Portis, Charles

The papers of novelist and journalist Charles Portis, spanning 1955-2012, includes manuscripts and heavily revised drafts of all five published novels, most notably True Grit, as well as screenplays, articles, research files, and nearly 400 pages of an unfinished novel set in Veracruz. Also present are photographs, correspondence with family, friends, and fellow writers, handwritten “quarter-notes,” travel receipts, and personal materials.