This appears to be the last edited manuscript for The Dark Wind. This manuscript has all the editors’ marks for publication, including font size recommendations and margin sizes. Additionally, there are some more final editing marks for the content by both Harper & Row editors and Tony Hillerman.
This is a photocopy of a completed manuscript for The Dark Wind. This manuscript includes all the front matter of a published book and a note to the Harper & Row editors regarding the contents. It appears to have been marked up by both Harper & Row editors and Tony Hillerman himself. There are notes back and forth between author and editors in the margins regarding plot points. Most interesting, is Hillerman's note about writing his own brief description l for the dust cover because he did not want hints to the plot given away.
This appears to be the first completed manuscript for The Dark Wind. There are only very minor editing in two places. This draft includes possible book titles, the author notes, and the dedication.
This appears to be early assorted pages of various chapters from The Dark Wind. The editing has been done in black and blue ink pen, sometimes on the same page, suggesting that this draft was edited by Tony Hillerman and one other person. Additionally, with the assorted draft pages are Hillerman's research on the Navajo, including: Navajo chronology, linguistic history and kinship charts. Interestingly, there is also the contact information for his writer's group and a syllabus from a Navajo Ethnology class taught at UNM.
This appears to be a portion of the second draft of The Dark Wind. The editing has been done in black ink, suggesting that this draft was edited only by Tony Hillerman. The editing is heavy is still very heavy and plot points and final details are still being worked on.
This appears to be the first draft of The Dark Wind. The editing has been done in black, blue, and red ink pen, sometimes all on the same page, which suggests that this draft was edited by Tony Hillerman and at least one other person. The editing is heavy in places and some character names have been added in. Finally, this draft has heavy water staining on some pages and some pages are different colors.
Video of a 2008 memorial service for Tony Hillerman
Tony Hillerman: 1925-2008
Beloved Author and Loyal friend
Tony Hillerman's Family and Friends, including Anne Hillerman and Don Strel, participated in a Memorial service for the author. Running Time: 1:05:00
Writing the Southwest Series Interview with Tony Hillerman.
"Writing the Southwest is a thirteen-part national radio documentary series that explores the literary landscape of the Southwest's finest writers." This episode features an interview with Tony Hillerman.
"Best-selling mystery writer Tony Hillerman brought the landscape of the Southwest and the Navajo culture into mainstream America's reading. His childhood, in which he grew up with Indian peoples, led to a fascination with Native American cultures and prompted him to spend time on the remote reservations of Arizona and New Mexico.
His is a world of seasons and magic, of curing ceremonies, and ancient cultures, often on a collision course with the white world. The relationship of the Indians with the harshly beautiful high desert country is an underlying force in Hillerman's novels. He uses his fiction to explore the turbulent crosscurrents that occur when ancient Native cultures, traditional Hispanic worlds, and the dominant Anglo Society collide. Tony Hillerman passed away in October of 2008." - Writing the Southwest
This interview was digitized from an original tape in the collections of the Center for Southwest Research:
PS 3558
I45
Z468
1988
"Writing the Southwest: Tony Hillerman."
This is a 2006 interview of Tony Hillerman by his son, Dan about Tony's service in World War II.
On October 20 & 22, 2006, Dan Hillerman interviewed his father, Tony Hillerman about the latter's service during World War II. The interview takes place in Tony's study at home. Running Time: 2 hours, forty-two minutes.
This document is an abridged edition of Finding Moon that was created by Bill Boedecker for HarperAudio. It appears to have been sent to Tony Hillerman for his approval prior to the production of an abridged audiobook version of the novel. This document has not been cleared for online access, but it can be viewed by those wishing to visit the Center for Southwest Research in person.