Nick Lyons ephemera collection

Nick Lyons ephemera collection, 1932-2005

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Lyons, Nick
Title: Nick Lyons ephemera collection
Dates: 1932-2005 (inclusive)
19322005
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
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

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