Box 10
     Container 
  
Contains 20 Results:
Correspondence, family, 1962-1965
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 1
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      1962-1965
    
  Correspondence, family, 1966-1970
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 2
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      1966-1970
    
  Correspondence, family, 2000-2010
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 3
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      2000-2010
    
  Correspondence, condolences re: Portis’s death, 2020
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 4
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      2020
    
  Portis oral history (from Arkansas Gazette Oral History Project conducted by the Arkansas Center for Oral and Visual History at the University of Arkansas), undated
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 5
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      undated
    
  Photographs of Portis, undated
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 6
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      undated
    
  Passports / ID cards, undated
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 7
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      undated
    
  Writings about Portis (1 of 2), undated
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 8
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      undated
    
  Writings about Portis (2 of 2), undated
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 9
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      undated
    
  Congressional Record Tribute, undated
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 10
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      undated
    
  Awards – Arkansas Writers Hall of Fame, undated
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 11
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      undated
    
  Awards – Oxford American Best of the South, undated
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 12
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      undated
    
  Awards – Porter Prize, undated
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 13
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      undated
    
  Awards – Porter Prize programs, undated
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 14
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      undated
    
  Portis business cards, undated
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 15
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      undated
    
  Overlook press catalogs, undated
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 16
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      undated
    
  Paperback book jackets for Bloomsbury ed of True Grit and The Dog of the South, undated
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 17
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      undated
    
  Cassette film soundtracks for True Grit and Norwood, undated
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 18
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      undated
    
  Two unmarked cassettes (possibly blank), undated
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 19
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      undated
    
  Artifacts – custom log embosser for “Library of Charles Portis.” Soap box from Hacienda Cabo San Lucas, undated
     File  — Box: 10, Folder: 20
  
      Scope and Contents
        From the Collection:
        When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any
of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to
remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his
lifetime.
Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the
basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space
to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it
turned out, had preserved an archive after all.
The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s
boxes, include...
    
    
        Dates: 
      undated
    
  