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SWWC. Southwestern Writers Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: SWWC

Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:

Elizabeth Crook Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-060
Abstract

Research notes, annotated typescripts, correspondence, photographs, and newsclippings make up the Elizabeth Crook papers, and relate mainly to Crook’s novels of historical fiction, Raven’s Bride (1991), and Promised Lands: A Novel of the Texas Rebellion (1994).

Dates: 1984-2000

Hart Stilwell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-013
Abstract

Two boxes of manuscripts, clippings, published articles, programs, correspondence, photographs, and artifacts (1963-1975, undated), contain the books and essays that Stilwell was working on at the time of his death as well as related materials donated by his widow and daughter. The collection has been arranged into three series: Works, (1963-1975, undated), Personal Materials (1967, 1971, 1975, undated), and Photographs (undated).

Dates: 1963-1975, undated

Joe R. Lansdale Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-005
Abstract

The Joe R. Lansdale Collection includes materials that date from 1985 to 1992 and contain manuscripts, galley proofs, comic book art, scripts and realia.

Dates: 1985-1992

Under the Hat Productions Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-082
Abstract

Cash Edwards and Roger Polson created the collection for Under the Hat Productions during the company’s sixteen year existence starting in 1984 and ending in 2000. The majority of the papers contained are from the period of 1996 through 1999. The papers include a wide variety of promotional materials for their artist clients as well as a number of market research materials and press clippings.

Dates: 1984-2000

C. W. Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-022
Abstract

The collection contains a copy of the screenplay for the 1975 novel Country Music, a copy of a typescript of the 1989 novel Buffalo Nickel, and an issue of the Poseidon Press Spring Selections 1989 containing an excerpt from Buffalo Nickel.

Dates: 1989-1990

Joyce Gibson Roach Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-003
Abstract

The Joyce Gibson Roach papers date from 1961 to 1991 with the bulk of the material dating from 1970 to 1980. The collection contains the notes, clippings, interviews, articles, brochures, cassettes, and letters used by Roach in the writing of The Cowgirls and C. L. Sonnichsen: Folk Historian.

Dates: 1950-1991; Majority of material found in 1970-1980

Wilson Mathis Hudson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-011
Abstract

The Wilson M. Hudson Papers date from 1913 to 1991 and comprise research material collected for (1) the biography of cowboy writer Andy Adams and (2) a study of J. Frank Dobie. The material consists of note cards, clippings, articles, photographs, correspondence, maps, manuscript drafts, and genealogical notes. There are also pamphlets and brochures from the Texas Folklore Society.

Dates: 1913-1991; Majority of material found within 1936-1974

Larry McMurtry Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-014
Abstract

The bulk of this collection is comprised of the original typescript for McMurtry's essay, "Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen,” which includes handwritten corrections by the author.

Dates: 1968, 1987-1991

Stevie Ray Vaughan Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-028
Abstract

Correspondence, printed material, financial documentation, interviews, photographic material, legal documentation, notes, creative works, audio and video recordings, and machine-readable records, created and maintained by Bill Crawford and Joe Nick Patoski, document the research, production, and promotion processes of their co-authored biography, Stevie-Ray Vaughan: Caught in the Crossfire.

Dates: 1964-1995

Shelby Hearon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-025
Abstract

The Shelby Hearon Papers contain notes, drafts of novels, and clippings.

Dates: 1983-1992

Michael Zagst Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-084
Abstract The collection contains manuscript and typescript drafts of each of Zagst’s published novels, as well as those of published and unpublished plays, screenplays novels, and short stories. Editorial correspondence relating to the publication of Zagst’s novels include a letter from Bruce J. Friedmann introducing Zagst to Donald I. Fine who would become Zagst’s publisher; letters from Fine, from the publicity liaison and from the editor. Also included are entries for the Texas Institute of...
Dates: 1985 - 1996

Rick Riordan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-079
Abstract

Correspondence, research notes and interviews, plot maps, chapter synopses, character outlines, editor’s revision suggestions, and two magazines document the career of Texas writer Rick Riordan spanning the years of 1997-2004.

Dates: 1997-2004

Mary Sue Jones Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-009a
Abstract

Mary Sue Jones' Papers span the years from 1931 to 1992 with most of the material dating from the 1960s through the 1980s. Contained here are class notes, scripts, set designs, costume designs, playbills, letters, photographs, records, audiotapes, reports, clippings, magazines, articles, awards, school records, yearbooks, scrapbooks, personal effects, and mementos.

Dates: 1931-1992; Majority of material found in 1949-1992

Puckerbrush Press Collection of Mary Gray Hughes

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-078
Abstract

Personal papers, correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, computer disks and numerous copies of Hughes short stories, story lines, poems, and letters to editors documenting Hughes’s 2002 Puckerbrush Press collection, Cora’s Seduction and Other Stories.

Dates: 1977-2002

Jan Reid Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-059
Abstract

Working drafts, photographs, and correspondence make up the papers of journalist and novelist Jan Reid. The collection is arranged into the following three series: Books (1974-1986), Articles and Stories (1975-1994, undated), and Correspondence (1976-1993, undated)

Dates: 1974-1994

Joe Nick Patoski Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-029
Abstract

Typescripts, correspondence, clippings, photographs, sound recordings, printed material, handwritten notes, ephemera, and artifacts, 1929 to 1998 (bulk 1975-1995), created and maintained by Joe Nick Patoski, document much of his writing career, as well as some aspects of his business and personal life.

Dates: 1929-1998; Majority of material found within 1975-1995

Edward Muegge "Buck" Schiwetz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-080
Abstract

Journal articles, correspondence, published works, unpublished research and notes and photographs document the career of Edward Muegge “Buck” Schiwetz as an artist, illustrator and architectural sketcher. The collection is arranged into four main series: Biographical Material, Correspondence, Art Projects by E.M. Schiwetz, and Photographs.

Dates: 1929-1979

Ron Querry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-098
Abstract The papers of Ron Querry document the author’s life from his childhood, through the progression of his writing career, to his travels. Querry’s writings depict the intersection of white and native worlds, and he is the author of Death of Bernadette Lefthand and Bad Medicine as well as his memoir, I See by My Get-Up.  The papers are arranged in eight series: correspondence; published works;...
Dates: 1951-2006

Grover Lewis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-085
Abstract

The papers of journalist Grover Lewis span the years 1955 to 2005 and are arranged into seven series: Personal Papers, Correspondence, Published Works, Unpublished Works, Works by Others, Audio Tapes, and Oversized Items.

Dates: 1955-2005

Beverly Lowry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-061
Abstract

Typescript drafts, correspondence, notes, clippings, journals, and photographs document the writing career of Beverly Lowry. The bulk of the papers relate to four of Lowry’s seven published books, with The Perfect Sonya and Crossed Overbeing the most fully represented. The collection is arranged into the following seven series: Works, Correspondence, Clippings, Publicity, Computer disks, Personal, and Artifacts.

Dates: 1950-1998