Montana State University Library, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscript Collections
Thomas McGuane papers
McGuane, Thomas
2721
31.8 linear feet
in 62 boxes and 1 oversize folder
1965-2019
The Thomas McGuane papers contain manuscripts and correspondence related to the literary career of writer Thomas McGuane. Manuscripts make up the bulk of the collection and include novels, short fiction, essays, and screenplays written between 1982 and 2010. McGuane's manuscripts consist of multiple drafts that feature edits from McGuane and his editors, which provide evidence of how his works took shape through the drafting and publication process.
English
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This collection is open for research.
Gift of Thomas McGuane, December 2022. A portion of McGuane's unprocessed papers held at Michigan State University were transferred to Montana State University in April 2023. In November 2023, McGuane sent an addition of awards and plaques which were incorporated into Series 4, Sub-series 3: Public Events, Speeches, and Awards. In June 2024, Montana State University acquired an additional twenty-four boxes of McGuane's papers from Michigan State University.
Approximately two linear feet of advanced reader copies (ARC) have been removed from this collection. Removed ARCs have been inventoried and any associated correspondence has been retained. The list of ARCs and correspondence can be found in Series III: Works by Others and Collected Items.
Duplicate copies of manuscripts that contained no mark-ups or additional edits have also been removed from the collection. Duplicate copies of magazines featuring reviews of McGuane's work or published copies McGuane's essays and short stories have been removed as well, and at least one copy of these publications has been retained.
Series 1: Writings
Series 1, Sub-Series 1: Major Works
Series 1, Sub-Series 2: Short Stories
Series 1, Sub-Series 3: Essays, Articles, and Book Reviews
Series 1, Sub-Series 4: Manuscript Fragments and Incomplete Works
Series 2: Correspondence
Series 2, Sub-Series 1: General Correspondence
Series 2, Sub-Series 2: Project-Specific Correspondence
Series 3: Works by Others and Collected Items
Series 4: Publicity and News Coverage
Series 4, Sub-Series 1: Reviews and Publicity
Series 4, Sub-Series 2: Profiles, Articles, and Interviews
Series 4, Sub-Series 3: Public Events, Speeches, and Awards
Series 4, Sub-Series 4: Writings about McGuane
Thomas Francis McGuane III is an American writer. He was born in Wyandotte, Michigan, on December 11, 1939, to Thomas Francis McGuane Jr. and Alice (Torphy) McGuane. He attended the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hill, Michigan, for his primary education. McGuane received a B.A. in English in 1962 from Michigan State University, an M.F.A. in playwriting and dramatic literature from Yale University in 1965, and a Wallace Stegner Fellowship to Stanford University from 1966 to 1967.
As of 2023, McGuane published ten novels, four short story collections, five screenplays, and six collections of essays. McGuane first received recognition for his debut novel, The Sporting Club, published in 1969. He also received acclaim for his novels The Bushwacked Paino (1971) and Ninety-Two in the Shade (1973), the latter of which was nominated for a National Book Award. In the 1970s he made notable forays into cinema, writing screenplays for the films Rancho Deluxe (1975), the film adaptation of 92 in the Shade (1975), and Missouri Breaks (1976).
McGuane has also contributed numerous essays and short stories to magazines like Esquire and The New Yorker. His essays and stories have also appeared in anthologies such as The Best American Sports Writing, The Best American Essays, and The Best American Short Stories.
McGuane moved to Livingston, Montana in the late 1960s, splitting his time between Montana and Key West, Florida. He continued to reside in Montana, living for a time in the Paradise Valley before he relocated to a ranch outside of McLeod, Montana on the Boulder River. His fiction and non-fiction reflect the influence of his life in Montana. McGuane's fiction is largely set in the American west, and Montana in particular, and focuses on themes of rural working-class life, ranching, and small-town drama. McGuane's non-fiction predominantly focuses on his life outdoors and his interests in fly fishing, bird hunting, bird dogs, and raising horses.
McGuane received an honorary doctorate from Montana State University in 1993. He also received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement, which was presented to him at the 1993 Academy of Achievement Summit in Glacier National Park. He was a finalist for the 2013 National Magazine Award for his story "River Camp," a finalist for the 2015 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award for "Gallatin Canyon," and recipient of the 2016 Los Angeles Times Robert Kirch Award for lifetime achievement. In addition to his awards for writing, McGuane has been a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and was also inducted into the National Cutting Horse Association Hall of Fame in 2005 and the American Museum of Fly Fishing Hall of Fame in 2017.
McGuane has three children. His son Thomas McGuane IV was born to his first wife Portia Rebecca "Becky" Crockett in 1967. McGuane and Crockett were married from 1962 to 1975. His daughter Margaret Kidder McGuane was born in 1975 to his second wife Margo Kidder to whom McGuane was married for less than a year between 1976 and 1977. His daughter Anne Buffet McGuane was born to his third wife Laurie (Buffet) McGuane in 1979, who he married in 1977.
[Creator Name], [Date of Creation], [Brief Description of Object], Folder [#], Box [#], [Collection Name], [Collection #], Montana State University (MSU) Library, Bozeman, MT
Many of the manuscripts in the collection are undated. Undated manuscripts have been given approximate dates by the archivist based on associated drafts or publication date of the final work.
Unprocessed manuscripts received from Michigan State University in 2023 were foldered and inventoried by Michigan State University staff. These files were incorporated into series with the manuscripts and correspondence Montana State University received directly from McGuane.
Additional materials acquired from Michigan State University in 2024 were added as boxes 40-62 and incorporated into the existing arrangement of the collection.
Collection was processed in October 2023.
The Thomas McGuane papers consist of manuscripts of his writing and correspondence related to his literary career. Manuscripts make up the bulk of the collection and feature his novels, short fiction, essays, and screenplays from 1965 to 2019. McGuane's manuscripts include multiple drafts that feature edits from McGuane and his editors, which provide evidence of how his works took shape through the drafting and publication process.
McGaune's drafts span the bulk of his career and include some of his earliest work such as his MFA thesis from Yale and his debut novel The Sporting Club. Other novels featured in this collection include The Bushwhacked Piano, Ninety-Two in the Shade, Driving on the Rim, Keep the Change, Nobody's Angel, Nothing but Blue Skies, Panama, and Something to Be Desired. His drafts also include numerous short stories and essays, many of which appeared in his short-fiction collections To Skin a Cat, Gallatin Canyon, and Cloudbursts, and his essay collections An Outside Chance and The Longest Silence. Also included are screenplays for his films Rancho Deluxe, Tom Horn, Missouri Breaks, and 92 in the Shade, the latter of which McGuane directed.
Drafts of his writings also include other stories and essays that appeared in national publications such as Esquire, the New York Times, and The New Yorker.
The collection also includes correspondence with friends, family, and publishers. The most extensive correspondence includes several boxes of letters between McGuane and writer Jim Harrison, who is most well-known for his novel Legends of the Fall. McGuane and Harrison met at Michigan State University in the 1960s and maintained regular correspondence until Harrison's death in 2016. The correspondence is dated 1966-2011 and includes original incoming letters from Harrison and photocopies of outgoing letters written by McGuane. Other correspondence in the collection includes letters and faxes from publishers and editors, as well as incoming letters from friends and fans. Editors who frequently worked with McGuane and are represented in the collection include Seymour "Sam" Lawrence, Terry McDonell, Gary Fisketjon, and Deborah Treisman.
The collection includes a few early versions of novels and screenplays by McGuane's friends and fellow writers. Other collected items appear to have been used by McGuane for personal research projects.
Other items in this collection focuse on McGuane's writing career and include reviews of his work as well as interviews and profiles of McGuane. They also include select transcripts, memorabilia, and recordings of McGuane's speeches at various public events.
McGuane, Thomas
Harrison, Jim, 1937-2016
Authors, American--20th century
Novelists, American-- 20th century
Authors and publishers
Outdoor writers--Montana
Fly fishing--Montana
Hunting
Hunting dogs--Training
Horses--Training--Montana
Montana
Manuscripts
Fiction
Nonfiction
Writings
1
This series contains drafts of novels, short fiction, screenplays, and essays written by Thomas McGuane. Drafts of nearly all McGuane's published novels, stories, essays, and films are represented in this series. It also features several incomplete drafts and works that were never published or produced.
Works in this series date from his early writings including the screenplays Family Album, Crawl Space, and Islanders, the latter of which he wrote for his 1965 Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale. The series also contains drafts of his early novels including his breakout novel The Sporting Club and Ninety-Two in the Shade. It also includes drafts of McGuane's more recent novels including Driving on the Rim, published in 2010.
Drafts of McGuane's screenplays and scripts are also included in this series and feature drafts which eventually became the films Rancho Deluxe, Missouri Breaks, Tom Horn, and the film adaptation of 92 in the Shade. In addition to scripts, documents related to McGuane's films also include select correspondence with actors and producers, production schedules, and film call sheets.
The series also includes numerous stories and essays, which McGuane published in magazines and collected volumes. His collected volumes of sports and nature essays include An Outside Chance, Live Water, and The Longest Silence. The collection also includes a small number of unpublished works. Unpublished materials are most prominently represented in McGuane's screenplays, essays, and short fiction.
Major Works
2
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by title. Within title groupings, drafts are arranged to reflect the progress of each draft, from the earliest version to the most complete. These drafts have been arranged to the archivist's best ability, and therefore the exact order of the draft progression may vary slightly from the arrangement.
This sub-series contains drafts of McGuane's novels, screenplays, collections of short stories, and essays. Some works include drafts throughout many stages of the writing process from the earliest rough drafts to the final proofs. Others feature only a handful of drafts.
Drafts predominantly reflect McGuane's longer form, complete work such as his novels and screenplays. Most of the works represented in this sub-series were eventually published, however, it also includes drafts of some novels and screenplays that that were never published or produced.
Some short fiction and essays are also included in this sub-series but only works that have been published in McGuane's short story and essay collections. These works include his essay collections like An Outside Chance and The Longest Silence and short story collections like To Skin A Cat, Gallatin Canyon, and Cloudbursts . Drafts of stories and essays included in these collected works are represented in this series, unless they were specifically intended for publication elsewhere, in a magazine or literary journal.
Boulevard West: Screenplay with Notes
1
1
Boulevard West: Typescript Original with Annotations
40
1
Boulevard West: Typescript Carbon with Annotations
40
2
Boulevard West: Second Draft, Typescript Carbon
40
3
Boulevard West: Original Final Draft Typescript with Annotations
40
4
Boulevard West: Typescript Carbon
40
5
Boulevard West: Typescript Photocopy
40
6
Boulevard West: Typescript Photocopy with Annotations
40
7
Boulevard West: Second Draft Typescript Photocopy
40
8
Bushwhacked Piano: Handwritten Notes
1971
40
9
Bushwhacked Piano: Original First Draft
circa 1971
40
10-11
Bushwhacked Piano: Original Draft
circa 1971
40
12-13
Bushwhacked Piano: Final Draft
circa 1971
40
14
Bushwhacked Piano: Draft
circa 1971
40
15
Bushwhacked Piano: Draft
circa 1971
40
16-17
Bushwhacked Piano: Draft
circa 1971
40
18
Bushwhacked Piano: Draft
circa 1971
41
1
Bushwhacked Piano: Novel Fragments
circa 1971
41
2
Bushwhacked Piano: Draft Pages
circa 1971
41
3
Bushwhacked Piano: Draft
circa 1971
41
4
Bushwhacked Piano: Final Version
circa 1971
41
5-6
Bushwhacked Piano: Draft Pages
circa 1971
41
7
Bushwhacked Piano: Draft of Screenplay
1971-1975
41
8
Bushwhacked Piano: Screenplay Draft Pages
circa 1971-1975
41
9-11
Bushwhacked Piano: Sequence Continuity
circa 1971-1975
41
12
Bushwhacked Piano: Final
circa 1971-1975
41
13
Bushwhacked Piano: Copy of Final
circa 1971-1975
41
14
The Cadence of Grass: Handwritten First Draft
circa 2001
1
2-4
The Cadence of Grass: Photocopy of Manuscript with Notes
circa 2001
1
5-6
The Cadence of Grass: Manuscript with Notes
2001
1
7
The Cadence of Grass: Copy Printed for Laurie
2001 January 17
2
1-2
The Cadence of Grass: "Thoughts en Route" Manuscript Notes
2001 January-February
2
3
The Cadence of Grass: Rough Draft Notes and Plans
2001
2
4-5
The Cadence of Grass: Draft with Notes
2001 March 28
2
6-7
The Cadence of Grass
circa 2001
2
8
The Cadence of Grass
circa 2001
3
1
The Cadence of Grass: Edited Manuscript with Notes
circa 2001
3
2-3
The Cadence of Grass: Draft with Notes
2001 June 20
3
4-5
The Cadence of Grass: Rough Pages
2001 November 26
3
6-7
The Cadence of Grass: Draft with Notes
2001 October 3
3
8
The Cadence of Grass: Draft with Notes
2001 October 3
4
1
The Cadence of Grass: Copy with Edits for Gary Fisketjon
4
2-3
The Cadence of Grass: Rough Pages with Queries by Kathleen Fidella
2001 November 29
4
4-5
The Cadence of Grass: Master Proofs
2002 January 21
4
6-7
Cloudbursts: Draft
circa 2017
5
1-3
Cloudbursts: First Pass
2017
5
4-7
Cloudbursts: "Tango" Draft 1
circa 2017
5
8
Cloudbursts: "Tango" Draft 2
circa 2017
5
9
Cloudbursts: "Tango" Draft 3
circa 2017
5
10
Cold Feet: Screenplay, Original Title "Razorback" Second Draft
circa 1989
41
15
Cold Feet: Typescript Draft, "Razorback"
circa 1989
41
16
Cold Feet: "Razorback," Typescript Draft
circa 1989
41
17
Cold Feet: Typescript Draft
circa 1989
41
18
Cold Feet: "Cold Feet," by Tom McGuane and Jim Harrison
1976
41
19
Cold Feet: "Cold Feet," Shooting Schedule, Script Analysis, Audience Survey, and Correspondence
1987-1988
41
20
Cracker Moon: First Draft, Early Title "Blue Heat of Winter" or "The Ashley Gang"
circa 1997
6
1
Cracker Moon: Early Draft Fragment, Working Title "The Ashley Gang"
circa 1997
6
2
Cracker Moon: Draft, Working Title "The Ashley Gang"
1997 January 23
6
3
Cracker Moon: Draft, Working Title "The Ashley Gang"
1997 January-February
6
4
Cracker Moon: Draft, Working Title "The Ashley Gang"
1997 February 24
6
5
Cracker Moon: Draft, Working Title "The Ashley Gang"
circa 1997
6
6
Cracker Moon: Draft 2.5, Working Title "The Ashley Gang"
circa 1997
6
7
Cracker Moon: Draft, Working Title "The Ashley Gang" or "Blue Heat of Winter"
circa 1997
6
8
Cracker Moon: Draft, Working Title "The Ashley Gang"
circa 1997
7
1
Cracker Moon: Fourth Draft, Working Title "The Ashley Gang"
circa 1997
7
2
Cracker Moon: Draft, Working Title "The Ashley Gang"
circa 1997
7
3
Cracker Moon: Draft, Working Title "The Ashley Gang"
1997 April 18
7
4
Cracker Moon: Draft, Working Title "The Ashley Gang"
circa 1997
7
5
Cracker Moon: Fourth Draft, Working Title "The Ashley Gang"
circa 1997
7
6
Cracker Moon: Draft
1997 April 17
7
7
Cracker Moon: Draft
circa 1997
8
1
Cracker Moon: Draft
circa 1997
8
2
Cracker Moon: International Creative Management (ICM) Copy
circa 1997
8
3
Cracker Moon: International Creative Management (ICM) Copy
circa 1997
8
4
Crawl Space: First Draft and Revision (screenplay)
1989
8
5
Crawl Space: First Draft
circa 1989
8
6
Driving on the Rim: "Fresh Start" fragment pgs. 56-140, likely early version
circa 2008
8
7
Driving on the Rim: Draft
2008 April 16
9
1-2
Driving on the Rim
2008 December 5
9
3-5
Driving on the Rim: Draft 1
circa 2008
9
6
Driving on the Rim: Draft 1
circa 2008
10
1
Driving on the Rim: Draft 2
circa 2008
10
2-4
Driving on the Rim: Draft 3
circa 2008
10
5
Driving on the Rim: Draft 4
2009 April 14
10
6
Driving on the Rim: Draft 4
2009 April 14
11
1
Driving on the Rim: Draft 5
circa 2009
11
2-3
Driving on the Rim: Draft 6
2009 July 16
11
4-6
Driving on the Rim: Sample Pages
2009 October 28
11
7
Driving on the Rim: First Pass
2009 November 2
11
8
Driving on the Rim: First Pass
2009 November 2
12
1
Driving on the Rim: Second Pass
2010 January 11
12
2-3
Driving on the Rim: Third Pass
2010 March 10
12
4-5
Driving on the Rim: Confirming Proofs
2010 March 31
12
6
Driving on the Rim: Copy Edited Manuscript
2011 February 23
12
7
Driving on the Rim: Copy Edited Manuscript
2011 February 23
13
1-2
Family Album: A Play
13
3
Family Album: Draft of play, 72 p.
41
21
Family Album: Draft of play, 72 p.
41
22
Flying Colors: First Draft Screenplay
circa 1977
13
4
Flying Colors: Screenplay, First Draft, 150 p.
1977
42
5
Flying Colors: First Draft, approx. 130 p.
circa 1977
42
6
Flying Colors: Related Correspondence with Robert Redford and Alexis Kanner
1977, 1988
42
7
Fire Season: Novel, Typescript Draft
1965 March
42
1
Includes cover letter from Random House.
Fire Season: Three Handwritten Notebooks
circa 1965
42
2-4
Islanders: "Islanders, A play in three acts." Typescript Final Copy
1965 June
42
8
Gallatin Canyon: Manuscript Draft with Edits
circa 2005
13
5-6
Gallatin Canyon: Manuscript Draft with Edits
circa 2005
13
7-8
Gallatin Canyon: Manuscript Draft with Edits
2006
14
1-2
Gallatin Canyon: First Pass Draft
2005
14
3-4
Gallatin Canyon: First Proof Pass
2005
14
5-6
Gallatin Canyon: Book Pages Sample
circa 2005
14
7
Gallatin Canyon: Partial Draft with Edits
circa 2005
14
8
Gallatin Canyon: Partial Draft with Edits
circa 2005
14
9
Gallatin Canyon: Partial Draft with Edits
circa 2005
14
10
Gallatin Canyon: Partial Draft with Edits
circa 2005
15
1
Gallatin Canyon: Partial Draft with Edits
circa 2005
15
2
Gallatin Canyon: "Aliens" Partial Draft, Early Fragments
circa 2005
15
3
Gallatin Canyon: "Aliens" Various Drafts
2005 April 9
15
4
Gallatin Canyon: "Cowboy" Two Drafts
circa 2005
15
5
Gallatin Canyon: "Ice" and "Gallatin Canyon" Drafts with Edits
circa 2005
15
6
Gallatin Canyon: "Ice" Third Person Version and Two Additional Drafts
2003-2004
15
7
Gallatin Canyon: "Ice" Draft with Edits
circa 2003-2005
15
8
Gallatin Canyon: "Ice" Draft with Edits
circa 2003-3005
15
9
Gallatin Canyon: "Ice" Draft with Edits
circa 2003-2005
15
10
Gallatin Canyon: "Miracle Boy" Multiple Drafts
2004 November
15
11
Gallatin Canyon: "The Refugee" Draft with Edits
circa 2005
15
12
Gallatin Canyon: "The Refugee" Partial Draft
circa 2005
15
13
Gallatin Canyon: "The Refugee" Segment
circa 2005
15
14
Gallatin Canyon: "Vicious Circle" Draft Titled "The Doctor Will See You Now (Briggs/Olivia)"
circa 2004-2005
15
15
Gallatin Canyon: "The Zombie" Draft with Edits
circa 2004-2005
15
16
Gallatin Canyon: "The Zombie" Draft with Edits
2005 May 11
15
17
Gallatin Canyon: "The Zombie" Partial Draft with Edits
circa 2005
15
18
Islanders: Screenplay for Master of Fine Arts Degree from Yale
1965
15
19
Keep the Change: Revised
1988 September 24
16
1-2
Keep the Change: Draft
1988 September 27
16
3-4
Keep the Change: Draft
1988 September 30
16
5-6
Keep the Change: Manuscript
circa 1988
16
7
Keep the Change Manuscript
circa 1988
17
1
Keep the Change: Draft
circa 1988
17
2-3
Keep the Change: Fragment
circa 1988
17
4
Keep the Change: Story Notes
circa 1988
17
5
Keep the Change: Typescript Draft
1989
42
9
Keep the Change: Typescript Original with Printer's Marks
42
10
Keep the Change: Master Set Galleys
1989 March 15
42
11
Keep the Change: Author's Marked Galleys
1989 April 5
42
12
Keep the Change: Author's Extra Set Galleys
circa 1989
42
13
Keep the Change: Cover Art and Book Jacket Planning
circa 1989
42
14
Keep the Change: Swedish Edition - Publication Materials
1991
42
15
Includes correspondence from Sarah Burnes of Houghton Mifflin regarding cover design for Swedish edition and translation-related questions.
Keep the Change: A First Look - Galley Excerpt Published by Smart Magazine
1989 April 21
42
16
Keep the Change: Plot Summary and Typescript Copy
circa 1989
42
17
Keep the Change: Draft of Screenplay by John Miglis
1991
42
18
Includes cover letter from ICM.
Lead Balloons: Typescript of Original Play with Annotations
43
1
Live Water: Author's Copy
circa 1996
17
6-7
The Longest Silence: Draft
circa 1999
17
8-9
The Longest Silence: Draft with Edits
circa 1999
18
1-2
The Longest Silence: Manuscript with Notes
1999
18
3-5
The Longest Silence: Author Galleys
1999 June 3
18
6-7
The Longest Silence: Vintage Books Edition
2001 June
19
1-2
Missouri Breaks: Typescript Original Draft with Annotations
1976
43
2
Missouri Breaks: Typescript Original First Draft with Annotations
circa 1975-1976
43
3
Missouri Breaks: Typescript Original Second Draft
circa 1975-1976
43
4
Missouri Breaks: Typescript Copy of third Draft
1975 June 20
43
5
Missouri Breaks: Typescript Copy of Final Draft with Intro and Back Matter Bios
circa 1975-1976
43
6
Missouri Breaks: Shoulder Stock of Rifle Carried by Marlon Brando in the Film
circa 1975-1976
Solid wood with inlaid decoration on each side
56
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Novel, Typescript Original First Draft
1973
43
7-8
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Typescript Copy First Draft
circa 1973
43
9
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Typescript Copy
circa 1973
43
10
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Typescript Copy First Draft, Some Missing Pages
circa 1973
43
11
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Typescript Original Second Draft
circa 1973
43
12-13
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Third Draft
circa 1973
43
14
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Third Draft
circa 1973
43
15-16
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Typescript Original Final Draft
circa 1973
43
17
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Untitled Draft Pages
circa 1973
44
1
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Book covers (Penguin CAF, Minerva)
circa 1973
44
2
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Publication Process Documents
circa 1973
44
3
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Two Sets of Galleys
1973
57
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Screenplay, Four Notebooks
1974
44
4-7
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Typescript Original First Draft
circa 1974
44
8-9
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Typescript Original Second Draft
circa 1974
44
10
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Typescript Draft
circa 1974
44
11
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Typescript Draft
1974 August 26
44
12
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Typescript Draft
1974 September 23
44
13
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Typescript Draft
circa 1974
44
14
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Correspondence Regarding Screenplay Edits
1973 October 30
44
15
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Shooting Script
1974 September 23
45
1-2
Signed by McGuane.
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Film's Call Sheets
1974
45
3
Signed by McGuane.
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Production Schedule, Scene Order, and Second Draft Titles
1975
45
4
Signed by McGuane.
Nobody's Angel: Manuscript Pages
1982
44
16
Nobody's Angel: Typescript Photocopy Excerpt
circa 1982
44
17
Nobody's Angel: Handwritten Excerpt and Related Correspondence
1979-1980
44
18
Nobody's Angel: Typescript Original Draft
circa 1982
44
19
Nobody's Angel: Typescript Photocopy of Draft
circa 1982
44
20
Nobody's Angel: Typescript Draft
circa 1982
44
21-22
Nobody's Angel: Typescript Draft Fragment
circa 1982
44
23
Nobody's Angel: Typescript Original Draft
circa 1982
44
24-25
Nobody's Angel: Typescript Draft
circa 1982
46
1-2
Nobody's Angel: Typescript Draft
circa 1982
46
3-4
Nobody's Angel: Typescript Draft
circa 1982
46
5-6
Nobody's Angel: Typescript Draft
circa 1982
46
7-8
Nobody's Angel: Paste-up Galleys
circa 1982
46
9-12
Nobody's Angel: Blueline Photographic Proofs
circa 1982
46
13
Nobody's Angel: Dust Jacket Designs and Promotional materials
circa 1982
Includes a photograph
46
14
Nobody's Angel: Four sets of Galleys
circa 1982
58
Nobody's Angel: Typescript Original First Draft of Screenplay
1982
46
15
Signed by McGuane.
Nobody's Angel: Typescript Draft of Screenplay
circa 1982
46
16
Nobody's Angel: Typescript First Draft of Screenplay
circa 1982
47
1
Nobody's Angel: Typescript Draft of Screenplay
circa 1982
47
2
Nobody's Angel: Screenplay Notes and Correspondence with Robert Redford
circa 1982
47
3
Nobody's Angel: Partial Manuscript
circa 1981
19
3
Nobody's Angel: Play First Draft by Martina E. Kreidl Adapted from McGuane's Novel
1991 July 10
19
4
Nothing But Blue Skies: Typescript Original Draft
1991 Fall
47
4
Nothing But Blue Skies: Typescript Draft
circa 1992
47
5
Nothing But Blue Skies: Typescript Draft
circa 1992
47
6-7
Nothing But Blue Skies: Typescript Draft
circa 1992
47
8-9
Nothing but Blue Skies: Edited Manuscript
circa 1992
19
5
Nothing but Blue Skies: Edited Manuscript
circa 1992
20
1
Nothing but Blue Skies: Manuscript with Edits by McGuane
1992
20
2-4
Nothing but Blue Skies: Master Set
1992-1994
20
5
Nothing but Blue Skies: Master Set
1992-1994
21
1
Nothing but Blue Skies: Author's Marked Set 1
1992
21
2-3
Nothing but Blue Skies: Author's Marked Set 2
1992
21
4-6
Nothing but Blue Skies: Excerpt
1992 June 16
21
7
Nothing but Blue Skies: Excerpt
circa 1992
21
8
Nothing but Blue Skies: Manuscript Notes and Fragments
circa 1992
21
9
Nothing but Blue Skies: Screenplay Draft
circa 1992
21
10
Nothing but Blue Skies: First Draft Screenplay
22
1
Nothing but Blue Skies: First Draft Screenplay and Production Correspondence
1995
22
2
Nothing but Blue Skies: Second Draft Screenplay
22
3-4
Nothing but Blue Skies: Adapted Screenplay by David Aaron Cohen
1997 May 5
22
5
An Outside Chance: "The Longest Silence"
47
10
An Outside Chance: "Motocross"
circa 1980
47
11
An Outside Chance: "Me and My Bike and Why"
circa 1980
47
12
An Outside Chance: "Close to the Bone"
circa 1980
47
13
An Outside Chance: "An Outside Chance"
circa 1980
47
14
An Outside Chance: "Tarpon Hunting"
circa 1980
47
15
An Outside Chance: "Molly"
circa 1980
47
16
An Outside Chance: "A Visit to Roderick Haig-Brown"
circa 1980
47
17
An Outside Chance: "Angling Versus Acts of God: A Trip into British Columbia"
circa 1980
47
18
An Outside Chance: "Another Horse"
circa 1980
47
19
An Outside Chance: "Small Streams in Michigan"
circa 1980
47
20
An Outside Chance: "The Life and Hard Times of Chink's Benjibaby"
circa 1980
47
21
An Outside Chance: "Wading the Hazards"
circa 1980
47
22
An Outside Chance: "Roping from A to B"
circa 1980
47
23
An Outside Chance: "The Heart of the Game"
circa 1980
47
24
An Outside Chance: "Fishing the Big Hole" and 3 Sports Illustrated essays
circa 1980
47
25
Includes a list of all articles published in SI.
An Outside Chance: Book Manuscript
circa 1980
47
26-27
An Outside Chance: Page Proofs
circa 1980
47
28
An Outside Chance: Page Proofs
circa 1980
47
29
An Outside Chance: Cover Design and Related Items
circa 1980
47
30
An Outside Chance: Galleys
circa 1980
48
1
An Outside Chance: Page Proofs
circa 1980
48
2
An Outside Chance: Author's Extra Set, Proofs
circa 1980
48
3-4
An Outside Chance: Galleys
circa 1980
48
5
An Outside Chance: Printer's Manuscript
circa 1980
48
6-7
An Outside Chance: Master Proofs
circa 1980
48
8-9
An Outside Chance: Author's Marked Set of Proofs
circa 1980
48
10
Panama: Typescript Original of First Draft
1978
48
11
Panama: Typescript and Carbon of Second Draft
circa 1978
48
12-13
Panama: Typescript Original Draft
circa 1978
48
14
Panama: Typescript Carbon Draft
circa 1978
48
15
Panama: Line-by-line Changes
circa 1978
49
1
Panama: Printer's Copy of Manuscript
circa 1978
49
2
Panama: Four Sets of Galleys
circa 1978
59
Two sets signed by McGuane.
Panama: Galley Distribution List and Notes
circa 1978
49
3
Panama: Excerpt from Novel for Esquire
circa 1978
49
4
Panama: Book Jacket Proof from UK paperback edition with cover letter
1989 December 4
49
5
Includes correspondence from Elsbeth Lindner of Mandarin (Minerva)to Seymour Lawrence of Houghton Mifflin.
Panama: Playfields of Agony, Glory, and Vision: Manuscript
22
6
Panama: Adapted Screenplay by J. H. Jenner
1998
22
7
Partners: Adapted Screenplay by Ebbe Roe Smith
1993
22
8
Rancho Deluxe: Typescript Original Screenplay
1975
49
6
Signed by McGuane.
Rancho Deluxe: Second Draft of Screenplay, Two Copies
circa 1975
49
7
Signed by McGuane.
Rancho Deluxe: Final Draft of Screenplay
circa 1975
49
8
Signed by McGuane.
Rough Cut: First Draft of Screenplay
circa 1980
49
9
Rough Cut: First Draft of Screenplay with annotations
circa 1979-1980
49
10
Screenplay based on the novel Touch the Lion's Paw by Derek Lambert.
Rough Cut: Typescript Draft of Screenplay
circa 1979-1980
49
11
Rough Cut: Typescript Draft of Screenplay and cover letter
1979 November 26
49
12
Includes correspondence from Jim Anderson of ICM.
Rough Cut: Screenplay Fragments with Annotations
circa 1979-1980
49
13
Rough Cut: Screen Arbiters List
1979 November
49
14
Rough Cut: Changes in Screen Credits
1966, 1980
49
15
Includes copy of Screen Credits Manual and cover letter from Writers Guild of America Credits Department
Something to be Desired: Typescript with Notes; and Untitled Story
circa 1984
22
9
Something to be Desired: Setting Copy with Notes
circa 1984
23
1-2
Something to be Desired: Master Pages
1984
23
3
Something to be Desired: Notes and Fragments
circa 1984
23
4
Something to be Desired: Three Early Drafts, Alternate Title "My God Where Are We?" for Playboy
1984
49
16
Includes correspondence from Playboy.
Something to be Desired: Typescript Original labeled "First Draft"
circa 1984
49
17-18
Something to be Desired: Typescript Draft
circa 1984
49
19-20
Something to be Desired: Typescript Original Draft
circa 1984
49
21
Something to be Desired: Typescript Draft: "Ribbon Copy" and "Author's Copy"
circa 1984
50
1
Something to be Desired: Typescript Draft and Editing Notes
circa 1984
50
2-3
Something to be Desired: Typescript of First chapter
circa 1984
50
5
Something to be Desired: Typescript Draft, Photocopy
circa 1984
50
4
Something to be Desired: Blue-line Manuscript
circa 1984
50
6
Something to be Desired: Corrected Paste-up Galley
circa 1984
50
7
Something to be Desired: Dust jacket designs - 4 items
circa 1984
50
8
Something to be Desired: Master Galleys
circa 1984
60
The Sporting Club: Final Draft with Typesetting Instructions
1968
50
9
Signed by McGuane.
The Sporting Club: Draft Pages, Incomplete
circa 1969
50
10
The Sporting Club: Dust jacket designs
1991 April 10
50
11
Includes cover letter from Gillian Silverman of Viking Penguin.
The Sporting Club: First Draft of Lorenzo Semple Jr.'s Screen Adaptation
50
12
Signed by McGuane.
Ten Dawns: Draft
23
5-6
To Skin a Cat: "The Rescue" Six Drafts
1986 October
50
13
Includes and proofs and tear sheets from Vanity Fair.
To Skin a Cat: "A Man in Louisiana" Multiple Drafts
1986
50
14
Includes correspondence from Mary Ward Brown.
To Skin a Cat: "Like a Leaf" Multiple Drafts
1983 January
50
15
Includes tearsheet pages from Playboy.
To Skin a Cat: "Dogs" Three Drafts
1986 Winter
50
16
Includes tearsheet from Grand Street Journal.
To Skin a Cat: "The Skirmish" Typed and Handwritten Drafts
1985
50
17
Includes correspondence from Charles McGrath of the New Yorker.
To Skin a Cat: "The Millionaire" Two Drafts with Annotations
circa 1985-1986
50
18
To Skin a Cat: "Two Hours to Kill" Multiple Drafts with Annotations
circa 1985-1986
50
19
To Skin a Cat: "The Sportsmen" for Playboy
1985
50
20
Includes tearsheet from Playboy and correspondence from James Morgan.
To Skin a Cat: "Partners"
1986
50
21
Includes correspondence from Alice Turner of Playboy
To Skin a Cat: "The Road Atlas" Multiple Drafts
1986
50
22
Includes correspondence from Alice Turner of Playboy
To Skin a Cat: "Flight" Two Drafts with Edits for Esquire
1986 August
50
23
To Skin a Cat: "To Skin a Cat" Handwritten Draft
circa 1985-1986
50
24
To Skin a Cat: "To Skin a Cat" Draft and Galleys from Rocky Mountain Magazine
circa 1985-1986
50
25
Includes correspondence from Susan Brenneman of Rocky Mountain Magazine.
To Skin a Cat: "To Skin a Cat" Typescript Draft with Annotations
circa 1985-1986
50
26
To Skin a Cat: "To Skin a Cat" Original Draft
1984 May 21
50
27
Includes correspondence from Dan Doolin.
To Skin a Cat: "To Skin a Cat" Draft with Annotations for Triquarterly
circa 1985-1986
50
28
To Skin a Cat: "To Skin a Cat" for Triquarterly 50
1981 Winter
51
1
To Skin a Cat: Master Set - First Pass
circa 1985-1986
51
2
Signed by McGuane.
To Skin a Cat: Original Manuscript with Printer's Annotations
circa 1985-1986
51
3-4
To Skin a Cat: Author's Galley of Book
circa 1985-1986
51
5
To Skin a Cat: Page Proofs of Book
circa 1985-1986
51
6
To Skin a Cat: First Draft of Screenplay with Annotations
circa 1985-1986
51
7-8
Tokyo Bay Screenplay First Draft
51
9
Based on the novel Dragons at the Gate by Robert Duncan.
Tokyo Bay: Draft
51
10
Tokyo Bay: Draft with Annotations
51
11
Tokyo Bay: Draft
51
12
Tom Horn: Handwritten Draft and Typed First Draft of Screenplay
1979
51
13
Tom Horn: Two Typed Drafts with Annotations
circa 1979-1980
51
14
Tom Horn: Typescript Draft
circa 1979-1980
51
15
Tom Horn: First Draft
circa 1979-1980
51
16
Tom Horn: Typescript Draft with Annotations and Additions
circa 1979-1980
51
17
Tom Horn: "Mr. Horn, An Original Screenplay by William Goldman"
1978
52
1-2
Lorimar Productions, final draft, May 26, 1978, typescript photocopy, 206 p. with colored revision pages dated later.
Tom Horn: Typescript Draft
circa 1979-1980
52
3
Tom Horn: Transcript of taped meeting: Steve McQueen, Tom McGuane, Don Siegal, Carol Schreeder
1977-1979
52
4
Includes correspondence from McQueen and the Writers Guild of America regarding Will Henry screenplay credit.
Tom Horn: Life of Tom Horn Government Scout and Interpreter written by Himself, Together with his Letters and Statements by his Friends, A Vindication by Tom Horn, Intro by Dean Krakel, University of Oklahoma Press
1964
52
5
Tom Horn: Typescript Draft
circa 1979-1980
52
6
Tom Horn: Typescript Draft
circa 1979-1980
52
7
Tropical Wholesale: Handwritten First Draft of Screenplay
52
8
Tropical Wholesale: Handwritten Notes
52
9
Tropical Wholesale: Typescript Original Draft with Annotations
52
10
Tropical Wholesale: Typescript First Draft
52
11
Tropical Wholesale: Typescript Second Draft
52
12
Tropical Wholesale: Bound First Draft
52
13
Tropical Wholesale: Bound Second Draft
52
14
Contains note from Jeffrey Berg of ICM.
Wanderer: Typescript Draft with Handwritten Revisions
52
15
Autobiography by Sterling Hayden, screenplay by McGuane.
Wanderer: Typescript Drafts with Annotations, Alternate titles "Sailing" and "An American Abroad"
52
16
Wanderer: Screenplay
23
7
Upstream: Sample Pages
1999
23
8
Short Stories
2
This sub-series contains drafts of McGuane's unpublished and published short fiction. Many of the stories featured in this sub-series were eventually published in magazines like The New Yorker or Esquire, but others do not appear to have been published. This sub-series also includes early drafts of stories with alternate working titles. Where possible, the titles of the finished version are noted alongside the working title to help researchers follow a story's progression.
"All Talk No Action" Draft
24
1
"An American Abroad"
undated
52
17
"Battle on Grouse Island" Handwritten Draft
24
2
"Bees" Two Drafts
24
3
"Bees" Unedited Typescript
24
4
"Beyond the Infield" Story - Premise for Screenplay
24
5
"Beyond the Infield"
undated
52
18
"The Black Dress" Drafts and Revisions
24
6
"Boom and Bust" for The Harvard Review Sent to Christine and Erika, Correspondence to Tom from The New Yorker
2001 September 18-2003 September 29
24
7
"Bottles" Three Drafts, Early Version of "Aliens"
2004
24
8
"Cutting Losses" in Esquire Magazine, Excerpt from Nothing but Blue Skies
1992 October
24
9
"Cutting Losses" in Esquire Magazine proofs
1992 October
39
1
"Cutting Losses" in Esquire Magazine
1992 October
52
19
"Diving" Typescript with Edits
undated
52
20
"El Western" Short Story Draft
24
10
"El Western" Story Draft
24
11
"El Western" First and Second Drafts, and Related Correspondence
1983 March
52
21
"Exile" Drafts with Notes
24
12
"Family" Edits from The New Yorker to Thomas McGuane
1993
24
13
"Family" Draft
1993
24
14
"Family" Typescript
circa 1993
24
15
"Family" in The New Yorker
1994 January 10
52
22
"Fathers and Sons" Typescript with Edits, Early Version of "The Zombie"
24
16
"Gallatin Canyon" Copies and Revisions for The New Yorker
24
17
"Happy the Way I Am" Two Drafts
24
18
"Home" Handwritten Draft
undated
53
1
"In the Crazies" Typescript with Edits
undated
53
2
"Intruders" Drafts with Edits
2003-2004
25
1
"Intruders" Two Drafts with Edits - Alternate titles, "Deadman" and "Regrets"
2003-2004
25
2
"The Jew" Typescript
25
3
"The Lake Rental" Printed Draft with Annotations
circa 1984
53
3
"Mildred" Typescript with Edits
undated
53
4
"Miracle in Key West" Five Drafts
circa 2004-2009
25
4
"My Life with the Episcopalians" Draft with Edits, Version of "The Jew"
25
5
"Old Shep" Draft
25
6
"The Other Half" Originals and Revisions
undated
53
5
"The Other Half" Short Story
25
7
"Our House" Draft with Comments from The New Yorker
25
8
"Sam Bird" Typescript with Edits
1992 July
53
6
"Shanties" Draft with Edits, Early Version of "Ice"
2004 August 19
25
9
"Slant Six" Draft
25
10
"A Stairway to the Stars" Typescript with Edits
undated
53
7
"Time and the Beamer" Typescript with Edits
undated
53
8
"Vicious Circle" Revisions for The New Yorker
2003
25
11
"Victim and Rescuer" Handwritten Draft
1985 January 27
53
9
"War and Peace" in The New Yorker
1994 August 8
53
10
"War and Peace" Draft and Revisions for The New Yorker
1994
25
12
"War and Peace"
25
13
"Wide Spot" for The New Yorker
2019
25
14
Multiple Stories: "Cowboy," "Beyond the Infield," and "North Coast" (Version of "North Country")
25
15
Multiple Stories: "The Highest Price of Fish" and "Ninety-Six in the Shade" Published Stories
25
16
Multiple Stories: "Panama," "In the Pink," and "El Dorado"
25
17
Multiple Stories: "Fresh Start," "Medicine," "Our House," "Holiday," and "88"
26
1
Multiple Stories: "Tango," and "Our House" with Comments from The New Yorker
2007
26
2
Essays, Articles, and Book Reviews
3
This sub-series contains drafts and published copies of McGuane's essays and non-fiction writing. His essays predominantly focus on topic of dogs, hunting, fly fishing, horses, and the outdoors.
"An Art Life in Flyover Country" Typescript Original with Annotations
undated
53
11
"The Big Hole" Draft
26
3
"Buckeye Blake" Edited Drafts
26
4
"Casting on a Sea of Memories" in Sports Illustrated
2001 September 27
53
12
"Chink's Benjibaby" Two Drafts
26
5
"Conch Republic"
26
6
"The Creation of Lala" in Wooden Boat
1995 September-October
53
13
"A Few Notes on the Blood Sports" Typescripts with Annotations, Two Drafts
undated
53
14
"Fishing on the Rivers of the Mind"
1971 January 4
53
15
"The Futurity"
26
7
"Hazardous Life in a Meat Bucket" in Playboy
1972 May 15
53
16
"Heart of the Game" Draft
26
8
"Heart of the Game" Draft and Correspondence
1996
26
9
"Heart of the Game" in Contemporary Fiction
26
10
"Heart of the Game" in Pheasants Forever
1994 Fall
26
11
"The Highest Price of Fish"
1973 June 4
53
17
"How Famous People Have Forced Me to Go Fishing" Typescript with Edits
26
12
"An Idler's Notebook" Typescript Original
undated
53
18
"Intermission" Draft to Terry McDonell
1993 February 23
26
13
"Intermission" Draft to Terry McDonell (editor for Esquire)
26
14
"Introduction" for The Best American Sports Writing
1992
26
15
"Introduction" for Sundance: The Robert Sundance Story
1993
26
16
"LALA: A Daysailor's Dream," and "Wild and Scenic, With and Without"
26
16
"The Longest Silence"
1969 December 1
53
19
"Low Life and Deep Water," for Esquire
1993
26
18
"Low Life and Deep Water" for Esquire proofs
1993
39
2
"A Mile of Gravestones" in Rolling Stone
1981
53
20
"Molly" in Pheasants Forever
1993
26
19
"Montana: A Preface" Typescript with Annotations
undated
53
21
"A New River"
1987
53
22
Typed letter signed by David Seybold, n.d., with galleys from a book collection. Second set of galleys from Harper's magazine, with annotations.
"On the Henry's Fork"
1993
26
20
"On and Off the Main Line" Draft for Mid-American Review
1983 Spring
26
21
"The Permit Struggle" Draft to Bill Brink
26
22
"A Private Word for the Horse" Draft with Annotations for Outside Magazine
1982
53
23
"The Pugilist at Rest" by Thom Jones New York Times Review by McGuane
1993
26
23
"Roping from A to B"
26
24
"Snook, and Friends" Edited Copy
26
25
"Sons" Typescript with Edits
26
26
"The Spell of Wild Rivers" Edited Copy
1993
26
27
"Sportsmen - A Story"
1985
26
28
"Stupendous Vulgarities, Delicate Subjects," for Esquire
1991 October
26
29
"Sur" Draft with Edits sent to Terry McDonald
26
30
"The Trail of Tarpon" Edited Copy
2005 May
26
31
Tribute to Seymour "Sam" Lawrence, Boca Grande
1994 January 4
26
32
"An Unobtrusive, Shadowy Presence"
1972 August 21
53
24
"Images in a Hall of Mirrors"
"Vanishing Breed" Foreword, Galleys with Annotations
1982
53
25
"Wild and Scenic, With and Without"
1993
26
33
"The Wild West" in Architectural Digest
1992 June
26
34
Multiple Essays in Esquire, with Edits
1991-1992
26
35
Multiple Essays in Esquire and The New York Times
1991-1992
26
36
Multiple Essays in The New York Times
1991-1992
27
1
Multiple Magazines Featuring Essays by McGuane
1991-2003
27
2
Reviews of Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg, Rain or Shine by Cyra McFadden, and Love in Ruins by Walker Percy
1971-1986
53
26
Includes correspondence with Thomas Stewart of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Manuscript Fragments and Incomplete Works
4
This sub-series contains an assortment of notes, unidentified stories and essays, and idea fragments. These items could not be clearly connected to any of McGuane's published work and likely represent works that were never published or early ideas that later transformed into more developed stories, novels, or essays. Fragments and notes in this sub-series are largely undated, however, several sets of notes date from the late 1960s during McGuane's early writing career, including a notebook from when McGuane was a graduate student at Yale. Other dated notes include a set of transcribed dictations that date from the late 1980s to early 1990s and another fragment of notes that date from 2007.
Assorted Notes and Transcribed Dictations: "Motion Sickness"
1988-1990
27
3
Assorted Notes and Transcribed Dictation: "Happy the Way I Am, All Talk and No Action, and various"
1988-1994
27
4
Assorted Notes and Transcribed Dictation
1990 August 23
27
5
Assorted Story Drafts
27
6
Manuscript Fragments, Yale University notebook
undated
53
27-28
Notebooks
27
7
Notes for Unidentified Story
27
8
Untitled Essay on Family and Fall River
27
9
Untitled Essay on Fishing
27
10
Untitled Essay on Hunting Dogs
27
11
Untitled Manuscript, "This is What I Was Working on at the End of 2007"
2007
27
12
This is possibly an early version of Driving on the Rim.
Untitled Premise and Background Regarding Ranching, Possibly The Cadence of Grass
27
13
Untitled Story About Horse Breaking
27
14-15
Untitled Story About Ranching
27
16
Correspondence
2
This series consists of incoming correspondence sent to Thomas McGuane from friends, fans, publishers, and other acquaintances. The most extensive correspondence includes letters between McGuane and writer Jim Harrison, dated 1965 to 2011. Other correspondence in the series includes letters and faxes to publishers and editors, as well as incoming letters from friends and fans.
General Correspondence
1
This sub-series contains correspondence with friends, editors, and associates. It includes letters with individuals and organizations with whom McGuane was a regular correspondent, as well one-off correspondence from various individuals.
The most extensive correspondence is between McGuane and Jim Harrison. The letters include incoming correspondence from Harrison to McGuane dated 1966 to 2011, and outgoing letters from McGuane to Harrison dated 1965 to 1993. McGuane's letters to Harrison are photocopies of the originals; the originals are not included in this collection.
Edward Abbey
1970-1979
53
29
Abel - Authors Guild
1973-1990
53
30
Includes correspondence with Jim Abel, Edward Appert, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and The Author's Guild.
Barbara's Bookstore - Byers
1986-1990
53
31
Includes correspondence with Barbara's Bookstore, Paul Partel, Rick Bass, Sophie Bassouls, Brautigan Library, Mary Ward Brown, and Stephen W. Byers.
Cabin Creek - Embassy of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
53
32
Cranbrook School
1995
27
17
Michael di Capua (editor at Farrar, Straus Giroux)
1971-1989
53
33
City of Dallas - E.P Dutton (Publishers)
53
34
Jay Dusard to Tom McGuane; John McDonald to Tom McGuane
1987-1989
27
18
Eastern Montana College - Friends of Florida Inc.
1966-1989
53
35
Includes correspondence with Eastern Montana College, William Eastlake, Eckerd College, Esquire, Lindy Essenberg, Glen Faulks, and Friends of Florida Inc.
Esquire, includes excerpt from Panama
1982-1987
27
19
Esquire
1991
27
20
Everett Garrison
1969-1971
53
36
Regarding the purchase of flyfishing rods.
Geng - Guggenheim
1969-1990
53
37
Includes correspondence with Veronica Geng of The New Yorker, Tom Grimes, Werner Glasser, and the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Don Henley
1991 April 26
53
38
Regarding the Walden Woods Project.
Haerens - Humane Society
1986-1990
53
39
Includes correspondence with Ronald Haerens, Sam Halpert, John Harvey, and John Hawkins and Associates.
Jim Harrison to McGuane
1966-1980
61
1-9
Jim Harrison to McGuane
1981-1990
62
1-10
Jim Harrison to McGuane
1982-2009
28
1-7
Jim Harrison to McGuane
2005-2011
29
1-4
Tom McGuane to Jim Harrison
1969-1993
29
5-6
Tom McGuane to Jim Harrison
1965-1969
30
1
Tom McGuane to Brice Matthieussent
1989
30
2
"Tom" (not McGuane) to Jim Harrison
1976-1977
30
3
William Hjortsberg
1965-1974
62
11
ICM - Don Kubit
1982-1990
53
40
Includes correspondence with ICM, Indiana University Writers' Conference, Bob McNutt, and Don Kubit of University of Michigan.
Walter Kirn
53
41
Bill Kittredge
1987-1990
53
42
Robert Lantz and Candida Donadio Literary Agency
1968-1974
53
43
Includes correspondence from J. Stephen Sheppard
Laceby - Lyons
1969-1991
53
44
Includes correspondence with Tom Laceby, Lawson, R. Haas of Levi's, Lewis and Clark State College, Lorimar Productions, Dan Lufkin, and Lyons & Buford.
Seymour Lawrence
1992-1994
30
4
Norman Mailer
1984, 1985
53
45
Peter Matthiessen
undated
53
46
John Moore
undated
53
47
Martin - Monthly Detroit
1966-1990
53
48
Includes correspondence with Martin, Secker and Warburg, Rod Martin, Linda Marx, Maxy Inc., Larry McCaffery, McClelland and Steward, John McDonald, Thad McIlroy, Steve McKee, Cecilia McVea, Meadow Run Press, David Meranze, Michigan State University, John Mitchell, Monroe County Library System, Montana Centennial Memory, University of Montana, and Monthly Detroit.
McGuane to Publishers
1992-1994
30
5
Nabhan - Nouveau
1973-1990
53
49
Includes correspondence with Gary Nabhan of University of Arizona, Peter Nabokov, National Film Preserve Ltd., Nevada State Council on the Arts, Patrick Newcomb, Newsweek, Charles McGrath of The New Yorker, Rebecca Sinkler and David Schneiderman of the New York Times, Carl Nobles, J. Kingsbury of University of North Alabama, and Nouveau Rare Books.
National Book Award Correspondence
1995
30
6
National Book Foundation
1994-1995
30
7
Oppenheimer, Dorothea
1966-1967
53
50
Oppenheimer was McGuane's literary agent.
Outside Magazine
1977-1980
53
51
Walker Percy
53
52
Sydney Pollack
1977
53
53
Correspondence relating to film projects Wanderer and Tom Horn.
Penguin Books - Putnam's Sons
1965-1990
53
54
Includes correspondence with Penguin Books, Penn State University, Brian Petersen, Sukey Pett, Pettler and Lieberman Booksellers, Playboy magazine, David Plumb, Melinda Popham, and Harvey Ginsberg of Putnam's Sons.
Random House
1982-1985
53
55
Robert Redford
1974 July 24
53
56
Paul R. Reynolds, Inc.
1973-1983
53
57
Includes correspondence from John Hawkins, Gail Hochman, and J. Stephen Sheppard.
Tom Robbins
1990 May 29
53
58
Includes an autographed postcard from Robbins.
Rolling Stone Magazine
1978, 1981
53
59
Russell Volkening, Inc. Literary Agents (Candida Donadio)
1968-1969
53
60
Includes correspondence from Candida Donadio and Harriet Wasserman.
Walt R. - Michael Rosen
1985-1996
53
61
Includes correspondence from Walt R., Jimm Roberts, Rocky Mountain Magazine, Deborah Rogers Ltd, and Michael Rosen.
Simon & Schuster
1971-1982
53
62
Sports Illustrated Magazine
1969-1973
53
63
Stanford University and Stanford Magazine
1988-1989
53
64
Includes correspondence from Bill McPherson and John L'Heureux regarding Stanford Centennial.
William Styron
1965 March 21
53
65
Hans Teensma - Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
1978-1990
53
66
Includes correspondence from Hans Teensma, Bill Tennant, Toby Thompson, Jerome Cramer of Time Magazine, and Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Carla Seaquist - Sundance Institute
1974-1991
53
67
Includes correspondence from Carla Seaquist, The Seattle Review, David Seybold, Stephen Silberman, Rick Simovan, Ben Snyder, Sportsmen's Classics, St. Martin Press, Inc., and Stanford Magazine.
Amanda Urban of ICM to Tom McGuane
1988
30
8
Michael Vezina - Vogue Magazine
1982-1990
53
68
Includes correspondence from Michel Vezina, University of Virginia, and Vogue.
Dexter Westrum
1985-1989
53
69
Richard Wheeler
1989 February 10
53
70
Ted and Betty Waddell - University of Wyoming
1979-1990
53
71
Includes correspondence with Ted and Betty Waddell, The Weekly: Seattle's Newsmagazine, Chris Lydon of WGBH, Rick Wilbur of the Tampa Tribune, Joy Williams, Winn Galleries, Jon Winokur, Craig Woods, Wendy Woollett, Writers and Key West (Key West Literary Seminar), and Ralph DeVries of University of Wyoming.
Yoknapatawpha Press - Ziegler
1971-1982
53
72
Includes correspondence with Yoknapatawpha Press, Babbie Green from Zevon Music regarding a song McGuane wrote with Warren Zevon, Marcia Nasatir of Ziegler, Ross, Tennant, Inc., and Evarts Ziegler of Ziegler Associates regarding Missouri Breaks screenplay changes, director Arthur Penn, and actor Jack Nicholson.
Fan Mail
1983-1990
53
73
Correspondence by Date
1967-1989
53
74
Correspondence by Date
1985-1993
30
9-16
Correspondence by Date
1994-2001
31
1-4
Project-Specific Correspondence
2
This sub-series contains correspondence related to specific projects in McGuane's career. It includes fan letters and correspondence related to book tours and promotion.
The Cadence of Grass: Publication Correspondence
2002
31
5
Cracker Moon: Alternate title "The Ashley Gang" Contract Correspondence and Research
1993-1999
31
6-7
Cracker Moon: Alternate title "The Ashley Gang" Script Notes and Correspondence from Laura Ziskin, Kevin McCormick, and Fox 2000 Pictures
1996
31
8
Invitations to Write
1979-1989
53
75
Includes correspondence from Martin Russel regarding "Writers of the Purple Sage: An Anthology of Recent Western Writing," Montana Land reliance, Nick Lyons Books, Playboy, Random House, Paul R. Reynolds Inc, the Royal College of Art in the UK, and David Seybold.
Keep the Change: Correspondence Regarding Novel and Book Tour
1989-1991
53
76
"Log of a Cowboy" Correspondence with Houghton-Mifflin
2000
31
9
The Longest Silence: Correspondence with Publishers, Editors
1999-2000
31
10
The Longest Silence: Fan Letters and Congratulations
1999-2000
31
11
Montana Governor's Centennial Award for Literature
1989
53
77
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Novel and Film Correspondence
1973-1984
53
78
Includes correspondence from Will Blythe, Peter Fonda, Jay Kanter, Elliott Kastner, Roger Straus (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Inc.), Lynn Kaufelt, Robert Lantz, J. Stephen Sheppard, Reynolds Agency, and Fay Wray.
Nobody's Angel
53
79
Nothing but Blue Skies: Acquisition of Rights
1992-1997
31
12
Nothing but Blue Skies: "Bill's message to Tom" - Bill Kotzwinkle recording to McGuane
1994 February 3
38
1
To Skin a Cat
1978, 1987
53
82
Includes correspondence from Martin, Secker, and Warburg and Twentieth Century-Fox Film.
Some Horses: Correspondence with Readers and Publishers
1999-2000
32
1
Something to be Desired
1984-1985
53
80
Teaching: Stanford Creative Writing Fellowship
1966-1983
53
81
Correspondence from universities responding to McGuane's inquiries about teaching positions. Also includes correspondence from Stanford University for the Creative Writing Fellowship Program.
Upstream: Correspondence with Aperture Press
1999
32
2
Works by Others and Collected Items
3
The series features collected works by others, which largely consists of novels, screenplays, and recordings for interviews by McGuane's friends and fellow writers. Among the collected manuscripts included in this series is a draft of Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison and an unpublished novel by Guy de la Valdene titled Marguerita. It also features recorded readings and interviews by writers like Richard Brautigan, Harry Crews, and Jim Harrison.
Other collected items relate to central Montana, including prints and poetry by Big Timber artist Art Coelho and a cultural resource evaluation of the East Boulder area in Sweetgrass County, Montana.
Abe: Play by Michael J. Lewis, Audio Recording of Acts I and II
1992
38
2
Advanced Readers Copies and Collected Works by Others: Inventory and Correspondence
32
3
Art Coelho Artwork and Poetry (Big Timber Artist)
32
4
Award and Event Announcements/Programs
53
84
Barry Hannah and Jim Harrison Assorted Poems and Writings
1986-2010
32
5
"Brazil Classics 2 O Samba" compiled by David Bryne
Commercial Audio Cassette
55
14
Class III Cultural Resource Evaluations in Portions of the East Boulder Area of Sweetgrass County, Montana
1982
32
6
Cranbrook School Yearbook and English Papers from Yale
undated
Fragile.
53
85
Friday Night Lights: Screenplay by David Aaron Cohen
1993
32
7
"Krakens II" Recording of Poetry Reading
38
3
Richard Brautigan Interview
American Audio Prose Library audiocassettes
55
15
Harry Crews, American Audio Prose Library, Reading from: A Childhood
55
16
Harry Crews, American Audio Prose Library, Interview
55
17
Jim Harrison, American Audio Prose Library, Reading
55
18
Jim Harrison, American Audio Prose Library, Interview
55
19
Legends of the Fall: Manuscript by Jim Harrison
32
8
Marguerita: Manuscript by Guy de la Valdene
32
9-10
Other People: Screenplay by Thomas Berger
33
1
The Pugilist at Rest: Uncorrected Advance Proof, Brown Little, Thom Jones
1993
33
2
"Roderick Haig-Brown Fishing Anthology" Edited Draft by Valerie Haig-Brown
33
3-4
"Run That Body Down" Album Review
53
83
One-page review of album by Tom McGuane titled "Run That Body Down." The album has the serial number Columbia ST-98364 (8 tr/Cart), but it is unclear if the album was ever released.
Seymour Lawrence Memorial Program
1994
33
5
Yale-Princeton Special Issue Magazine
1964
33
6
Publicity and News Coverage
4
This series contains magazine and news coverage of McGuane's writing and career and promotional materials for book tours and public speaking events. New coverage of McGuane's work makes up the bulk of this series and features reviews of his books and interviews and profiles of McGuane. The series also contains programs from public speaking events, speech transcripts, and a few recordings of interviews and readings of his short stories. Other items in this series include drafts of scholarly articles and biographies written about McGuane and his impact on the literary world.
Reviews and Publicity
1
This sub-series contains news coverage and promotional materials related to specific publications. It includes reviews and press coverage related to McGuane's book tours. The bulk of these files focus on McGuane's novel Nobody's Angel, but other works featured in this series include The Bushwhacked Piano, the film Missouri Breaks, the film adaptation of 92 in the Shade, Panama, The Cadence of Grass, The Longest Silence, Nothing but Blue Skies, and Some Horses.
Press coverage in this series overlaps significantly with press coverage in Series 4, Sub-series 2: Profiles, Reviews, and Interviews. Some interviews are profiles are included in this sub-series as well, but they are largely associated with the press cycle for the promotion of a specific work.
Book Cover Ideas
1992
33
7
Book Cover Drafts, Ad for The Cadence of Grass and Correspondence with Gary Fisketjon
2001-2013
33
8
Bushwhacked Piano: Reviews and Newsprint Ads
1970-1972
53
86
The Cadence of Grass: Book Reviews
2002
53
87
The Cadence of Grass: Reviews and Interviews
2002
33
9
Cold Feet: Film Reviews
1989
54
1
Gallatin Canyon: Book Reviews
2006
54
2
Keep the Change: Reviews
1989-1990
54
3-4
Keep the Change: Tour Pamphlets, Announcements and Itineraries
1989-1990
54
5-7
Keep the Change: Publishers Catalog
1989-1990
54
8
Keep the Change: Articles about Shooting Film
1991
54
9
Lyon's Press Catalog
1999 Spring
33
10
The Longest Silence: Reviews and Publisher Correspondence
1999-2001
33
11
Minerva Press Paperbacks Poster
1
Missouri Breaks: Casting Call Poster and Stills from Movie
1975-1984
54
10
Poster signed by McGuane. Stills gift from Pete Dzworkoski.
Ninety-Two in the Shade: Film Review
1976 February 1
54
11
Nobody's Angel: Reviews and Press Coverage
1979-1983
34
1-5
Nobody's Angel: Reviews and Press Coverage
1982
39
3-4
Nothing but Blue Skies: National and International Book Tour Schedule
1992-1993
34
6
Nothing but Blue Skies: National and International Marketing and Publicity
1992-1994
34
7
Nothing but Blue Skies: Reviews and Press Coverage
1992-1994
34
8
Nothing but Blue Skies: Reviews and Press Coverage
1992-1994
35
1-2
Nothing but Blue Skies: Reviews and Press Coverage
1992-1994
39
5-6
Nothing but Blue Skies: Book Review
1992
54
12
Outside Chance: Book Reviews
1980-1981
54
13
An Outside Chance book jacket
1
Panama: Book Reviews
1978-1979
54
14
Some Horses and The Longest Silence: Press Coverage and Correspondence with Lyon's Press
1998-2000
35
3
Something to be Desired: Book Reviews
54
15-16
Something to be Desired: Publicity
1985
54
17
The Sporting Club: Film Reviews
1969-1971
54
18
To Skin a Cat: Publisher's Catalog Promotion
1986-1987
54
19
Profiles, Articles, and Interviews
2
This sub-series contains an assortment of magazines and publications featuring McGuane or his work. Some reviews are included among these materials, but they are not clearly identified and are interspersed with other profiles and press coverage about McGuane's life and work. It also features several recorded interviews with McGuane at media outlets like NPR as well as regional cultural institutions like the Montana Historical Society and the University of Wyoming.
McGuane's work received a strong following among readers in France, which is reflected in the numerous French publications on McGuane's literary career included in this sub-series.
From the 1970s
1970-1979
54
20
From the 1980's
1980-1989
54
21-22
Profiles and Related Correspondence
1982, 1989
54
23
Includes correspondence and draft of profile by E. Jean Carroll, and Time Magazine profile focused on McGuane's novel Keep the Change.
From the 1990's
1990-1999
54
24
Assorted Profiles
54
25
"A Conversation with Thomas McGuane," Second Saturday Lecture Series, Mobile, Alabama
1986 May 10
T-160 VHS Videocassette
55
2
Foreign Language Profiles, Articles, and Interviews
54
26
Foreign Magazine Articles about McGuane
1989-1996
35
4
French Magazine and News Coverage about McGuane
1990-1994
35
5-6
Magazine and News Coverage of McGuane's Work
1971-1991
35
7-8
Magazine and News Coverage of McGuane's Work
1974-2003
39
8-11
Magazine and News Coverage of McGuane's Work
1991-2003
36
1-10
Montana State University and Michigan State University Magazine Articles Regarding McGuane and Trout
2000-2002
36
11
"Montana Writers on NPR"
1989 November 8
55
20
Report on NPR's All Things Considered. KUFM Missoula.
Rocky Mountain Magazine Profile of McGuane
1981
36
12
"The Shaping of a Man of Letters" Draft - Chapter from Graduate Dissertation on McGuane
1988
36
13
Wild Trout Journal Interview Transcript
1997 Fall
36
14
"Thomas McGuane: His Fiction and Film." Symposium at the University of Wyoming
1989 March 23-24
3 T-120 VHS Videocassettes
55
3-5
Thomas McGuane, Montana Historical Society
1990 November
T-120 VHS Videocassette
55
6
Thomas McGuane Interview
1990
T-120 VHS Videocassette
55
7
Tom Interview
Columbia LX Audiocassette T-90 (no date, no other information)
55
21
Public Events, Speeches, and Awards
3
This sub-series contains memorabilia, programs, speech transcripts, and recordings from McGuane's public appearances. Recordings include interviews with McGuane and audio of McGuane reading his works on radio programs.
American Academy of Achievement: "Salute to Excellence" Speech, Glacier National Park
1993 June 26
36
1
American Fisheries Society Public Outreach Symposium and Salon du Livre, Paris - Presenter Badges
1996
37
1
American Museum of Fly Fishing, Heritage Award
2017
1
American Rivers, Appreciation Award
circa 1996
2
Award Certificates
1972-2012
37
2
Award Certificates (includes 1978 Sports Emmy)
1978-2009
39
12
Book and Media Festival Programs
1993-2003
37
3-4
Cranbrook School Distinguished Alumni Awards, Video Recording
1995
38
1
Evil Companions Award Speech Notes
2000
37
5
Federation of Fly Fishers Roderick Haig-Brown Award
2000
37
6
Federation of Fly Fishers is now called Fly Fishers International.
Henry's Fork Foundation Speech, San Francisco
2014
37
7
Heritage Center Celebrity Luncheon Speech
2003
37
8
Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Robert Kirsch Award
2017 April 21
37
9
McGuane on the cover of Fly Fisherman, mounted image
1998
37
10
Montana State University Fundraising and Honorary Doctorate
1992-1993
37
11
Trout Unlimited Outstanding Land Owner Fisheries Enhancement Award, Plaque
1991
37
12
Wild Trout Symposium at Yellowstone National Park Speech
2000
37
13
Western Literature Association Distinguished Achievement Award
2011
37
14
American Audio Prose Library Presents an Interview with Tom McGuane
1985
38
4
American Audio Prose Library Presents Tom McGuane Reading "Dogs," "The Skirmish," "The Rescue" (short stories from) To Skin a Cat
1985
38
5
At Large with Leni Holliman interview with McGuane about Some Horses
1999 October
38
6
"Bookworm" Radio Show KCRW, Hosted by Michael Silverblatt
1992 October 13
38
7
"Thomas McGuane" on WNYC
38
8
Tom McGuane Interview on NPR's "All Things Considered"
2002 May 31
38
1
Tom McGuane Profile on NPR's "Morning Edition"
1989 September 26
38
9
Saturday Morning Symposium - Saturday Afternoon - Tapes 1-3
1993
38
10-12
Reading of McGuane's Story "War and Peace"
1994
38
13
Writing about McGuane's Writing
4
This subseries features scholarly and reference articles about Thomas McGuane and his writing career. These drafts are versions that were likely sent to McGuane prior to their publication. These drafts include biographical sketches of McGuane as well as analysis of his writing in works of literary criticism.
Albert Howard Carter III, "McGuane's First Three Novels: Games, Fun, Nemesis"
undated
54
27
Aurelia Keevers, "Bibliography of McGuane"
1990 August
54
28
Includes handwritten note from Keevers to McGuane.
Jerome Klinkowitz, "Thomas McGuane: The Radicalized Novel of Manners" and "Conclusion: The Language of Manners," from The New American Novel of Manners "
1985-1987
54
29
Includes review of To Skin a Cat in High Plains Literary Review, Spring 1987.
James McClintock and students, "'Unextended Selves' and 'Unformed Visions': Roman Catholicism in Thomas McGuane's Novels"
1997
54
30
Also includes three papers from McClintock's English 445 students at Michigan State University
Pat Tobin, "Thomas McGuane: Untimeliness and the 'Direst Possible Clownage'"
undated
54
31
Includes cover letter from Tobin to McGuane.
Unknown author, "Chapter Two, Thomas McGuane: Outlawry and the Quest for the Right Woman"
undated
54
32
Jon Wallace, "The Language Plot in Thomas McGuane's Ninety-Two in the Shade"
1988 Winter
54
33
Includes letter to McGuane from Hal Nelson dated December 20 and 28.
Dexter Westrum, Thomas McGuane (Twayne's United States Authors Series)
1991
54
34
Manuscript pages of chapters 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9.