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Western stories

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Judy Alter Accessions

 Collection
Identifier: UPWC-93057
Abstract Judy Alter began donating her papers to the Southwestern Writers Collection/The Wittliff Collections in 1993. Alter writes for both adults and young readers and she is best known for her books on women and girls of the American West. Among her many honors are “best book” awards from the Texas Institute of Letters, the Western Writers of America, and the Western Heritage (Wrangler) Awards from the National Cowboy Museum. In 1996 the Dallas Morning News named her one of 100 Women Who Have Left...
Dates: circa 1972-2019

Bryan Woolley Accessions

 Collection
Identifier: UPWC-15122
Abstract The Bryan Woolley Collections details the life and career of Lowell Bryan Woolley as a journalist, editorialist, minister, novelist, and travel writer consisting of materials dated 1955-2006. The collection contains VHS tapes, cassette tapes, and eight-track tapes of numerous interviews conducted by Bryan Woolley, many of which pertain to his award-winning travel piece, “Where Texas Meets the Sea.” In addition, the collection houses numerous drafts and manuscripts of Woolley’s novels and...
Dates: circa 1955-2006