Box 4

Journal kept during Nye's honeymoon in South America. Mostly diary entries, some poem ideas and drafts. Includes laid-in correspondence from Aziz Shihab. 106 pages.

Poems and drafts. 10 pages. Includes draft of “Different Ways to Pray,” “Still Waiting on a Dull Moment,” and notes on instruction.

"Traveling Journal-California July 4-6, 1980 - Additional Na Bolom notes 1985." Notes for story "Pablo," poem draft "Gabriel," draft story "Camel Like Only Camel," extensive notes labeled "Peter Mattheissen, Trinity, Feb. 23 '98," and some notes labeled "Coleman Barks UTSA, Feb, 1998." 23 pages.

Journal entries, "Notes for 'Maestro,'" laid in poem draft "Black Beans." 53 pages.

Journal entries and class notes, transcribed poems, poem drafts, "Gabriel," "After the Party," "Promise," "Invisible," "Night Blooming Cereus," "Taking Care of What We Love," and others. Notes for talk "Arizona." 29 pages.

Diary entries for Nepal, Cairo, and Palestine, including family visits, and Delhi, India; sketch, notes on camels, "memorable characters." Poem drafts "San Cristobal," "Camel Like Only Camel," and prose "Mister Potato," and list of "homes enroute." 71 pages.

Diary entries, poem drafts "Blue Bucket," notes on Pat Mora's reading in San Antonio. 76 pages.

Notes, recipe, journal entries in Maine, poem draft "A Definite Shore," "The Endless Indian Nights," "Tea Seller, Rajasthan," "Winter in Your Part of the World," "At Mother Theresa's," "Eureka Springs, Arkansas," "Arizona," "Corsicana," "Call Me Ben," journal entries in Texas, "Thunder," Cuernavaca, Mexico, "Frida Kahlo's House," Philadelphia Arts Alliance, Denver, and others. 60 pages.

Journal entries from San Cristóbal, poem drafts "Mercado," "Blue Island of Old Friends," "The Hidden Heart of Mexico," journal entry after father's surgery, "From Bangalore," "The Length of Red Tape," "Merwin's Wall," "Beyond the Kitchen Window," journal entries on traveling, " Aziz Meets a Bear Near Cloudcroft, New Mexico," "Where Nye, Oregon Isn't Anymore." 76 pages.

Journal entries New York City, poem drafts throughout, laid-in poems by others, Kim Stafford workshop notes from Our Lady of the Lake, sketched map of Nye's neighborhood, "Arts Magnet" notes, El Paso Community College workshop and elementary school workshop notes, About 120 pages.

Laid in annotated poetry writing workshop outline; journal entries from Hawai'i; Bonassi poem "One Hammer;" Madison Nye poem "Healed;" many annotated poem drafts; "The Burning House," "Violin," "School bell," and "Faces Under Occupation. About 120 pages.

Annotated poem drafts. Sections titled "Thanksgiving at [W.S.] Merwin's," "Cairo," "Jordan," "Essay/letters to Alix," Rochester, Scranton PA, "Notes for Piece for Anton." Journal entries from Jerusalem. About 70 pages.

First notes and lines of "Maintenance," annotated poem drafts, notes for reading and workshop. About 100 pages.