Authors, American -- Texas -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4995 Collections and/or Records:
"A High Place"
File — Box 14, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Donley Watt Papers span the years from 1970 to 2004. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, notes, drafts, and computer discs. The bulk of the papers is focused on the writings of his published works from 1994 to 2004: Can You Get There From Here; The Journal of Hector Rabinal; Haley, Texas 1959; Reynolds; and ...
Dates:
Publication: 1994
A Hole in the World: An American Boyhood, memoir by Richard Rhodes, 1990
File — Box 3669, item: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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include extensive notes, research materials, correspondence, publishing contracts and manuscript drafts for Lewis’ unpublished memoir, “Goodbye If You Call That Gone” and unpublished novel, “Code of the West”, the posthumous anthology, Splendor in the Short Grass: The Grover Lewis Reader, drafts of unproduced...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:
1990
"A Home Game", "House of Smiles"
File — Box 13, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Donley Watt Papers span the years from 1970 to 2004. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, notes, drafts, and computer discs. The bulk of the papers is focused on the writings of his published works from 1994 to 2004: Can You Get There From Here; The Journal of Hector Rabinal; Haley, Texas 1959; Reynolds; and ...
Dates:
1970-2004
A John Graves Reader, circa 1996
Sub-Series
Series Description
From the Series:
The Monograph series includes research notes, typed manuscripts, galley proofs, printed materials, correspondence, and other materials chronicling Graves’ literary contributions from his earliest short stories to his more recent essays and memoir. Materials from all of his books are included. Many of these materials were annotated by Graves with personal comments when he donated the materials to Bill Wittliff.Manuscript materials relating to the books Graves is credited as writing...
Dates:
circa 1996
“A Joy of Doubt” - corrected copy, undated
File — Box 13, Folder: 11
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The Other Writings series is devoted to the many short stories, essays, book introductions, tributes, and unpublished pieces written by Graves, and spans almost six decades.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:
undated
“A Leaden Finger” - Corrected typescripts, undated
File — Box 49, Folder: 9
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is arranged alphabetically according to either title or subject of work. The bulk of this series is comprised of two large, unrealized projects: The Code of the West(a novel)and Goodbye If You Call That Gone (a memoir).Both of these projects reflect immensely important aspects of Lewis’s life. The Code of the West reflects his intense love of the cinema—especially the...
Dates:
undated
A & M Records
File — Box 4, Folder: 5
Series Description
From the Series:
The promotional material series is predominately made up of photographic and printed material sent to Patoski from music, television and film production companies, record companies, and talent agencies. Other promotional materials in this series include catalogs, newsletters, festival advertisements, press releases and ephemera all relating to the music industry.
Dates:
1978-1998, undated
“A Need for Laughter” – carbon copies (2), typescript, correspondence, 1959, undated
File — Box 15, Folder: 7
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:
1959, undated
“A Plague of Orphans,” Chapter 1 fragments
File — Box 4, Folder: 7
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:
1983, undated
“A Special Place: The Texas Hill Country” – cassette tapes (2), undated
File — Box 17, Folder: 1
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:
undated
"A Special Place (This was used (partially) in Buying the Farm-TX Monthly"; Edited draft of "A Special Place" by Donley Watt, undated
File — Box 3671, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
undated
“A Tale of Two Teams,” Parade, September 9, 1984
File — Box 11, Folder: 20
Series Description
From the Series:
This series covers King’s contributions to magazines and newspapers from his days with the Odessa-American in the 1950s, through his stint in Washington as editor of Capitol Hill, to his work for national magazines including Harper’s, Life, Esquire, The Progressive, Sports Illustrated, Sport, Cosmopolitan, Playboy and Parade. The series contains tear sheets, and in some cases, whole copies of...
Dates:
September 9, 1984
A Texas Rancher in Durango, Mexico by Thomas P. Harrison III, - bound typescript with corrections by Graves - RESTRICTED, undated
File — Box 46, Folder: 4
Series Description
From the Series:
This series consists mainly of draft photocopies and printouts of other people’s novels, essays, screenplays and poetry. Also included are correspondence, clippings, research, notes and page proofs. A handful are essays written about Graves, but the majority of the files are creative works that Graves has proofread or for which he has offered promotional comments.The typescript "A Texas Rancher in Durango, Mexico" may not be viewed without permission from John Graves or Bill...
Dates:
undated
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 Collection:
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
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