Folklorists -- Texas

Series Description From the Series: Series I contains biographical material related to Dudley Dobie, Sr. Folders contain articles about Dobie, information regarding the Dobie family, photographs, and other memorabilia. Folders also include documents pertaining to Dobie’s career, including his time at Southwest Texas State Teachers College (now Texas State University) and Sul Ross State Teachers College (now Sul Ross State University) and his work for the Texas Centennial Exposition. Other folders hold travel journals and...

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Series X holds various writings by others as collected by Dudley Dobie, Sr. These writings are arranged alphabetically. They include authors Col. M. L. Crimmins, Bill Leftwich, Merze Marvin Seeburger, C. V. Terrell, Edna May Turns, and Sam Woolford. The newspaper articles written by Edna May Turns are from the years 1931 through 1936 and are very fragile. The dates of the writings contained in this series range from 1927 through 1977.

Series Description From the Series: The first subseries, Books, contains drafts, galleys, research notes and clippings, photographs, correspondence, captions, typescripts and a record album of Dobie's books. Also included are files on posthumous books compiled by Dobie's wife Bertha. The second subseries is entitled Research Material. The research files include correspondence, bibliographical notes, articles, clippings, pictures, and quotes on the Southwestern themes Dobie explored. Subjects covered are animals,...

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Includes handwritten President’s speech, correspondence, and other miscellanea from operation and publications of the society.

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This collection consists of materials related to the writing career of Joyce Gibson Roach. Included in the collection are articles, reviews, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reel-to-reel audio recordings, and numerous pieces of sheet music written by Roach. In addition to these materials, Roach also donated a large collection of books most of which focus on folklore and the American West and Southwest. Original folder titles are in quotation marks.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of materials related to the writing career of Joyce Gibson Roach. Included in the collection are articles, reviews, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reel-to-reel audio recordings, and numerous pieces of sheet music written by Roach. In addition to these materials, Roach also donated a large collection of books most of which focus on folklore and the American West and Southwest. Original folder titles are in quotation marks.

Series Description From the Series: Series VIII pertains to Walter Prescott Webb, Texas historian and former director of the Texas State Historical Association. This series holds three subseries. The first subseries includes personal correspondence as well as correspondence related to the Texas State Historical Association. There are several letters within this collection that are fragile. The dates included within the correspondence are 1922 through 1964. Also included in this subseries is an article relating to the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of materials related to the writing career of Joyce Gibson Roach. Included in the collection are articles, reviews, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reel-to-reel audio recordings, and numerous pieces of sheet music written by Roach. In addition to these materials, Roach also donated a large collection of books most of which focus on folklore and the American West and Southwest. Original folder titles are in quotation marks.

Series Description From the Series: Series IX is divided into six subseries and contains a variety of personal and political material from U.S. Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (D- Texas), collected by Dudley Dobie, Sr. from the 1930s to the 1980s. The first subseries contains correspondence covering a wide range of subjects, from personal notes about books and Dobie’s bookstore to Yarborough’s thoughts on war and politics. This subseries also contains correspondence between Yarborough and the following people: Dr. Claude Elliott;...

Series Description From the Series: Series XI contains oversized materials. Its first subseries includes non-newspaper materials that range from campaign materials for U.S. Senator Ralph W. Yarborough, to photographs, a map, and an audio disc. The other subseries all contain newspapers, ranging from the 1920s to the 1970s. Two subseries include newspapers featuring articles by Dudley Dobie, Sr.’s cousin, J. Frank Dobie. The remaining subseries have a wide variety of newspaper issues from across Texas. Many are fragile. ...

Series Description From the Series: Series IX is divided into six subseries and contains a variety of personal and political material from U.S. Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (D- Texas), collected by Dudley Dobie, Sr. from the 1930s to the 1980s. The first subseries contains correspondence covering a wide range of subjects, from personal notes about books and Dobie’s bookstore to Yarborough’s thoughts on war and politics. This subseries also contains correspondence between Yarborough and the following people: Dr. Claude Elliott;...

Series Description From the Series: Series IX is divided into six subseries and contains a variety of personal and political material from U.S. Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (D- Texas), collected by Dudley Dobie, Sr. from the 1930s to the 1980s. The first subseries contains correspondence covering a wide range of subjects, from personal notes about books and Dobie’s bookstore to Yarborough’s thoughts on war and politics. This subseries also contains correspondence between Yarborough and the following people: Dr. Claude Elliott;...

Series Description From the Series: Series IX is divided into six subseries and contains a variety of personal and political material from U.S. Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (D- Texas), collected by Dudley Dobie, Sr. from the 1930s to the 1980s. The first subseries contains correspondence covering a wide range of subjects, from personal notes about books and Dobie’s bookstore to Yarborough’s thoughts on war and politics. This subseries also contains correspondence between Yarborough and the following people: Dr. Claude Elliott;...

Series Description From the Series: Series IX is divided into six subseries and contains a variety of personal and political material from U.S. Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (D- Texas), collected by Dudley Dobie, Sr. from the 1930s to the 1980s. The first subseries contains correspondence covering a wide range of subjects, from personal notes about books and Dobie’s bookstore to Yarborough’s thoughts on war and politics. This subseries also contains correspondence between Yarborough and the following people: Dr. Claude Elliott;...

Series Description From the Series: Series IX is divided into six subseries and contains a variety of personal and political material from U.S. Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (D- Texas), collected by Dudley Dobie, Sr. from the 1930s to the 1980s. The first subseries contains correspondence covering a wide range of subjects, from personal notes about books and Dobie’s bookstore to Yarborough’s thoughts on war and politics. This subseries also contains correspondence between Yarborough and the following people: Dr. Claude Elliott;...

Series Description From the Series: Series IX is divided into six subseries and contains a variety of personal and political material from U.S. Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (D- Texas), collected by Dudley Dobie, Sr. from the 1930s to the 1980s. The first subseries contains correspondence covering a wide range of subjects, from personal notes about books and Dobie’s bookstore to Yarborough’s thoughts on war and politics. This subseries also contains correspondence between Yarborough and the following people: Dr. Claude Elliott;...

Series Description From the Series: Series III contains documents relating to writings by Dudley Dobie, Sr., comprised of four subseries. The first subseries contains documents pertaining to Dobie’s published works, arranged alphabetically. Included are handwritten manuscripts, typed manuscripts, notes, and newspaper articles. Also contained within this subseries is Dobie’s 12-part series that appeared in the San Marcos Daily Record about his excursion to the Rio Grande, funded by Henry DuPont. Additionally, his notes and...

Series Description From the Series: Series III contains documents relating to writings by Dudley Dobie, Sr., comprised of four subseries. The first subseries contains documents pertaining to Dobie’s published works, arranged alphabetically. Included are handwritten manuscripts, typed manuscripts, notes, and newspaper articles. Also contained within this subseries is Dobie’s 12-part series that appeared in the San Marcos Daily Record about his excursion to the Rio Grande, funded by Henry DuPont. Additionally, his notes and...

Series Description From the Series: Series III contains documents relating to writings by Dudley Dobie, Sr., comprised of four subseries. The first subseries contains documents pertaining to Dobie’s published works, arranged alphabetically. Included are handwritten manuscripts, typed manuscripts, notes, and newspaper articles. Also contained within this subseries is Dobie’s 12-part series that appeared in the San Marcos Daily Record about his excursion to the Rio Grande, funded by Henry DuPont. Additionally, his notes and...

Series Description From the Series: Series III contains documents relating to writings by Dudley Dobie, Sr., comprised of four subseries. The first subseries contains documents pertaining to Dobie’s published works, arranged alphabetically. Included are handwritten manuscripts, typed manuscripts, notes, and newspaper articles. Also contained within this subseries is Dobie’s 12-part series that appeared in the San Marcos Daily Record about his excursion to the Rio Grande, funded by Henry DuPont. Additionally, his notes and...