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Box 1

 Container

Contains 33 Results:

Biographies, 1985 - 2003

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1-5
Scope and Contents

Includes background materials, a bibliography, and short biographies for the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Gale Contemporary Authors, and Who's Who.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1985 - 2003

Clippings about L'Heureux, 1979 - 2011

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1979 - 2011

"Death and Dignity" long version, 2009, 2019

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 2009, 2019

Death — emails, eulogy, obituaries, and photographs used at his memorial, 2019

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8-9
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 2019

Death planning, 2019 March-April

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 2019 March-April

The Doubleday Epworth Prize for the best novel about man's spiritual quest in contemporary society, announcement brochure, 1968

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1968

Guggenheim Fellowship, 2006 - 2009

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12-13
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 2006 - 2009

High school graduation — diploma and ephemera, 1952

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1952

Hopwood Awards judging correspondence, 1994

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1994

Interviews, 1995 - 2001

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16-18
Scope and Contents

Largely about his writing career. Additional interviews with L'Heureux can be found in the Stanford Creative Writing Program subseries.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1995 - 2001

Joan L'Heureux horoscope, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: undated

National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship certificate, 1979

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1979

Ouija sessions with Mrs. Hearst, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: undated

Paper cutting art, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents

Motifs of fish and scenes of rural life. Artist and origins unknown.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: undated

Passports, 1970 - 1986

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1970 - 1986

Pen Syndicated Fiction Project correspondence, 1989 - 1991

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1989 - 1991

Photographs, 1946 - 2009

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

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)

Access Note

Digital content has been migrated from source media; digital use copies can only be accessed onsite in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Dates: 1946 - 2009

Prize in honor of L'Heureux, 2005

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 2005

Prize Stories/Best American Short Stories inclusion, 1980 - 1986

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1980 - 1986

Pushcart Prize nomination, 1986

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1986

San Jose State fiction contest judging, 2005

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 2005

Stanford Dean's Award, 1980, 1998

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31-32
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1980, 1998

Stanford L'Heureux scholarship, 2017

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 2017

Wilfred L'Heureux (John's father) painting reproduction, 1975

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1975

Abrahams, William (Billy), 1982 - 1986

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Individuals for whom L'Heureux kept dedicated files. Note that some further correspondence for these individuals may also be found in his chronological files.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1982 - 1986