Natural history literature
Found in 948 Collections and/or Records:
“The Speckled Horse” - typescript fragments, undated
“The Truth of the West” – copies of The New Leader (2), 1960
“The Valley,” draft, undated
“The Wait,” draft, undated
The Watch Master’s set, first pass, undated
The Watch - Original publisher’s draft, 1991
“The Windy Day,” notes and published version in The Quarterly, Winter 1992
“The World to Wine” - corrected draft
Third draft, September 1990
This Stubborn Soil introduction – corrected drafts (2) and fragments, notes, 1986, undated
“Thoughts on the Occasion of a Second Viet Nam Moratorium” –correspondence, corrected typescript, 1969-1970
Three Boxes of Various Lures, undated
This addition to the John Graves archives includes various artifacts from Graves’ ranch at Hard Scrabble: fishing lures and spool cases, cow and deer skulls, a cattle brand, photographs and uniforms from Graves’ military service, typewriters, geological surveys and nautical charts, and signed illustrations by Scott Gentling. This accession is the final accrual from Hard Scrabble ranch with the exception of a small amount of material currently in quarantine due to live silverfish.
Three Fabric Cases for Poles, undated
This addition to the John Graves archives includes various artifacts from Graves’ ranch at Hard Scrabble: fishing lures and spool cases, cow and deer skulls, a cattle brand, photographs and uniforms from Graves’ military service, typewriters, geological surveys and nautical charts, and signed illustrations by Scott Gentling. This accession is the final accrual from Hard Scrabble ranch with the exception of a small amount of material currently in quarantine due to live silverfish.
Three family photographs, 12” x 13”, undated
Photographs and artifacts collected from Hard Scrabble for the John Graves archive. This collection includes photographs of John Graves and his family, including early 20th and late 19th century family photographs. This collection also contains two clay jugs, one leather belt with the silver “infinity” symbol belt buckle worn by John Graves, the camp box that Graves used during his canoe trip for Goodbye to a River, and a 7 weight Loomis fly rod made by Graves.
Three ring binders (4) separated from contents
Three ring binders (8) separated from contents
Three Spools in Cases, undated
This addition to the John Graves archives includes various artifacts from Graves’ ranch at Hard Scrabble: fishing lures and spool cases, cow and deer skulls, a cattle brand, photographs and uniforms from Graves’ military service, typewriters, geological surveys and nautical charts, and signed illustrations by Scott Gentling. This accession is the final accrual from Hard Scrabble ranch with the exception of a small amount of material currently in quarantine due to live silverfish.
“Through All Kinds of Weather” – fragments, corrected drafts (2)
“T.I.L. [Texas Institute of Letters] piece for A.C. [Greene]” – corrected typescript and fragment, undated
The third series covers speeches that Graves wrote and delivered, arranged alphabetically by the event or occasion. Like the previous two series, these files contain drafts, correspondence, published forms, notes and other materials related to their subjects.