Kirkland, Elithe Hamilton

Abstract

This collection is comprised of handwritten and typed letters from Texas author Elithe Hamilton Kirkland to her friend Nancie Austin, of Wimberley, Texas.

Abstract

Correspondence, drafts, typescripts, photographs, scrapbooks, artifacts, ephemera and clippings document the writing career of Texas Women’s Hall of Fame writer, Elithe Hamilton Kirkland.

Description

Documents from the Decherd Turner estate including letters from William E. Barrett, Roy Bedichek, Lewis Nordyke, Loula Grace Erdman, Elithe Hamilton (later Kirkland), A.C. Greene, and J. Frank Dobie that includes a 5-page typed manuscript of Dobie's Dallas Times Herald article, "What and How Tom Gooch Wrote."

Collection Overview From the Collection: Small Manuscript Collections consists of material acquired by the Wittliff either through gift or purchase that are not part of larger collections. They are often indiidual items or small groups of items relating to a particular author, musician, photographer, or topic. Types of material include: manuscripts; letters; photographs; ephemera such as pamphlets, brouchures or cataloges; reports; historical documents; and other printed material. Each item or group of items is assigned a unique...