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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 790 Collections and/or Records:

French program, 1984

 File — Box 3, Folder: 16
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: 1984

Galleys for Vintage publication of States of Shock, Far North,and Silent Tongue

 File — Box 23, Folder: 1
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

Handwritten notes and partial draft in blue spiral notebook, 18 pages May 1992 Notebook also contains notes, sketches, and dialogue for play, “States of Shock", 1991; screenplay, “The Homesman,” May 1991; and play "original deception,” May 1991, 1991-1992

 File — Box 15, Folder: 3
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: 1991-1992

Heavily annotated typescript, dates and places include: November 1990, Virginia, December 1990, Florida, and December 1990, Virginia. Character names include: Reeves, Raynelle, Parnell, Clayton, and Joelie. 78 pages total, 1990, undated

 File — Box 9, Folder: 8
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: 1990, undated

Hicks, James. "Defenseless," annotated shooting script and schedule. Film featured Shepard, Barbara Hershey, and Mary Beth Hurt. Directed by Martin Campbell, 1989

 File — Box 24, Folder: 3
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: 1989

Interview of Shepard on National Public Radio's "Fresh Air,” August 1996; Interview of Shepard by Paris Reviewregarding Shepard's writing process. Final typescript and gallery, 1997, August 1996, 1997

 File — Box 22, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series:

This series is comprised of a conversation between Bob Dylan and Shepard, circa mid 1980s to early 1990s. No transcript currently exists for these 3 audiocassettes, but the tapes have been transferred to CD as listening copies. Also included are the typescript and galleys for an interview of Shepard by Paris Review, regarding Shepard’s writing process, 1997, and an interview with Shepard on National Public Radio’s “Fresh Air”, August 1996.

Dates: August 1996, 1997

Interviews, 1980-1997

 Series
Series Description

This series is comprised of a conversation between Bob Dylan and Shepard, circa mid 1980s to early 1990s. No transcript currently exists for these 3 audiocassettes, but the tapes have been transferred to CD as listening copies. Also included are the typescript and galleys for an interview of Shepard by Paris Review, regarding Shepard’s writing process, 1997, and an interview with Shepard on National Public Radio’s “Fresh Air”, August 1996.

Dates: 1980-1997

Jack Kerouac film documentary. Correspondence, notes, script material, annotated Kerouac excerpts, sent by Johnny Dark, 1991

 File — Box 22, Folder: 7
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: 1991

Jacoby, Oren. "America's Playwrights: The Fugitive Kind," treatment for 20 minute television documentary for the American Theater Project. Draft typescript, October 10, no year

 File — Box 25, Folder: 6
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: October 10, no year

Japanese production documents, including: Circle Repertory Company tour program, Tsurumi Shoten publication of script, and bilingual program for KSK Hall production

 File — Box 3, Folder: 13
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

Jesse Shepard’s wedding (18)

 File — Box 6, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series: Series III: Photographs is comprised of photographs collected by Dark. Many are mounted onto notebook pages with annotations in Dark’s hand. These photographs provide a glimpse into the private lives of the men. The bulk of the photos are of Shepard and Dark, but there are also images of Scarlett Dark, O’Lan Jones, Jesse Shepard, Sam Rogers (Shepard’s father) and Jessica Lange. The photographs are in the order in which Dark arranged them, and each has a unique identifying number (001-178)...
Dates: 1969-2010

Johnson, Randi. "Thin Skin," 1st draft, 19 page typescript, January 12, 1990

 File — Box 24, 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: January 12, 1990

Johnson, Randi. "Thin Skin," 2nd draft, 18 page typescript, January 22, 1990

 File — Box 24, 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: January 22, 1990

Jones, Tommy Lee and Allen. J.T. "The Good Old Boys."6th draft typescript with location map, wardrobe sketch for Hewey, and shooting schedule, 1994

 File — Box 24, Folder: 6
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: 1994

Joseph Chaikin, 1984-1997

 File — Box 21, Folder: 1
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: 1984-1997

Ketron, Larry. "The Only Thrill," heavily annotated typescript, location information, and shooting schedule. The film featured Shepard and Diane Keaton, October 1996

 File — Box 25, Folder: 1
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: October 1996

Knopf catalog featuring Cruising Paradise, Spring 1996

 File — Box 13, Folder: 7
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: Spring 1996

Latvian translation by Karina Petrsone, hardbound, 1990

 File — Box 4, Folder: 6
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: 1990

Literary Criticism, 1984

 Series
Series Description

This series is comprised of a review by Shepard of Peter Handke’s novel The Weight of the World, including a letter from Handke’s editor, Shepard’s draft, and a copy of the essay as published in Vanity Fair, September 1984.

Dates: 1984

Location notes, memos, and map, October 24, 1988

 File — Box 15, Folder: 9
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: October 24, 1988