Authors, American -- 20th century
Found in 2661 Collections and/or Records:
“The Split”; synopsis, panel outline discussion, illustrations, undated
The Stonemason: A Play in Five Acts (102 pages), undated
The Storm Season, 1992, undated
Drafts, manuscripts, and typescripts of Hauptman’s plays, teleplay, screenplays, short stories, poetry, novel, articles and criticism are located in this series. Titles under each genre are filed alphabetically. Related correspondence, reviews, clippings, publicity, and playbills are filed after the draft or script for each title.
The Thicket-First draft, undated
Additional material for the Joe R. Lansdale archive. This donation includes drafts for Zeppelins West, Sunset and Sawdust, and Vanilla Ride. This donation also includes international publications that contain advertisements or information about Joe R. Lansdale.
The Thicket-proposed unused cover design, undated
Additional material for the Joe R. Lansdale archives. This donation includes drafts and proofs for books and short stories, publications with contributions by or about Lansdale, badges, tickets, posters, and foreign language translations of Lansdale’s books.
The Unseen Hand and Other Plays (1996)
The series for Plays is the largest of Shepard’s works and includes notes, annotated typescripts, playbills, programs, correspondence, sound recordings, rehearsal schedules, reviews, and publicity. This series is notable in that Shepard meticulously identified each annotated draft with the date and place (by city and state) of each revision, and there tend to be multiple drafts of each work represented.
The Visitor-Draft, May 3, 2000
The Visitor-Draft , May 4, 2000
The Visitor-Revised draft, June 26, 2000
The Visitor-Revised draft, June 27, 2000
The Visitor/Planet of the Apes-Draft, September 23, 1999
“The VVA: Veteran”; Calendar, 1997-2003
The War in Heaven (1985)
The series for Plays is the largest of Shepard’s works and includes notes, annotated typescripts, playbills, programs, correspondence, sound recordings, rehearsal schedules, reviews, and publicity. This series is notable in that Shepard meticulously identified each annotated draft with the date and place (by city and state) of each revision, and there tend to be multiple drafts of each work represented.
The Wittliff Collections: The Spirit of Place, Eulogy by Broyles, transcripts of speeches by Broyles, 1996-2015
There Aint No Such Animal (typescript, based on story by Bill Bret), undated
Drafts, manuscripts, and typescripts of Hauptman’s plays, teleplay, screenplays, short stories, poetry, novel, articles and criticism are located in this series. Titles under each genre are filed alphabetically. Related correspondence, reviews, clippings, publicity, and playbills are filed after the draft or script for each title.
“There Are No Phones to Heaven” words and music by Heloise Cruse
Books, manuscripts, sheet music, galleys, handwritten notes, and photographs in this collection relate primarily to Frazier’s 1983 biographical essay on SWT alumna Ponce Cruse Evans, author of the syndicated newspaper column, “Hints from Heloise”. Photographs and clippings relate to both Heloise Cruse Ponce, and her mother, Heloise Cruse. Dates range from 1981-1989. Books from this collection have been cataloged separately.