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Authors, American -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2960 Collections and/or Records:

Way Out West: Texas Book Festival, 2009

 File — Box 1418, Folder: 20
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: 2009

We live inside you uncorrected advanced reading by Jeremy Robert Johnson with a sticky note for Mr. Lansdale on the cover, 2011

 File — Box 2509, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Archival materials following the life and career of an American writer, author, martial arts expert, and martial arts instructor Joe R. Lansdale. Majority of the materials in this collection are movie scripts of Christmas with the Dead; Christmas of the Dead 2; and episode scripts of Hap and Leonard. Included are floppy disks; Convention brochures and schedules; printed emails and letters to Joe Lansdale; convention passes; newspaper clippings; and proclamations, 2003-2016.

Dates: 2011

Weber, Bruce. Photocopy of proposed book of photographs of Shepard to raise funds for Film Forum Theater, 1990

 File — Box 23, Folder: 7
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: 1990

Weekly Appointment Book, Washington Journal Review, 1980-1981

 File — Box 2990, Folder: 5
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: 1980-1981

Wenders, Wim and Dommartin, Solveig, story. Almereyda, Michael, screenplay. "Until the End of the World, "typescript, with letter from Wenders, 1987-1988

 File — Box 25, Folder: 4
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: 1987-1988

Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center for “The Last Empire” Texas Monthly Magazine for Outstanding Western Magazine Article, 1981

 File — Box 3935
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: 1981

Western Writers of America

 File — Box 4, Folder: 7
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: 1952-2004, undated

Western Writers of America round up magazine, with a marked article on Joe R. Lansdale’s book, June 2016

 File — Box 2509, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Archival materials following the life and career of an American writer, author, martial arts expert, and martial arts instructor Joe R. Lansdale. Majority of the materials in this collection are movie scripts of Christmas with the Dead; Christmas of the Dead 2; and episode scripts of Hap and Leonard. Included are floppy disks; Convention brochures and schedules; printed emails and letters to Joe Lansdale; convention passes; newspaper clippings; and proclamations, 2003-2016.

Dates: June 2016

Whales and Men (133 pages), 1984

 File — Box 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is comprised of typescripts of one play and two screenplays by McCarthy. The play, The Stonemason, was published in 1994. The screenplay, Cities of the Plain (1984), predates the publication of the novel by the same name by fourteen years. Both screenplays in this collection, Cities of the Plain (1984) and Whales and Men (undated) are...
Dates: 1984

Whales and Men (133 pages) - Photocopy- for reference use, 1984

 File — Box 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is comprised of typescripts of one play and two screenplays by McCarthy. The play, The Stonemason, was published in 1994. The screenplay, Cities of the Plain (1984), predates the publication of the novel by the same name by fourteen years. Both screenplays in this collection, Cities of the Plain (1984) and Whales and Men (undated) are...
Dates: 1984

“What Does Molly Say?” Signed with inscription by Molly Ivins, April 30, 1994

 Item — Map-case 16
Series Description From the Series:

This series includes images of Ron Querry, newspapers with articles by and about Ron Querry, and a book jacket proof for Le Dernier Pow Wow (The Death of Bernadette Lefthand). This series also contains posters for Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association events, signed publicity posters for The Death of Bernadette Lefthand, and posters signed with inscriptions by Larry L. King and Molly Ivins.

Dates: April 30, 1994

When the World Was Green (1996)

 Sub-Series
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: 1982-1999

White Marines jacket

 Item
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: 1930-2021; Majority of material found within 1976-2021

White Property of Athletic Department Baytown T-shirt , undated

 File — Box 3016, Folder: 12
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

White Texas Boys State T-shirt , undated

 File — Box 3016, Folder: 10
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

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