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SWWC. Southwestern Writers Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: SWWC

Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:

Selena Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-049
Abstract

This collection was created and maintained by Joe Nick Patoski in the process of writing the biography of Tejano singer, Selena Quintanilla Perez. The collection is compiled of news clippings, manuscripts, interviews, photographs, court documents, notes, publicity materials, computer disks and ephemera.

Dates: 1961-1997; Majority of material found within 1995-1996

Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-106
Abstract

The Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark Collection spans 1972-2011 and documents the men’s forty-plus year friendship. The collection is arranged in five series: Correspondence, Dialogues, Photographs, Audio Material, and Video Material.

Dates: 1972-2011

Sam Shepard Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-054
Abstract

The Sam Shepard Papers document the middle years of Sam Shepard’s literary and acting career, from 1980-1999. The collection is comprised of the following series: Plays, Novels, Short Stories, Films, Literary Criticism, Notebooks, Correspondence, Clippings, Awards, Interviews, Readings, Published Compilations, Works by Others, and Framed Posters.

Dates: 1980-1999

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

J. Edwin Smith Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-040
Abstract

Photographs, correspondence and political campaign literature comprise the bulk of this collection. Dates range from 1958-1992.

Dates: 1958-1992, undated

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

Jesse Sublett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-027
Abstract

Book manuscripts, screenplays, drafts, cartoons, clippings, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, sound recordings, and artifacts documenting Sublett's careers as a rock musician and writer.

Dates: 1978-1995

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

Sterling VanWagenen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-015
Abstract

Five folders of works, financial papers, photographs, promotional kits, and clippings, 1984-1986 contain materials from the 1985 film "The Trip to Bountiful."

Dates: 1984-1985, undated

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

Donley Watt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-104
Abstract

Correspondence, drafts, notes, research, and reviews from novelist Donley Watt.  The collection is arranged into the following five series: Personal Papers, 1970-2004; Novels 1994-2004; Short Fiction; Other Writings; Media.

Dates: 1970-2004

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