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Authors, American -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2960 Collections and/or Records:

“Veterans Correspondence”; Letters (handwritten/typed), 1990-2001

 File — Box 2978, Folder: 19
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: 1990-2001

VHS tape “Where the Music Began” starring Willie Nelson, 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

VHS tapes (5), 1987-1993

 File — Box 23, Folder: 1-2
Contents

“Books and Company” (October 1994); “Books and Company –Ron Querry, #221”; “On Assignment, #2005” (November 4 and 7, 1987); “RQ/Sherman Alexie/Annie Hausen-Reading: Seattle” (11/1992); “Houston Live,” “On Assignment,” (11/4/1987) and “Arizona Illustrated” (7/15/1993)

Dates: 1987-1993

VHS Videocassette of film transfer with visual time code, second cut, January 28, 1988

 File — Box 14, Folder: 20
Series Description From the Series: This series is divided into two subseries. The first, films for which Shepard wrote the screenplay, includes: notes, annotated drafts, dialogue rewrites, publicity, correspondence, contracts, music notes, production notes and schedules. Of the films in this subseries, Silent Tongueincludes the most information (1 linear foot), followed by Far North(.25 linear feet.), Onibaba(.25 linear feet),...
Dates: January 28, 1988

VHS Videocassette of film transfer with visual time code, transfer number four, March 4, 1988

 File — Box 15, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series: This series is divided into two subseries. The first, films for which Shepard wrote the screenplay, includes: notes, annotated drafts, dialogue rewrites, publicity, correspondence, contracts, music notes, production notes and schedules. Of the films in this subseries, Silent Tongueincludes the most information (1 linear foot), followed by Far North(.25 linear feet.), Onibaba(.25 linear feet),...
Dates: March 4, 1988

VHSs-TX Film Hall of Fame-Tom Hanks tribute to Bill Broyles, “Showest 2001” Broyles screen writer of the year, Beta(digital) Master: TX Hall of Fame tribute , March 28, 2001, March 2002

 File — Box 1448, Folder: 3
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: March 28, 2001, March 2002

Vicinanza Agency, John Hawkins Associates

 File — Box 1, Folder: 4
Series Description From the Series:

The series includes subseries of certificates, legal documents (including publisher correspondence), financial (limited financial documents), notes/story ideas (may provide insight into story generation process), personal papers (includes contacts and calendars), publicity (primarily interviews), readings, and general correspondence (identified by individual or sorted chronologically).

Dates: 1982-2004

“Vietnam Articles”; “The Vietnam in Me” by Tom O’Brien, New York Times magazine: “Back to My Lai”, newspaper articles from The Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times about Vietnam, 1995

 File — Box 2978, Folder: 26
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: 1995

“Vietnam Characters”; Manuscript of the solider interview with Ben Curtis , undated

 File — Box 2978, Folder: 25
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: undated

“Vietnam”; Counterpart issue on Kerrey and the CIA, Indochina Interchange issue, “The Library Congressional Vietnam and Indochina”, Vietnam photos, 1994

 File — Box 2978, Folder: 29
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: 1994

“Vietnam Folklore and Novels”; “The Unsung Story: Vietnam Songwriters” and article about Vietnam novels, 1993-1995

 File — Box 2978, Folder: 24
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: 1993-1995

“Vietnam: McNamara”; Articles on McNamara, 1995

 File — Box 2978, Folder: 28
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: 1995

“Vietnam Veterans Ensemble Co.”; Board of Directors List, correspondence, and philosophy of the organization, 1985-1987

 File — Box 2976, Folder: 1
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: 1985-1987

Vietnam War Coverage for True Magazine, 1967-1989

 Series
Series Description

Included in this series are materials from Flynn’s tenure as a war correspondent for True magazine. This series is comprised of handwritten notes, clippings, military records, Vietnamese money, and other related ephemera.

Dates: 1967-1989

Volador reading typescript, October 6, 1995

 File — Box 11, Folder: 4
Series Description From the Series: Many of the short stories represented in this series were published in short story compilations Motel Chronicles(1982) and Cruising Paradise(1996). The series has been arranged by those compilation titles. Volador was a working title for Cruising Paradise; those files immediately precede the files labeled Cruising Paradise. The...
Dates: October 6, 1995

Volador/Cruising Paradise (1989-1998)

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series: Many of the short stories represented in this series were published in short story compilations Motel Chronicles(1982) and Cruising Paradise(1996). The series has been arranged by those compilation titles. Volador was a working title for Cruising Paradise; those files immediately precede the files labeled Cruising Paradise. The...
Dates: 1989-1998

Voyager (1991)

 Sub-subseries
Series Description From the Series: This series is divided into two subseries. The first, films for which Shepard wrote the screenplay, includes: notes, annotated drafts, dialogue rewrites, publicity, correspondence, contracts, music notes, production notes and schedules. Of the films in this subseries, Silent Tongueincludes the most information (1 linear foot), followed by Far North(.25 linear feet.), Onibaba(.25 linear feet),...
Dates: 1989-1998

“VST. Outln”, floppy disk, March 20, 1995

 File — Box 3004, item: 46
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: March 20, 1995

Walk Tall America ephemera (Bowling shirt, photograph of Querry, letter, and certificate), 1978-1983

 File — Box 22, Folder: 4
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: 1978-1983

Warchus, Matthew and Nicholls, David. "Simpatico." First draft typescript and correspondence, 1996

 File — Box 25, Folder: 3
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: 1996