Authors, American -- Texas -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4892 Collections and/or Records:
A Texas Trilogy, Complete, 1973-1979, undated
Sub-Series
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is organized into 3 subseries: Unproduced Writings; A Texas Trilogy; and Post-Trilogy plays. Many of the files reflect Mary Sue's filing system but the material has been consolidated and reorganized by play in chronological order. The group Unproduced Writings contains manuscripts of Preston Jones’ unproduced plays. Included is his thesis adaptation of The Night of the Hunter. The three plays of the trilogy in the second subseries were performed together...
Dates:
1973-1979, undated
A Texas Trilogy reviews, programs, invitations
File — Box 25, Folder: 11
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains materials on the promotion of Preston Jones' theatrical career especially in regard to the Trilogy. It includes photographs, clippings, reviews, articles, interviews and videotapes, providing information on aspects of the author's life, career, and writing methods.
Dates:
1974-1986
" 'A Tragedy on the Mexican Border' Published in Cutthroat Journal #24, Spring"; Printout of story , 2019
File — Box 3671, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence, drafts of short stories, and notes, from novelist Donley Watt dating 1984-2019. Short stories include "A Tragedy on the Mexican Border", "Circling", "A Special Place", "Buying the Farm", "Right of Way", "Wish Me Luck", "Something Old, Something New, Something White and Black and Brown", "Headed to Tornillo" and "La Gloria de San Caralampio, Mexico".
Dates:
2019
“A Valley” – corrected carbon typescripts (3), 1954
File — Box 20, Folder: 14
Series Description
From the Series:
The Other Writings series is devoted to the many short stories, essays, book introductions, tributes, and unpublished pieces written by Graves, and spans almost six decades. This series is also the largest in the collection, filling eleven document boxes, plus oversize. The works within it arearranged alphabetically by title, usually according to the official published title, but sometimes by a book title if Graves’ piece is an untitled introduction, or a draft title if the piece is...
Dates:
1954
“A Wild Justice” Chapter 1, pages 1-5, circa 1992
File — Box 5, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series has been arranged in chronological order by date of the novel’s creation. This is the largest series, with the numerous Dancing Bear files documenting Crumley's changing ideas for titles and other aspects related to the novel. Although multiple drafts of each work are present, the drafts typically include only the first few chapters of the work. The specific portions of each work represented and any variant titles are identified by the folder...
Dates:
circa 1992
Aaron Latham, Edwin (Bud) Shrake
File — Box 15, Folder: 6
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains material, mostly clippings, King collected on contemporary writers. It includes a reminiscence of Billie Lee Brammer by Glenn Wilson of their days on Capitol Hill and a manuscript by Jack Runnel probably sent to King for his comments.
Dates:
1989-1993
Abstracts of English Studies, abstracts of “Alfred Kazin and the Futurity Stakes” by Kenneth Lamott, “Not Even Important, or the Case of the Embryo Rimbaud” by Joel Oppenheimer, “Censorship” by William Burroughs - Published copy, 1963
File — Box 19, Folder: 1
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is arranged alphabetically by publication and surveys Lewis’s entire writing career from his earliest poetry and short fiction publications in Avesta (1955)—the student literary magazine of North Texas State College—to his last published piece, a profile of well-known photographer Birney Imes, published in the Los Angeles Times Magazine (1994). Material from a posthumous collection of Lewis’s writing,...
Dates:
1963
Academics, circa 1938-1948
Sub-Series
Series Description
From the Series:
Notebooks, legal papers, financial papers, photographs, journals, objects and academic records make up the majority of the materials in this series. Graves’ academic career is well documented through grade reports and written recommendations, class notes from undergraduate and graduate school, and his Columbia University Master’s thesis on William Faulkner. Of particular interest in this series is the notebook Graves used while traveling in Europe and his journal of a trip down the Rio...
Dates:
circa 1938-1948
Academy All The Way - Correspondence, 1974
File — Box 19, Folder: 2
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is arranged alphabetically by publication and surveys Lewis’s entire writing career from his earliest poetry and short fiction publications in Avesta (1955)—the student literary magazine of North Texas State College—to his last published piece, a profile of well-known photographer Birney Imes, published in the Los Angeles Times Magazine (1994). Material from a posthumous collection of Lewis’s writing,...
Dates:
1974
Academy All The Way - First galleys, 1974
File — Box 19, Folder: 5
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is arranged alphabetically by publication and surveys Lewis’s entire writing career from his earliest poetry and short fiction publications in Avesta (1955)—the student literary magazine of North Texas State College—to his last published piece, a profile of well-known photographer Birney Imes, published in the Los Angeles Times Magazine (1994). Material from a posthumous collection of Lewis’s writing,...
Dates:
1974
Academy All The Way - Manuscript (photocopy), 1974
File — Box 19, Folder: 4
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is arranged alphabetically by publication and surveys Lewis’s entire writing career from his earliest poetry and short fiction publications in Avesta (1955)—the student literary magazine of North Texas State College—to his last published piece, a profile of well-known photographer Birney Imes, published in the Los Angeles Times Magazine (1994). Material from a posthumous collection of Lewis’s writing,...
Dates:
1974
Academy All The Way - Original galleys, 1974
File — Box 19, Folder: 6
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is arranged alphabetically by publication and surveys Lewis’s entire writing career from his earliest poetry and short fiction publications in Avesta (1955)—the student literary magazine of North Texas State College—to his last published piece, a profile of well-known photographer Birney Imes, published in the Los Angeles Times Magazine (1994). Material from a posthumous collection of Lewis’s writing,...
Dates:
1974
Academy All The Way - Photostat and pages from a corrected typescript, 1974
File — Box 20, Folder: 3
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is arranged alphabetically by publication and surveys Lewis’s entire writing career from his earliest poetry and short fiction publications in Avesta (1955)—the student literary magazine of North Texas State College—to his last published piece, a profile of well-known photographer Birney Imes, published in the Los Angeles Times Magazine (1994). Material from a posthumous collection of Lewis’s writing,...
Dates:
1974
Academy All The Way - Related material, 1974
File — Box 19, Folder: 3
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is arranged alphabetically by publication and surveys Lewis’s entire writing career from his earliest poetry and short fiction publications in Avesta (1955)—the student literary magazine of North Texas State College—to his last published piece, a profile of well-known photographer Birney Imes, published in the Los Angeles Times Magazine (1994). Material from a posthumous collection of Lewis’s writing,...
Dates:
1974
Academy All The Way - Revised galleys, 1974
File — Box 20, Folder: 1-2
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is arranged alphabetically by publication and surveys Lewis’s entire writing career from his earliest poetry and short fiction publications in Avesta (1955)—the student literary magazine of North Texas State College—to his last published piece, a profile of well-known photographer Birney Imes, published in the Los Angeles Times Magazine (1994). Material from a posthumous collection of Lewis’s writing,...
Dates:
1974
Accession 2008-140
Series
Abstract
The donation has been described as “fifty years of choice materials saved from his writing career”. Material includes typed and handwritten manuscripts, panel layouts for his work which appeared in comic books, newspaper clippings of reviews, and limited correspondence mainly consisting of publishing agreements. Original file titles appear in quotation marks; some of the original folders with writing have been kept. Partial binding from several notepads with handwritten manuscripts was...
Dates:
circa 1958-2008
Accession 2014-082
Series
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Materials retrieved from Hard Scrabble in June 2014. Personal papers of John Graves includes his letters home to his family from Rice University, 1938-1939; significant correspondence with Samuel Hynes and John Schaffner; letters from his time spent in Spain, 1953-1954, as well as travel documents and receipts, and correspondence from his latter years, 2006-2013. Also included are magazines featuring articles by Graves, original Russell Waterhouse drawings for Goodbye to a River, and some...
Dates:
1938-2013
Accession 2016-081
Series
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Author and journalist Carlton Stowers has written over two dozen non-fiction books. He donated his writing archive to the Wittliff Collections in 2006. Materials include: clippings, correspondence, court documents, police records, magazines, books, newspapers, manuscripts, audio and videocassettes, typed drafts, notes, thank you letters from children, photos, publicity materials, and various other research materials.
Dates:
1980-2004, undated
Accession 2021-099
Series
Scope and Contents
Archival material donated by Rae Lewis relating to the life, writing career, and death of Rolling Stone and Texas Monthly journalist, Grover Lewis’ dating 1962-2015. Materials include extensive notes, research materials, correspondence, publishing contracts and manuscript drafts for Lewis’ unpublished memoir, “Goodbye If You Call That Gone” and unpublished novel, “Code of the West”, the posthumous anthology, Splendor in the Short Grass: The Grover Lewis Reader, drafts of unproduced...
Dates:
1962-2015
Accession 2021-108
Series
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence, drafts of short stories, and notes, from novelist Donley Watt dating 1984-2019. Short stories include "A Tragedy on the Mexican Border", "Circling", "A Special Place", "Buying the Farm", "Right of Way", "Wish Me Luck", "Something Old, Something New, Something White and Black and Brown", "Headed to Tornillo" and "La Gloria de San Caralampio, Mexico".
Dates:
1984-2019
University Archives
Room 580, Alkek Library
601 University Drive
San Marcos Texas 78666 USA
UnivArchives@txstate.edu
Room 580, Alkek Library
601 University Drive
San Marcos Texas 78666 USA
UnivArchives@txstate.edu
The Wittliff Collections
7th Floor, Alkek Library
601 University Drive
San Marcos Texas 78666 USA
Wittliff_Ref@txstate.edu
7th Floor, Alkek Library
601 University Drive
San Marcos Texas 78666 USA
Wittliff_Ref@txstate.edu