SWWC. Southwestern Writers Collection
Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:
Russell Lee Collection
Panther Hall Collection
Panther Hall was a concert hall located in Fort Worth, Texas and open from 1963-1978. The collection contains mostly photographs documenting the various artists that performed at the concert hall. Some of these musical artists include Waylon Jennings, Tanya Tucker, Tammy Wynette, Willie Nelson, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tony Douglas, Loretta Lynn, and Conway Twitty. In addition to the photographs, the collection also contains promotional materials, papers, and published materials.
Lee Hancock Collection
Documents, clippings, videos, and other research materials represent journalist Lee Hancock’s research into the events of the Branch Davidian standoff near Waco in 1993. The materials are arranged into the following five series: Non-Branch Davidian Incidents, Media Coverage, Investigations, House of Representatives Hearings, and Lawsuits.
J. Frank Dobie Papers
Winifred Sanford Papers
Correspondence, printed material, handwritten notes, tearsheets, newspaper clippings, published magazines, and one VHS cassette, document the literary career of the author and posthumous publication of her works.
Dick J. Reavis Papers
The papers of journalist, activist and professor, Dick J. Reavis, span the 1950s to the present, although the majority of the materials regard his journalism career from the mid-1970s to the end of 2003. The papers are arranged into the following series: Waco Investigation, The National Tour of Texas, Published Works, Unpublished Works, Correspondence, Photographs, Financial, Personal, Audio/Video Materials, and Computer Media.
Sarah Bird Papers
The Sarah Bird Papers spans 1985 to 1991 and consist of manuscripts, screenplays, style sheets, and copy editing notes relating to the production of her literary works.
Elizabeth Crook Papers
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).
Gary Cartwright Papers
The Gary Cartwright papers date from 1981 to 2000 and document his writing career.
Hart Stilwell Papers
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).
Joe R. Lansdale Papers
The Joe R. Lansdale Collection includes materials that date from 1985 to 1992 and contain manuscripts, galley proofs, comic book art, scripts and realia.
Jim Bones Papers
This collection contains material from the early career of nature photographer Jim Bones.
Neal Barrett, Jr. Papers
This collection documents the writing career of Neal Barrett, Jr.
Under the Hat Productions Collection
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.
C. W. Smith Papers
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.
Joyce Gibson Roach Papers
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.
Wilson Mathis Hudson Papers
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.
Larry McMurtry Collection
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.
Stevie Ray Vaughan Research Collection
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.
Shelby Hearon Papers
The Shelby Hearon Papers contain notes, drafts of novels, and clippings.
