BYU I Finding Aids. Title: Vardis Fisher Papers Call No: MSSI 5 Dates Covered: Abstract:

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1 BYU I Finding Aids Title: Vardis Fisher Papers Call No: MSSI 5 Dates Covered: Abstract: The Vardis Fisher Collection is mostly letters and other forms of writing that the Fisher Family composed and sent via mail to communicate with one another. Scope & Content: The Vardis Fisher Collection is mostly letters and other forms of writing that the Fisher Family composed and sent via mail to communicate with one another. These letters include the personal thoughts, ideas, and feelings of Vardis Fisher himself as well as those of his immediate family. The collection includes three Hollinger boxes of correspondence. Biographical History: Vardis Fisher was born in Annis, Idaho, March Moved to isolated river basin home Graduated from Rigby High School, Rigby, Idaho Married Leona McMurtrey, September Birth of son, Grant; drafted into U.S. Army; corporal Bachelor of Arts, University of Utah Birth of son, Wayne Master of Arts, University of Chicago Death of Leona McMurtrey Fisher, September Ph. D. (magna cum laude) University of Chicago Assistant professor in English, University of Utah /7

2 Sonnets to an Imaginary Madonna Married Margaret Trusler; Toilers of the Hills Assistant professor in English, Washington Square College, New York University. Summer in Europe 1930 Returned to Idaho ranch; Dark Bridwell In Tragic Life; taught summer at Montana State University Taught summer at Montana State University 1933 Passions Spin the Plot We Are Betrayed Director, Idaho Writers' Project and Historical Records Project of Works Progress Administration. No Villain Need Be 1936 April; birth of son, Thornton Roberts Forgive Us Our Virtues Children of God; wins Harper Prize for Fiction: Divorced 1939 from Margaret. Married Opal Laurel Holmes City of Illusion The Mothers; Darkness and the Deep, first volume of 1943 Testament of Man. The Golden Rooms Intimations of Eve Adam and the Serpent The Divine Passion The Valley of Vision The Island of the Innocent /7

3 The Island of the Innocent God or Caesar?; trip to Europe, autumn and early winter, Alan Swallow assumes publication of Testament; Jesus 1956 Came Again; A Goat for Azazel; Pemmican. Trip to Europe and Middle East, autumn and early winter, Peace Like a River My Holy Satan; Tale of Valor; Trip to Europe, autumn 1958 and early winter, Love and Death, collected short storied 1958 Orphans in Gethsemane, last volume of Testament, 1960 published. Suicide or Murder? 1962 Thomas Wolfe As I Knew Him and Other Essays Extent: 1.5 linear feet Creator: Fisher, Vardis Contributor: Provenance: This collection was a gift to BYU Idaho Language: Eng Arrangement: Forms: Access Restrictions: Open to Public Conditions of Use: Permission to publish material from Vardis Fisher Collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Librarian. 3/7

4 Preferred Citation: MSSI 5; Vardis Fisher Collection; Manuscripts; Brigham Young University Idaho Special Collections, David O. McKay Library,Brigham Young University Idaho. Related Collections: Subject Terms: English; Idaho Writers Notes: Inventory (Describe series, subseries, folders, etc.) 1 1 9/18/ /1/ /15/ /23/ /9/ /30/ /4/ /8/ /29/ /2/ /20/ /24/ /15/ /15/ /11/ /21/ /8/ /22/ /23/ /9/ /19/ /2/ /6/ /25/ /11/ /24/ /1/ /19/ /23/ /26/ /29/ /21/ /13/ /27/ /7

5 /14/ Prints of a play Vivian Fisher (Vardis' brother) participated in, as well as written a history of Joseph Cylvenus Fisher 5/7

6 2 36 1/3/ /8/ /15/ /22/ /29/ /11/ /21/ /26/ /8/ /14/ /30/ /12/ /21/ /16/ /10/ /19/ /3/ /5/ /15/ /30/ /10/ /4/ /20/ /1/ /18/ /6/ /12/ /10/ /6/ No Date 3 66 No Date 3 67 No Date 3 68 No Date 3 69 No Date /15/? /12/? 3 72 No Date /9/? /28/? 3 75 No Date 3 76 No Date 3 77 Rigby Squealer Rigby Squealer Rigby Yearbook photos Rigby Yearbook photos /7

7 4 1 Fisher Homestead Pictures Fiath pomoting Stories, White Horse Prophecy, Idaho Humanities 1997, Articles about and writ 4 3 Correspondence Aug. 23, Early Impressions & Observations on Vardis Fisher, His Life and Works by Dennis Glenn Bitton 4 5 Research Notes & Questions 4 6 An Essay for Men by Vardis Fisher 4 7 Darkness and the Deep 4 8 Idaho Primitive 4 9 Fifteen Against Death Excerpt form the Mothers 4 10 Rocky Mountain Review 4 11 The Southern Review 4 12 Vardis Fisher remembered by Di Bowler 4 13 Children of God 4 14 Children of God (A Condensation) 4 15 Vardis Fisher and the Idaho Guide 4 16 William Golding and Vardis Fisher 4 17 The Novelist and his Background 4 18 The Western Writer and the Eastern Establishment 4 19 The Mavericks 4 20 A Trivial Excursion in Modesty 4 21 Laughter Loose in Box 4 Books in the Clore Collection, containing writings by or about Vardis Fisher Idaho Librarian Volume 42, Number 4 October 1990 Vardis Fisher was not a Mormon Articles by, or about Vardis Fisher 7/7