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Authors, American -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2638 Collections and/or Records:

White Texas Boys State T-shirt , undated

 File — Box 3016, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Donation by Bill Broyles of his Marine uniforms, Cub Scouts memorabilia, and Texas Boys State clothing, undated.

Dates: undated

“Why Men Love War” article, Esquire, November 1984

 File — Box 3931, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Series: Archival material donated by writer William Broyles, the bulk of the material is from 1965-2013. This addition includes many materials relating to his magazine career, including clippings documenting the founding of Texas Monthly, Broyles’ time as editor of Newsweek, and many of the articles he wrote for other publications. It also documents his film career, with many “progress files” for movies he wrote that include all correspondence documenting the project usually from inception to the...
Dates: November 1984

“Wild Life in Canada”, by Hauptman and Frank Joiner, photocopy of manuscript, 1954

 File — Box 3, Folder: 9
Series Description From the Series:

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.

Dates: 1954

“William Broyles Jr. Editor-in-Chief of Newsweek”; Article snippets, 1982-1983

 File — Box 2987, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection consists of archival materials relating to the career of screenplay writer and author, William (Bill) Broyles, Jr. from 1957-2014. Majority of the materials in the collection are research, notes, and drafts for Broyles’s screenplays for Khe Sanh, Spies, Emperor, and The Polar Express. The collection also includes annotated manuscript draft of Billy the Kid by David Killiam; screenplay drafts revised by Broyles of McFarland, Eragon, and Widowmaker; cassettes for China Beach;...
Dates: 1982-1983

William Broyles memorial speech, memorial program and song lyrics from Bill Wittliff's memorial service, June 19, 2019

 File — Box 3116, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Archival material received from William Broyles dating 2019. Material includes memorial speech, program and song lyrics from Bill Wittliff's memorial service.

Dates: June 19, 2019

William Eastlake (annotated bibliography of Eastlake’s work, rough draft of Querry’s introduction to the annotated bibliography, correspondence, and Eastlake’s obituary), 1990-1993

 File — Box 21, Folder: 13
Series Description From the Series:

This series contains correspondence, texts, documents, and photographs relating to William Eastlake, Larry L. King, and Elaine Querry. Also includes materials relating to “Walk Tall America” and the American Quarter Horse Association.

Dates: 1990-1993

Williams, Tennessee. "The Man in the Overstuffed Chair," photocopy from published source

 File — Box 25, Folder: 5
Series Description From the Series:

Arranged by genre (articles, books, sound recordings, screenplays, short stories and teleplays), most of the works in this series are based on or inspired by Shepard’s works. Authors mailed the works to Shepard for his comments, and many items include typescripts annotated by Shepard and correspondence.

Dates: undated

Willie Nelson- 5 Guitar Picks and a “Willie’s Place” lanyard, undated

 File — Box 1416, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Variety of material including CDs, LPs, t-shirt and caps, posters, magazines, newspapers and newspaper clippings, drafts and manuscripts of work, photos, correspondence, music announcements and musician press kits, notes and notebooks, maps, brochures and other artifacts. Majority of material was not in files or labeled; file titles are in quotation marks when present.

Dates: undated

Willie Nelson- Correspondence, Articles, Press Releases, Pictures, undated

 File — Box 1416, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Variety of material including CDs, LPs, t-shirt and caps, posters, magazines, newspapers and newspaper clippings, drafts and manuscripts of work, photos, correspondence, music announcements and musician press kits, notes and notebooks, maps, brochures and other artifacts. Majority of material was not in files or labeled; file titles are in quotation marks when present.

Dates: undated

Willie Nelson manuscript draft with revisions, undated

 File — Box 1024, Folder: 1-2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Variety of material including CDs, LPs, t-shirt and caps, posters, magazines, newspapers and newspaper clippings, drafts and manuscripts of work, photos, correspondence, music announcements and musician press kits, notes and notebooks, maps, brochures and other artifacts. Majority of material was not in files or labeled; file titles are in quotation marks when present.

Dates: undated

Willie Nelson Texas Roadhouse red bandana with braids, undated

 Item — Box 1045
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Variety of material including CDs, LPs, t-shirt and caps, posters, magazines, newspapers and newspaper clippings, drafts and manuscripts of work, photos, correspondence, music announcements and musician press kits, notes and notebooks, maps, brochures and other artifacts. Majority of material was not in files or labeled; file titles are in quotation marks when present.

Dates: undated

Willie Nelson with Bud Shrake Willie An Autobiography paperback book, undated

 Item — Box 1045
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Variety of material including CDs, LPs, t-shirt and caps, posters, magazines, newspapers and newspaper clippings, drafts and manuscripts of work, photos, correspondence, music announcements and musician press kits, notes and notebooks, maps, brochures and other artifacts. Majority of material was not in files or labeled; file titles are in quotation marks when present.

Dates: undated

Willie Nelson with Mike Blakely A Tale out of Luck paperback book, undated

 Item — Box 1045
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Variety of material including CDs, LPs, t-shirt and caps, posters, magazines, newspapers and newspaper clippings, drafts and manuscripts of work, photos, correspondence, music announcements and musician press kits, notes and notebooks, maps, brochures and other artifacts. Majority of material was not in files or labeled; file titles are in quotation marks when present.

Dates: undated

Wool serge green cap , undated

 File — Box 3016, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Donation by Bill Broyles of his Marine uniforms, Cub Scouts memorabilia, and Texas Boys State clothing, undated.

Dates: undated

Worcester College Record 2006 and consumer reports , undated

 File — Box 1436, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection predominately consists of screenplay drafts written or edited by William Broyles, Jr. Screenplays include: Shadow Divers, Cast Away, The Visitor, Lost Moon, Apollo 13, K-19, Flags of Our Fathers, The Polar Express, The Company, South Central, China Beach, JFK: Reckless Youth, Tom Harris, Unfaithful, Green Lantern, King Arthur, Nagasaki Deadline, and Jarhead. In addition to drafts the collection also contains editing notes by Broyles and others related to the screenplays,...
Dates: undated

Work, 1954-1993, undated

 Series
Series Description

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.

Dates: 1954-1993, undated

“Working Disk-[Khe Sanh]”, floppy disk, May 28, 1996

 File — Box 3004, item: 50
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection consists of archival materials relating to the career of screenplay writer and author, William (Bill) Broyles, Jr. from 1957-2014. Majority of the materials in the collection are research, notes, and drafts for Broyles’s screenplays for Khe Sanh, Spies, Emperor, and The Polar Express. The collection also includes annotated manuscript draft of Billy the Kid by David Killiam; screenplay drafts revised by Broyles of McFarland, Eragon, and Widowmaker; cassettes for China Beach;...
Dates: May 28, 1996

Working draft, annotated typescript, September 1997

 File — Box 9, Folder: 4
Series Description From the Series:

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.

Dates: September 1997

“Working-KS”, floppy disk, May 28, 1996

 File — Box 3004, item: 48
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection consists of archival materials relating to the career of screenplay writer and author, William (Bill) Broyles, Jr. from 1957-2014. Majority of the materials in the collection are research, notes, and drafts for Broyles’s screenplays for Khe Sanh, Spies, Emperor, and The Polar Express. The collection also includes annotated manuscript draft of Billy the Kid by David Killiam; screenplay drafts revised by Broyles of McFarland, Eragon, and Widowmaker; cassettes for China Beach;...
Dates: May 28, 1996

Working script for Joseph Papp Public Theater production, November 1994

 File — Box 7, Folder: 2
Series Description From the Series:

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.

Dates: November 1994