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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Correspondence, undated
File — Box 760, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Assorted personal materials and ephemera from Beverly Lowry
Dates:
undated
Correspondence, 1995-1996, undated
Series
Series Description
Included within this series is various correspondence related to or peripheral to Patoski’s research. It is organized in alphabetical order by author. Of special note are correspondence from Little, Brown & Company to Patoski concerning legal issues related to the publication of the book. Also of special interest is the correspondence between Patoski and Selena’s father concerning Abraham’s wish for Patoski to ghost write a biography of Selena.
Dates:
1995-1996, undated
Correspondence - assorted correspondence to/from Lowry’s agents, Pat Rotter and Maxine Groffsky, from Doubleday and Viking, 1976-1983
File — Box 454
Dates:
1976-1983
Correspondence, contracts, receipts, agreements and royalty statements, 1974-1992
File — Box 455
Dates:
1974-1992
Correspondence from Beverly to her family from New York City, 1961-1962
Item — Box 3
Dates:
1961-1962
Correspondence from Jan Martinez (Ellie Nesler’s sister) to Beverly Lowry, undated
File — Box 451
Dates:
undated
Correspondence relating to interview/review by Lowry with Tarantino, undated
File — Box 451
Dates:
undated
correspondence to Lowry from various individuals (in 2 folders), 1974-1983
File — Box 439
Dates:
1974-1983
correspondence to Lowry from various individuals (in 9 folders), 1973 – 1991
File — Box 440
Dates:
1973 – 1991
Correspondence with Diana Samuelson and Lowry in reference to Ellie, undated
File — Box 451
Dates:
undated
Correspondence with Diane Salvatore and Lowry in reference to the Ellie Nesler case, undated
File — Box 451
Dates:
undated
Court Documents, 1995
Series
Series Description
This series consists mainly of photocopies of typed court documents. Additionally, there are artist renditions of the State of Texas vs. Yolanda Saldivar trial and an identification card for Patoski to attend the hearing. Other court documents in this series include 1.) Ramiro Burr’s (a writer for San Antonio Express News)lawsuit against Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. and his associates for breach of contract to ghost write a biography of Selena, and 2.) the family...
Dates:
1995
“Court martial material John E. Webster with H.T. testimony” – photocopies of military documents , undated
File — Box 1013, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Material described by Beverly Lowery as “drafts of novel 2007, material from trip to Senegal July 2006, Tubman material, copy-edited manuscripts, reviews, maps and illustration matter, drafts and work on essay on Uncle Tom’s Cabin for anthology, galleys – essay on soup for In the Kitchen with an Eggplant, and Tubman material includes copy-edited manuscript from Doubleday”.
Dates:
undated
“Crawford ‘04”, “RS, MS-CCA Decision ’06 ‘07”; Articles from The Austin Chronicle and Supreme Court Records for Crawford v. Washington, 2004
File — Box 2443, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Archival materials following the creation of Beverly Lowry’s book Who Killed These Girls? Cold Case: the Yogurt Shop Murders that will be released October 11, 2016. The publication pertains to the 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders of Amy Ayers, Jennifer Harbison, Sarah Harbison, and Eliza Thomas at the “I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt!” shop in Austin, Texas. Included are materials for research such as news articles from Austin American-Statesman, The Austin Chronicle and Austin News8; Austin Police...
Dates:
2004
Criminal Justice System documents - petition for 30 day reprieve from execution (also includes e-mail correspondence and articles printed from web regarding Tucker’s execution), 1997-1998
File — Box 13, Folder: 10-11
Series Description
From the Series:
The series is organized in the following subseries:Novels (1978-1998)
Annotated typescripts for Daddy’s Girl, The Perfect Sonya, Crossed Over, and The Track of Real Desires comprise the bulk of this subseries, with extensive research notes, correspondence, and photographs related to Crossed Over. Correspondence includes letters from Lowry to Karla Faye Tucker, 1989-1992, 1998, plus...
Dates:
1997-1998
Criticisms of Public Grief
File — Box 2, Folder: 6
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains coverage of Selena mainly in the form of newspaper and magazine clippings. However, there are other items such as scholarly papers and rough drafts of Patoski’s magazine articles for Texas Monthly. This material has been arranged in chronological and subject order by the archivist.Lake Jackson (1971-1985, undated) The clippings cover Selena’s beginnings in Lake Jackson. Under this topic is her birth announcement, news about the Dow Chemical plant where her...
Dates:
1971-1997, undated
Crossed Over: A Murder, A Memoir, 1989-1998, undated
Sub-subseries
Series Description
From the Series:
The series is organized in the following subseries:Novels (1978-1998)
Annotated typescripts for Daddy’s Girl, The Perfect Sonya, Crossed Over, and The Track of Real Desires comprise the bulk of this subseries, with extensive research notes, correspondence, and photographs related to Crossed Over. Correspondence includes letters from Lowry to Karla Faye Tucker, 1989-1992, 1998, plus...
Dates:
1989-1998, undated
