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Hassler, Jon

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1933 - 20080320

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

Hassler, Jon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC03
Scope and Contents

Collection includes drafts, galley proofs, press releases, and miscellanea related to Jon Hassler’s novels, plays, screenplays, and other works, some with handwritten revisions. It also includes published books. Although mostly text documents, the collection does include a Staggerford High School t-shirt and a Hassler painting ("Galway Lighthouse #1").

Dates: 1981-2013; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1997

Jemmy, 1980

 Item
Identifier: 2021-012.0006
Scope and Contents

Jemmy

Jemmy, a young adult novel by St. John's University writer-in-residence Jon Hassler, tells the story of an Ojibwe girl in Minnesota, raised in poverty, who discovers she has a real talent for art.

Dates: 1980

Jon Hassler: voice of the heartland: a critical appraisal of his work, 2019

 Item
Identifier: 2021-011.0015
Scope and Contents

Jon Hassler: voice of the heartland: a critical appraisal of his work

Jon Hassler, voice of the heartland: a critical appraisal of his work, by Ed Block, is the first book-length study of Hassler's life and develpment as a writer. Hassler was a graduate of St. John's University, and returned as a professor in the English Department.

Dates: 2019

Keepsakes & other stories, 1999

 Item
Identifier: 2021-011.0003
Scope and Contents

Keepsakes & other stories

Keepsakes & other stories is a collection of short stories by St. John's University English professor Jon Hassler.

Dates: 1999

Keepsakes & other stories, 1999

 Item
Identifier: 2021-011.0004
Scope and Contents

Keepsakes & other stories

Keepsakes & other stories is a collection of short stories by St. John's University English professor Jon Hassler.

Dates: 1999

My Staggerford journal, 1999

 Item
Identifier: 2021-011.0014
Scope and Contents

My Staggerford journal

In My Staggerford journal, St. John's professor Jon Hassler shows the process of writing his novel Staggerford through his diary entries.

Dates: 1999

My Staggerford journal, 1999

 Item
Identifier: 2021-012.0018
Scope and Contents

My Staggerford Journal

In My Staggerford journal, St. John's professor Jon Hassler shows the process of writing his novel Staggerford through his diary entries.

Archives copy inscribed by the author.

Dates: 1999

North of hope, 1990

 Item
Identifier: 2021-011.0007
Scope and Contents

North of hope

In North of hope, by St. John's University English professor Jon Hassler, a parish priest in northern Minnesota is reunited with a woman on whom he had a crush in high school.

University Archives copy is signed by the author.

Dates: 1990

North of hope, 1990

 Item
Identifier: 2021-012.0009
Scope and Contents

North of hope

In North of hope, by St. John's University English professor Jon Hassler, a parish priest in northern Minnesota is reunited with a woman on whom he had a crush in high school.

University Archives copy is inscribed by the author.

Dates: 1990

Rookery blues, 1995

 Item
Identifier: 2021-012.0010
Scope and Contents

Rokkery blues

Rookery blues is a novel by St. John's University English professor Jon Hassler. The story of the Icejam Quintet, a jazz band composed of eccentrics. The time is the turbulent 1960s; the setting is the Rookery State College in Minnesota. A comic look at college life of the day, with its student rebellions, faculty strikes and spineless administrators.

Archives copy inscribed by the author.

Dates: 1995

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 38
Collection 1
 
Subject
1. Minnesota--Social life and customs--Fiction. 4
1. Catholics--Fiction. 2. Clergy--Fiction. 3. Minnesota--Fiction. 2
1. Catholics--Fiction. 2. Minnesota--Fiction. 3. Prejudices--Fiction. 2
1. College teachers--Fiction. 2. Fathers and sons--Fiction. 2
1. College teachers--Fiction. 2. Jazz musicians--Fiction. 3. Minnesota--Fiction. 2
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1. Hassler, Jon--Diaries. 2. Novelists, American--20th century--Diaries. 3. Staggerford (Minn. : Imaginary place) 4. Hassler, Jon. Staggerford. 5. City and town life in literature. 6. Fiction--Authorship. 2
1. Hassler, Jon--Family. 2. Hassler, Jon--Friends and associates. 3. Authors, American--20th century--Biography. 2
1. Minnesota--Fiction. 2. City and town life--Fiction. 3. Staggerford (Minn. : Imaginary place)--Fiction. 2
1. Multiple sclerosis patients--Fiction. 2. Friendship--Fiction. 3. Male friendship--Fiction. 4. Man-woman relationships--Fiction. 5. Minnesota--Fiction. 6. Medical novels. 2
1. Retired teachers--Minnesota--Fiction. 2. Older people--Fiction. 3. Old age homes--Minnesota--Fiction. 2
1. St. John's University (Collegeville, Minn.)--Pictorial works. 2. St. John's Abbey (Collegeville, Minn.)--Pictorial works. 2
1. Staggerford (Minn.: Imaginary place)--Fiction. 2. Older people--Housing--Fiction. 3. City and town life--Fiction. 4. Older women--Fiction. 5. Minnesota--Fiction. 2
1. Universities and colleges--Minnesota--Fiction. 2. Minnesota--Fiction. 2
1. Americans--Ireland--Fiction. 2. Retired teachers--Fiction. 3. Women teachers--Fiction. 4. Ireland--Fiction. 1
1. Detective and mystery stories. 2. Friendship--Fiction. 1
1. Hassler, Jon--Criticism and interpretation. 2. Middle West--In literature. 3. Country life in literature. 4. Loyalty in literature. 5. Friendship in literature. 6. Novelists, American--20th century--Biography. 1
1. Hassler, Jon--Interviews. 2. Hassler, Jon--Bibliography. 1
1. Ojibwa Indians--Juvenile fiction. 2. Identity (Psychology)--Juvenile fiction. 3. Poverty--Juvenile fiction. 4. Indian artists--Juvenile fiction. 1
1. Staggerford (Minn. : Imaginary place)--Fiction. 2. City and town life--Fiction. 3. Older women--Fiction. 4. Friendship--Fiction. 5. Minnesota--Fiction. 6. Floods--Fiction. 7. Domestic fiction. 1
1. Staggerford (Minn.: Imaginary place)--Fiction. 2. City and town life--Fiction. 3. Minnesota--Fiction. 4. Domestic fiction. 5. Mystery fiction. 1
1. Staggerford (Minn.: Imaginary place)--Fiction. 2. Teachers--Minnesota--Fiction. 1
St. John's University (Collegeville, Minn.) 1
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