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Women authors, Texan

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 443 Collections and/or Records:

There are many reasons to be hog wild about porkers, undated

 File — Box 1373, Folder: 51
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of materials related to the writing career of Joyce Gibson Roach. Included in the collection are articles, reviews, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reel-to-reel audio recordings, and numerous pieces of sheet music written by Roach. In addition to these materials, Roach also donated a large collection of books most of which focus on folklore and the American West and Southwest. Original folder titles are in quotation marks.

Dates: undated

Thesis by Joel Carl Causey- “The Way of the World is not Fixed in Place: An Existential Reading of Billy Parham’s Journey through Cormac McCarthy’s The Crossing”, undated

 File — Box 1372, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of materials related to the writing career of Joyce Gibson Roach. Included in the collection are articles, reviews, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reel-to-reel audio recordings, and numerous pieces of sheet music written by Roach. In addition to these materials, Roach also donated a large collection of books most of which focus on folklore and the American West and Southwest. Original folder titles are in quotation marks.

Dates: undated

This place of memory-introduction-“every man needs a heath”, undated

 File — Box 1373, Folder: 79
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of materials related to the writing career of Joyce Gibson Roach. Included in the collection are articles, reviews, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reel-to-reel audio recordings, and numerous pieces of sheet music written by Roach. In addition to these materials, Roach also donated a large collection of books most of which focus on folklore and the American West and Southwest. Original folder titles are in quotation marks.

Dates: undated

Toy pencil which reads, “I’m a Big Time Writer,” given to Bonner by her son, includes note describing item

 File — Box 12, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 3: Artifacts (undated) includes one toy pencil thatreads,“I’m a Big Time Writer.” The toy was given to Bonner by her son and remained on her desk for five years.

Dates: 1983-1999

Traveling anecdotes stand the test of time, undated

 File — Box 1373, Folder: 73
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of materials related to the writing career of Joyce Gibson Roach. Included in the collection are articles, reviews, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reel-to-reel audio recordings, and numerous pieces of sheet music written by Roach. In addition to these materials, Roach also donated a large collection of books most of which focus on folklore and the American West and Southwest. Original folder titles are in quotation marks.

Dates: undated

Two oversized cardboard boxes containing various pieces of sheet music, undated

 Item — Box 1376, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of materials related to the writing career of Joyce Gibson Roach. Included in the collection are articles, reviews, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reel-to-reel audio recordings, and numerous pieces of sheet music written by Roach. In addition to these materials, Roach also donated a large collection of books most of which focus on folklore and the American West and Southwest. Original folder titles are in quotation marks.

Dates: undated

Two proverbs, undated

 File — Box 1372, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of materials related to the writing career of Joyce Gibson Roach. Included in the collection are articles, reviews, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reel-to-reel audio recordings, and numerous pieces of sheet music written by Roach. In addition to these materials, Roach also donated a large collection of books most of which focus on folklore and the American West and Southwest. Original folder titles are in quotation marks.

Dates: undated

undated

 File — Box 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is comprised of handwritten and typed letters from Texas author Elithe Hamilton Kirkland to friend Nancie Austin, of Wimberley, Texas. The letters date from 1979-1983, and relate to the friendship between Kirkland and Austin, and to the development of Kirkland’s novel, The Edge of Disrepute, published in 1984. The letters are arranged in chronological order by year, with earliest correspondence at the beginning of each folder. Among...
Dates: 1979-1983, undated

University of Texas grade sheet, San Antonio Junior College grade sheet, and vaccination certificate, 1927-1930

 File — Box 1, Folder: 4
Series Description From the Series:

This series documents the higher education of both E.E. Mireles and Jovita González Mireles through records of school work which contain the dates of attendance, grades and classes taken. Their Masters theses are also included in this series and offer insight into the topics of their studies. Ms. González’s thesis, “Social Life in Webb, Starr, and Zapata Counties,” is of particular interest.

Dates: 1927-1930

University of Texas grade sheets (2 sheets), 1921-1927

 File — Box 1, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series:

This series documents the higher education of both E.E. Mireles and Jovita González Mireles through records of school work which contain the dates of attendance, grades and classes taken. Their Masters theses are also included in this series and offer insight into the topics of their studies. Ms. González’s thesis, “Social Life in Webb, Starr, and Zapata Counties,” is of particular interest.

Dates: 1921-1927

"Up the Trail"

 File — Box 2, Folder: 15
Series Description From the Series: In The Cowgirls, Roach examines the role of women in the forming of the West. The book considers women as ranchers, pistol packers, and rodeo stars. Women in western society and culture are further investigated through a look at movies, songs, dime novels and humor. This series contains answers to Roach's research queries, notes, articles, brochures, clippings, cassettes, letters, photographs and interviews. It is organized generally in the chapter order of...
Dates: 1961-1977

Utilities

 File — Box 3, Folder: 8
Series Description From the Series:

his series documents the financial life of E.E. Mireles and Jovita González Mireles from appliances purchases and routine utility payments to E.E. Mireles’ student loans.

Dates: 1931-1980

Various articles by or about Roach, undated

 File — Box 1372, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of materials related to the writing career of Joyce Gibson Roach. Included in the collection are articles, reviews, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reel-to-reel audio recordings, and numerous pieces of sheet music written by Roach. In addition to these materials, Roach also donated a large collection of books most of which focus on folklore and the American West and Southwest. Original folder titles are in quotation marks.

Dates: undated

Various Articles / Short Stories, undated

 File — Box 1373, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of materials related to the writing career of Joyce Gibson Roach. Included in the collection are articles, reviews, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reel-to-reel audio recordings, and numerous pieces of sheet music written by Roach. In addition to these materials, Roach also donated a large collection of books most of which focus on folklore and the American West and Southwest. Original folder titles are in quotation marks.

Dates: undated

Various empty folders, undated

 File — Box 1373, Folder: 92
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of materials related to the writing career of Joyce Gibson Roach. Included in the collection are articles, reviews, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reel-to-reel audio recordings, and numerous pieces of sheet music written by Roach. In addition to these materials, Roach also donated a large collection of books most of which focus on folklore and the American West and Southwest. Original folder titles are in quotation marks.

Dates: undated

Various programs and publications, undated

 File — Box 1372, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of materials related to the writing career of Joyce Gibson Roach. Included in the collection are articles, reviews, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reel-to-reel audio recordings, and numerous pieces of sheet music written by Roach. In addition to these materials, Roach also donated a large collection of books most of which focus on folklore and the American West and Southwest. Original folder titles are in quotation marks.

Dates: undated

Various Short Stories, Handwritten Notes, undated

 File — Box 1373, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of materials related to the writing career of Joyce Gibson Roach. Included in the collection are articles, reviews, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reel-to-reel audio recordings, and numerous pieces of sheet music written by Roach. In addition to these materials, Roach also donated a large collection of books most of which focus on folklore and the American West and Southwest. Original folder titles are in quotation marks.

Dates: undated

Various writers to Dr. Roger L. Brooks regarding Katherine Anne Porter, 1975-1976, undated

 File — Box 1, Folder: 2
Contents Amis, Kingsley (December 3, 1975)Anderson, Robert (December 2, 1975)Auchincloss, Louis S. (December 9, 1975)Baldwin, Faith (June 26, 1976, and undated)Barth, John (December 2, 1975)Beckett, Samuel (November 4, 1975)Boyle, Kay (November 24, 1975)Bradbury, Ray (December 3, 1975)Bristow, Gwen (January 27, 1976)Brooks, Cleanth (December 27, 1975)Brooks, Gwendolyn (November 22,...
Dates: 1975-1976, undated

Various writers to Dr. Roger L. Brooks regarding Katherine Anne Porter, 1975-1977

 File — Box 1, Folder: 3
Contents Daiches, David (December 9, 1975)DeVries, Peter (December 10, 1975)Eberhart, Richard (December 12, 1975)Edmonds, Walter D. (November 16, 1975)Fadiman, Clifton (December 8, 1975)Fast, Howard (January 19, 1976)Gardner, Isabella (April 2, 1976)Garfield, Brian (December 12, 1975)Givner, Joan (August 29, 1977 and September 20, 1977)Gold, Herbert (December 10, 1975)Grau, Shirley...
Dates: 1975-1977

Various writers to Dr. Roger L. Brooks regarding Katherine Anne Porter, 1975-1976, undated

 File — Box 1, Folder: 4
Contents

Ignatow, David (December 12, 1975)

Jacobsen, Josephine (December 15, 1975)

Knebel, Fletcher (December 11, 1975)

LeCarre, John (February 18, 1976 and March 5, 1976)

Lawrence, Josephine (December 26, 1975)

Lea, Tom (December 19, 1975)

Lessing, Doris (November 3, 1975)

Levertov, Denise (March 21, 1976)

Lincoln, Victorian (undated)

Lord, Walter (August 19, 1976)

Dates: 1975-1976, undated