Dr. Kurt Johnson (co-author of Nabokov's Blues and other articles involving Nabokov's science) has donated his extensive Archives on Nabokov and Nabokov's science to the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera at the University of Florida, Gainesville, where he is associated with the Center and the Florida State Collection of Arthropods, which now the largest collection of butterflies in the world. The Archive will be shipped to Gainesvilles as of/during May 2009. Kurt continues to live in New York City.
An itemized list of the Archive's contents is below, with contact information for the McGuire Center re: any future needs for access and use by scholars. Kurt, Dubi Benyamini, and Zsolt Balint are also gradually building a synoptic reference collection of Nabokov's world blues at the McGuire Center. Extensive material at the American Museum of Natural History, from Kurt's tenure there, is generally not available to the public as the Lepidoptera collection there has generally been moth-balled due to lack of staff. DNA samples of all available Nabokov's blues worldwide were collected by Kurt, Benyamini, Balint and others, over the last eight years and are part of a forthcoming study; this DNA material is permanently with Dr. Naomi Pierce at Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Below is a detailed itemization of the Archive being sent to Gainesville.
Dr. Kurt Johnson: NABOKOV ARCHIVE Donated to Contact info: jmiller@flmnh.ufl.edu, asourakov@flmnh.ufl.edu, gaustin@flmnh.ufl.edu, tcemmel@flmnh.ufl.edu, heppnej@doacs.state.fl.us Nabokov’s Blues: Reviews and Articles & Nabokov’s Butterflies: Reviews and Articles-- Redweld #1 Nabokov’s Blues: Reviews and Articles Mostly originals New York Times Science Times and The Arts Sections Centenary articles (copies and originals) HMS Beagle (re: Top 10 Book, 2000) Booklist New Yorker Book Forum American Scientist McGraw-Hill Promos Zoland Books Printed Promos New Yorker Natural History (advt.) Harvard Review Nabokov-on-line Zoland Books Website Cleveland Plain Dealer San Francisco Chronicle News of Lepidopterists Society (advt.) National Geographic.com American Entomologist Suite101.com Publishers Weekly Starred Review\ Connection.com The Sciences Boston Globe website Nature Conservancy Magazine The Nabokovian Redwelds #2 A,B & C Nabokov’s Blues: Reviews and Articles Mostly originals Times Literary Supplement Southern Lepidopterists Society Linnaean Society New Republic Scientific American San Francisco Chronicle Barnes and Noble.com Featured in the Media (amazon.com) Harvard Magazine HMS Beagle Nature A Common Reader Review News of Lepidopterists Society New Criterion Whole Earth Review Tropical Lepidoptera Science The Sciences Lancet Review Quotes—McGraw-Hill New York Times Book Review Amazon.com American Butterflies Wall Street Journal.com Lepidoptera News Nature Boston Globe (cover issue) Lepidopterists News Centenary Tribute to Nabokov American Scientist International Herald Tribute (by Coates) New York Times—New and Noteworthy Paperbacks New York Times—general and Book Review News of Southern Lepidopterists Society Redweld #2 A Nabokov’s Blues: Reviews and Articles, continued Mostly originals Lepidopterists News (advt.) Nature Conservancy magazine Lepidoptera News article by Dr. John Heppner “Forthcoming Books” from News of Lepidopterists Society Natural History, Editor’s Note on centenary Books Unlimited ( Lepidoptera News (reprinting of S. J. Gould, Vera’s Butterflies piece) Natural History magazine, centenary article by Johnson and Boyd Lepidoptera News, by K. Johnson on Nabokov’s Neotropical legacy Natural History, article by Shoumatoff on Russian butterflies legacy American Ethical Union Dialogue magazine Publisher’s Weekly special feature on Nabokov’s Blues The New Republic Boston Globe cover feature Vanity Fair National Wildlife News of Lepidopterists Society (Centenary Tribute) Natural History (Johnson and Boyd) originals Redweld #3 Nabokov’s Butterflies—Reviews and Articles Books in Brief, New York Times Nature Atlantic Monthly Robert Michael Pyle—Draft of Nabokov’s Butterflies Introduction (2) Vera’s Butterflies; (2) Centenary articles by or about other authors, (3) Karner Blue centenary environmental issues (i) Redweld #4 Vera’s Butterflies— Reviews and Articles Stephen J. Gould—Draft Article for Vera’s Butterflies Vera’s Butterflies—original color xeroxes given to Kurt Johnson by Sarah Funke Vera’s Butterflies Introduction—copies Vera’s Butterflies Introduction—drafts Redweld #5 Miscellaneous other Centenary Year, or Other, Articles Mostly originals International Herald Tribune—Pinning Nabokov’s Prose to His Science Alex Shoumatoff—Russian Blood, serialized New Yorker article(s) Lo’s Diary—New York Observer New York Observer—Nabokov’s Pale Ghost Nabokov—Brian Boyd in Bloombury Review Redweld #6 Articles by, or about, other Nabokov-related authors, or incompleted/unpublished drafts: Robert Dirig: Draft of “Theme in Blue” Robert Michael Pyle: Intro. in American Scholar to Nabokov’s Butterflies New York Times article on Stacy Schiff Miriam Rothschild: 1978 Nabokov Article Robert Dirig: A Karner Blue Adventure, and cover letter Poems in Hungarian: Zsolt Balint Letters from Zsolt Balint with hand painted letterheads Robert Michael Pyle: Resurrection Ecology/ Xerces Blues Dieter Zimmer: re: “Mimicry” from Guide to Nabokov’s Butterflies and Moths 2001 Robert Michael Pyle: NY Times article re: Monarchs and other conservation issues Robert Dirig: Draft of Nabokov’s Rainbow Robert Michael Pyle: Introduction to Nabokov’s Butterflies, as published Kurt Johnson: ms., short never-completed article on an incomplete paper by Nabokov “On the male genitalia of Hemiargus hanno Stoll and huntingtoni Comstock, with two figures” evidently meant to be collaborative short note by/between Nabokov and Comstock John de Cuevas—A life with Lycaenids—Naomi Pierce goes beyond Nabokov. Harvard Magazine? Alex Shoumatoff in Natural History on Jamaican butterflies named by Russians, his father, Nabokov etc. Jeffrey Glasberg in North American Butterflies on Nakokov’s Blues in Florida Robert Dirig: Theme in Blue, as published Stephen Blackwell: Draft: The Quill and the Scapel: Nabokov’s Art and the Worlds of Science Redwelds 7-10 Centenary Articles—Karner Blue other items re: Karner Blue Redweld #7 Articles and Correspondence Karner Blue—News of Lepidopterists Society article Karner Blue—Boston Globe article Karner Blue—Letter from Nabokov to Wool (copy) Karner Blue—Nabokov-on-line article Karner Blue— Karner Blue— Karner Blue—Karner Blue Update in News of Lepidopterists Society Karner Blue—faxes re: southern range extensions Karner Blue—New York Times (original and copy) Karner Blue—correspondence with Karner Blue specialist Ann Swengel Karner Blue—centenary program by Save the Pine Bush Karner Blue—conservation, centenary Press Releases Karner Blue—Ohio Lepidopterist article Karner Blue—Lepidoptera News—Johnson: Journey to Karner Blue Environmental Issues— Karner Blue Conservation Protocols—re: Final Environmental Impact Statement(s), City of Markups/drawings—Karner Blue habitat characterizations, New York Protected Sections Redweld #8 Karner Blue Environmental Issues, continued Final Environmental Impact Statement(s), Developers Proposals, on behalf of business developers (1) Karner Blue centenary environmental issues, cont., (2) Nabokov’s science, (3) Centenary year events (programs, announcements etc.) Redweld #9 Karner Blue Environmental Issues, continued Technical Agency Draft 2001 Comprehensive Butterfly Supporting Plant Plan presented to the New York Parks Department in relationship to Lupine (Karner Blue foodplant) replanting program initiated at “Karner Blue Backgrounder” prepared for New York Parks Dept. by Dr. Kurt Johnson re: proposals for Lupine planting, other Karner Blue related activities. 1999-2000 forward Maps and Supportive Plan Data for Karner Blue: Preplanting of Lupine in NYC’s Redweld#10 Blues-related Events Done by Kurt Johnson (or others), Centenary Year, programs and other materials Puffin Foundation ( New York Audubon Society (advertisements/programs) Save the Pine Bush ( (advertisements/programs) American Ethical Union, National Meeting (advertisements/programs) Brooklyn Ethical Society—Johnson, Funke (advertisements/programs) National Meeting of the Lepidopterist’s Society (handout) Combined Monarch/Karner Blue survival events/ programs Redweld#11 File Folders re: Nabokov’s science: Nabokov Scientific Publications: scientific publications by Nabokov Scientific publications by Johnson, Balint, Benyamini etc. re: Nabokov’s blues Johnson, Balint and Whitaker in Nabokov Studies Johnson in Nabokov Studies Emilio Balletto Scientific Publications re: Nabokov’s blues Conservation of Monarchs and other butterfly conservation issues: New York Times & The Economist Conservation of Published Note, New of Lepidopterists Society re: Nabokov’s Blues Argentine Expedition Conservation of Monarchs and other butterflies: North American Butterfly Association Conservation: Articles in Lepidoptera News Conservation: Articles in News of Lepidopterists Society Redweld#12 Centenary year events (programs, announcements, press etc.) Horowitz Booksellers American Literature Association (text of verbal presentation by Kurt Johnson) PMLA program Cornell Centenary Festival Redweld#13 Correspondence Kurt Johnson correspondence with Dmitri Nabokov re: Vera’s Butterflies Kurt Johnson correspondence with Dmitri Nabokov re: Father’s Butterflies Kurt Johnson correspondence with Dmitri Nabokov (general) Kurt Johnson correspondence with President of American Museum of Natural History re: Centenary Year Kurt Johnson emails and other correspondence with other Lepidopterists Kurt Johnson correspondence with Stephen Jay Gould Kurt Johnson correspondence with Julian Salazar Kurt Johnson correspondence re: Karner Blue issues Kurt Johnson correspondence re: Atlantic Monthly issue Kurt Johnson correspondence with Gerardo Lamas Kurt Johnson correspondence with cartoonist Gary Larson Kurt Johnson correspondence with Zsolt Balint (hand water colored letterheads by Balint) Nabokov’s Blues—by Johnson and Coates: preparation and materials Redweld #14 Drafts and Notes re: Chapters Partial Chapters Incomplete Chapters Edited Chapters Nearly Completed but Unused Chapters when book was cut from 18 to 14 chapters Diskettes of same (as available, and/or found) Redweld #15 Galley Proofs (partial?) Redweld #16 Itemization of quotations, and word counts re: same per original publications of Nabokov Itemization of diacritical markings on foreign words Review Photos from B. Boyd’s works Originals of eventual Nabokov’s Blues book illustrations Mockups and Layouts of same Xeroxes of reviews, post-publication circulated between Zoland and the authors. Miscellaneous Books about Nabokov or by Nabokov (note: Kurt Johnson has kept copies of several key publications he might need for future reference, but those below are uniques or extras) General Bibliography of Nabokov: Gale Literary Database Lolita Issues of Nabokov Studies Miscellaneous Russian publications on Lepidoptera received During centenary year Ex Symposium, Nabokov issue Tajan Neotropical Blue Butterflies (Johnson, Balint, Benyamini) ( The Butterflies of Rothschild’s Reserves Vera, S. Schiff Vera’s Butterflies, Horowitz Booksellers Vladimir Nabokov video, Guide to Nabokov’s Butterflies and Moths, Dieter Zimmer (first version) Nabokov/Wilson Letters Nabokov’s Butterflies, Boyd and Pyle Butterflies of Butterflies of |
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