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Book collecting -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 351 Collections and/or Records:

Research notebooks 12-16

 Item — Box 3
Series Description From the Series:

This series consists of 48 notebooks containing various articles related to Schultz’s research for his manuscript, and an index of the research notebook articles on note cards. The distinction “RN” on note cards corresponds to the research notebooks, and some note cards refer to books within the collection. Schultz collected articles for his research notebooks from 1995 until 2000, and the notebooks were bound as he collected the articles.

Dates: 1995-2000

Research notebooks 17-22

 Item — Box 4
Series Description From the Series:

This series consists of 48 notebooks containing various articles related to Schultz’s research for his manuscript, and an index of the research notebook articles on note cards. The distinction “RN” on note cards corresponds to the research notebooks, and some note cards refer to books within the collection. Schultz collected articles for his research notebooks from 1995 until 2000, and the notebooks were bound as he collected the articles.

Dates: 1995-2000

Research notebooks 23-28

 Item — Box 5
Series Description From the Series:

This series consists of 48 notebooks containing various articles related to Schultz’s research for his manuscript, and an index of the research notebook articles on note cards. The distinction “RN” on note cards corresponds to the research notebooks, and some note cards refer to books within the collection. Schultz collected articles for his research notebooks from 1995 until 2000, and the notebooks were bound as he collected the articles.

Dates: 1995-2000

Research notebooks 29-34

 Item — Box 6
Series Description From the Series:

This series consists of 48 notebooks containing various articles related to Schultz’s research for his manuscript, and an index of the research notebook articles on note cards. The distinction “RN” on note cards corresponds to the research notebooks, and some note cards refer to books within the collection. Schultz collected articles for his research notebooks from 1995 until 2000, and the notebooks were bound as he collected the articles.

Dates: 1995-2000

Research notebooks 35-40

 Item — Box 7
Series Description From the Series:

This series consists of 48 notebooks containing various articles related to Schultz’s research for his manuscript, and an index of the research notebook articles on note cards. The distinction “RN” on note cards corresponds to the research notebooks, and some note cards refer to books within the collection. Schultz collected articles for his research notebooks from 1995 until 2000, and the notebooks were bound as he collected the articles.

Dates: 1995-2000

Research notebooks 41-47

 Item — Box 8
Series Description From the Series:

This series consists of 48 notebooks containing various articles related to Schultz’s research for his manuscript, and an index of the research notebook articles on note cards. The distinction “RN” on note cards corresponds to the research notebooks, and some note cards refer to books within the collection. Schultz collected articles for his research notebooks from 1995 until 2000, and the notebooks were bound as he collected the articles.

Dates: 1995-2000

Research notebooks/bibliography-index (note cards)

 Item — Box 12
Series Description From the Series:

This series consists of 48 notebooks containing various articles related to Schultz’s research for his manuscript, and an index of the research notebook articles on note cards. The distinction “RN” on note cards corresponds to the research notebooks, and some note cards refer to books within the collection. Schultz collected articles for his research notebooks from 1995 until 2000, and the notebooks were bound as he collected the articles.

Dates: 1995-2000

Revision of first draft of manuscript. “Texas Laugh Makers: The Lives and Times of Sixteen Texas Humorists”

 Item — Box 10, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series: The second series, Manuscript, contains notes related to Schultz’s unpublished book, “Texas laughter: A Chronicle of Sixteen Humorists, 1836-2000.” It includes the original handwritten manuscript, revisions and drafts, drafts of a “postscript” that was not included in the final manuscript, and an incomplete index of the manuscript on note cards. Schultz completed his manuscript draft around 2000 when he first sent it to be reviewed for publication. This series also contains final revised...
Dates: 1995-2003

“Right now various things are happening which taken my Book Business clean out of my mind…” Handwritten, 1 page, February 4, 1995

 File — Box 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Dates: February 4, 1995

“Saying that I’m sorry for hurting your feelings is not to say I don’t think you knowingly miscalculated it…” Discusses disliking modern first edition dealers. Typed, 1 page plus envelope, March 3, 1994

 File — Box 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Dates: March 3, 1994

Clarence Schultz Texas Humor Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-101
Abstract

The Clarence Schultz Texas humor collection is made up of Schultz’s research materials and drafts for his unpublished manuscript, “Texas Laughter: A Chronicle of Sixteen Humorists, 1836-2000.” Also included in the collection are 504 books collected by Schultz on humor in Texas and the Southwest.

Dates: 1995-2003

Second manuscript draft. Revised manuscript with postscript. “Texas Premier Humorists: A Chronicle, 1836-2000”

 Item — Box 10, Folder: 4
Series Description From the Series: The second series, Manuscript, contains notes related to Schultz’s unpublished book, “Texas laughter: A Chronicle of Sixteen Humorists, 1836-2000.” It includes the original handwritten manuscript, revisions and drafts, drafts of a “postscript” that was not included in the final manuscript, and an incomplete index of the manuscript on note cards. Schultz completed his manuscript draft around 2000 when he first sent it to be reviewed for publication. This series also contains final revised...
Dates: 1995-2003

“Send them on. These evidently well off dealers in Lawrence, Kansas are buying us out of scholarly books…” Fax on Booked Up letterhead, 1 page, March 15, 1999

 File — Box 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Dates: March 15, 1999

Sepich, John Emil. “A ‘bloody dark pastryman’: Cormac McCarthy’s Recipe for Gunpowder and Historical Fiction in Blood Meridian.” (photocopy), undated

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 11
Series Description From the Series:

Writings about McCarthy comprises reviews and articles about McCarthy from Esquire, The New Yorker, Southern Literary Journal, Texas Monthly, and other publications. The writings are arranged alphabetically by author. Also included are a number off clippings files about McCarthy and a small collection of ephemera such as publishers catalogs, flyers, and press packets.

Dates: Publication: undated

Sepich, John Emil. “The Dance of History in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian” in The Southern Literary Journal, vol 24, no. 1, Fall 1991, pp 17-31. (photocopy), 1991

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 11
Series Description From the Series:

Writings about McCarthy comprises reviews and articles about McCarthy from Esquire, The New Yorker, Southern Literary Journal, Texas Monthly, and other publications. The writings are arranged alphabetically by author. Also included are a number off clippings files about McCarthy and a small collection of ephemera such as publishers catalogs, flyers, and press packets.

Dates: Publication: 1991

Sepich, John Emil. “’What kind of Indians was them?’: Some Historical Sources in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian,” in The Southern Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 4, Summer 1992, pp. 93-110. (photocopy), 1992

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 11
Series Description From the Series:

Writings about McCarthy comprises reviews and articles about McCarthy from Esquire, The New Yorker, Southern Literary Journal, Texas Monthly, and other publications. The writings are arranged alphabetically by author. Also included are a number off clippings files about McCarthy and a small collection of ephemera such as publishers catalogs, flyers, and press packets.

Dates: Publication: 1992

“Source guides for writing about each author.” Handwritten

 Item — Box 9, Folder: 2
Series Description From the Series: The second series, Manuscript, contains notes related to Schultz’s unpublished book, “Texas laughter: A Chronicle of Sixteen Humorists, 1836-2000.” It includes the original handwritten manuscript, revisions and drafts, drafts of a “postscript” that was not included in the final manuscript, and an incomplete index of the manuscript on note cards. Schultz completed his manuscript draft around 2000 when he first sent it to be reviewed for publication. This series also contains final revised...
Dates: 1995-2003

Staley, Thomas F. All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (review) in Harper’s and Queen, page 76, April 1993

 File — Box 4, Folder: 12
Series Description From the Series:

Writings about McCarthy comprises reviews and articles about McCarthy from Esquire, The New Yorker, Southern Literary Journal, Texas Monthly, and other publications. The writings are arranged alphabetically by author. Also included are a number off clippings files about McCarthy and a small collection of ephemera such as publishers catalogs, flyers, and press packets.

Dates: Publication: April 1993

“Sure, fine to sell [those] although Cantrell is still active…” Handwritten on Book Up letterhead, 1 page, undated

 File — Box 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Dates: undated

"Sure, sell the script - Peter [Bogdanovich] was hot when we started but he cooled off quickly and John Wayne turned it down…" Discusses "Streets of Laredo" screenplay. Handwritten, 1 page plus envelope, July 16, 2011

 File — Box 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Dates: July 16, 2011