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Authors, American -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1271 Collections and/or Records:

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

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 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

“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 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

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 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 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