Book collecting -- United States
Found in 351 Collections and/or Records:
Research notebooks 12-16
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.
Research notebooks 17-22
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.
Research notebooks 23-28
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.
Research notebooks 29-34
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.
Research notebooks 35-40
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.
Research notebooks 41-47
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.
Research notebooks/bibliography-index (note cards)
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.
Revision of first draft of manuscript. “Texas Laugh Makers: The Lives and Times of Sixteen Texas Humorists”
“Right now various things are happening which taken my Book Business clean out of my mind…” Handwritten, 1 page, February 4, 1995
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.
“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
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.
Clarence Schultz Texas Humor Collection
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.
Second manuscript draft. Revised manuscript with postscript. “Texas Premier Humorists: A Chronicle, 1836-2000”
“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
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.
Sepich, John Emil. “A ‘bloody dark pastryman’: Cormac McCarthy’s Recipe for Gunpowder and Historical Fiction in Blood Meridian.” (photocopy), undated
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.
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
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.
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
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.
“Source guides for writing about each author.” Handwritten
Staley, Thomas F. All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (review) in Harper’s and Queen, page 76, April 1993
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.
“Sure, fine to sell [those] although Cantrell is still active…” Handwritten on Book Up letterhead, 1 page, undated
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.
"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
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.