TABLE OF CONTENTS


Overview of the Collection

Biography

Scope and Content

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Bibliography

Detailed Description

Series I: Manuscripts






Gerald Hausman Papers



Finding aid prepared by Archives & Special Collections Staff.






Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
405 Babbidge Road, Unit 1205
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1205



© 2005 University of Connecticut



Overview of the Collection

Repository: Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Creator: Hausman, Gerald.
Title: Gerald Hausman Papers.
Dates: undated, 1981.
Quantity: 4 linear feet.
Identification: MSS19970133
Language: English.
Abstract: Gerald Hausman was born 13 October 1945 in Baltimore, MD. He attended New Mexico Highlands University (B.A., 1968). His career has included Poetry teacher (Lenox, MA, 1969-1972), editor of the Bookstore Press (1972-1977), vice-president of Sunstone Press (Santa Fe, NM, 1979-1983); English teacher at the Santa Fe Preparatory School (1983-1987).

Biography

Gerald Hausman was born 13 October 1945 in Baltimore, MD, the son of Sidney (an engineer) and Dorothy (Little) Hausman. He attended New Mexico Highlands University (B.A., 1968). His career has included Poetry teacher (Lenox, MA, 1969-1972), editor of the Bookstore Press (1972-1977), vice-president of Sunstone Press (Santa Fe, NM, 1979-1983); English teacher at the Santa Fe Preparatory School (1983-1987). He has also been the Poet-in-residence in public schools (1970-1976) and at Central Connecticut State College (1973). Hausman has received the Union College poetry prize (1965, Quebec Poems), and established the Gerald Hausman Scholarship awarded in author's name to two Native American high-school students at Santa Fe Preparatory School in 1985.

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Scope and Content

The collection contains manuscripts and correspondence pertaining to a significant number of Hausman's published books, in addition to the books and audiobooks themselves. Also included are a script, poems, slides and photographs, video materials and some artwork.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

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Related Material

Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of children's literature, including publication, manuscripts and artwork. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the reference desk.

African-American Alphabet (proof, paperback) Dodd Call No. B 5431/ B 5432

Anthology of Magazine Verse,1984 edition Dodd Call No.

Bestiaire Indiens d'Amerique Dodd Call No. A 4225

Beth Dodd Call No. B 3337

Circle Meadow Dodd Call No. B 3336

Contemporaries: Twenty-eight new American Poets (hardcover, pbk) Dodd Call No. B 4197/ B 5479a

Coyote walks on Two Legs Dodd Call No. CLC C 1202

Crazy to be Alive in such a Strange World Dodd Call No. B 5441

Doctor Moledinky's Castle (proof, hardcover) Dodd Call No. CLC C 1206/ C 1207

Duppy Talk Dodd Call No. CLC C 1208

Eagle Boy Dodd Call No. CLC C1203

The First Berkshire Anthology Dodd Call No. C 3454

From Seedbed to Harvest Dodd Call No. A 4255

Ghost Walk Dodd Call No. CLC A433

The Gift of the Gila Monster (proof, paperback) Dodd Call No. A 4222/ A 4223

The Gift of Tongues Dodd Call No. B 5444

Granite, Number 5, 6 Dodd Call No. LMC/ B 5484

The Greenfield Review v. 12 Dodd Call No. Dodd Periodicals

I Guerrieri della Prateria Dodd Call No. A 4227

How Chipmunk got Tiny Feet Dodd Call No. CLC C1204

Die Indianer, Meine Freunde Dodd Call No. C 5322

Junior Great Books, Series 5, First Semester Dodd Call No. B 5485

Meditations with Animals Dodd Call No. A4224

Meditations with the Navajo Dodd Call No. A4226

My Racine Dodd Call No. A 4247

The Mythology of Dogs Dodd Call No. C 5319

Naked and Fiery Forms Dodd Call No. A 4322

New Mexico Poetry Renaissance Dodd Call No. D 5443

Night Flight Dodd Call No. CLC C 1259

Night Herding Song Dodd Call No. A 4237

No Witness (proof, hardcover) Dodd Call No. A 4238/ A 4239

Our Place Dodd Call No. B 3339

Oyez Review Number 12, 13 Dodd Call No. B 5481/ B 5480

Phantoms of the Night Dodd Call No. A 4252

Poems Here and Now Dodd Call No. A 4236

Prayer to the Great Mystery (proof, hardcover) Dodd Call No. C 5320/ C 5321

The Second Berkshire Anthology Dodd Call No. C 3296

Sitting on the Blue-Eyed Bear Dodd Call No. A 4240

Southwest Dodd Call No. B 5446

Stargazer Dodd Call No. A 4241

The Sun Horse Dodd Call No. A 4242

Superheroes Dodd Call No. B 5445

Tales from the Great Turtle Dodd Call No. B 5442

The Third Berkshire Anthology Dodd Call No. B 3705

Tunkashila (proof, hardcover, paperback) Dodd Call No. A 4243/ A 4244/ A 4245

Turtle Dream Dodd Call No. A 4246

Turtle Island ABC Dodd Call No. CLC C 1205

Turtle Island Alphabet (hardcover, paperback) Dodd Call No. C 5317/ C 5318

Warriors of Blood and Dream Dodd Call No. A 4254

Wheel of Fortune Dodd Call No. A 4253

Wilderness Dodd Call No. C 5323

The Yogurt Cookbook Dodd Call No. A 4248

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Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Subjects:

Children's literature.

Document Types:

Audio visual materials.
Books.
Correspondence.
Galley proofs.
Illustrations.
Manuscripts.
Personal Papers.
Photographs.
Publications.
Videocassettes.

Occupations:

Authors, American.
English teachers.
Poets, American.
Publishers.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item description, #:#], Gerald Hausman Papers. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.

Acquisition Information

The collection was purchased from the author in 1997.

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Bibliography

Writings by the Author

(With David Kherdian). Eight Poems, Giligia, 1968.
(Editor) Shivurrus Plant of Mopant and Other Children's Poems, Giligia, 1968.
New Marlboro Stage, Giligia, 1969.2nd edition, Bookstore Press, 1971.
Circle Meadow, Bookstore Press, 1972.
The Boy with the Sun Tree Bow, Berkshire Traveller Press, 1973.
Beth: The Little Girl of Pine Knoll, Bookstore Press, 1974.
Sitting on the Blue-Eyed Bear, Lawrence Hill, 1975.
(Under name Gerry Hausmanwith wife Lorry Hausman) The Pancake Book, Persea Books, 1976.
(Under nameGerry Hausman with L. Hausman) The Yogurt Book, Persea Books, 1977.
The Day the White Whales Came to Bangor, Cobblesmith, 1977.
Night Herding Song, Copper Canyon Press, 1979.
No Witness, Stackpole, 1980.
Runners, Sunstone Press, 1984.
Meditations with Animals: A Native American Bestiary, Bear & Co., 1986.
Meditations with the Navajo, Bear & Co., 1988.
Turtle Dream, Mariposa, 1989.
Stargazer, Lotus Press, 1989.
Ghost Walk, Mariposa, 1991.
Turtle Island Alphabet, St. Martin's, 1992.
The Navajo Way, Simon & Schuster, 1992.
Coyote Walks on Two Legs, Philomel, 1993.
Eagle Boy, Harper-Collins, 1993.
Turtle Island Alphabet for Young Readers, Harper-Collins, 1993.
Contributor to Kathleen Meagher. Poets in the Schools, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, 1973.
Contributor to anthologies, including Kherdian, Morrow. Contemporaries: 28 New American Poets Contemporaries: 28 New American Poets, Viking; Desert Review Anthology, Desert Review Press; and Poetry Here and Now, , .
Some of Hausman's work has been recorded on audiotapes and released by Lotus Press, including “Navajo Nights,”1987, “Stargazer,” 1989, “Native American Animal Stories,” 1990, and “Ghost Walk,” 1991.

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Detailed Description

Series I: Manuscripts
1:1-4 Prayer to the Great Mystery
1:5 Duppy Talk
1:6 Tunkashila
1:7 Gift of the Gila Monster
2:8 Mythology of Dogs
2:9-11 African-American Alphabet
2:12-14 Night Flight
2:15 Red Canoe
2:16-18 Wilderness
3:19-21 Dr. Moledinky's Castle
3:22 Meditations with Animals
3:23 St. Martin's Press catalogs (2)
3:24 Runners mss and bound galley (Stargazer)
3:25 Viva—The New Mexican
Correspondence
3:26 Turtle Island ABC
3:27 Eagle Boy
3:28 Harper Collins
3:29-30 African-American Alphabet
3:31 The Amiais Journal
3:32 Anasazi Honey
3:33 Arizona Quarterly
3:34 The Berkshire Anthology
3:35 Berkshire Arts and Leisure Magazine
3:36 Biography ( 1981)
3:37 Book Forum
3:38 Berkshire Arts Magazine
3:39 The Boy with the Sun-Tree Bow
3:40 Break of Day Poetry Magazine
3:41 Brochures by Mariah Fox
3:42 Circle Meadow
3:43-44 Coyote Walks on Two Legs (Art)
3:45 The Day the White Whales Came to Bangor
3:46 Desert Review
3:47 Dr. Moledinky's Castle
3:48 Duppy Talk
3:49 Earth Circle
3:50 Eight Poems
3:51 Forkroads
3:52 Gift of the Gila Monster
3:53 Grasshopper
3:54 Hololo Spring Review
3:55 How Chipmunk got Tiny Feet
4:56 The Bloomsbury Review
4:57 Jimmy Blue Eyes—script
4:58 Kheridan, David
4:59 Letters
4:60 The Living Wilderness
4:61-62 Meditations with Animals
4:63 Meditations with the Navajo
4:64 Miscellaneous
4:65 Monterey News
4:66 Mythology of Dogs
4:67 Native American Today
4:68 New Marlboro Stage
4:69 New Mexico Craft
4:70 New Mexico Wildlife
4:71 Night Flight
4:72 Night Herding Song
4:73 No Witness
4:74 Pancake Book
4:75 Poetry—two uncollected poems
4:76 Prayer to the Great Mystery
4:77 Fred Rogers
4:78 Runners
4:79 The Sage
4:80 Sante Fe East Magazine
4:81 Schools
4:82 Sheaf Literary Magazine
4:83 The Shivarrus Plant of Mopant and other children's poems
4:84 Sitting on the Blue Eyed Bear
4:85 Small Press
4:86 The Snowy Egret
4:87 The Sole Proprietor
4:88 The Southwestern Review
3:389 Stargazer
3:90 Stone House
4:91 The Story of Blue Elk (Art)
4:92 Storytelling
4:93 Studia Mystica
4:94 Tunkashila
4:95 Turtle Island Artwork
4:96 Turtle Island Alphabet
4:97 Wilderness
4:98 Willow Springs
4:99 Zelazny, Roger
4:100 Photographs (NCLC Book Fair 1997)
4:101 Slides and Photographs—African Alphabet
4:102 Slides and Photographs—Turtle Island Artwork
VHS Storytelling tapestry interview with G.H.
Audio cassette books:
Native American Animal Stories
Ghost Walk
Turtle Island Alphabet
Navajo Nights
Stargazer
4:103 Duppies, Drum Talk and Obeah Men
5:104 Oversize
Copperhead Three (Poems)