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Authors, American -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1292 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence regarding reviews, rights to publish excerpts, and foreign editions, 1996-1998

 File — Box 14, 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: 1996-1998

Correspondence regarding Tooth of Crime, including: correspondence from Signature Theater, 2 audiocassettes of T. Bone Burnett music, and contract for Burnett’s musical score

 File — Box 1, Folder: 3
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

Correspondence. Texas Tech University, Center for Creative Photography, emails, 1983-1998

 File — Box 4, Folder: 1
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: 1983-1998

Correspondence with editor Debbie Futter, at Bantam, Doubleday, Dell , undated

 File — Box 4, Folder: 4
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: Other: undated

Correspondence with family and friends, 1985-1995

 File — Box 3, 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: 1985-1995

Correspondence with Joseph Chaikin, 1994-1995

 File — Box 9, Folder: 1
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: 1994-1995

Correspondence with Joseph Chaikin regarding The War in Heaven, 1995

 File — Box 5, Folder: 1
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: 1995

Correspondence with Volker, 1989-1990

 File — Box 18, Folder: 16
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: 1989-1990

Cortona MIX Festival packet, 2013

 File — Box 1862, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Additional material for the Joe R. Lansdale archive, donated by Joe R. Lansdale. This donation contains drafts and proofs for novels and short stories, correspondence, clippings, international publications featuring articles about Lansdale, badges, memorabilia, and numerous publications and promotional items from conventions and events in which Lansdale participated.

Dates: 2013

Cover art proposals, undated

 File — Box 13, Folder: 5
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: undated

Cover art proposals for foreign publications: Minerva, U.K. and La Font, France, 1997

 File — Box 14, Folder: 5
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: 1997

Cover art proposals for trade publications of plays: States of Shock, Far North, and Silent Tongue

 File — Box 23, Folder: 2
Series Description From the Series:

Cover art proposals and galleys for compilations of Shepard’s work published by Vintage and Bantam comprise this series.

Dates: 1984-1993

Cover for the audio book Como la Flor by Patoski; box is empty and several color “prints” which appear to be from ads from the early 30’s or 40’s, undated

 File — Box 996, Folder: 9
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

Cowboy Poetry reading which included "Pecos Bill" by Shepard, among 25 poems by others. Performing Group later known as "Green River Ropin' and Recitin' Preservation Society." Correspondence and photocopies of poems, 1993

 File — Box 22, Folder: 9
Series Description From the Series:

This series is comprised of Shepard’s notes, correspondence and annotated photocopies of excerpts of his work read at various events. Arranged in chronological order by the event’s date.

Dates: 1993

“Current Research 2006-2007” from the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, June 2007 issue of The Journal of Texas Music History, and the Fall 2006 and Winter 2008 issues of Desert Candle, 2006-2008

 File — Box 1095, Folder: 4
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: 2006-2008

Curse of the Starving Class (1977)

 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

Czech publicity materials

 File — Box 3, Folder: 17
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

D. Birchfield (Choctaw writer)

 File — Box 2, Folder: 9
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: 1983-2004

Dark Discoveries Spring 2013, includes Lansdale as 2011 Bram Stoker Award Nominees and Winners and in Guest List fro the World Horror Convention 2011, 2011 and 2013

 File — Box 1718, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Dates: 2011 and 2013

Dash and Lilly (1998)

 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