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Box 1

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Contains 3 Results:

"Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen," typescript with corrections (83 pages)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series:

This series contains the original typescript for McMurtry's essay, "Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen,” which includes handwritten corrections by the author, plus two photocopies.

Dates: 1984-1985

Photocopies (2)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2-3
Series Description From the Series:

This series contains the original typescript for McMurtry's essay, "Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen,” which includes handwritten corrections by the author, plus two photocopies.

Dates: 1984-1985

Correspondence, contacts include Harper's Magazine (1968), Bill Wittliff (1987), and Richard Holland (1988, 1991)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Series Description From the Series:

Correspondence includes one 1968 letter to McMurtry from Harper's magazine returning his manuscript, "Take My Saddle from the Wall: A Valediction,” a letter from McMurtry to Bill Wittliff, and two to former Wittliff Collection Curator, Dick Holland. These letters date from 1987-1991 and relate to the acquisition of this collection.

Dates: 1968, 1987-1991