Authors, American -- Texas -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4995 Collections and/or Records:
“The Ecology of the Red River in 1806: Peter Curtis and Early Southwestern Natural History”, 1989
File — Box 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes one typescript of a speech, and copies of two articles published by the author. It has been arranged into the following series: 1. Speech, and 2. Published Articles. Dates range from 1989-1991. The speech, entitled “Texans and the Land”, was given by Flores at the Texas State Historical Association meeting in 1991. The two articles include “The Plains and the Painters,” a page proof as it was to appear in the Journal of American...
Dates:
1989
“The Ecotopian Landscape of John Graves” by Don Scheese - photocopy of essay, undated
File — Box 45, Folder: 3
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
“The Emergency Stop” - typescript, undated
File — Box 11, Folder: 8
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The Other Writings series is devoted to the many short stories, essays, book introductions, tributes, and unpublished pieces written by Graves, and spans almost six decades.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
"The Exhausted Land” - fragments
File — Box 18, 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The Other Writings series is devoted to the many short stories, essays, book introductions, tributes, and unpublished pieces written by Graves, and spans almost six decades.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:
1977-1986, undated
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
File — Box 16, Folder: 11
Series Description
From the Series:
This series of subject files and artist files, made up of newspaper clippings, notes, interviews, photographs and ephemera, illustrates Patoski's many areas of interest and his research methods. Patoski wrote about and published pieces relating to many of the topics and people in the subject and artist files. Of particular note is the large amount on material on Joe "King" Carrasco and his band, who Patoski managed in the 1980s.
Dates:
1968-1998, undated
“The Farthest Place” - corrected typescript, undated
File — Box 11, Folder: 10
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
“The Fastest Man in Nebraska” first draft, August 10, 1965
File — Box 5, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series has been arranged in alphabetical order by title, and includes mainly annotated typescripts and fragments of each short story, as well as one galley, and one carbon copy.
Dates:
August 10, 1965
The Final Gun, September 1985
File — Box 5, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is primarily composed of drafts and galley proofs for articles written for Texas Monthly. There is a good deal of research material for the 1987 article on the murder of a San Antonio policeman, "Total Hit." The articles report on crime, sports, food and prominent Texans. The files are arranged by date of publication when known.
Articles not written for Texas Monthly are arranged in the subseries,...
Dates:
September 1985
“The Fire Pit” - corrected fragment, undated
File — Box 11, 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:
undated
“The Gates of Time–my second novel”, contains–draft and notes; first page signed by Barrett , 1958-2008
File — Box 1074, Folder: 3
Dates:
1958-2008
The Gay Place
File — Box 1, Folder: 1-6
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains Brammer's typed manuscripts of The Gay Place and the unfinished novel, Fustian Days. Both manuscripts are a gift from William Broyles, the first editor of Texas Monthly, who admired Brammer, hired him to write for the magazine, and encouraged him to write consistently again. The Gay Place manuscript is followed by the play adaptation, ...
Dates:
1959-1963
The Gay Place file, 1957-1985
File — Box 3, Folder: 2-5
Series Description
From the Series:
Nadine Eckhardt (nee Nadine Ellen Cannon) was the first wife of Billy Lee Brammer and the mother of his three children. The two met as students at North Texas State College and married on April 22, 1950. Nadine Brammer worked for a time on the Lyndon Baines Johnson staff along with her husband, but later returned with her children to live in Austin while Brammer remained in Washington. In 1961, the Brammers were divorced and in 1962, Nadine married Texas Congressman Bob Eckhardt. Her...
Dates:
1957-1985
“The Glory and the Power”, September 12, 1990
File — Box 44, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers of filmmaker and writer Severo Perez span 1972-2010 and document his career in film and television, and as a writer. The collection is arranged into six series: 1) Film; 2) Television; 3) Plays; 4) Books; 5) The National Endowment for the Humanities; and 6) Audio and Video Materials. Perez also donated an extensive amount of audiovisual material which includes film reels and prints for …and the earth did not swallow him as well as many of...
Dates:
September 12, 1990
The God of the Razor (for DC comics)
File — Box 3, Folder: 8
Series Description
From the Series:
The majority of the material in this series is manuscripts, some marked by the editor. Artwork and galley proofs are also included. The files are arranged in chronological order. Titles include: Cold Sweat, an unpublished anthology, The Drive In, The New Frontier: Best of the West 2, By Bizarre Hands, Ice Birds, ...
Dates:
1985-1992
The Golden Shadows Old West Museum, 1985-1989
Sub-Series
Series Description
From the Series:
This series, arranged in chronological order, contains material related to the writing, production and reception of the following theatrical works: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Kingfish, The Night Hank Williams Died, That Terrible Night Santa Got Lost In The Woods, The Golden Shadows Old West Museum, and The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public. Many of the manuscripts include letters from King explaining the history...
Dates:
1985-1989
"The Grand Canyon” (Palo Duro Canyon) (Texas Monthly) - Research and photographs, January 1985
File — Box 3, Folder: 5
Series Description
From the Series:
This subseries covers Reid's contributions to Texas Monthly and other publications. This file contains articles and stories on various subjects, which include the Grand Canyon, Bob Eckhardt and Larry McMurtry. The subseries contains research, photographs, drafts and correspondence relating to his subjects. Material is arranged in chronological order by date of publication. Also included here are eight undated annotated drafts gathered together by Reid for...
Dates:
January 1985
"The Grand Canyon” (Palo Duro Canyon) (Texas Monthly) - Typescript draft, January 1985
File — Box 3, Folder: 6
Series Description
From the Series:
This subseries covers Reid's contributions to Texas Monthly and other publications. This file contains articles and stories on various subjects, which include the Grand Canyon, Bob Eckhardt and Larry McMurtry. The subseries contains research, photographs, drafts and correspondence relating to his subjects. Material is arranged in chronological order by date of publication. Also included here are eight undated annotated drafts gathered together by Reid for...
Dates:
January 1985
The Graybs of Raath
File — Box 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains manuscripts, research notes, correspondence with editors, magazines, reviews, and drawings. Some examples of the material that can be found here are: correspondence between the editor of Omni magazine and the author resulting in changes in the short story, "Diner"; research notes on the Big Thicket (used as a setting in two of Barrett's westerns, Snaketown and Lone...
Dates:
1941-1992; Majority of material found within 1973-1992
The Great Unsigned. . . music from Tucson, Arizona
Item — Box 26, Folder: 8
Series Description
From the Series:
The majority of phonographs in this series are from Patoski's personal collection, but some were sent to him as promotional material. The audio cassettes are mostly non-professional recordings of music, and a few are of interviews with musicians. A relatively large portion of the audio cassettes are of the band Joe "King" Carrasco, which Patoski managed during the 1980s.
Dates:
1975-1992, undated
University Archives
Room 580, Alkek Library
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San Marcos Texas 78666 USA
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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