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Detective and mystery stories

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 389 Collections and/or Records:

Typesetting copy

 File — Box 2, Folder: 1-2
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series has been arranged in chronological order by date of the novel’s creation. This is the largest series, with the numerous Dancing Bear files documenting Crumley's changing ideas for titles and other aspects related to the novel. Although multiple drafts of each work are present, the drafts typically include only the first few chapters of the work. The specific portions of each work represented and any variant titles are identified by the folder...
Dates: 1965-1971

“Unfinished 2nd novel”  , undated

 File — Box 13-16
Abstract From the Series:

Research, manuscripts, correspondence and galley proofs for several works by Judy Alter, along with manuscripts for Alter’s early unpublished novels. Also included are editorial files for Larry L. King’s Golden Shadows Old West Museum, which was published in 1993 by Texas Christian University Press, where Judy Alter serves as Director.

Dates: undated

Unfinished novel loosely based on the life of artist “Rufus F. Zogbaum” , undated

 File — Box 13-16
Abstract From the Series:

Research, manuscripts, correspondence and galley proofs for several works by Judy Alter, along with manuscripts for Alter’s early unpublished novels. Also included are editorial files for Larry L. King’s Golden Shadows Old West Museum, which was published in 1993 by Texas Christian University Press, where Judy Alter serves as Director.

Dates: undated

Unfinished YA novel 2 , undated

 File — Box 13-16
Abstract From the Series:

Research, manuscripts, correspondence and galley proofs for several works by Judy Alter, along with manuscripts for Alter’s early unpublished novels. Also included are editorial files for Larry L. King’s Golden Shadows Old West Museum, which was published in 1993 by Texas Christian University Press, where Judy Alter serves as Director.

Dates: undated

Unfinished YA [young adult] novel notated: “My first attempt at fiction- probably 1975-76” , 1975-1976

 File — Box 13-16
Abstract From the Series:

Research, manuscripts, correspondence and galley proofs for several works by Judy Alter, along with manuscripts for Alter’s early unpublished novels. Also included are editorial files for Larry L. King’s Golden Shadows Old West Museum, which was published in 1993 by Texas Christian University Press, where Judy Alter serves as Director.

Dates: 1975-1976

“Untitled” draft with corrections by Mary Dulle, September 27, 2013

 File — Box 1870, Folder: 3
Abstract From the Series:

Additional material for the Judy Alter archive. This donation contains correspondence 2011-2012, drafts, publicity, and reviews related to Alter’s Kelly O’Connell mystery series.

Dates: September 27, 2013

"Untitled” first draft (with Gwenyth Mapes), August 1988

 File — Box 7, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Arranged in alphabetical order by title of screenplay, this series includes typescripts of screenplays based on Crumley’s novels Dancing Bear and The Last Good Kiss, as well others not based on Crumley’s novels.

Dates: August 1988

Untitled (Military Air Transportation), undated

 File — Box 6, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series has been arranged in alphabetical order by title, and includes mainly annotated typescripts and fragments of each short story, as well as one galley, and one carbon copy.

Dates: undated

“Upcoming Engagements”, undated

 File — Box 1097, Folder: 3
Abstract From the Series:

Material contains drafts, research, and numerous newspaper clippings related to Alter’s writing; original file labels appear in quotation marks.

Dates: undated

US Army Football photographs and team roster, undated

 File — Box 8, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains photographs, certificates and legal documents related to Crumley’s education, military career, and marriages, as well as a steel hardhat and cap.

Dates: undated

US Navy certificates of accomplishment, 1957-1959

 File — Box 8, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains photographs, certificates and legal documents related to Crumley’s education, military career, and marriages, as well as a steel hardhat and cap.

Dates: 1957-1959

“UT” Chapter 1, pages 1-2

 File — Box 5, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series has been arranged in chronological order by date of the novel’s creation. This is the largest series, with the numerous Dancing Bear files documenting Crumley's changing ideas for titles and other aspects related to the novel. Although multiple drafts of each work are present, the drafts typically include only the first few chapters of the work. The specific portions of each work represented and any variant titles are identified by the folder...
Dates: undated

“UT” Chapters 1-2

 File — Box 5, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series has been arranged in chronological order by date of the novel’s creation. This is the largest series, with the numerous Dancing Bear files documenting Crumley's changing ideas for titles and other aspects related to the novel. Although multiple drafts of each work are present, the drafts typically include only the first few chapters of the work. The specific portions of each work represented and any variant titles are identified by the folder...
Dates: undated

“Vaccines”– handwritten notes; research material from internet sources; and a writer’s agreement for the work, undated

 File — Box 1053, Folder: 3
Abstract From the Series:

Material consists mainly of drafts from both “soon to be published” and unpublished material.

Dates: undated

Various annotated drafts including, “The Nature of the Crime,” consent and release forms, title pages, and blurbs, for Rock Critic Murders.

 File — Box 1, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series: This series, kept as a discrete group of materials by Sublett in his home, contains drafts of some of his short pieces for the Austin Chronicle, including The Nature of the Crime (1984), a piece never published but which prompted the Chronicle's editorial staff to urge Sublett to write a novel. The rest of the items relate to Rock Critic Murders: consent and release forms,an early title page design containing a saguaro cactus, and blurbs solicited from James Ellroy, Gerald Petievich, and...
Dates: 1985-1998

Various magazines featuring interviews with Alter: “Louis L’amour Western Magazine”; “Roundup Magazine”; “Living with Panache”, undated

 File — Box 1883, Folder: 13
Abstract From the Series:

This addition to Alter’s collection includes a draft of The Perfect Coed, and various magazines in which her articles have been featured such as Louis L’amour Western Magazine, Texas Co-Op Power, and Roundup Magazine.

Dates: undated

Vitae, undated

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

This series contains photographs, certificates and legal documents related to Crumley’s education, military career, and marriages, as well as a steel hardhat and cap.

Dates: undated

“Voter’s Guide to Democratic Candidates”, undated

 File — Box 3128, Folder: 20
Abstract From the Series:

This collection consists of additional material of Judy Alter’s literary papers. The majority of the material within the collection is a series of books written by Judy Alter. Also included in the collection is many magazines, the majority being from or dealing with Fort Worth, Texas. Many newspapers are included in the collection, each containing an article about or written by Judy Alter. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Alter’s original description.

Dates: undated

Wedding photograph, bride Sandra L. McCollough, Refugio, TX , 1962

 File — Box 8, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains photographs, certificates and legal documents related to Crumley’s education, military career, and marriages, as well as a steel hardhat and cap.

Dates: 1962

“Whores” , circa 1977

 File — Box 6, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series has been arranged in alphabetical order by title, and includes mainly annotated typescripts and fragments of each short story, as well as one galley, and one carbon copy.

Dates: circa 1977