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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5880 Collections and/or Records:

“Thanks for the package. It was great to have you, although we were in skunk-recovery and not quite our usual selves…” Fax, 1 page, October 29, 1997

 File — Box 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Dates: October 29, 1997

“Thanks for thinking of me first. I have bought remnants of about a dozen stocks…” Typed, 1 page plus envelope, January 21, 1998

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

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Dates: January 21, 1998

"Thanks for your letter…" Discusses Booked Up not closing, moving "big time" to screenwriting. Typed, 1 page plus envelope, July 11, 2005

 File — Box 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Dates: July 11, 2005

"Thanks for your letter. During the Oscars is 7-8 hours of extreme discomfort, involving boredom with it all…" Discusses effect of awards season. Typed, 1 page plus envelope, March 11, 2006

 File — Box 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Dates: March 11, 2006

“Thanks for your letter. Mary Phagan has been produced and released…” Discusses selling active scripts. Typed, 1 page, August 7, 1991

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

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Dates: August 7, 1991

"Thanks for your letter. We did pretty well and are still doing. Discusses book sale. Typed, 1 page plus envelope, August 18, 2012

 File — Box 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Dates: August 18, 2012

"Thanks for your understanding note…" Has bitten off more than he can chew [the Waldron library]. Handwritten, 2 pages, January 9, 2004

 File — Box 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Dates: January 9, 2004

“Thanks, recovery [fine]…. Handwritten, 1 page, March 3, 1992

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

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Dates: March 3, 1992

"Thanks so much for Grace's book. What a remarkable woman she is." Handwritten, 1 page plus envelope, September 26, 2007

 File — Box Unknown, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Dates: September 26, 2007

“That Beautiful Boy Who Lives Across from the Handy Andy,” 1 typed page, no corrections; 1 photocopy, November 28, 1989

 File — Box 55, Folder: 35
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

The bulk of the material for Loose Woman are the poems, arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in a folder titled “complete book.” Additional material includes proofs from Knopf, promotional displays, and Spanish translations by Paloma Zozaya and Marilar Aleixandre.

Dates: November 28, 1989

"That my ___. He's richer than God. We sold him about 12,000 books - such customers come along seldom." Handwritten on Booked Up letterhead, 1 page plus envelope, November 14, 2002

 File — Box 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Dates: November 14, 2002

“That plan sounds fine. I doubt I can make any difference in the galleys of wealth of Benjamin____” Fax, 1 page, February 23, 1999

 File — Box 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Dates: February 23, 1999

“That Sense”

 File — Box 24, Folder: 23
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

Individual handwritten and typed poems, and hand-bound books of poetry, comprise this subseries. Many of the individual poems are accompanied by drafts, some are single copies. Individual poems are arranged alphabetically, followed by books of poetry, also arranged alphabetically. See also Series 2 : Personal, Subseries C: Scrapbook, for early drafts of poetry.

Dates: undated

That Terrible Night, Larry L. King, 1980 - 1981

 File — Box 268, Folder: 2-3
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: The Encino Press file contains posters designed by Bill Wittliff and printed by Encino Press. There are original illustrations by John Groth for John Graves' The Last Running. The manuscript for Larry L. King's That Terrible Night That Santa Got Lost In The Woods is included along with correspondence, editing and original pen and ink scratchboard drawings by the Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, Pat Oliphant. Also contains manuscripts submitted to Wittliff for publication and the...
Dates: 1980 - 1981

That Terrible Night, Pat Oliphant illustrations, circa 1980

 File — Box 268, Folder: 4
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: The Encino Press file contains posters designed by Bill Wittliff and printed by Encino Press. There are original illustrations by John Groth for John Graves' The Last Running. The manuscript for Larry L. King's That Terrible Night That Santa Got Lost In The Woods is included along with correspondence, editing and original pen and ink scratchboard drawings by the Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, Pat Oliphant. Also contains manuscripts submitted to Wittliff for publication and the...
Dates: circa 1980

“The 1st issue of Streets was done by my god daughter, [Sara] Ossama…” Handwritten, 1 page, April 16, 1995

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

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Dates: April 16, 1995

“The Abuelita” Print outs, 21 pages, uncorrected. (Photocopied reference copy included), 1987

 File — Box 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains drafts of Troncoso’s published works and makes up the bulk of the collection. The series is arranged chronologically beginning with The Last Tortilla and Other Stories(1999) and ending with From This Wicked Patch of Dust(2011). The Nature of Truth(2003; 2014) is particularly well-represented with multiple drafts, many with Troncoso’s handwritten edits. Also of note is the 1987 copy of the short story “The...
Dates: 1987

The American, circa 1972

 File — Box 124, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series:

Shrake kept subject files on a wide variety of topics, often having to do with ideas for writing projects. These files make up the Subject Files sub-series and are the bulk of the Research series.They are arranged alphabetically by subject. Also included in the Research series are the Notes and Notebooks sub-series, and books and general research. The series is arranged chronologically by sub-series

Dates: circa 1972

The Americas Review, vol. 15, no. 1. Includes “Ghosts and Voices: Writing from Obsession;” “Notes to a Young(er) Writer,” and “Do You Know Me? I Wrote The House on Mango Street” , Spring 1987

 File — Box 83, Folder: 12
Series Description From the Series:

Arranged chronologically, Publications span 1970-2003 and include magazines and journals that contain contributions by Cisneros. The earliest items are literary magazines Now and Cadence, from Josephinum Academy and Loyola University, respectively. For each publication, the date and title of the Cisneros contribution is included in the container list. Oversized publications are in box 85.

Dates: Publication: Spring 1987

“The Ants” annotated typescript

 File — Box 30, Folder: 1
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes short stories such as “The Morning of the First Day” and “The Morning and the Evening of the First Day”. Many are complete stories, some are fragments or are in draft form. Portions of these examples of Vliet’s early prose would later be worked into the author’s novels.

Dates: 1957-1963, undated