Authors, American -- Texas
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Dudley Dobie Collection
Collection
Identifier: SWWC-110
Abstract
The Dudley Dobie, Sr. collection spans from 1917 to 1980 and documents his life, career, and relationships as an antiquarian bookseller, writer, historian, and educator in Texas. The bulk of the collection is correspondence between Dudley Dobie, Sr. and colleagues, friends, and family members - including J. Frank Dobie, Ruth Dodson, Henry DuPont, Walter Prescott Webb, and U.S Senator Ralph W. Yarborough. This collection is also comprised of documents relating to Dudley’s bookselling...
Dates:
1917-1980
Found in:
The Wittliff Collections
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Dudley Dobie Collection
J. Frank Dobie Papers
Collection
Identifier: SWWC-019
Abstract
The collection is divided into five series: Works, Personal, Bertha McKee Dobie and Edgar Kincaid Papers, Artifacts, and Newspaper Clippings. The series contain drafts of Dobie's posthumous books, research material, drafts of newspaper columns, magazine articles, lectures, transcriptions of radio broadcasts, correspondence, photographs of family and friends, property deeds, income tax records, personal items (pipes, clothes, a favorite chair), wills, and clippings about Dobie as well as...
Dates:
1898-1988; Majority of material found within 1914-1964
Found in:
The Wittliff Collections
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J. Frank Dobie Papers
SMC 0008. Ace Reid photograph with J. Frank Dobie, undated
Series
Collection Overview
From the Collection:
Small Manuscript Collections consists of material acquired by the Wittliff either through gift or purchase that are not part of larger collections. They are often indiidual items or small groups of items relating to a particular author, musician, photographer, or topic. Types of material include: manuscripts; letters; photographs; ephemera such as pamphlets, brouchures or cataloges; reports; historical documents; and other printed material. Each item or group of items is assigned a unique...
Dates:
undated