Short essays including “Benny the Toad Frog,” “The ‘Frank Erwin’ of U.T. in the Roaring Twenties” (with rejection letter from Texas Monthly), and “How about Hizzer and Shehee and Manwo?” , 1975, undated

The body of this series contains the manuscripts that were unpublished at Stilwell’s death. Three book drafts are represented. Glory of the Silver King is a manuscript about tarpon fishing in Texas and Mexico and Old Two Toes is a story about the hunt for a disabled wolf who is hunting sheep. The largest draft is The Great White Immaculate Bird and Other Toys, a series of essays criticizing humanefforts to change animals for commercial purposes. There are three drafts of this typescript, all of which contain handwritten emendations. A number of short essays by Stilwell written for newspapers and magazines are also found in this series; many of these essays cover topics found in The Great White Immaculate Bird, but others discuss such subjects as feminism, football at The University of Texas, and the loss of the Southern dialect. One folder contains a few published articles by Stilwell, generally focussing on food but also covering such topics as javelin hunting, the demise of the jalapeño, and the death of outlaw Sam Bass. The correspondence in this series consists of two rejection letters