Authors, American -- Texas -- 20th century

The Snootiest Neighborhood in Texas, June 1986

File — Box 5, Folder: 9

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: June 1986

Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-001, Gary Cartwright Papers / Articles / Texas Monthly Articles

“The Snuff of Dreams” – fragments, corrected drafts (3)

File — Box 18, Folder: 9

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the Series: The Other Writings series is devoted to the many short stories, essays, book introductions, tributes, and unpublished pieces written by Graves, and spans almost six decades.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

Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-010, John Graves Papers / Other Writings / Texas Monthly Columns

The Sound of Deep Ellum

Item — Box 27, Folder: 2

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

Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-029, Joe Nick Patoski Papers / Sound Recordings / Audio Cassettes

“The Southwest as the Cradle of the Writer” – The American Southwest: Cradle of Literary Art (book with text of speech), 1981

File — Box 21, Folder: 7

Series Description From the Series:

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.

Dates: 1981

Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-010, John Graves Papers / Speeches

"The Spanish Myth in Literature” – The New Leader issue, 1960

File — Box 16, 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: 1960

Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-010, John Graves Papers / Other Writings

“The Speckled Horse” - carbon copy fragments, undated

File — Box 17, Folder: 3

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

Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-010, John Graves Papers / Other Writings

“The Speckled Horse” - typescript fragments, undated

File — Box 17, Folder: 2

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

Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-010, John Graves Papers / Other Writings

The String-A-Longs - "Matilda," "Replica"

Item — Box 22, Folder: 37

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: 1962-1990, undated

Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-029, Joe Nick Patoski Papers / Sound Recordings / Phonographs

The Subdudes

File — Box 17, Folder: 25

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

Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-029, Joe Nick Patoski Papers / Research Material / Artist Files

“The Sunbathers” , undated

File — Box 6, Folder: 9

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: undated

Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-055, James Crumley Papers / Short Stories

The Texas Observer, 1960-1971

Sub-Series

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: 1960-1971

Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-006, Larry L. King Papers / Articles

The Texas Observer, 1960-1961

File — Box 8, Folder: 11

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: 1960-1961