Freelance Writing Index

Contact information: rigibson@earthlink.net, 301 N. Crystal Street, Butte, Montana 59701 USA, Phone (406) 723-9639 By Richard Gibson: What Things Are Made Of The story of America's dependency on mineral commodities (including oil) in everyday life. Buy the book. Print (312 pages): $17.95; electronic (PDF) $9.99. Additional e-versions details to come. visit the blog By Richard Gibson: Lost Butte, Montana Stories of Butte's Lost Buildings Buy the book. Print (144 pages): $19.99 visit the blog ONLINE 2008 Columns in Montana Standard newspaper: Ghost Signs | Sanborn Maps | Italianate | Jargon | Virtual Historic Butte | Salvage | Vernacular | Cornices | Cast Iron | Luxfer | Sandstone & Dolomite | 1906 building boom | Slag brick walls | Ghost Buildings | Integrity | Hirbour tower | Tin Ceilings | Painted Wood Grain Vernacular Architecture Forum 2009 Guidebook (Editor, writer, and layout): Essay (PDF): The Nature-Built Landscape: Geological Underpinnings of Butte Essay (PDF): Butte, 1950-2009: Decline, Loss, and the Rise of Historic Preservation and Cultural Tourism In Butte Day section, all unattibuted writing is by Gibson. Butte Citizens for Preservation & Revitalization: Monthly newsletters: layout and most unattributed content, 2007-2011. Antimony (originally published in Earth magazine) Grand Canyon Hike (originally published in Great Expeditions Adventure and Travel Magazine) Restoring Butte (Big Sky Journal, 2009) The Beauty of Butte (Distinctly Montana, 2011 - go to p. 64) What's the Deal With Oil? (originally appeared in Butte Weekly) Yogos: Montana's Goldilocks Gem (Distinctly Montana, Summer 2011)       Hard Copy History of the Earth Perpetual Calendar   Historic Stained Glass in Butte   Ethnic Map of Butte   Chinatown Archaeological Dig Booklet           Technical writing For professional and scientific technical writing, please visit Gibson's resume.