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Abstract

Materials pertaining to Beverly Lowry's writing career. Items included are: manuscripts, galleys, subject interviews, reviews, notes, research material, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, books, magazines, journals, and scrapbooks

Abstract

Typescript drafts, correspondence, notes, clippings, journals, and photographs document the writing career of Beverly Lowry. The bulk of the papers relate to four of Lowry’s seven published books, with The Perfect Sonya and Crossed Overbeing the most fully represented. The collection is arranged into the following seven series: Works, Correspondence, Clippings, Publicity, Computer disks, Personal, and Artifacts.

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...

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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.

Series Description From the Series: This series contains various interviews with people related to or who had contact with Selena. The interviews consist of conversations recorded on audio cassettes, both in person and by telephone. Some interviews have both audiotapes and transcriptions, while others exist only in one format or the other. Interview subjects include Tejano artists, people in the music business, music critics, family, friends, fans, and acquaintances. Because Patoski’s book was an unauthorized biography, he...

Series Description This series includes typed rough drafts of Selena: Como la Flor. The various drafts include editor’s corrections and questions either typed or hand-written on the pages of the manuscripts. In addition, some of the editor’s comments are written on small notes. Correspondence between Little, Brown and Company and Patoski concerning his manuscript is also included in this series. Along with the manuscripts is a paper back book copy of ...

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...