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Western stories

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 474 Collections and/or Records:

1994-045

 Series
Abstract

Materials pertaining to the writing career of Judy Alter.

Dates: circa 1972-2019

1996-067

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Abstract

Materials pertaining to the writing career of Judy Alter.

Dates: circa 1972-2019

1997-050

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Materials pertaining to the writing career of Judy Alter.

Dates: circa 1972-2019

2004-170

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Materials pertaining to the writing career of Judy Alter

Dates: circa 1972-2019

2007-073

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Material consists mainly of “working files for children’s books now in print”. Research material consists of newspaper clippings, information from the internet, and photocopies from various books and other sources. In a few instances, original file folders were kept because of notes or other writings that appear on them. Folder 20 has been flagged for sensitive material.

Dates: circa 1972-2019

2008-085

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Material consists mainly of drafts from both “soon to be published” and unpublished material.

Dates: circa 1972-2019

2009-030

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Material contains drafts, research, and numerous newspaper clippings related to Alter’s writing; original file labels appear in quotation marks.

Dates: circa 1972-2019

2010-066

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Material donated from Alter's files; items include magazines, writer contracts, reviews, newspaper clippings, limited correspondence, and some research material.  All original folder titles appear in quotation marks.

Dates: circa 1972-2019

2011-155

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Donation includes research files, manuscripts, and drafts of the author’s work.

Dates: circa 1972-2019

2013-091

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This donation consists of manuscript drafts and speeches written by author Judy Alter. Included in this collection are early drafts for Trouble in a Big Box, Danger Comes Home, No Neighborhood for Old Women, Cooking My Way Through Life with Kids & Books, and Texas is Chili Country. Also included is unpublished material related to “Gail Borden” and a Certificate of Copyright Registration for Great Texas Chefs.

Dates: circa 1972-2019

2014-133

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Additional material for the Judy Alter archive. This donation contains correspondence 2011-2012, drafts, publicity, and reviews related to Alter’s Kelly O’Connell mystery series.

Dates: circa 1972-2019

2015-038

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This addition to Alter’s collection includes a draft of The Perfect Coed, and various magazines in which her articles have been featured such as Louis L’amour Western Magazine, Texas Co-Op Power, and Roundup Magazine.

Dates: circa 1972-2019

2019-107

 Series
Abstract

This collection consists of additional material of Judy Alter’s literary papers. The majority of the material within the collection is a series of books written by Judy Alter. Also included in the collection is many magazines, the majority being from or dealing with Fort Worth, Texas. Many newspapers are included in the collection, each containing an article about or written by Judy Alter. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Alter’s original description.

Dates: circa 1972-2019

“A Ballad for Sallie” manuscripts and galley proofs , undated

 File — Box 13-16
Abstract From the Series:

Research, manuscripts, correspondence and galley proofs for several works by Judy Alter, along with manuscripts for Alter’s early unpublished novels. Also included are editorial files for Larry L. King’s Golden Shadows Old West Museum, which was published in 1993 by Texas Christian University Press, where Judy Alter serves as Director.

Dates: undated

“A Frontier Childhood/Gail Borden”-draft, “another version,” never published, undated

 File — Box 1736, Folder: 15
Abstract From the Series:

This donation consists of manuscript drafts and speeches written by author Judy Alter. Included in this collection are early drafts for Trouble in a Big Box, Danger Comes Home, No Neighborhood for Old Women, Cooking My Way Through Life with Kids & Books, and Texas is Chili Country. Also included is unpublished material related to “Gail Borden” and a Certificate of Copyright Registration for Great Texas Chefs.

Dates: undated

“A Frontier Childhood/Gail Borden” -draft, never published, undated

 File — Box 1736, Folder: 14
Abstract From the Series:

This donation consists of manuscript drafts and speeches written by author Judy Alter. Included in this collection are early drafts for Trouble in a Big Box, Danger Comes Home, No Neighborhood for Old Women, Cooking My Way Through Life with Kids & Books, and Texas is Chili Country. Also included is unpublished material related to “Gail Borden” and a Certificate of Copyright Registration for Great Texas Chefs.

Dates: undated

“A Man in the Window”—unpublished novel , undated

 File — Box 13-16
Abstract From the Series:

Research, manuscripts, correspondence and galley proofs for several works by Judy Alter, along with manuscripts for Alter’s early unpublished novels. Also included are editorial files for Larry L. King’s Golden Shadows Old West Museum, which was published in 1993 by Texas Christian University Press, where Judy Alter serves as Director.

Dates: undated

"After Pa Was Shot- reprint", undated

 File — Box 1259, Folder: 13
Abstract From the Series:

Material donated from Alter's files; items include magazines, writer contracts, reviews, newspaper clippings, limited correspondence, and some research material.  All original folder titles appear in quotation marks.

Dates: undated