“4.23 Allison – JFD map to Paisano, letter and keepsake”; Photocopies of an Invitation letter from J. Frank Dobie and hand drawn maps to the Paisano Ranch, correspondence between Slate and Bill Allison and Dobie keepsake, 1959, 2002, 2006

This collection includes notes, correspondence, newspaper articles, newsletters, photographs and administrative/financial records pertaining to the Dobie Paisano Fellowship Program, the J. Frank Dobie Paisano Ranch, The Texas Institute of Letters and Slate’s Paisano history project dating from 1958-2016. The bulk of the material consists Dobie Paisano Fellowship recipient files including applications, photographs, press and vitae for each applicant. Also included are chapter edits, correspondence and interviews conducted by Slate for the Paisano history project.