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Rivers in literature

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 640 Collections and/or Records:

Draft , June 2003

 File — Box 6, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series: The Monograph series includes research notes, typed manuscripts, galley proofs, printed materials, correspondence, and other materials chronicling Graves’ literary contributions from his earliest short stories to his more recent essays and memoir. Materials from all of his books are included. Many of these materials were annotated by Graves with personal comments when he donated the materials to Bill Wittliff.Manuscript materials relating to the books Graves is credited as writing...
Dates: June 2003

Draft (3 copies), March 2003

 File — Multiple Containers
Series Description From the Series: The Monograph series includes research notes, typed manuscripts, galley proofs, printed materials, correspondence, and other materials chronicling Graves’ literary contributions from his earliest short stories to his more recent essays and memoir. Materials from all of his books are included. Many of these materials were annotated by Graves with personal comments when he donated the materials to Bill Wittliff.Manuscript materials relating to the books Graves is credited as writing...
Dates: March 2003

Draft, with donation note (2 copies), June 2003

 File — Box 7, Folder: 1-2
Series Description From the Series: The Monograph series includes research notes, typed manuscripts, galley proofs, printed materials, correspondence, and other materials chronicling Graves’ literary contributions from his earliest short stories to his more recent essays and memoir. Materials from all of his books are included. Many of these materials were annotated by Graves with personal comments when he donated the materials to Bill Wittliff.Manuscript materials relating to the books Graves is credited as writing...
Dates: June 2003

Draft, with list of copies and final changes, June 2003

 File — Box 6, Folder: 4
Series Description From the Series: The Monograph series includes research notes, typed manuscripts, galley proofs, printed materials, correspondence, and other materials chronicling Graves’ literary contributions from his earliest short stories to his more recent essays and memoir. Materials from all of his books are included. Many of these materials were annotated by Graves with personal comments when he donated the materials to Bill Wittliff.Manuscript materials relating to the books Graves is credited as writing...
Dates: June 2003

Drafts

 File — Box 9, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series: The Monograph series includes research notes, typed manuscripts, galley proofs, printed materials, correspondence, and other materials chronicling Graves’ literary contributions from his earliest short stories to his more recent essays and memoir. Materials from all of his books are included. Many of these materials were annotated by Graves with personal comments when he donated the materials to Bill Wittliff.Manuscript materials relating to the books Graves is credited as writing...
Dates: 1991, undated

Dreams

 File — Box 36, Folder: 11
Series Description From the Series: Notebooks, legal papers, financial papers, photographs, journals, objects and academic records make up the majority of the materials in this series. Graves’ academic career is well documented through grade reports and written recommendations, class notes from undergraduate and graduate school, and his Columbia University Master’s thesis on William Faulkner. Of particular interest in this series is the notebook Graves used while traveling in Europe and his journal of a trip down the Rio...
Dates: 1948-1997

Drinking” - corrected drafts (2), fragments

 File — Box 17, Folder: 13
Series Description From the Series: The Other Writings series is devoted to the many short stories, essays, book introductions, tributes, and unpublished pieces written by Graves, and spans almost six decades. This series is also the largest in the collection, filling eleven document boxes, plus oversize. The works within it arearranged alphabetically by title, usually according to the official published title, but sometimes by a book title if Graves’ piece is an untitled introduction, or a draft title if the piece is...
Dates: 1977-1986, undated

Duck Call in a Black Leather Pouch, undated

 Item — Box 1982
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This addition to the John Graves archives includes various artifacts from Graves’ ranch at Hard Scrabble: fishing lures and spool cases, cow and deer skulls, a cattle brand, photographs and uniforms from Graves’ military service, typewriters, geological surveys and nautical charts, and signed illustrations by Scott Gentling. This accession is the final accrual from Hard Scrabble ranch with the exception of a small amount of material currently in quarantine due to live silverfish.

Dates: undated

E - Erickson, Eric, 1979-2001, undated

 File — Box 24, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series: The Correspondence series contains letters that highlight Graves’ writing career, with letters to and from publishers, agents, fellow writers, fans, event organizers and others. Insights into Graves’ personal life and thoughts are also found in letters between Graves and longtime friends and family members. Graves kept carbon copies and later computer printout copies of many of his letters to others, so the researcher gets both sides of the letter-writing dialogue, in these folders and...
Dates: 1979-2001, undated

English 332

 File — Box 32, Folder: 9
Series Description From the Series: There are two main parts to this series: Texas Institute of Letters, and Classes and Workshops. The former sub-series deals with Graves’ membership in and activities with T.I.L., including two folders of his 1971-73 presidency of the organization; while the latter sub-series contains syllabus information and notes related to two courses and one workshop taught by Graves. The files in these two sub-series are arranged chronologically. The last part in Institutional Activities is a file...
Dates: 1960-1981

Equitable Savings Association

 File — Box 36, Folder: 4
Series Description From the Series: Notebooks, legal papers, financial papers, photographs, journals, objects and academic records make up the majority of the materials in this series. Graves’ academic career is well documented through grade reports and written recommendations, class notes from undergraduate and graduate school, and his Columbia University Master’s thesis on William Faulkner. Of particular interest in this series is the notebook Graves used while traveling in Europe and his journal of a trip down the Rio...
Dates: 1946-1976

Erickson, John R., 1977-2006

 File — Box 24, Folder: 2
Series Description From the Series: The Correspondence series contains letters that highlight Graves’ writing career, with letters to and from publishers, agents, fellow writers, fans, event organizers and others. Insights into Graves’ personal life and thoughts are also found in letters between Graves and longtime friends and family members. Graves kept carbon copies and later computer printout copies of many of his letters to others, so the researcher gets both sides of the letter-writing dialogue, in these folders and...
Dates: 1977-2006

Etheridge - E-unknown, 1978-2006, undated

 File — Box 24, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series: The Correspondence series contains letters that highlight Graves’ writing career, with letters to and from publishers, agents, fellow writers, fans, event organizers and others. Insights into Graves’ personal life and thoughts are also found in letters between Graves and longtime friends and family members. Graves kept carbon copies and later computer printout copies of many of his letters to others, so the researcher gets both sides of the letter-writing dialogue, in these folders and...
Dates: 1978-2006, undated

Europe

 File — Box 36, Folder: 12
Series Description From the Series: Notebooks, legal papers, financial papers, photographs, journals, objects and academic records make up the majority of the materials in this series. Graves’ academic career is well documented through grade reports and written recommendations, class notes from undergraduate and graduate school, and his Columbia University Master’s thesis on William Faulkner. Of particular interest in this series is the notebook Graves used while traveling in Europe and his journal of a trip down the Rio...
Dates: 1948-1997

Executive Committee

 File — Box 32, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series: There are two main parts to this series: Texas Institute of Letters, and Classes and Workshops. The former sub-series deals with Graves’ membership in and activities with T.I.L., including two folders of his 1971-73 presidency of the organization; while the latter sub-series contains syllabus information and notes related to two courses and one workshop taught by Graves. The files in these two sub-series are arranged chronologically. The last part in Institutional Activities is a file...
Dates: 1961-1997; Majority of material found in 1964-1973

F - Fondren, 1980-2003, undated

 File — Box 24, Folder: 4
Series Description From the Series: The Correspondence series contains letters that highlight Graves’ writing career, with letters to and from publishers, agents, fellow writers, fans, event organizers and others. Insights into Graves’ personal life and thoughts are also found in letters between Graves and longtime friends and family members. Graves kept carbon copies and later computer printout copies of many of his letters to others, so the researcher gets both sides of the letter-writing dialogue, in these folders and...
Dates: 1980-2003, undated

“Failure” - typescript, 1946

 File — Box 11, Folder: 9
Series Description From the Series: The Other Writings series is devoted to the many short stories, essays, book introductions, tributes, and unpublished pieces written by Graves, and spans almost six decades. This series is also the largest in the collection, filling eleven document boxes, plus oversize. The works within it arearranged alphabetically by title, usually according to the official published title, but sometimes by a book title if Graves’ piece is an untitled introduction, or a draft title if the piece is...
Dates: 1946

Family letters and clippings, undated

 File — Box 1947, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Photographs and artifacts collected from Hard Scrabble for the John Graves archive. This collection includes photographs of John Graves and his family, including early 20th and late 19th century family photographs. This collection also contains two clay jugs, one leather belt with the silver “infinity” symbol belt buckle worn by John Graves, the camp box that Graves used during his canoe trip for Goodbye to a River, and a 7 weight Loomis fly rod made by Graves.

Dates: undated

Family letters and papers, undated

 File — Box 1947, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Photographs and artifacts collected from Hard Scrabble for the John Graves archive. This collection includes photographs of John Graves and his family, including early 20th and late 19th century family photographs. This collection also contains two clay jugs, one leather belt with the silver “infinity” symbol belt buckle worn by John Graves, the camp box that Graves used during his canoe trip for Goodbye to a River, and a 7 weight Loomis fly rod made by Graves.

Dates: undated

Family photographs, circa 1800s-1900s

 File — Box 1947, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Photographs and artifacts collected from Hard Scrabble for the John Graves archive. This collection includes photographs of John Graves and his family, including early 20th and late 19th century family photographs. This collection also contains two clay jugs, one leather belt with the silver “infinity” symbol belt buckle worn by John Graves, the camp box that Graves used during his canoe trip for Goodbye to a River, and a 7 weight Loomis fly rod made by Graves.

Dates: circa 1800s-1900s