Literature

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Materials related to Elizabeth Crook’s novels The Raven’s Bride, Promised Lands, Dog Hill Diaries (unpublished, working title)

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This seriesdocuments the two corporations that Shrake started and operated: Mad Dog, Inc. and East Pole Corporation. The Mad Dog, Inc. Corporate Structure and correspondence reflect the company’s satirical nature. The East Pole Corporation materials include receipts, reports, a budget, tax records, pension plan and an embosser.

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One award (from Southwest Texas State University) and several items of clothing, as well as Vliet’s eyeglasses and case, are included in this subseries. The embroidered white cotton shirt worn by Vliet at his daughter’s wedding (see Series 2 : Personal, Subseries B : Photographs) can also be found here.

Series Description From the Series: Reader Correspondence, 1990-2013, is arranged chronologically. Each year is separated into letters from individuals and letters from classes. The individual letters are typical fan letters and document the effect her writing has had on her readers. The class letters are often packets sent by teachers containing letters from students who have read her works in class, and sometimes thank-you letters from students whose class Cisneros visited. When known, the school name is included in the...

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Cisneros’ nonfiction writings are arranged alphabetically and include speeches, editorials, and essays. Many were eventually published in anthologies or magazines. In cases when the date and location of a speech is known, that information is included in the listing. This series also contains interviews Cisneros conducted with other writers while working at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (box 41).

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Cisneros’ nonfiction writings are arranged alphabetically and include speeches, editorials, and essays. Many were eventually published in anthologies or magazines. In cases when the date and location of a speech is known, that information is included in the listing. This series also contains interviews Cisneros conducted with other writers while working at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (box 41).

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Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum – Emergency Tacos Reading. (11 photographs)

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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.

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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.

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Employment Records span 1982-2000 and include Vitas, professional biographies, and employment correspondence

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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.

Series Description From the Series: Reader Correspondence, 1990-2013, is arranged chronologically. Each year is separated into letters from individuals and letters from classes. The individual letters are typical fan letters and document the effect her writing has had on her readers. The class letters are often packets sent by teachers containing letters from students who have read her works in class, and sometimes thank-you letters from students whose class Cisneros visited. When known, the school name is included in the...

Sub-Series Description 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: The Sundance Institute for Film and Television was founded by Robert Redford to foster emerging talents, often found outside the mainstream of the traditional entertainment industry. For six years during the 1980s, Bill Wittliff served on the Board of Trustees for the Institute, working in particular on the Selection Committee. He also donated his time as a writer's mentor during the June Workshop at Sundance Resort near Provo, Utah and at the Writer's Workshop held during the January...

Series Description From the Series: Reader Correspondence, 1990-2013, is arranged chronologically. Each year is separated into letters from individuals and letters from classes. The individual letters are typical fan letters and document the effect her writing has had on her readers. The class letters are often packets sent by teachers containing letters from students who have read her works in class, and sometimes thank-you letters from students whose class Cisneros visited. When known, the school name is included in the...

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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.