Heat Moon, William Least (b. 1939).

William Least Heat-Moon Papers.

41 boxes.

Scope and Contents

Material by Wililam Least Heat-Moon (b. 1939). Manuscripts and additional materials from the following books:

• PrairyErth (A Deep Map) (1991)
• River-Horse: The Logbook of a Boat Across America (1999)
• Columbus in the Americas (2002)
• Roads to Quoz: An American Mosey (2008)
• Here, There, Elsewhere: Stories from the Road (2013)
• An Osage Journey to Europe 1827-1830: Three French Accounts (2013)
• Writing Blue Highways: The Story of How a Book Happened (2014)
• Celestial Mechanics: A Tale for a Mid-Winter Night (2017)
• O’ America! A Story of Adventure in a New Land (2020)

Finding aid: William Least Heat-Moon Papers

Collection Details

• Boxes 1-6: River-Horse (drafts, proofs, edits, audio scripts)
• Boxes 7-11: PrairyErth (drafts, proofs, edits, audio scripts)
• Box 12: Columbus in the Americas (drafts, edits)
• Boxes 13-16: Roads to Quoz: An American Mosey (sketch, drafts, edits, proofs, maps, artwork)
• Boxes 17-18: Writing Blue Highways (drafts)
• Boxes 19-32: Celestial Mechanics (notes, drafts, correspondence)
• Box 33: O’ America! A Traveler’s Tale; O’ America! A Story of Adventure in A New Land (notes, drafts, correspondence)
• Box 34: Celestial Mechanics; O’ America! A Traveler’s Tale (notes, drafts, correspondence)
• Box 35: O’ America! A Story of Adventure in a New Land (notes, drafts, correspondence)
• Box 36: O’ America! A Story of Adventure in a New Land; O’ America! Discovery in a New Land (notes, drafts, correspondence, press set in typescript)
• Box 37: Notes, drafts, correspondence, proof corrections I, 14.
• Box 38: O’ America! Discovery in a New Land (notes, drafts, correspondence, corrections by Andrew Davidson, ed., complete corrected proof, uncorrected advance proof of book notes, illustrations, maps, background material); Celestial Mechanics (notes and correspondence, miscellany)
• Box 39: Celestial Mechanics (notes, correspondence, miscellany, Illustration material); Here, There, Elsewhere (illustrations, photographs, CD)
• Box 40: Here, There, Elsewhere (illustrations); Writing Blue Highways (notes and illustrations); Osage Journey to Europe (book notes, reviews, articles, DVD and floppy disc)
• Box 41: American Photo Magazines (March/April 1990-March/April 1991); The Atlantic (September 1982, September 1991); Midlands (Fall 1972); Missouri Conservationist (February 1974); Nikon World (19681978); The Park Journal (1965); Portfolio (Fall 1966, Fall 1967); Microcassette player (owned by William Least Heat-Moon)

MU Catalog: William Least Heat-Moon Papers

This collection was previously held at the State Historical Society of Missouri and was transferred to Special Collections in December 2017. Materials related to Celestial Mechanics and O America were transferred directly from the author to Special Collections in 2018 and 2020.

Materials do not circulate but are available to users in the Special Collections Reading Room during service hours or by appointment.

Heat Moon, William Least.