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Nick Lyons Ephemera Collection Addendum, 1824-2013

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Lyons, Nick
Title
Nick Lyons Ephemera Collection Addendum
Dates
1824-2013
Quantity
6.6 linear feet
Collection Number
Collection 2579, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary
The Nick Lyons collection includes the corporate documents of Nick Lyons Books, Lyons and Burford, and Lyons Press in the form of legal documents, correspondence, contracts, and proposals. Original editorial manuscripts and galleys of books published by Lyons Press are included as well as assorted Lyons catalogs. In addition, this collection includes original rough drafts, with notes and hand written editorial notations, of books, articles, and columns written by Nick Lyons for publications including Fly Fisherman Magazine, Field and Stream, and the New York Times. Also contained in the collection are ephemera, photographs, and artwork.
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

Permission to publish any documents created by Nick Lyons and unpublished prior to January 6, 2014 cannot be granted by Montana State University, and Montana State University holds no copyright of any kind for any material created by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.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

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 in 1957 to artist Mari Blumenau 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. It earned the reputation as one of the premier publishers of fishing books, but the company 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.

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Content Description

The Nick Lyons collection includes the corporate documents of Nick Lyons Books, Lyons and Burford, and Lyons Press in the form of legal documents, correspondence, contracts, and proposals. Original editorial manuscripts and galleys of books published by Lyons Press are included as well as assorted Lyons catalogs. In addition, this collection includes original rough drafts, with notes and hand written editorial notations, of books, articles, and columns written by Nick Lyons for publications including Fly Fisherman Magazine, Field and Stream, and the New York Times. Also contained in the collection are ephemera, photographs, and artwork.

New Materialcan be found in Box 14, Folders 20-21, as well as Boxes 17-18.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Series 1 Nick Lyons Books, Lyons and Burford, and Lyons Press Records, 1968-2013

Series 2 Writings and Articles, 1972-2006

Series 3 Ephemera, Photographs, and Artwork, 1824, 1988-2002

Series 4 Skyhorse Publishing, Lyons Press, and Lyons and Burford Publishers Records, 1956-2015

Acquisition Information

The records of Nick Lyons' publishing and writing career were donated by Tony Lyons of New York City on January 6, 2014. This collection supplements an earlier accession from Lyons purchased by Montana State University in 2005 and processed as the Nick Lyons Ephemera Collection, 1932-2005, Collection 2475. Additional materials donated by Nick Lyons on November 20, 2016 and March 2018; and Tony Lyons on March 13, 2017. Additional material added April 2019.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2018 April 12

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Kim Allen Scott, 2014
June 20, 2019

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