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Wild (Peter) Correspondence with Germaine Moon
AR.2003.002
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Mojave Desert Archives
Title: Peter Wild Correspondence with Germaine Moon
creator:
Wild, Peter T., 1940-2009
creator:
Moon, Germaine L. Ramounachou (Germaine Louise Ramounachou), 1933-2003
Identifier/Call Number: AR.2003.002
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1996-2002
Abstract: The Peter Wild Correspondence with Germaine Moon is a collection of correspondence from Wild to Moon during the course of
his research in support of his several publications on the history of the Mojave Desert and especially, the Van Dyke family.
The collection is comprised of Peter Wild’s correspondence and enclosures he shared with Germaine Moon.
The Peter Wild Correspondence with Germaine Moon is a collection of correspondence from Wild to Moon during the course of
his research in support of his several publications on the history of the Mojave Desert and especially, the Van Dyke family.
The materials are comprised of Peter Wild’s correspondence and enclosures he shared with Germaine Moon. Enclosures include
bibliographies, magazine, newspaper and book clippings, pamphlets, genealogies, obituaries, wills, court records, probate
records, research notes, and photographs. This collection is arranged as a single series, chronologically by correspondence
date.
Peter Wild is a noted writer of poetry and nonfiction prose. Wild is well-known for his literary works such as
Cochise and
Easy Victory. His poems have been published in numerous magazines, which include Ironwood, Chicago Review, and The American Poetry Review.
Wild has become the foremost authority on John C. Van Dyke and the Mojave Desert. His contributions to this field include
Daggett: Life in a Mojave Frontier Town;
The White Heart of Mojave: an Adventure with the Outdoors of the Desert; and
John C. Van Dyke: The Desert. Peter Wild was been a professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Arizona, Tucson, from 1971 until his
death in 2009.
Germaine Moon was a local historian and author based in Barstow, California, who performed research for over 30 years for
the Mojave River Valley Museum, western universities and colleges, and authors such as Peter Wild. She authored the book
Barstow Depots and Harvey Houses and collaborated in the writing of
Once Upon A Desert. Moon died in 2003.
Property rights reside with the Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural Association. For permission to reproduce or to publish,
please contact the Archivist at the Mojave Desert Archives.
The collection is open for research. For access, please contact the Archivist at the Mojave Desert Archives at archivist@mdhca.org.
This collection is arranged as a single series, chronologically by correspondence date.
Peter Wild Correspondence with Germaine Moon. AR-2003-002. Mojave Desert Archives, Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural Association,
Goffs, California.
Date accessed.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Archivist,
Mojave Desert Archives, 37198 Lanfair Road # G-15, Essex, CA 92332. Consent is given on behalf of the Mojave Desert Archives
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifted by Mickey Earl Moon to the Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural Association, 18 June 2003.
Custody has remained with the Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural Association following its receipt from Germaine Moon's husband,
Mickey Earl Moon, to the Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural Association on 18 June 2003.
Processed by Chris Ervin and Tina Vervoorn.
Related materials are found in the following collections:
Germaine Moon San Bernardino County Research Collection, 1809-2002. AR-2003-001. Mojave Desert Archives. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c87d30rt
Papers of Peter Wild, 1989-2004. MS 389. University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections. http://bit.ly/2lsk2Dy
Van Dyke, John Charles, and Peter Wild. 1993.
The autobiography of John C. Van Dyke: a personal narrative of American life, 1861-1931. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press.
Van Dyke, John C., David W. Teague, and Peter Wild. 1997.
The secret life of John C. Van Dyke: selected letters. Reno (Nev): University of Nevada Press.
Van Dyke, Dix, and Peter Wild. 1997.
Daggett: life in a Mojave frontier town. Baltimore, Md: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Wild, Peter. 2003.
The old Van Dyke Ranch on the Mojave Desert: its three desert writers and a movie director, Theodore Strong Van Dyke, Dix
Van Dyke, Mary Beal, W.S. "Woody" Van Dyke : an essay and bibliography
. Johannesburg, Calif: Shady Myrick Research Project.
Wild, Peter. 2007.
Fantasy and reality in Daggett: John Muir's Desert Correspondence. Johannesburg, Calif: Shady Myrick Research Project.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Frontier and pioneer life
Mojave Desert--History, Local.
Wild, Peter T., 1940-2009
Moon, Germaine L. Ramounachou (Germaine Louise Ramounachou), 1933-2003
Van Dyke family