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Mark Busby Accessions

 Collection
Identifier: UPWC-16145

Scope and Contents

Multiple accessions from scholar and author, Mark Busby document his research and writing. His archive also includes substantial records from the Texas Institute of Letters, for which Busby is past President.

Dates

  • 1976 - 2011

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Materials from the Wittliff Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user assumes responsibility for determining copyright status, obtaining permission to publish, and abiding by U.S. copyright laws. https://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/research/visit/policies/publication.html

Biographical Note

A scholar noted for his writing on the literature of the American West, Mark Busby the author and editor of several books, as well as a novelist (Fort Benning Blues and Cedar Crossing) and the co-editor of the journals Southwestern American Literature and Texas Books in Review. Busby is a professor of English at Texas State University, where he directs the Center for the Study of the Southwest and the Southwest Regional Humanities Center. Busby is also a past president of the Texas Institute of Letters.

Busby’s books include John Graves, Writer (co-editor, 2007), The Southwest: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures (editor, 2004), From Texas to the World and Back: Essays on the Journeys of Katherine Anne Porter (co-editor, 2001), Fort Benning Blues: A Novel (2001), Larry McMurtry and the West: An Ambivalent Relationship (1995), New Growth 2: Contemporary Short Stories by Texas Writers (editor, 1993), United States Authors Series-Ralph Ellison (1991), The Frontier Experience and the American Dream: Essays on American Literature (co-editor 1989), Lanford Wilson (Western Writers Series, 1987), Preston Jones (Western Writers Series, 1983).

Mark Busby began donating his papers to the Southwestern Writers Collection/The Wittliff Collections in 1991.

Extent

2 Linear Feet

2 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

  • The descriptive data created for this finding aid is licensed under the CC0 Creative Commons license and is free for use without restriction.

Abstract

Multiple accessions from scholar and author, Mark Busby document his research and writing. His archive also includes substantial records from the Texas Institute of Letters, for which Busby is past President.

Physical Location

Materials may be stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use: https://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/research/makearesearchappointment.html.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gifts of Mark Busby, 1991-2021

Title
Guide to the Mark Busby Accessions
Author
Tabitha Henderson
Date
2016
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Revision Statements

  • 2021: Revised for ArchivesSpace by Katie Salzmann

Repository Details

Part of the The Wittliff Collections Repository

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