walinchus, Rod
33 15
Wallace, David Rains
33 16
Warner, William
33 17
Waslick, Mark
33 18
Waterman, Charlie
33 19
Wechsler, Charles
33 20
Wegman, William
33 21
Wetherell, Walt
33 22
Wethern, Bob
33 23
White, Randy Wayne
33 24
White, Slaton
34 1
Whitlock, Dave
34 2
Wickstrom, Gordon
34 3
Willers, Bill
34 4
Williams, Ted
34 5
Wilson, Dermot
34 6
Winchester Press
34 7
Wood, Charles B., III
34 8
Woods, Craig
34 9
Woolner, Frank
34 10
Wright, Leonard M
34 11
Wulff, Joan
34 12
Wulff, Lee
35 1-2
Zern, Ed
35 3
Assorted book collectors
35 4
Assorted fan letters, thank you notes, requests for appearances, etc.
35 5
Assorted other publishers: A-G
35 6
Assorted other publishers: H-O
36 1
Assorted other publishers: P-Z
36 2
Assorted outdoor artists
36 3
Assorted outdoor authors: A-G
36 4
Assorted outdoor authors: H-O
36 5
Assorted outdoor authors: P-Z

3:  Nick Lyons Writings, Articles, and SpeechesReturn to Top

A collection of hand written and typed manuscript drafts with numerous editorial notes and corrections of Lyons' essays, articles, forewords, introductions, prefaces of books, and speaking engagements. Speaking notes frequently have several drafts and editorial notes on full pages or 5x7 speech cards. Where publications and dates have been determined the materials are by publication in chronological order. There are also miscellaneous writings and unidentified articles with publication unknown. Dates of most speaking engagements are listed or identified by content.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
37 1
Article: "The View from Manhattan; On the Death of My Underwood Standard" for Big Sky Journal
circa 2001
37 2
Article: "The Big Fly," Field & Stream (galley copy)
1990 August
37 3
Article: "Sizing Up New Rivers," Field & Stream
1993 May
37 4
Article: "A Fisherman's Childhood in Brooklyn," Field & Stream
1994 January
37 5
Article: "The Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer," Field & Stream
1994 July
37 6
Article: " Connections," Field & Stream
1996 April
37 7
Article: "On Outdoor Re-Creation," Field & Stream
1996 Winter
37 8
Article: "Leon Chandler: Fly Fishing's Johnny Appleseed," Field & Stream
undated
37 9
Article: "On Wearing a Tie While Fishing," Fly Fishing News
undated
37 10
Article: "I AM Emma Woodhouse," Forbes
circa 2001
37 11
Article: "New Kafka Novel Soars," National Book Critics Circle
circa 1992
37 11
Article: "Rejection, Acceptance," New York Times (NYT)
circa 1992
37 12
Article: "Wild Brookies," NYT
circa 1995
37 13
Article: "You Should Have Been Here Today…with a Fly Rod," NYT
2000 Fall
37 14
Article: "Thoughts on the Upcoming Fiftieth Anniversary," NYT online
2003
37 15
Article: "Learning about Fishing from the Living Room," NYT
circa 2004
37 16
Article: "Desperately Avoiding Trout Season," Special to the NYT
undated
37 17
Article: "Flies on the (Business) Brain," "Business World" NYT
undated
37 18
Article: "The Family that Fishes Together...," Pennsylvania Gazette
1996 November
37 19
Article: "The Fly-Fishing Book Business: An Insider's Update"
circa 1984
37 20
Article: "The Sphinx on Canvas," Ennis, MT
1993
37 21
Article: "Non-Imitative"
circa 1995
37 22
Article: "On Great Pond"
circa 2001
37 23
Article: "Breaking Camp," on leaving his office upon sale of Lyons Press
2002 March-April
37 24
Article: "By Way of a Resum"
circa 2004
37 25
Article: "The Art of the Trout Fly"
undated
37 26
Article: "For a Ride"
undated
37 27
Essay: "Snobbish Fly Fisherman," Fly Fisherman Magazine (FFM)
1978 Spring
37 28
Essay: "Very Minor Tactics on an English Chalkstream," FFM
1979 Winter
37 29
Essay: "Wild Strawberries," FFM
1983 September
37 30
Essay: "Salmo Psychosis," FFM
1983 December
37 31
Essay: "Winter Dreams with Sparse," FFM
1984 May
37 32
Essay: "Two by Two," FFM
1984 July
37 33
Essay: "Intense Fly Fisherman," FFM
1994 September
37 34
Essay: "Stealth," FFM
1987 March
37 35
Essay: "Mornings," FFM
1990 September
37 36
Essay: "World of the Silver Kings," FFM
1990 December
37 37
Essay: "In the Car," FFM
1993 March
37 38
Essay: "The Mystery Hatch," FFM
1993 July
37 39
Essay: "Small Fish," FFM
1993 September
37 40
Essay: "When," FFM
1993 December
37 41
Essay: "What I Did Last Summer," FFM
1994 February
37 42
Essay: "The Antic Angler," FFM
1994 May
38 1
Essay: "The Journals of Clyde Fish," FFM
1994 July
38 2
Essay: "Humanity: A to Zern," FFM
1994 September
38 3
Essay: "On a Small Creek," FFM
1994 December
38 4
Essay: "Crowds," FFM
1995 February
38 5
Essay: "Fishing, Yea, Yea," FFM; Fish & Wildlife Today
1996 May, Summer
38 6
Essay: "Hopper Days," FFM
1996 July
38 7
Essay: "Powerhouse Pond," FFM
1997 February
38 8
Essay: "Journal Entries," FFM
1997 March
38 9
Essay: "Fly Fishers Spring," FFM
1997 July
38 10
Essay: "Going and Coming Back," FFM
1997 September
38 11
Essay: "Fine Old Fish Books," FFM
1997 December
38 12
Essay: "193 Minutes," FFM
1998 February
38 13
Essay: "Truth in Outdoor Writing," FFM
1998 March
38 14
Essay: "On the Top," FFM
1998 May
38 15
Essay: "Aging Fly Fisher," FFM
1998 July
38 16
Essay: "Me, Too," FFM
1998 September
38 17
Essay: "Fly Fishers Gifts," FFM
1998 December
38 18
Essay: "The Lyons Pellet Fly," FFM
2004 December
38 19
Essay: "First Carp," FFM
2005 May
38 20
Foreword: Hunter, Chris (Christopher J.) Better Trout Habitat
circa 1991
38 21
Foreword: Lyons, Nick. In Praise of Wild Trout
circa 1998
38 22
Foreword: Lyons, Nick, Editor. The Quotable Fisherman
circa 1998
38 23
Foreword: Atkinson, R. Valentine. Trout and Salmon
circa 1999
38 24
Foreword: Japanese book by Tatsuhiro Saido on fly tying (no record of publication)
undated
38 25
Introduction: a Nick Lyons' book on the Au Sable River draft
1995
38 26
Introduction: Greene, Harry Plunket. Where the Bright Waters Meet
circa 1997
38 27
Introduction: Atkinson, R. Valentine. Distant Waters: the Greatest Fly-Fishing Worldwide
circa 1997
38 28
Introduction: Grant McClintock. Mike Crockett. Watermark
circa 1998
38 29
Introduction: Traver, Robert. Traver on Fishing: a Treasury
circa 2001
38 30
Introduction: Sutcliffe, Tom. Hunting Trout
circa 2002
38 31
Introduction: Nick Lyons, Editor. Classic Fishing Stories
circa 2002
38 32
Preface: Raymond, Steve. The Year of the Trout
circa 1985
38 33
Preface: Cooper, Gwen & Haas, Evelyn. Wade a Little Deeper, Dear…
circa 1989
38 34
Preface: Caucci, Al. Hatches II
circa 1995
38 35
Preface: Lyons, Nick. My Secret Fishing Life
circa 1998
39 1
Remarks: Introduction of Ed Zern, Trout Unlimited, TGF
1986 March 8
39 2
Remarks: Awards Program for Hunter College (as MC)
1986 May 5
39 3
Remarks: Acceptance of Gingrich Award
1987 March 14
39 4
Remarks: Books & Co.
1991 October 1
39 5
Remarks: Introduction of Howell Raines, Trout Unlimited, TGF
1994 March 24
39 6
Remarks: for Joan Salvato Wullf celebration (for delivery by Jane Simoni)
1996 June 13
39 7
Remarks: Introduction of John Gierach at Barnes and Noble
1997 November 18
39 8
Remarks: Anglers' Club of New York
circa 1998
39 9
Remarks: Lyons Press 29th Sales Conference
1999 May 8
39 10
Remarks: Introduction of Pete Bodo, Atlantic Salmon Federation
circa 2000
39 11
Remarks: Acceptance of Medal of Honor, Anglers' Club of New York
2000 December 6
39 12
Remarks: Denver Convention
2002 August 28
39 13
Remarks: American Museum of Fly Fishing, fund-raising for expansion
circa 2003-2004
39 14
Remarks: Acceptance of Heritage Award, American Museum of Fly Fishing
2004 April 23
39 15
Remarks: Friends of Upper Delaware
2005 February 19
39 16
Remarks: Introduction of Len Wright, Anglers' Club of New York
undated
39 17
Remarks: Mari Blumenau Lyons on her painting at various functions
undated
39 18
Speech: Eastern Federation of Fly Fishers Conclave - Fish Tales (version 1)
1984 June 2
39 19
Speech: American Museum of Fly Fishing
1988 November 17
39 20
Speech: Keynote address, OWAA Convention - An Outdoor Writer's Odyssey
1993 June 7
39 21
Speech: American Museum of Fly Fishing, 25th Anniversary
1993 August 21
39 22
Speech: Southern Publishers, New Orleans, Reflections of a Fly Fishing Publisher
circa 1995
39 23
Speech: Orvis
2002 August 25
39 24
Talk: Philadelphia Marine Museum
1987 September 19
39 25
Talk: Trout Unlimited, Clearwater TGF - My Fishing in Print
circa 1987-1988
39 26
Talk: Trout Unlimited, Clearwater 25th anniversary, Major and Minor Angling
1988 February 13
39 27
Talk: Trout Unlimited, TGF - Angling Humor
circa 1989
39 28
Talk: Anglers Club of New York, Everyone and His Mother-in-Law Wants
1992 October 8
39 29
Talk: American Museum of Fly Fishing Perils--and Pleasures of Fish-Book Publishing
1992 December 10
40 1
Talk: Anglers Club of New York, Some Very Minor Tactics
1995 October 24
40 2
Talk: Trout Unlimited, Coldwater Conservation Fund
1996 October 29
40 3
Talk: Anglers' Club of New York
circa 1998
40 4
Talk: Anglers' Club of New York - Connett's Derrydale Press
circa 1999
40 5
Talk: Trout Unlimited - Morristown
2002 February 5
40 6
Talk: Alternative Books, Misadventures of an Independent Publisher
2002 August 21
40 7
Talk: Fish Tales (version 2)
circa 2002-2003
40 8
Talk: Trout Unlimited, TGF Feb 28 (year unknown) Spring Creek
40 9
Odds and ends: Commentary - Sam Fadala's work, More than the Advance
circa 1994
40 10
Odds and ends: Letter to FFM about extremely bad review
1998 Summer
40 12
Odds and ends: Traver on Fishing (rough catalog copy)
circa 2001
40 11
Odds and ends: promotional material for Fly-Fishers Book Club
2001 January 2
40 13
Odds and ends: essays - rough drafts and bits and pieces
40 14
Odds and ends: regrets for missing symposium (possibly on Ernest Hemingway)
40 15
Odds and ends: notes for comments to would be writers
40 16
Odds and ends: QSR, TN radio "Spirit of the Sport", Nick Lyons interview (audiotape)
40 17
Odds and ends: Outdoor Channel, Nick Lyons comments "Ernest Hemingway" (videocassette)
2002

4:  Artwork, Photographs, and Personal EphemeraReturn to Top

Collected artwork includes an original oil painting, original watercolors, book illustrations in pen and pencil as well as copy prints of illustrations for publications, cartoons, and promotional posters. Some are framed or mounted. Also present are an original sketch book, photographic prints in black and white and color, snapshots, slides, as well as brochures, catalogues, and personal memorabilia. Signed artwork is filed by the artist.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
41 1
Daiber, Steven C.: pencil sketch
41 2
Foley, Shep: pencil sketch
41 3
Harrington, Richard: line drawings - copy prints
circa 1984-1985
41 4
Kane, Taylor: watercolor
41 5
Leonard, Edson: fishing flies -plates
41 6
Lyons, Mari: 2 small book covers; 1 small watercolor reprint
41 7
Lyons, Mari: sketch book, Ennis watercolors and line drawings with Nick Lyons' margin notes and commentary
1993
41 8
Meltzoff, Stanley: 2 art catalogs
41 9
Sutcliffe, Tom: illustrations
2002 August
41 10
Troy, John: 2 watercolor cartoons
41 11
Walinchus, Rod: authenticated lithographed art prints
41 12
White, John Robert: watercolors - sample slides
41 13
Illustrations: flies and insects for books
41 14
Illustrations: miscellaneous pencil and copy prints
41 15
Illustrations: set of trout fly plates
41 16
Illustrations: spot drawings of trout for books
41 17
Illustrations: unsigned angling drawings
41 18
Ephemera: brochures and book announcements
41 19
Ephemera: catalogs - fishing tackle and fishing flies
41 20
Ephemera: invitations and other memorabilia
41 21
Photographs #1-3: Brooks, Charles
41 22
Photographs #4-26: Callahan, Dan - prints of wildlife, river and fishermen
41 23
Photographs #27-34: Nick Lyons fishing; Nick Lyons book promotions, events
41 24
Photographs #35: Quammen, David
41 25
Photographs #36: White, Randy Wayne
41 26
Photographs #37: Wulff, Joan
41 27
Photographs # 38-43: bamboo rod building
41 28
Photographs #44-50: unidentified individuals
41 29
Photographs #51-53: slides of horses
42
5 mounted book promotion posters
42
1 Barry Glickman numbered print
42
1 Alan James Robinson numbered print plus original line drawings for In Praise of Wild Trout
42
Oversized original fly illustrations
Lyons, Mari: 5 watercolors
Lyons, Mari: 1 oil painting
Prosch, John: 3 watercolor trout illustrations (field sketches)
Wolff, Glenn: 1 watercolor trout illustration with text for book (autographed)
Wolff, Glenn: 2 watercolor trout illustrations proofs # 2-3
1 Plaque: Kudo from Fly Rod & Reel magazine honoring Lyons & Burford Angling Books
1993

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Authors, American
  • Fishers
  • Fishing--Literary collections
  • Fishing--Periodicals
  • Fishing-Societies, etc
  • Fly fishing
  • Publishers and publishing--United States
  • Sports publishing-United States

Personal Names

  • Brooks, Charles E., 1921-
  • Flick, Art
  • Haig-Brown, Valerie
  • Klinkenborg, Verlyn
  • McGuane, Thomas
  • Schullery, Paul
  • Troy, John
  • Wright, Leonard M
  • Zern, Edward Geary, 1910-

Corporate Names

  • Lyons Press
  • Lyons and Burford, Publishers
  • Nick Lyons Books

Form or Genre Terms

  • Articles
  • Business records
  • Manuscripts for publication
  • Memorabilia
  • Photographs
  • Speeches, addresses, etc., American