Collection Summary
Box, C. J.
C. J. Box papers
1988-2022
13000
34.52 cubic ft. (40 boxes) + 4.39 GB
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
The collection contains manuscripts and other files relating
to the professional writing career of C. J. Box.
Biography of C. J. Box
Charles James Box was a native of Wyoming and a writer of popular fiction. While
working as a journalist and in the tourism business, Box wrote his first book
Open Season, which was published in 2001. Open Season
was the first of several books by Box that featured the character of Wyoming game
warden Joe Pickett. In 2008, his stand-alone novel Blue Heaven won the
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Mystery Novel in 2009. Box's books have won several
awards, and have been published in over twenty-five languages.
Scope and Content
The bulk of the C. J. Box papers consist of manuscript drafts, reviews, and
promotional materials related to Box’s published novels. Other materials in the
collection include screenplay drafts, newspaper columns and magazine articles by
Box, research files, interviews, and correspondence.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the
collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
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libel laws as they apply.
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There are no known other archival collections created by C. J. Box at the date of processing.
This material was received from C. J. Box from 2010-2022.
The collection was processed by Matt Francis in November 2010, Emily Christopherson in February 2012, and updated by Krist Jessup in January 2018 and Jamie J. Greene in August 2020 and March 2024.
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, C. J. Box papers, Collection 13000,
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Mystery fiction--21st century.
Western fiction--21st century.
American fiction--21st century.
Pickett, Joe (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Wyoming--Fiction.
Authors.
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Literature
Container List
Series I. Manuscript drafts
1988-2010
Arranged alphabetically by file name. Contains manuscript drafts of Box's
novels with edits, as well as screenplay drafts based on unpublished Box
novels.
1
1
Book drafts - Below Zero
2008
7
1-5
Book drafts - Big Game
2004
7
6-9
Book drafts - Blood Trail
2007
1
2-7
Book drafts - Blue Heaven
2004-2006
7
7-14
Book drafts - Blue Heaven
2004-2005
7
15
Book drafts - Cold Wind
2010
8
1
Book drafts - Dead Meat
2003
1
8
Book drafts - Free Fire
2006
2
1-2
Book drafts - Free Fire
2006-2007
2
3-5
Book drafts - In Plain Sight (Hiding in Plain
Sight/Ranch Gothic)
2005
8
2-4
Book drafts - In Plain Sight (Hide in Plain
Sight/Ranch Gothic)
2005
2
6
Book drafts - Nowhere to Run (Rampart
Mountain)
2009
8
12-19
Book drafts - Nowhere to Run
2009-2010
9
1-3
Book drafts - Open Season
2001
9
4-7
Book drafts - Out of Range
2004
2
7
Book drafts - Savage Run
2001
10
1-15
Book drafts - Savage Run
2001-2003
Digital
ahcdm_13000_002
Book drafts - Savage Run (3.5" floppy
disk)
2001 May 16
2
8
Book drafts - A Sense of Place
1992
3
1
Book drafts - A Sense of Place
1992
8
5-11
Book drafts - Three Weeks To Say Goodbye (Judge
Knott)
2007
9
8-14
Book drafts - Trophy Hunt
2003-2004
9
15
Book drafts - Wanton Destruction
2003
3
2
Book drafts - Wild Fields
1988
3
3-7
Book drafts - Winterkill
2002
4
1-2
Book drafts - Winterkill
2002
4
3
Screenplay drafts - Cowpunk (by H. T. Spetnagel,
based on an unpublished novel by C. J. Box)
1989
4
4
Screenplay drafts - Headgear (by H. T. Spetnagel,
based on an unpublished novel by C. J. Box)
1988
4
5
Screenplay drafts - Joe Pickett
undated
4
6
Screenplay drafts - Wild Fields
1989
Series II. Professional and personal files
1990-2011
Arranged alphabetically by file name. Primarily contains reviews and
promotional materials related to Box's novels and interviews with Box. Also
contains other press related to Box, some research files, and
correspondence.
13
61st Annual One-Shot Antelope Hunt bandanna
2004
12
Book - The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
(uncorrected book proof)
1995
11
30
Book jackets
undated
13
Buttons (promotional)
undated
4
7
Correspondence - family
1990
4
8
Correspondence - professional
2007-2010
11
18
Interview - American Cowboy
2008
11
19
Interview - America Journal (in German)
2008
11
20
Interview - Crimespree Magazine
2009
11
21
Interview - Great Lakes Airlines' Peaks &
Plains
2006
4
9
Interview - Hugh Hewitt Show (DVD-R)
2010
13
Interview - "C.J. Box visits school, discusses writing" in
Lander Journal
2009
11
22
Interview - L'ours Polar (in French)
2009
11
23
Interview - Mystery News
2003
11
24
Interview - Mystery Scene
2007
4
10
Interview - NPR, All Things Considered - Open Season
(Audio Cassette)
2001
11
25
Interview - Rocky Mountain Writer
2007
11
26
Interview - University of Denver
Magazine
2009
11
27
Interview - Wyoming Homes and Living
Magazine
2003
11
28
Interview - Wyoming Library Roundup
2006
4
11
Interview - Wyoming Local News, CNN Headline News
(DVD-R)
2001, 2003
Digitalahcdm_13000_003Interview - Wyoming Portraits, show #608 (CD)2014
4
12
Interview - Wyoming Public Radio (Audio Cassette)
2001
Digitalahcdm_13000_004Interview - Wyoming Public Radio: Wyoming Stories (CD)2013
11
31
Interview - Wyoming Signatures with Chuck Box - UWTV
(VHS)
undated
9
18
Miscellaneous
2003-2010
4
13
Notes - The Birth of Joe Pickett
undated
4
14
Photographs - C. J. Box
undated
11
16
Press - Box's books banned in school library
2004
11
15
Press - C.J. Box
2003-2011
11
17
Press - in French
2007-2008
4
15
Printed materials - appearances
2009
11
29
Printed materials - awards - Edgar Allan Poe Award
2009
4
16
Printed materials - award nominations
2010
4
17
Printed materials - miscellaneous on C. J. Box
2009
4
18
Printed materials - promotional
circa 2009-2010
13
RMFW Writer of the Year ribbon
2007
4
18
Research files - cattle killings
2009
4
20
Research files - F. G. Burnett
undated
4
21
Research files - Yellowstone "Zone of Death,"
circa 2005-2006
5
1
Research files - Yellowstone "Zone of Death,"
circa 2005-2006
5
2
Reviews and promotion - Below Zero
2009
11
1
Reviews and promotion - Below Zero
2009
5
3
Reviews and promotion - Blood Trail
2008
11
2
Reviews and promotion - Blood Trail
2008
11
3
Reviews and promotion - Blue Heaven
2008
11
4
Reviews and promotion - C.J. Box box set
2011
5
4
Reviews and promotion - Free Fire
2007
11
5-6
Reviews and promotion - Free Fire
2007
5
5
Reviews and promotion - French Translations of In Plain
Sight and Free Fire
2009-2010
11
7
Reviews and promotion - general
undated
5
6
Reviews and promotion - Hook, Line, and
Sinister
2010
5
7
Reviews and promotion - In Plain Sight
2006
11
8
Reviews and promotion - In Plain Sight
2006
5
8
Reviews and promotion - Nowhere to Run
2010
11
9
Reviews and promotion - Nowhere to Run
2010
5
9-11
Reviews and promotion - Open Season
2001
5
12
Reviews and promotion - Out of Range
2005
11
10
Reviews and promotion - Out of Range
2007
5
13-14
Reviews and promotion - Savage Run
2002
6
1
Reviews and promotion - Savage Run
2002
11
11
Reviews and promotion - Savage Run
2002
13
Reviews and promotion - Savage Run
undated
6
2
Reviews and promotion - Three Weeks to Say
Goodbye
2009-2010
11
12
Reviews and promotion - Three Weeks To Say
Goodbye
2009
6
3
Reviews and promotion - Trophy Hunt
2004
11
13
Reviews and promotion - Trophy Hunt
2004
13
Reviews and promotion - Trophy Hunt
undated
6
4-5
Reviews and promotion - Winterkill
2003
11
14
Reviews and promotion - Winterkill
undated
Digitalahcdm_13000_001Website capture - CJ BoxSeptember 1, 2011
Series III. Published works
1992-2011
Arranged alphabetically by file name. Contains published books, newspaper
columns, and magazine articles written by Box, including foreign
translations of many of his novels.
12
Book - Cold Wind (signed copy)
2011
12
Book - foreign translations of various Box novels
2003-2010
6
6
Book - Montana, Wyoming, & Idaho: Travel
Smart,
1998
12
Book - Reader's Digest Select Editions (includes
Blue Heaven)
2007
12
Book - Three Weeks To Say Goodbye
2009
9
16
Magazine article - "Pro & Con: The Advantages of Outlining"
in The Writer's Guide to Fiction
2008
9
17
Magazine article - "Outlining: Why I Love It" in The
Writer
2003
6
7-8
Newspaper columns - Daily Times (Rawlins,
WY)
1992-1998
6
9
Newspaper columns - Wyoming State Journal (Lander,
WY)
1995
Additional Container Lists
The American Heritage Center is in the process of converting its older container lists to a more accessible format. These links are to container lists for boxes 14-40.
14-26Link to Accessioning Worksheet (PDF - 2013-07-02)
27Link to Accessioning Worksheet (PDF - 2014-07-30)
28-32Link to Content List (PDF - 2017-06-21)
33Link to Content List (PDF - 2018-04-13)
33Link to Content List (PDF - 2018-05-31)
34-36Link to Content List (PDF - 2019-11-04)
37-38Link to Content List (PDF - 2020-08-11)
Digitalahcdm_13000_005Link to Container List (PDF - 2022-01-12)
39-40 and Digitalahcdm_13000_006-007Link to Container List (PDF - 2022-05-23)