Historical fiction

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This collection consists of material related to the personal life and writing career of Stephen Harrigan. Included in this collection is research and drafts for screenplays, articles, and novels including Remember Ben Clayton, A Place Called Home, Justice for None, Young Caesar, Gates of Rome, and Broadway Joe. This donation also includes handwritten notes, journals, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, books, magazines, newspapers, and posters.

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Arranged in alphabetical order by book title, this subseries includes research material, notes, outlines, drafts, correspondence, publicity documents, and drafts of stage and film adaptations.

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Although Kirkland never officially published her poetry on its own, it appears in her novels and short stories. For many years, her Christmas cards featured her Christmas poems which are listed here in chronological order by year. Also of particular interest is a one-of-a- kind handmade booklet of Kirkland's war poems written for World War II soldiers. Poems listed with quotation marks represent the first line of untitled poems.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection consists of material related to the personal life and writing career of Stephen Harrigan. Included in this collection is research and drafts for screenplays, articles, and novels including Remember Ben Clayton, A Place Called Home, Justice for None, Young Caesar, Gates of Rome, and Broadway Joe. This donation also includes handwritten notes, journals, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, books, magazines, newspapers, and posters.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection consists of notes, articles, research, photographs, and correspondence relating to the writing career of Stephen Harrigan.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection consists of notes, articles, research, photographs, and correspondence relating to the writing career of Stephen Harrigan.

Series Description From the Series: Material relating to Kirkland’s personal life and interests are divided into several subseries: awards; biographical notes; clippings; correspondence; J. Frank Dobie material; notes; photographs; speeches; subject files; and speeches.Awards (1953-1987) Kirkland won many awards during her lifetime, and was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame by Gov. Bill Clements in 1987. This subseries includes correspondence, photographs, and ephemera related to these honors. Awards are...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection consists of archival materials relating to the career of writer, Elizabeth Crook from 1961-2018. Majority of the materials in the collection are manuscript drafts of The Which Way Tree, Monday, Monday, and others. The collection also includes screenplay drafts of The Which Way Tree; promotional materials and research for her manuscripts; correspondence between Crook, editors, and Stephen Harrigan; as well as screenplay and manuscript drafts of Harrigan’s works such as Water...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection consists of archival materials relating to the career of writer, Elizabeth Crook from 1961-2018. Majority of the materials in the collection are manuscript drafts of The Which Way Tree, Monday, Monday, and others. The collection also includes screenplay drafts of The Which Way Tree; promotional materials and research for her manuscripts; correspondence between Crook, editors, and Stephen Harrigan; as well as screenplay and manuscript drafts of Harrigan’s works such as Water...

Series Description

This small subseries includes drafts of the 1953 script "Seminole Bill's Lost Mine", developed from a series Kirkland worked on with J. Frank Dobie, called "The Unfenced World".

Series Description From the Series:

Although Kirkland never officially published her poetry on its own, it appears in her novels and short stories. For many years, her Christmas cards featured her Christmas poems which are listed here in chronological order by year. Also of particular interest is a one-of-a- kind handmade booklet of Kirkland's war poems written for World War II soldiers. Poems listed with quotation marks represent the first line of untitled poems.

Series Description From the Series: Material relating to Kirkland’s personal life and interests are divided into several subseries: awards; biographical notes; clippings; correspondence; J. Frank Dobie material; notes; photographs; speeches; subject files; and speeches.Awards (1953-1987) Kirkland won many awards during her lifetime, and was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame by Gov. Bill Clements in 1987. This subseries includes correspondence, photographs, and ephemera related to these honors. Awards are...

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Materials related to Elizabeth Crook’s novels The Raven’s Bride, Promised Lands, Dog Hill Diaries (unpublished, working title)

Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection consists of archival materials relating to the career of writer, Elizabeth Crook from 1961-2018. Majority of the materials in the collection are manuscript drafts of The Which Way Tree, Monday, Monday, and others. The collection also includes screenplay drafts of The Which Way Tree; promotional materials and research for her manuscripts; correspondence between Crook, editors, and Stephen Harrigan; as well as screenplay and manuscript drafts of Harrigan’s works such as Water...

Scope and Contents From the Series: In this collection are many correspondence letters from Steve Harrigan’s family, including letters from Joe Berney to his family, Marjorie Berney, and Gladys Berney during WWII. Among the various letters are articles and publications by Steve Harrigan found in many popular magazines and newspaper clippings from his publication “Aransas” and “Jacob’s Well.” Numerous articles on Bishop John J. Sullivan and Catholicism are found throughout this collection. Several copies of Texas Monthly are...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection consists of archival materials relating to the career of writer, Elizabeth Crook from 1961-2018. Majority of the materials in the collection are manuscript drafts of The Which Way Tree, Monday, Monday, and others. The collection also includes screenplay drafts of The Which Way Tree; promotional materials and research for her manuscripts; correspondence between Crook, editors, and Stephen Harrigan; as well as screenplay and manuscript drafts of Harrigan’s works such as Water...

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Archival material received from author, journalist and screenwriter, Stephen Harrigan dating 2001-2024. Materials include edited manuscripts of Harrigan’s Big Wonderful Thing, They Came from the Sky, Leopard is Loose and others, ephemera, reviews, permissions, royalty statements, correspondence from fans, notes and journals. NOTE RESTRICTIONS: UNPROCESSED BOX 4477 (7 of 7) PERSONAL JOURNALS ARE RESTRICTED FOR A PERIOD OF 15 YEARS UNTIL 2039 AS PER STEPHEN HARRIGAN.

Series Description From the Series: Material relating to Kirkland’s personal life and interests are divided into several subseries: awards; biographical notes; clippings; correspondence; J. Frank Dobie material; notes; photographs; speeches; subject files; and speeches.Awards (1953-1987) Kirkland won many awards during her lifetime, and was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame by Gov. Bill Clements in 1987. This subseries includes correspondence, photographs, and ephemera related to these honors. Awards are...