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Burlingame Special Collections
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Bozeman, MT 59717-3320
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Collection 2610, MtBC, us
Alkire, Tom
Tom Alkire Papers
1964-2015
1.4 linear feet
The Tom Alkire Papers consists primarily of published,
unpublished, and draft articles; proposals, drafts, and research notes for book
There’s More to Fishing (Than Catching Fish);
correspondence; and a collection of the author’s college papers.
Collection materials are in English
Biographical Note
Thomas G. Alkire was born in 1946 in Columbus, Ohio and his family moved to Richland,
Washington when he was just two years old. He attended local schools and graduated
from the University of Washington in 1968 with a degree in History. Alkire has been
a freelance writer, newspaper journalist, avid angler and fly tier, and regular
columnist for
Flyfishing and Tying Journal, and
author of There's More to Fishing (Than Catching
Fish) and River Stories: Headwaters to the
Sea. He was a founding member of the Oregon trout and Native Fish
Society, president of the Portland Anglers Club, and former board member of the
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife access and Habitat Board. Alkire has been
living, working, and fishing in the Portland area for over 40 years.
Material consists primarily of published, unpublished, and draft articles; proposals,
drafts, and research notes for book
There’s More to Fishing
(Than Catching Fish); correspondence; and a collection of the author’s
college papers.
This collection is open for research.
Literary manuscripts, correspondence, notes, publishing documentation, and other
materials created or collected by Thomas G. Alkire of Portland, Oregon were donated
to Montana State University by him on April 1, 2016.
This collection was processed 2016 December 27
Fishing and
Canning
Sports and
Recreation
Bozeman
Montana
Photographs
1/1
Photos and Bio
1/2
Articles published in “Flyfishing and Tying
Journal”
2003-2015
1/3
Article published in “Flyfishing”
1998
1/4
Articles published in “Salmon Trout
Steelheader”
2008-2014
1/5
Article published in “Western
Flyfishing”
1996
1/6
Article published in “Willamette
Week”
1995
1/7
“Chukar” –drafts, correspondence, and final
version
1996-1997
1/8
“Winter Run” and “Home Water Steelhead” –
drafts and correspondence
1998-2008
1/9
“Oregon Turkey” – drafts and
correspondence
1995-2000
1/10
“Father River, Father Time” – drafts,
correspondence and final version
1998-1999
1/11
“Chum” – drafts, correspondence and final
version
1998-2000
1/12
Bureau of National Affairs
1/13
Clips from Oregon Daily Emerald
1975-1976
1/14
“Snarls in the Stream” – First published
fishing story
1978
1/15
University of Washington English
papers
1974
2/1
College papers
1964-1976
2/2
Oregon’s Posse Comitatus –
Freelance
1976
2/3
Various Articles
1970-1979
2/4
Articles published in “The Stranton
Mail”
1976-1977
2/5
Articles from “World Without War
Council”
1971-1973
2/6
Short stories – drafts and
correspondence
1975-1977
2/7
Newsletters, reports and notes
1968-1969
2/8
“Silvers” – drafts, correspondence and final
version
1995-1996
2/9
“Petals at Dawn” – drafts, correspondence and
final version
2000-2003
2/10
“Rigs”/“The Fishing Car” – drafts,
correspondence, ad final version
2001-2011
3/1
“Hard Country Pheasants” – drafts,
correspondence and final version
2001
3/2
“Bull Trout Sheriff” – drafts, correspondence
and final version
2011
3/3
“Fishless in Paradise” – drafts,
correspondence and final version
1995-2011
3/4
“From Down to the Bone” and “Gear” – drafts
and final version
2014
3/5
“Joseph” – screenplay draft, research and
notes
1988
3/6
“The Harvest” – notes and unpublished
manuscript
1977-1983
3/7
“The Wilderness Giveaway” – book proposals,
correspondence and manuscript
1982
3/8
Awards
1979-1983
3/9
Collected articles from various
publications
1973-1983
4/1
Newsletters
1972-1999
4/2
“There’s More to Fishing (Than Catching Fish)”
– book proposals, correspondence and notes
1999
4/3
Financial information and
correspondence
2000-2007
4/4
Correspondence with Barnes and
Noble
2001
4/5
Frank Amato Publication Inc.’s
Books
2001
4/6
Elliot Bay Bookstore – reading and signing
event
2001
4/7
Book reviews on “There’s More to Fishing (Than
Catching Fish)
4/8
Richland book signing information
2001
4/9
Marketing information – correspondence,
etc.
4/10
Excerpts of various articles – drafts and
correspondence