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Authors, American -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1292 Collections and/or Records:

Typescript version titled In the Midst of Days

 File — Box 3, Folder: 5-6
Series Description From the Series:

This series contains documents pertaining to Flynn’s novels North to Yesterday, In the House of Our Lord, and The Last Klick. Also included in this series are materials related to Flynn’s published memoir A Personal War in Vietnam. Included are various draft typescripts, galleys, and plate proofs.

Dates: 1969

Typescript with typesetting marks, undated

 File — Box 13, Folder: 2
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

Unbound Knopf signatures, undated

 File — Box 13, Folder: 6
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

Uncorrected advance proof

 File — Box 21, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series:

Topics include the publication of Shepard’s works in magazines and journals as excerpts, as well as in their entirety; correspondence with agent Lois Berman. Aside from general correspondence, this series also includes correspondence from Joseph Chaikin and Barry Daniels and correspondence from Shepard’s son, Jesse, as noted [Restricted]. For Shepard’s 40-year correspondence with Johnny Dark, see the Southwestern Writers Collection 106, The Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark Collection.

Dates: 1984-1989

Uncorrected proof of Knopf publication, 1996

 File — Box 13, Folder: 3
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

Under the Warrior Star plus notes on corrections for Hyenas, undated

 File — Box 1718, Folder: 18
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: undated

Unfinished Unidentified Play (1990)

 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

Unidentified articles, 1983, undated

 File — Box 21, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series: This series includes Ron Querry’s early works and book ideas, such as an early attempt at autobiography, his dissertation from the University of New Mexico, book proposals, and titled sketches. Also included are published short works in newspapers, journals, magazines, and unidentified articles, and book reviews and papers relating to the Choctaw Nation, for example correspondence relating to The Second Trail of Tears (book), documents concerning “Trail of...
Dates: 1983, undated

United States reviews , 1983-1996

 File — Box 3, Folder: 12
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: 1983-1996

University of New Mexico transcript, elementary school track, Colorado State University (College of Veterinary Medicine), Border Regional Library Association, Selective Service Card, Domain of Neptune, Corrections Dept. Penitentiary of New Mexico.

 File — Box 1, 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: 1953-1994

University of Oklahoma Press, August 1990 - June 2004

 File — Box 3, 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: August 1990 - June 2004

University of Texas Press publication-“Books for the Trade” includes Lansdale’s Sanctified and Chicken-Fried, 2009

 File — Box 1605, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Additional material for writer Joe R. Lansdale’s archive collection, received August 31, 2012. This donation includes page proofs for Leather Maiden, correspondence, story ideas, notes, articles about Lansdale, convention and conference material, and material from La Milanesiana 2009. Folder titles in quotation marks indicate original labeling by Lansdale

Dates: 2009

Unpublished Novels, 1991, undated

 Series
Series Description

Two annotated typescripts of Stray Hand(working title Slow Dawning of a Sudden Loss), 1991.

Dates: 1991, undated

Useless News, 2010

 File — Box 1718, Folder: 4
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: 2010

Vanilla Ride-Manuscript with editing marks, undated

 File — Box 1684, Folder: 8-9
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Dates: undated

Variety of magazines, guides, pamphlets, booklets and catalogs, and which cover a number of different topics, 1990-May 2007, undated

 Item — Box 997
Contents Bound galley of Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America’s Greatest Rock Critic by Jim DeRogatis. Booklet Los Skarnales: Vatos Rudos Official Coloring Book 1999 Texas Rangers Media Guide A Guide to World Music Produced in France An Outline History of Jazz Louisiana Music Trail Welsh Music Foundation Directory 2005 Manchester City Music Network Directory 2003/04 Comic book Fabulus Furry Freak Brothers # 4 Family Life magazine March/April 1996 issue Hillviews Winter...
Dates: 1990-May 2007, undated

Variety of magazines, guides, pamphlets, booklets and catalogs, and which cover a number of different topics, 1999-July 2006

 Item — Box 998
Contents A Guide to French Pop and Rock MMDA Business Directory 2004 Texas 1998 Accommodations Guide Block Tijdschrift voor blues 1999 SXSW 2005 – Film SXSW 2005 – Interactive Texas Parks and Wildlife Media Reference Guide – Revised February 2004 SXSW 2000 – Film Texas Music Industry Directory – 2003 edition SXSW 2003 – Music and Media The Texas Observer – December 3, 2004 issue Texas Parks and Wildlife – July 2006 issue SXSW 98 – interactive SXSW 97 – music and media SXSW 91 – music and media SXSW...
Dates: 1999-July 2006

Various annotated typescript pages

 File — Box 6, Folder: 2
Series Description From the Series:

This series contains documents pertaining to Flynn’s novels North to Yesterday, In the House of Our Lord, and The Last Klick. Also included in this series are materials related to Flynn’s published memoir A Personal War in Vietnam. Included are various draft typescripts, galleys, and plate proofs.

Dates: 1988-1994