Box 1
Contains 33 Results:
Biographies, 1985 - 2003
Includes background materials, a bibliography, and short biographies for the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Gale Contemporary Authors, and Who's Who.
Collection is open for research.
Clippings about L'Heureux, 1979 - 2011
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
"Death and Dignity" long version, 2009, 2019
This is a recounting of his suicide attempt in 2009, followed by a reflection from 2019. It is not the essay with the same title published in the New Yorker after his death in 2019. This essay was received with the other materials about his death rather than with his writings.
Collection is open for research.
Death — emails, eulogy, obituaries, and photographs used at his memorial, 2019
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
Death planning, 2019 March-April
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
The Doubleday Epworth Prize for the best novel about man's spiritual quest in contemporary society, announcement brochure, 1968
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
Guggenheim Fellowship, 2006 - 2009
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
High school graduation — diploma and ephemera, 1952
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
Hopwood Awards judging correspondence, 1994
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
Interviews, 1995 - 2001
Largely about his writing career. Additional interviews with L'Heureux can be found in the Stanford Creative Writing Program subseries.
Collection is open for research.
Joan L'Heureux horoscope, undated
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship certificate, 1979
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
Ouija sessions with Mrs. Hearst, undated
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
Paper cutting art, undated
Motifs of fish and scenes of rural life. Artist and origins unknown.
Collection is open for research.
Passports, 1970 - 1986
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
Pen Syndicated Fiction Project correspondence, 1989 - 1991
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
Photographs, 1946 - 2009
Principally head shots in black-and-white, taken for publishers or Stanford University, but also contains some candids. The one digital file is a head shot. In addition to loose photographs, one small album dedicated to John and Joan L'Heureux is included.
Digital content summary
Total files: 1; Total size: 6 MB; Years (last modified): 2006; Identified file formats: 1 (TIFF)
Digital content has been migrated from source media; digital use copies can only be accessed onsite in the Burns Library Reading Room.
Prize in honor of L'Heureux, 2005
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
Prize Stories/Best American Short Stories inclusion, 1980 - 1986
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
Pushcart Prize nomination, 1986
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
San Jose State fiction contest judging, 2005
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
Stanford Dean's Award, 1980, 1998
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
Stanford L'Heureux scholarship, 2017
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
Wilfred L'Heureux (John's father) painting reproduction, 1975
Includes information about L'Heureux's life and accomplishments, as well as a few momentos. This series also documents L'Heureux's decisions around his end of life and celebrations of him by family and friends that were documented by his wife Joan.
Collection is open for research.
Abrahams, William (Billy), 1982 - 1986
Individuals for whom L'Heureux kept dedicated files. Note that some further correspondence for these individuals may also be found in his chronological files.
Collection is open for research.