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Double Exposure: Richard Lyons
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| Title | Double Exposure: Richard Lyons |
| Date of Original | 199-? |
| Description | Richard Lyons standing against a wall, in front of a clock, next to a painted portrait of himself. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | People
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Clocks & watches
Pictures
Interiors
Older people
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| Personal Name | Lyons, Richard
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| Location | United States
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| Decade | 1990-1999
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| Item Number | 2090.2.9 |
| Format of Original | Color photographic prints
Color images
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| Dimensions of Original | 20 x 30 cm. |
| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title handwritten on back of print. |
| Biography/History | Richard Eugene Lyons was born June 19, 1920 at Detroit, Michigan, the son of Frank C. and Daisy (Sweeny) Lyons. After graduating from high school he attended the University of Dayton for two years. He then went to Miami University at Oxford, Ohio where he earned a B.A. degree in 1942. After several years working in Dayton and recovering from tuberculosis, he returned in 1946 to Miami University to work on a master's degree that he received in 1947. Mr. Lyons then became an English instructor there for a year. In 1948 he went to Indiana University to begin work on a Ph.D. degree. In 1950 after two years, Mr. Lyons came to North Dakota Agricultural College where he held a duel position as order librarian and instructor in English. His early work connected with the North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies where he researched a proposed anthology of North Dakota writers. In 1959 Mr. Lyons returned full time to the English Department, and that same year he took a sabbatical leave to attend the University of Minnesota where he completed his course work towards a degree in American Studies. Mr. Lyons returned to North Dakota State University to teach English until his retirement in 1981. Lyons was a published poet and a graphic artist. Though he concentrated on poetry, he exhibited his prints nationally and some of his writing concerns the visual arts. At Miami University, he was a member of the Poet's Circle. Numerous poems by Mr. Lyons have been published in periodicals including The New Yorker, The Virginia Quarterly Review and The Kenyon Review. His first major work was Men and Tin Kettles (1956). Other publications include One Squeaking Straw (1958), Paintings in Taxicabs ( a study of art consumers in North Dakota, 1965), Above Time (1968), editor of Poetry North: Five Poets of North Dakota (1970), Racer and Lame (1975) and Scanning the Land (1980). In addition to these publications, Mr. Lyons also operated a small printing press in his home on which he produced the publications of Merrykit Press. His first Merrykit publication was Eclogues in Blue (1947). Richard Lyons was a member of the College English Association, the American Studies Association, the Rourke Art Gallery and Phi Kappa Phi. He was married in 1942 to Marjorie Dunkel. They had two children, Christopher and Cressida. Lyons retired from NDSU in 1982 and moved to Newark, Delaware. Marjorie Lyons died in 1983. In 1994 he moved to Gardiner, Maine, where he continued to write and publish poetry. Richard Lyons died January 29, 2000. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Richard Lyons Photograph Collection 2090
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| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2090.2.9) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs002140 |
| Original Source | Photograph |
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