George Heinold Papers

Series I: Correspondence (1955-1981) includes all correspondence that did not accompany the articles and manuscripts of Series II. (This latter body can be found with Series II contents). In addition, the series contains letters and related materials on Heinold's Madison (Ct.) property which he lost to highway development during the mid-1950s. The loss of this land-claimed as eminent domain by the State of Connecticut-weighed on Heinold's mind until the end of the life. In the 1970s, he wrote an unpublished account of his battle with the state over this property entitled "Auf Wiedersehen, Little Walden." This manuscript appears in Series III in File 114.



Series II: Financial Materials (1916-1971) unites the few sparse financial materials that the collection contains. The series includes information on Heinold's savings account, sample tax returns, and bills that Heinold incurred on an assignment for Popular Science.



Series III: Articles and Manuscripts (1942-1982) comprises articles and manuscripts that constitute the main body of the collection, including any correspondence regarding submission or editing. Mostly typescript materials-although published versions are included, the series breaks down into several subseries. Subseries A: Dated articles and manuscripts; Subseries B: Undated materials in alphabetical order; Subseries C: Pieces written for "Salt Water" and Heinold's regular department in the periodical Outdoor Life; and, Subseries D: Articles written about Heinold. Each article/manuscript is listed by formal title if in quotes. If no formal title exists, the piece bears the subject title as identified by Heinold himself. In the absence of either a formal or subject title, the piece has a designation of "Untitled."

Dates for Subseries A reflect a variety of sources. If published, the article appears with the corresponding date of publication. In manuscript form, respective pieces bear either the date when Heinold sent out the item for consideration, or the last date appearing in any related correspondence. Those materials with a "circa" designation reflect undated items that appeared amid other manuscripts, all of which conclusively bore a similar date that now follows the "circa." All other manuscripts and articles are listed as undated in Subseries B.

The researcher should treat the first two subseries as intermingled. Heinold often wrote multiple drafts of articles under the same title, sometimes over the space of months and years, resubmitting them for publication accordingly. When dated, these manuscripts and articles appear in the first subseries, in the second if not. Therefore, the researcher should consult both subseries to insure a comprehensive history of any one piece. Similarly, the researcher should not necessarily treat any one dated article as a single occurrence in Subseries A. Rather, the researcher should look for successive or previous versions of the article or manuscript in question throughout the subseries to see the possible evolution of that piece.

The researcher should also be sure to check Series IV, which contains photographs for articles as well as subject and dated photographs that can relate to specific topics about which Heinold writes.



Series IV: Photographs (ca. 1955-1979) encompasses all photographs and negatives in the collection. Arrangement is again in subseries. Subseries A: Heinold family photographs; Subseries B: Dated photographs; Subseries C: Subject photographs; Subseries D: Printed, or published, photographs; Subseries E: Press photographs not by Heinold; and, Subseries F: Negatives for the Heinold-generated photographs of Subseries A-D. Negative arrangement corresponds exactly these subdivisions. However, not all photographs had accompanying negatives, and vice versa as well. Of special note are subject files for bluefish and stripers. In unprocessed form, Heinold's photographs of these fishes constituted roughly one-half of all pictures, with bluefish as the overwhelming majority. The two groups of photographs thus impeded proper and logical processing, which aimed for a proportionate representation. Therefore, the processor included only a sample of this material in the finalized collection. He first separated the photographs from the larger body of materials and then removed duplicate or similar images, reducing the mass to their present form and in proper proportion to one another.