John Gierach Papers, 1976-2014

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Gierach, John 1946-
Title
John Gierach Papers
Dates
1976-2014
Quantity
6 linear feet
Collection Number
Collection 2612, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary
The John Gierach Papers consists of authors galleys, manuscript drafts, poetry, slide cases, newspaper articles, fishing logs, and general correspondence.
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
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

John Gierach was born in 1946 in Glenwood Illinois. He earned his BA in philosophy with an English minor from Findlay College. After graduating John settled in Lyons, Colorado. His work can be found in local, regional, and national newspapers; including Fly, Rod and Reel, Gray’s, and Field and Stream. He is the author of several books; titles include Sex, Death, and Flyfishing, Trout Bum, and All Fishermen are Liars. John is also a talented poet and an avid angler who has fished across North America.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The John Gierach Papers consists of authors galleys, manuscript drafts, poetry, slide cases, newspaper articles, fishing logs, and general correspondence. Of interest is the correspondence with Gierach’s longtime friend Ed Engle in Box 6; additional information on Engle can be found in Collection 2613. An interview by Gierach detailing his life as an angler can be found in the Montana State University Angling Oral History Project.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Galleys, drafts, poetry, slides, articles, logs, and correspondence created or collected by John Gierach were donated to Montana State University May 2016.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2019 April 1

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/1 Authors Galleys: The View from Rat Lake
1/2 Typed draft: Good Days are a Dime a Dozen May 2009
1/3 Original manuscript: No Shortage of Good Days
1/4 Sketches: Another Lousy Day in Paradise
1/5 Typed draft: The Trout That Ate Denver
1/6 Typed draft: Under the Volcano July 2006
2/1 Authors galleys: Even Brook Trout get the Blues
2/2 Typed draft: Even Brook Trout get the Blues
2/3 Sketches: Even brook Trout get the Blues
2/4 Typed draft: Trout Bum
2/5 Typed draft: Where the Trout are as Long as Your Leg
2/6 Typed draft: Where the Trout are as Long as Your Leg with Notes from Nick Lyons
2/7 Typed draft: Sex, Death, and Fly Fishing
3/1 Typed Draft: Dances with Trout
3/2 Original typed manuscript: Dances with Trout
3/3 Sketches: Dances with Trout
3/4 Typed draft: Fool’s Paradise
3/5 Original manuscript: Fool’s Paradise
4/1 Typed Draft: Fly-Fishing Small Streams
4/2 Typed manuscript: The People’s Trout
4/3 Original manuscript: Still Life with Brook Trout
4/4 Master set: Flyfishing the High Country
4/5 Typed Draft: Flyfishing the High Country
4/6 Correspondence and marketing materials: Fishing Bamboo
5/1 Typed draft: Good Flies with suggested cover art April 5, 2000
5/2 Typed draft: At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman February 27, 2002
5/3 Typed draft: All Fishermen are Liars
5/4 Typed draft: untitled, 66,150 words
5/5 Drawings and correspondence related to Death, Taxes and Leaky Waders
6/1 Authors Galleys: Death, Taxes and Leaky Waders
6/2 Correspondence
Letters and printed emails with family, friend, fans, and publishers.
1998-2016
6/3 Correspondence
Letters and printed emails with family, friend, fans, and publishers.
1991-2004
6/4 Correspondence from Ed Engle
Includes poetry and several clipping of articles.
6/5 Poetry drafts and prints titled Ice by Jack Collum
7/1 Program, column, photos, poetry
Fly Fishing Hall of Fame 2014 program; Typed Fly Fishing Column, April 2003; undated photos of unnamed man casting fly rod; John Gierach’s Ode; Poetry collections: The Great Horned Owl and Migrations.
2014, April 2003
Box
7 Handwritten Fishing Logs March 15, 1996-May 23, 1997, May 28, 1997-September 4, 1997, September 9, 1997-May 8, 1998, May 17-September 10, 1998, September 14, 1998-August 15, 1999, August 6, 1999-March 6, 2000, March 28, 2000-July 31, 2001, August 7, 2001-July 26, 2002, August 5, 2002-June 11, 2003, June 22, 2003-September 25, 2004, October 3, 2004-October 22, 2005
Box/Folder
8/1 Newspaper articles, 1976
8/2 Newspaper articles, 1979
8/3 Newspaper articles, 1980
8/4 Newspaper articles, 1981
8/5 Newspaper articles, 1982
8/6 Newspaper articles, 1983
8/7 Newspaper articles, 1984
8/8 Newspaper articles, 1985
8/9 Newspaper articles, 1986
8/10 Newspaper articles, 1987
8/11 Newspaper articles, 1988
9/1 Newspaper articles, 1989
9/2 Newspaper articles, 1990
9/3 Newspaper articles, 1991
9/4 Newspaper articles, 1992
10/1 Newspaper articles, 1993
10/2 Newspaper articles, 1994
10/3 Newspaper articles, 1995
10/4 Newspaper articles, 1996
10/5 Newspaper articles, 1997
11/1 Newspaper articles, 1998
11/2 Newspaper articles, 1999
11/3 Newspaper articles, 2000
11/4 Newspaper articles, 2001
11/5 Newspaper articles, 2002
Box
12 5-1/4 inch Floppy Disks
13 3-1/2 inch Floppy Disks
35mm Transparencies
Box/Folder
14/1 Beaver Ponds, #1-35 July 1990
14/2 Pocket Water, #36-50 August-September 1990
14/3 Phantom Canyon, #51-65 October 1988
14/4 Untitled, #66-79 March 1990
14/5 Flowers, #80-106
14/6 Untitled, #107-130 May 1988-May 1990
14/7 Untitled, #131-146 October 1988
14/8 Untitled, #147-173 March 1982-July 1989
14/9 Snowshoes/Flintlock, #174-194 October 1988-December 1990
14/10 Scotland, #195-216 June 1992
14/11 Scotland, #217-235 June 1992
14/12 Yellowstone, #236-243 August 1991
14/13 Hummers, #244-246 August 1989
14/14 Untitled, #247-258 April 1982-May 1989
14/15 Pocket Water, #259-271 August-September 1990
14/16 Scotland, #272-292 June 1992
14/17 Untitled, #293-311 July 1989
14/18 Small Streams, #312-332 August 1989
14/19 Alaska, #333-348 July 1992
14/20 J.G and Dan, #349-377 1992
14/21 Alaska, #378-418 July 1992
14/22 Alaska, #419-451 July 1992
14/23 Scotland, #452-460 June 1992
15/1 Scotland, #461-468 June 1992
15/2 Caddis Patterns, #469-501 November 1986
15/3 Firehole, #502-516 June 1992
15/4 Hummers, #517-522 August 1989
15/5 Untitled, #523-557 November 1981-July 1988
15/6 While River/Trapper Lodge/Belly Boats, #558-579 July 1987
15/7 Bluegills/Trout/Hunt, #580-605 September 1989
15/8 Brookies/Middle Fork, #606-620 September 1990
15/9 Salmon Rods/Powder the dog, #621-635 September 1992
15/10 Trout/Green, #636-656 May 1988
15/11 Flies, #657-675 August 1990
15/12 Fish, #676-704 July 1982-July 1988
15/13 Untitled, #705-726 July 1990-August 1992
15/14 Pike, #727-763 June 1990
15/15 New Brunswick, #764-779 October 1992
15/16 Camel, #780-802 July 1990
15/17 Rabbit Hunting, #803-815 January 1997
15/18 Belly Boats, #816-833 June 1987
15/19 Belly Boat, #834-872 May 1986-July 1988
15/20 Untitled, #873-885 November 1992
15/21 Middle Fork/Mushrooms, #886-910 August 1991
15/22 Untitled, #911-920 July 1982-September 1992
16/1 Untitled, #921-932 July 1982-September 1992
16/2 Ice fish, #933-962 February 1990-February 1991
16/3 Ice fish, #963-994 December 1990
16/4 Middle Fork, #995-1030 September 1985-September 1990
16/5 Carp/Morels, #1031-1046 May 1992
16/6 Untitled, #1047-1068 June 1987
16/7 Grits, #1069-1093 May 1982-August 1990
16/8 Bitterroot – West Slope Cuts, #1094-1113 June 1987
16/9 Pocket Water, #1114-1121 August 1990
16/10 Texas, #1122-1133 April 1992
16/11 Frying Pan, #1134-1147 July 1986
16/12 Untitled, #1148-1166 June 1987
16/13 Untitled, #1167-1185 June 1987
16/14 Squirrel, #1186-1209 January 1987
16/15 Mayfly Photo Essay, #1210-1230 April 1980-September 1985
16/16 Nelson’s/DePuy’s, #1231-1247 June 1992
16/17 Untitled, #1248-1272 July 1981-June 1991
16/18 Mushrooms/Brookies, Bass Pond/Pan, #1273-1295 August 1991
16/19 Cheesman, #1296-1305 February 1991
16/20 Winter Hunting, #1306-1312 March 1990
16/21 Pan, #1313-1336 August 1991
16/22 Squirrels – Roaring Fork, #1337-1362 March 1986
16/23 Untitled, #1363-1371 February 1988
16/24 Trout/Pan, #1372-1380 May 1988
17/1 Trout/Pan, #1381-1383 May 1988
17/2 Pan/Trout (Peerless), #1384-1400 August 1991
17/3 Frying Pan, #1401-1407 May 1988
17/4 Middle Fork, #1408-1427 September 1990
17/5 Untitled, #1428-1446 August 1988
17/6 Untitled, #1447-1483 November 1981-February 1991
17/7 Untitled, #1484-1501 October 1992
17/8 Untitled, #1502-1539 August 1978-August 1990

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Heather Hultman, 2012
September 9, 2019

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