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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 474 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

Annotated page proofs for “Cissie Palmer: Putting Wealth to Work” by Judy Alter , undated

 File — Box 493, Folder: 8
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Materials pertaining to the writing career of Judy Alter

Dates: undated

Annotated typed manuscript titled, “I Wish I Lived in Eleanor Lee’s House” a novel by Judy Alter, undated

 File — Box 493, Folder: 11
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Materials pertaining to the writing career of Judy Alter

Dates: undated

Assorted newspapers and newspaper clippings, undated

 File — Box 1260, Folder: 14
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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: undated

"Audie Murphy", undated

 File — Box 1259, Folder: 10
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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: undated

“Aura of Dallas Fort Worth”; “Fort Worth, Texas” , March/April 1994; May/June 1994; July/August 1994; September/October 1994; March/April 1995; February 1999; May 1999

 File — Box 1259, Folder: 7
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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: March/April 1994; May/June 1994; July/August 1994; September/October 1994; March/April 1995; February 1999; May 1999

“Australia”– notes, correspondence, research material, newspaper clippings and drafts, undated

 File — Box 811, Folder: 2
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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: undated

“Ballad for Sallie”– invitations for book release, writing agreements, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reviews and three book covers for “Ballad for Sallie”, undated

 File — Box 811, Folder: 21
Abstract From the Series:

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: undated

“Becoming American”– notes and research material, undated

 File — Box 811, Folder: 3
Abstract From the Series:

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: undated