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Description From the Sub-Series:

6 part series, five of which aired August 1993 on CBS-TV.

Description From the Sub-Series:

6 part series, five of which aired August 1993 on CBS-TV.

Description From the Sub-Series:

6 part series, five of which aired August 1993 on CBS-TV.

Description From the Sub-Series:

6 part series, five of which aired August 1993 on CBS-TV.

Series Description From the Series:

The Screenplays are arranged chronologically according to when they were written. The order does not reflect the order in which the films were released. The date following the title in parentheses is the release date. Photographs, film, and videotape may not be duplicated without permission from the Wittliff estate.

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Various events including book fair with Arte Publico Press, Austin book fair for NACS conference, First Texas [South Press] book fair with Tino Villanueva and [Juanita Trice Lavika], Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (with Helena Viramontes, John Philip Santos, Omar Salinas and [Pat Mora]), Mary Sue Galindo, and Reading at Barbara Renaud Gonzales in Dallas. (65 photographs)

Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Family Photographs span 1894-2013 and are divided into paternal and maternal family members, photographs of Cisneros’ mother and father, various family members, and pets. There are many other family photographs in the snapshots sub-series, particularly the early years beginning in box 171.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Though essentially consisting of only three projects, all published, this sub-series contains a voluminous amount of research on its subjects, especially Willie Nelson. Included in the Willie materials are numerous tapes and transcripts of interviews Shrake and others did with Nelson and his acquaintances. Also included are clipping files on Nelson and country music going back to 1978 (when Shrake was writing the Songwriter screenplay), and many files of...

Series Description From the Series: The series is composed of two sub-series Published and Unpublished material. Published material starts with the first short story Shrake published, in 1959, and ending with his last novel to be published, in 2006, this sub-series is arranged chronologically according to publication date. It contains handwritten, typewritten and computer-generated drafts, proofs of all kinds, correspondence, contracts, promotional materials, research files, and press clippings. The book with the...

Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: The largest subseries in Monographs is material relating to the writing and publication of Caramelo. Research, notes, chapter drafts, and book drafts document Cisneros’ writing process. Research files and notes provide evidence of the depth of research that went into the book, loosely based on her own family history. Included among the topics are immigration, Mexico, San Antonio, music, and war. Notes includes story development “road maps,” outlines, and files that Cisneros created on topics...

Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Portraits are formal, posed photographs of Cisneros, and are arranged chronologically. Photographers include her brother, Henry (Kiki) Cisneros, Joan Frederick, Alexandro Galindo, Ruben Guzman, Armando Rascón, Al Rendon, and Diana Solís, among others. Also included are a number of portraits of Cisneros with others, notably with her mother in 1998, and Gertrude Baker, Ruben Guzman, Denise Chavez, Jasna Karaula, and Emma Tenayuca.

Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Portraits are formal, posed photographs of Cisneros, and are arranged chronologically. Photographers include her brother, Henry (Kiki) Cisneros, Joan Frederick, Alexandro Galindo, Ruben Guzman, Armando Rascón, Al Rendon, and Diana Solís, among others. Also included are a number of portraits of Cisneros with others, notably with her mother in 1998, and Gertrude Baker, Ruben Guzman, Denise Chavez, Jasna Karaula, and Emma Tenayuca.

Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Portraits are formal, posed photographs of Cisneros, and are arranged chronologically. Photographers include her brother, Henry (Kiki) Cisneros, Joan Frederick, Alexandro Galindo, Ruben Guzman, Armando Rascón, Al Rendon, and Diana Solís, among others. Also included are a number of portraits of Cisneros with others, notably with her mother in 1998, and Gertrude Baker, Ruben Guzman, Denise Chavez, Jasna Karaula, and Emma Tenayuca.

Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Portraits are formal, posed photographs of Cisneros, and are arranged chronologically. Photographers include her brother, Henry (Kiki) Cisneros, Joan Frederick, Alexandro Galindo, Ruben Guzman, Armando Rascón, Al Rendon, and Diana Solís, among others. Also included are a number of portraits of Cisneros with others, notably with her mother in 1998, and Gertrude Baker, Ruben Guzman, Denise Chavez, Jasna Karaula, and Emma Tenayuca.

Scope and Contents

quotes dated August, 1992

“Separation: Horrors of the Road,” September 1992

“Simms – Tall Stories Solid 7,” September, 1993

“One Last Favor,” playscript September, 1992

“No Better Place than the Present,” undated

Scope and Contents “Turkey Sag,” January, 1994 “Gary Cooper ofthe Landscape,” January, 1994 “A Weakness for Horses,” January, 1994 Actors, Simpatico, “An Actors Doubt,” January, 1994poem “My mother loved the sea...” March, 1994“Dreaming of a way to Enter the Unbearable Present,” April, 1994“Self Made Man (Divine Providence,” undated“Questions for Junior Brown,” March, 1995“Once,” May, 1995“Dignity,” May, 1995“A Man’s...

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“Thin Skin – What Any Woman Can Do To You,” 1989

“J.D.’s Collapse,” December 1998

“Southwest Chief – L.A. to Chicago,” February 1989

“More Urgent Emergencies,” April, 1989

“Wild to the Wild,” May, 1989

“Ancient Fear of the Fiddle,” May, 1989

“Open Suitcase,” January, 1990

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“Brecht Clown Play - Joe - World Was Green - At theEdge of the World,” November 1993

“Confession - Obsession - Blessing or Curse,” “Oedipus,” October 1995

“Great Place,” November 1995

“Sins of the Distant Past,” “Marfa Lights,” February 1996; November 1993-January 1996,(black cover)

Series Description From the Series:

The Notebooks series includes handwritten notes, dialogue ideas, small drawings, and journal entries, usually in spiral bound notebooks. Some entries are personal and many were or were intended to be developed into longer works.

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“Machine Dreams: “Film Synopsis,” December 25, 1984

“Denial,” film sketch, February 1984

“History of the Dog,” undated

Film sketch beginning, “A Man has a dream about a murder...” undated

“Jealousy is not a pretty thing,” October 23, 1988

“States” notes, February, 1989

“1957” film notes, January 1, 1987

“The Man Who Could Not Stop Crying,” October 3, 1988