Phyllis S. Morgan

Phyllis S. Morgan is the author of award-winning bio-bibliographies of major Southwestern writers: Rudolfo Anaya, Marc Simmons, N. Scott Momaday.

 

The Phyllis S. Morgan Papers at the Wittliff Collections consist of her research, correspondence, manuscripts, and related material for her bio-bibliographies Marc Simmons of New Mexico: A Maverick Historian and N. Scott Momaday: Remembering Ancestors, Earth, and Traditions An Annotated Bio-Bibliography. The Wittliff Collections is also home to Marc Simmons’ literary papers.

 

Listed below is an archival inventory for the Phyllis S. Morgan Papers. Note that access to unprocessed materials is granted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the Archivist for details about access.

 

Accession 2009-031

 

Material donated from Morgan’s research on her bio-bibliography on Marc Simmons titled “Marc Simmons of New Mexico: Maverick Historian”; original folder labels appear in quotation marks and several original folders with notations have been kept.

 

The following files were removed from a box labeled “Simmons Material”

 

Box 1098 folder 1

Unmarked yellow folder containing bibliography of Simmons, interview questions, and hand written notes

 

Box 1098 folder 2

“Morgan/UNM Press correspondence 2002-2005”

 

Box 1098 folder 3

“Book reviews, publicity, etc.”

 

Box 1098 folder 4

“Biographical info on Simons”

 

Box 1098 folder 5

“Essays by Simmons and articles published”

 

Box 1098 folder 6

“Simmons – publicity and marketing materials”

 

Box 1098 folder 7

“Reviews of Simmons’ books”

 

Box 1098 folder 8

“Research materials”

 

Box 1098 folder 9

“Forwords/Afterword introductions”

 

Box 1098 folder 10

“Permissions re. copyrighted material”

 

Box 1098 folder 11

“Simmons Sampler”

 

Box 1098 folder 12

“Albuquerque Journal (articles about books and info re. book signings and readings)”

 

Box 1098 folder 13

“Albuquerque Tribune (ceased publication in 2008”

Box 1098 folder 14

“Arizona and the West (contains essay and review by Simmons and reviews by others about his books)”

 

Box 1098 folder 15

“Book Talk”

 

Box 1098 folder 16

“Century (essays by Simmons)”

 

Box 1098 folder 17

“El Defensor Chieftain (Socorro, New Mexico)”

 

Box 1098 folder 18

“El Palacio”

 

Box 1098 folder 19

“Exploration (essays by Marc Simmons)”

 

Box 1098 folder 20

“The New Mexican (The Santa Fe New Mexican)”

 

Box 1098 folder 21

“New Mexico Historical Review (reviews by and about Simmons and his works)”

 

Box 1098 folder 22

“The Independent (The New Mexico Independent)”

 

Box 1098 folder 23

“New Mexico Magazine”

 

Box 1098 folder 24

“Prime Time”

 

Box 1098 folder 25

“Roundup (Western writers of America)”

 

Box 1098 folder 26

“Santa Fe Reporter”

 

Box 1098 folder 27

“Spirit Magazine”

 

Box 1098 folder 28

“Wagon Tracks (quarterly of Santa Fe Trail Assn.)”

 

Box 1098 folder 29 (see both inside and outside of original folder for notation)

“Western Historical Qtrly. (reviews of Simmons books)”

 

Box 1098

One red, white, and blue canvas zippered bag, approximately 18” x 12”, from 2007 Santa Fe Trail Symposium

 

The following files were removed from a box labeled “Simmons material” [cont.’d]

Box 1098-A folder 1

Copies of photographs for the book by Morgan, both used and unused

June 11, 1979 issue of The Rustler newspaper

One postcard featuring the Santa Fe Trail map used for the book cover

 

Box 1098-A folder 2

Various book catalogs from University of New Mexico Press, includes listing for “Marc Simmons of New Mexico: Maverick Historian”

 

Box 1098-A folder 3

Copy of corrected page proofs of Marc Simmons of New Mexico: Maverick Historian removed from its own box [part 1 of 2]

 

Box 1098-A folder 4

Copy of corrected page proofs of Marc Simmons of New Mexico: Maverick Historian removed from its own box [part 2 of 2]

 

Box 1098-A folder 5

Final manuscript and proofreader’s marked copy of Marc Simmons of New Mexico: Maverick Historian removed from its own box [part 1 of 3]

 

Box 1098-A folder 6

Final manuscript and proofreader’s marked copy of Marc Simmons of New Mexico: Maverick Historian removed from its own box [part 2 of 3]

 

Box 1098-A folder 7

Final manuscript and proofreader’s marked copy of Marc Simmons of New Mexico: Maverick Historian removed from its own box [part 3 of 3]

 

Framed Art Case Row 16

One hand colored drawing, 24 ¼” x 18 ¾” framed, for book cover of Marc Simmons of New Mexico: Maverick Historian.  Artist is Frank A. Cooper, hand colored by Morgan and in distressed green and black frame. 

 

 

Accession 2010-049

 

Additional materials to the Marc Simmons collection; includes correspondence, reviews, and several items for the backlog. Original folder titles appear in quotation marks.

 

The following items have been added to the backlog:

One cassette tape Santa Fe Trail: Self guided tour trail "Down the road in New Mexico by Maggie Greenwood, with accompanying booklet

 

One CD "Frontier Favorites: Old-Time Music of the Wild West" by Mark Gardner & Rex Rideout

 

Without a Wagon on the Santa Fe Trail: Hiking into History  by Inez Ross; paperback book in new condition published in 2004 by Ashley House and signed by the author

 

One VHS tape "Colores! Exploring the myth and magic of the American Southwest

 

Box #1255 folder 1 "Correspondence from Marc Simmons 2000-2003 and items re: Ronald L. Kil and Mark Gardner”

 

Box #1255 folder 2 "Correspondence from Marc Simmons 2004-2009 includes photographs and other items" - contains seven 4" x 6" color photographs and photo CD

 

Box #1255 folder 3 "lists of addresses and lectures(used in books)/awards and honors for Marc Simmons of New Mexico, Maverick Historian (not used in book at Simmons’s request)"

 

Box #1255 folder 4 "lists Simmons' Published Books and forewords and indexto Simmons in issues of Wagon Tracks"

 

Box #1255 folder 5 "Reviews of Marc Simmons of New Mexico, 2005-2006"

 

Box #1255 folder 6 "Issues of PRIME TIME - 'History' (column) by Marc Simmons 2009 - March 2010" - contains photocopies of the articles

 

 

Accession 2010-050

 

One folder of material added to the Phyllis S. Morgan collection of Marc Simmons material plus a CD of historical selections.

 

One item added to the backlog:

Songs of the Santa Fe Trail and the Far West CD by Mark Gardner with the Muleskinners. Note from cover “Documented songs and instrumentals of the nineteenth-century American West performed with period instruments and using historic playing styles. Includes detailed historical notes on each selection.” Produced by Native Ground, Asheville, NC, copyright 1996 by Mark Gardner.

 

Box 1255 folder 7

“Reviews in Southwest BookViews by Simmons, 2002-2004” -

includes an article by Marc Simmons “A Glimpse of the Old Santa Fe Trail” on the 400th anniversary of Santa Fe, April 2010.

 

Photocopies of reviews on the following books - [by Phyllis S. Morgan] When We Were Young in the West: True Stories of Childhood by Richard Melzer

 

[by Marc Simmons] - American Indian Ghost Stories of the Southwest by Antonio R. Garcez, The Civil War in West Texas & New Mexico: The Lost Letterbook of Brig-adier General Henry Hopkins Sibley edited by John P. Wilson and Jerry Thompson, When Technology Fails, A Manual for Self-Reliance & Planetary Survival by Matthew Stein, Civil War in the Southwest: Recollections of the Sibley Brigade edited by Jerry Thompson, Revolution and Rebellion by Frank McCulloch, Apaches de Navajo, Seventeenth-Century Navajos in the Chama Valley of New Mexico by Curtis F. Schaafsma, The Spanish Struggle for Justice in the Conquest of America by Lewis Hanke, and others.

 

 

 

Accession 2010-051

 

The N. Scott Momaday material from Phyllis S. Morgan's research and work for N. Scott Momaday: Remembering Ancestors, Earth, and Traditions: An Annotated Bio-Bibliography.

Original file titles appear in quotation marks.

 

The following items have been added to the backlog:

 

The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday, illustrated by Al Momaday and signed by both.  This first edition published by University of New Mexico Press, copyright 1969.  Hard cover book is in fair condition without its original book jacket; photocopy of jacket text with remainder of accessioned material - see note below.

 

House of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday, first Harper Perennial Modern Classics published in 1999.  Paperback book is in good condition and signed by the author.           

 

In the Presence of the Sun by N. Scott Momaday, with illustrations by the author.  "First paperback edition"; published by St. Martin's Press in 1993.  Paperback book in good condition with rough cut pages and signed by the author.

 

"A recent school library book" titled The Way to Rainy Mountain with Related Readings by N. Scott Momaday.  Hardcover book is in good condition, published in 2002 by McGraw-Hill as part of the Glencoe Literature Library and signed by author.

 

[NOTE: notations by Morgan on editions and the provenance of each book removed to Box 1256 folder 1 for the above titles]

 

Box 1256 folder 1 photocopy of content lists as provided by donor along with original notes on the books added to the backlog

 

[NOTE: The following folders all have the same pre-fix

"Phyllis S. Morgan - N. Scott Momady Collection"]

 

Box 1256 folder 2 "Preliminary Pages (including Preface) and Illustrations (also artwork online)"

 

Box 1256 folder 3 "Biography Items"

 

Box 1256 folder 4 "Chronology and Related Items"

 

Box 1256 folder 5 "Drafts of Lincoln Introduction"

 

Box 1256 folder 6 "Miscellaneous Items"

 

Box 1256 folder 7 "Correspondence with N.S.M. and wife Barbara, 2004-"

 

Box 1256 folder 8 "Correspondence with Alessandra Jacobi Tamulevich, Acquisitions Editor, OU Press, 12/2007-"

 

Box 1256 folder 9 "Correspondence with Steven Baker, Managing Editor, U of Oklahoma Press, Nov. 2008-"

 

Box 1256 folder 10 "Introduction by Dr. Kenneth Lincoln, Professor, UCLA, 2009, and Correspondence, 2007-2010"

 

Box 1256 folder 11 "Correspondence with Copy Editor Michael Levine, Freelance Ed., New York City, 3/1/2009-5/9/2009"

 

Box 1256 folder 12 "Correspondence Seeking Information, 2007-2009"

 

Box 1256 folder 13 "First Reader's Reports & Marked Ms., 8/208"

 

Box 1256 folder 14 "University of Oklahoma Press Marketing Questionnaire and Other

Materials Related to Book (include. correspondence)

 

Box 1256 folder 15 "Sampling of Bibliographies Checked in Work on Book"

 

Box 1256 folder 16 "Columns from Viva, supplements of Santa Fe New Mexican, 4/1972-12/73"

 

Box 1256 folder 17 "Appendices I -III (not used in book)"

 

Box 1256 folder 18 "Index"

 

Box 1256 folder 19 "SAR and Other Lectures (Royce Carlton)"

 

Box 1256 folder 20 "Miscellaneous Items"

 

Box 1256 folder 21 "American Indian Oral Tradition - Course Taught by Momady"

 

Box 1256 folder 22 "Permissions/Copyrights"

 

Box 1256 folder 23 "Ms. Reviewed, with emendations made by Nomaday in his own hand-writing (sent 8/2008 and returned 10/08)"

 

[NOTE: The following folders all have the same pre-fix

"Phyllis S. Morgan - N. Scott Momady Collection"]

 

Box 1257 folder 1 "Copies of Entry Nos. 1-151"

 

Box 1257 folder 2 "Copies of Entry Nos. 151-599"

 

Box 1257 folder 3 "Copies of Entry Nos. 600-799"

 

Box 1257 folder 4 "Copies of Entry Nos. 800-1299"

 

Box 1257 folder 5 "Copies of Entry Nos. 1300-1499"

 

Box 1257 folder 6 "Copies of Entry Nos. 1500-1599"

 

Box 1257 folder 7 "Copies of Entry Nos. 1600-1878"

 

Box 1257 folder 8 "Redlined Copy with Morgan's Corrections and Comments to Copy Ed., Parts I & II & Prelim. Pages, i-294"

 

Box 1257 folder 9 "Redlined Copy with Morgan's Corrections and Comments to Copy Ed., Part III, pp. 295-465."

 

Box 1257 folder 10 "Page Proofs, Part I, 10/2009 and Preliminary Pages"

 

Box 1257 folder 11 "Page Proofs, Part II, 10/2009"

 

Box 1257 folder 12 "Page Proofs, Pt. III, 10/2009"

 

Box 1258 folder 1 "10/2009 Edited ms. (accompanied Master/Author set of page proofs)" part 1 of 2 [description taken from first page]

 

Box 1258 folder 2 "10/2009 Edited ms. (accompanied Master/Author set of page proofs)" part 2 of 2

 

Box 1258 folder 3 "FIRST PROOF 9/4/09 (set for indexing)" part 1 of 2 [description taken from first page]

 

Box 1258 folder 4 "FIRST PROOF 9/4/09 (set for indexing)" part 2 of 2

 

 

Accession 2012-019

 

Box 1426 (1 of 2)

1426/1 Detailed list describing the contents of the N. Scott Momaday collection

1426/2  “Phyllis S. Morgan- N. Scott Momaday Collection- Awards Received by N. Scott

            Momaday: Remembering Ancestors, Earth, and Traditions”

1426/3 “N. Scott Momaday Collection- Correspondence NSM as a nominee (2012) to

            receive the Nobel prize in literature, also other correspondence- NSM, Steven Baker, Leo Oliva etc.”

1426/4 “N. Scott Momaday Collection, Early samples of bibliography (2004-2006)”

1426/5 “N. Scott Momaday Collection- Interview #1 (2006) and #2 (2007)- conducted

             by PS Morgan with Momaday. Tapes are also included in the box.”

1426/6 “N. Scott Momaday Collection- Photographs, map, chs, etc in published book.”

1426/7 “N. Scott Momaday Collection- Published works by or about Momaday”

1426/8 “N. Scott Momaday Collection- Reviews of NSM: Remembering…”

1426/9 “N. Scott Momaday Collection- Work journal of Author Phyllis S Morgan

            6/2004-2/2011”

1426/10 “N. Scott Momaday Collection- Miscellaneous items pertaining to NSM and

            Morgan’s bio-bibliography (2010-2012).”

1426/11 “N. Scott Momaday Collection- Final Draft of Biography and Notes, corrected and

            including NSM’s Corrections”

1426/12 “N. Scott Momaday Collection- Pt I of Final MS pp. i-xliii, 1-65 11/2008”

1426/13 “N. Scott Momaday Collection – Pts II and II of Final MS. Pp. 85-396, 11-08

            (with entry nos.)”

1426/14 “N. Scott Momaday Collection – P. I (Bio) of New Recto, pp I-104”

1426/15 “N. Scott Momaday Collection- Pt II (works of Momaday) of New Recto, pp

             105-281”

1426/16 “N. Scott Momaday Collection Pt III (Works about Momaday) of New Recto, pp

              282-443”

1426/17 “N. Scott Momaday MS Returned by U of OK press on 3/10/2011”

 

Box 1427 (2 of 2)

1427/1 “N. Scott Momaday MS Returned by U of OK press on 3/10/2011” [continued]

1427/2 “Magazines Featuring N. Scott Momaday 2010-2011”

1427/3 Detailed list of the contents of the Marc Simmons collection

1427/4 “Marc Simmons Collection-Calendar”-2012 Enchanting New Mexico Calendar

1427/5 “Marc Simmons Collection-Materials re M.S. and his works”

1427/6 “Marc Simmons Collection-Materials re Morgan and her book Marc Simmons of

            the New Mexico: Maverick Historian, also includes correspondence, other writings etc.”

1427/7 “Marc Simmons Collection-Presentations by Simmons”

1427/8 “Marc Simmons Collection-Photographs”

1427/9 Marc Simmons Collection-Magazine Santa Fe 400th Anniversary

            Commemorative Issue, 2010

 

The following items have been added to the Backlog:

Momaday, N. Scott. Four Arrows & Magpie, 2006 (signed and inscribed)

Momaday, N. Scott.  The Journey of Tai-me, 2009 (signed and inscribed)

Momaday, N. Scott. In the Bear’s House, 2010 (signed and inscribed, letter laid in)

Momaday, N. Scott. The Ancient Child, 1989 (signed and inscribed)

Momaday, N. Scott. The Man Made Of Words 1997 (signed and inscribed)

Momaday, N. Scott. The Names: A Memoir 1999 (signed and inscribed)

Momaday, N. Scott. The Way to Rainy Mountain, 2001(signed and inscribed)

Momaday, N. Scott. Again the Far Morning, 2011 (signed)

Momaday, N. Scott. Three Plays, 2007 (signed and inscribed)

 

CD

National Poetry Recitation Contest

 

DVDs

Sky Island

Remembered Earth: New Mexico’s High Desert