Historical fiction
Found in 1508 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence
This subseries includes detailed documentation on the creation of Kirkland's short stories "The Disappearance of Widow Ellen", "Peck Woodside", and "Leet's Christmas". Also included are drafts of many incomplete short stories.
Correspondence, 1920-1991, undated
Correspondence
Correspondence (including correspondence between Peck Woodside and Elithe Hamilton Beal)
Arranged in alphabetical order by the name of the series or show, these scripts date from Kirkland days at UT Austin's Radio House, circa 1940-1947. Typescripts and working drafts are included, as well as some photographs of the Radio House staff, including J. Frank Dobie. Of particular interest is the series entitled "Guardians of Freedom", which includes documents related to the Peck Woodside story Kirkland covered in Mexico.
Correspondence including correspondence with Shearer Publishers and colleagues Tardan and Salm, 1982-1990
This subseries includes detailed documentation on the creation of Kirkland's short stories "The Disappearance of Widow Ellen", "Peck Woodside", and "Leet's Christmas". Also included are drafts of many incomplete short stories.
Correspondence, including critique from J. Frank Dobie
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.
Correspondence (including J. Frank Dobie)
This subseries includes detailed documentation on the creation of Kirkland's short stories "The Disappearance of Widow Ellen", "Peck Woodside", and "Leet's Christmas". Also included are drafts of many incomplete short stories.
Correspondence – letters to/from Jane Graves, Eric Nordstrom, Bill Moyers, Tim O’Brien, Ann Richards, undated
Materials related to Elizabeth Crook’s novels The Raven’s Bride, Promised Lands, Dog Hill Diaries (unpublished, working title)
Correspondence, receipts, transfers, etc. regarding real estate, and regarding loans to offset medical expenses for Mr. B. F. Hamilton's final illness
Correspondence / Rejection letters for articles, including EHK's carbons of outgoing mail, 1956
Material in this subseries includes essays written for college classes, and articles written for newspapers. Some published, many are unpublished. They are arranged in alphabetical order, with a special section for Kirkland's freshman year college papers.
Correspondence with and clippings regarding Walter Prescott Webb, Divine Average
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.
Council Grove Conference, 1984
Council Grove Conference, 1988
Cover art ideas (photographs)
This subseries includes detailed documentation on the creation of Kirkland's short stories "The Disappearance of Widow Ellen", "Peck Woodside", and "Leet's Christmas". Also included are drafts of many incomplete short stories.
"Crane Guidance Plan", 1936
This subseries includes detailed documentation on the creation of Kirkland's short stories "The Disappearance of Widow Ellen", "Peck Woodside", and "Leet's Christmas". Also included are drafts of many incomplete short stories.
Critical acclaim
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.
Elizabeth Crook Additions
Research notes, annotated typescripts, correspondence, photographs, and newsclippings from the literary career of Elizabeth Crook.
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