The Collected Works of Harold and Sonya Davids
The following are scanned images of Harold and Sonya Davids' published works. Some of the papers were obviously seconds containing either printing errors or on damaged paper. However, I felt it was better to have copies however imperfect than to not have them.
The first set of images are Harold's "Reflections and Refractions" These include many short stand alone essays and his books "The Naugatuck River of Brass", "Son of a Farmer's Daughter" and "Striving for Usefulness", in serialized form. After that comes his book "Way Back with Davids" which was actually published in 1971 before the "River of Brass" book but for some reason was never serialized in his "Reflections and Refractions".
There are also 2 sets of papers written by Sonya Davids. The first set was printed by Harold. The second set, "Recollections & Ruminations" was written after Harold died; they were printed by Bill Boys.
Reflections and Refractions
#1 summer 1953 "Only a Leaf" and "By Way of Introduction part 1"
#2 winter 1953 "By Way of Introduction part 2" and "The Smell Of Printer's Ink"
#3 spring 1954 "Fulton Park Vignettes"
#4 summer 1954 "Hamburger On The Wing"
#5 winter 1954 "Journal Jottings" by Sonya Davids
#6 summer 1956 "The Naming of Young Ben"
#7 autumn 1956 "Black Friday"
#8 spring 1957 "Gotham Glimpses 1"
#9 summer 1957 "D.C. Details"
#10 winter 1958 "At Home With The Davids'"
#11 summer 1958 "The Art of Not Smoking Cigarettes or How to Gain Weight In a Hurry"
#12 winter 1960 "The Art of Pipe Smoking"
#13 summer 1967 "Reverie In a Woodlot"
#14 winter 1977 "Birth Of A Book"
#15 winter 1984 "A Tale of Four Presses" by Sonya Davids
#16 spring 1985 "Telling The Tale Yet To Be Told"
#17 fall 1985 "Seven Segment Saga"
#18 winter 1986-87 "Harold's Horrendous Hospital Happenings"
#19 summer 1987 "Clearing Cluttered Confusion"
#20 winter 1988 "So Many The Moons So Scant The Score"
#21 winter 1988 "The NAUGATUCK River Of Brass 1st Installment"
#22 winter 1989 "The NAUGATUCK River Of Brass 2nd Installment"
#23 late winter 1989 "The NAUGATUCK River Of Brass 3rd Installment"
#24 early spring 1989 "The NAUGATUCK River Of Brass 4th Installment"
#25 spring 1989 "The NAUGATUCK River Of Brass 5th Installment"
#26 winter 1990 "The NAUGATUCK River Of Brass 6th Installment"
#27 fall 1990 "The NAUGATUCK River Of Brass 7th Installment"
#28 winter 1991 "The NAUGATUCK River Of Brass 8th Installment"
#29 spring 1991 "The NAUGATUCK River Of Brass 9th Installment"
#30 spring 1992 "The NAUGATUCK River Of Brass 10th Installment"
#31 winter 1993 "The NAUGATUCK River Of Brass 11th Installment"
#32 spring 1993 "The NAUGATUCK River Of Brass 12th (final) Installment"
#33 summer 1993 "Son Of A Farmer's Daughter 1st Installment"
#34 spring 1994 "Son Of A Farmer's Daughter 2nd Installment"
#35 winter 1995 "Son Of A Farmer's Daughter 3rd Installment"
#36 spring 1995 "Son Of A Farmer's Daughter 4th Installment"
#37 april 1995 "Stone Shark's Teeth" For Joseph W. Davids on His 12th Birthday
#38 july 1995 "Mister Sol King Meets Mister Squirel" For Katie Davids on Her 8th Birthday
#39 summer 1995 "Son Of A Farmer's Daughter 5th Installment"
#40 fall 1995 "Son Of A Farmer's Daughter 6th Installment"
#41 fall-B 1995 "Son Of A Farmer's Daughter 7th Installment"
#42 winter 1996 "Son Of A Farmer's Daughter 8th Installment"
#43 winter-B 1996 "Son Of A Farmer's Daughter 9th Installment"
#44 winter-C 1996 "Son Of A Farmer's Daughter 10th Installment"
#45 spring 1996 "Son Of A Farmer's Daughter 11th Installment"
#46 spring-B 1996 "Son Of A Farmer's Daughter 12th Installment"
#47 summer 1996 "Son Of A Farmer's Daughter 13th Installment"
#48 summer-B 1996 "Son Of A Farmer's Daughter 14th and Last Installment"
#49 summer 1997 "Symphony Of The Six Senses"
#50 winter 1999 "Striving for Usefulness 1st Installment"
#51 spring 1999 "Striving for Usefulness 2nd Installment"
#52 spring-B 1999 "Striving for Usefulness 3rd Installment"
#53 summer 1999 "Striving for Usefulness 4th Installment"
#54 summer-B 1999 "Striving for Usefulness 5th Installment"
#55 summer-C 1999 "Striving for Usefulness 6th Installment"
#56 summer-D 1999 "Striving for Usefulness 7th Installment"
#57 Whatever this was is missing BUT it does not appear to be part of "Striving for Usefulness"
#58 Whatever this was is missing BUT it does not appear to be part of "Striving for Usefulness"
#59 Whatever this was is missing BUT it does not appear to be part of "Striving for Usefulness"
#60 winter 2000 "Striving for Usefulness 8th and Final Installment"
Way Back with Davids
Title pages and Chapter 1 - Retreat To the Rear
Chapter 2 - Deployment At The Dispensary
Chapter 3 - Battle Of Back Bay
Chapter 4 - Action At Ayer
Chapter 5 - Landing At Llandudno
Chapter 6 - Maneuvers In The Midlands
Chapter 7 - Attack At Ashford
Chapter 8 - Clash In The Clinic
Chapter 9 - Skrimish At Sutton
Chapter 10 - Tactics On The Trent
Chapter 11 - Sweep To The South
Chapter 12 - Barracks Near Bournemouth
Chapter 13 - Charge To The Champlain
Written by Sonya Davids
Reflections and Refractions #5 winter 1954 "Journal Jottings"
Beehive #1 winter 1963 Bundles Read Here
Beehive #2 winter 1975 "First Fifty Years Are The Hardest"
Reflections and Refractions #15 winter 1984 "A Tale of Four Presses"
Beehive #3 winter 1990 "Roots, Ukraniniam Style"
Recollections & Ruminations #1 February 2007
Recollections & Ruminations #2 April 2007 "Some thoughts"
Recollections & Ruminations #3 August 2007 "Dogwood on Delay" and "How I Got My Birth Certificate""
Recollections & Ruminations #4 January 2008 "What Is in a Name"
Recollections & Ruminations #5 November 2009 "What I feel about NAPA"
Recollections & Ruminations #6 January 2010 "I Love Reading about People's Lives"
Recollections & Ruminations #7 February 2011 "Memories of V-Mail" (and a short horror story by Steve Anderson)