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Women authors, American -- Texas -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2331 Collections and/or Records:

Texas State Historical Association, 1979-1988

 File — Box 36, Box: 7
Series Description From the Series: Material relating to Kirkland’s personal life and interests are divided into several subseries: awards; biographical notes; clippings; correspondence; J. Frank Dobie material; notes; photographs; speeches; subject files; and speeches.Awards (1953-1987) Kirkland won many awards during her lifetime, and was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame by Gov. Bill Clements in 1987. This subseries includes correspondence, photographs, and ephemera related to these honors. Awards are...
Dates: 1979-1988

Texas Voices

 File — Box 51, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series: Material relating to Kirkland’s personal life and interests are divided into several subseries: awards; biographical notes; clippings; correspondence; J. Frank Dobie material; notes; photographs; speeches; subject files; and speeches.Awards (1953-1987) Kirkland won many awards during her lifetime, and was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame by Gov. Bill Clements in 1987. This subseries includes correspondence, photographs, and ephemera related to these honors. Awards are...
Dates: circa 1940-1991, undated

“Texas Voices and Visions”, undated

 File — Box 1995, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials related to Elizabeth Crook’s novels The Raven’s Bride, Promised Lands, Dog Hill Diaries (unpublished, working title)

Dates: undated

Texas Widows – newspaper clippings, correspondence, notes and other research materials, undated

 File — Box 703, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials from Jean Flynn’s writing career, materials include brochures from the Ruth Taylor Theater and the Dallas Theater, correspondence, research materials used for stories, manuscripts, thank you notes, newspaper clippings, posters, audiocassettes, drafts, various hats, and one Royal typewriter.

Dates: undated

“Texas Women”– research material including newspaper clippings and printouts from various internet sources, undated

 File — Box 1053, Folder: 2
Abstract From the Series:

Material consists mainly of drafts from both “soon to be published” and unpublished material.

Dates: undated

Texas Women's Hall of Fame, 1987

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series: Material relating to Kirkland’s personal life and interests are divided into several subseries: awards; biographical notes; clippings; correspondence; J. Frank Dobie material; notes; photographs; speeches; subject files; and speeches.Awards (1953-1987) Kirkland won many awards during her lifetime, and was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame by Gov. Bill Clements in 1987. This subseries includes correspondence, photographs, and ephemera related to these honors. Awards are...
Dates: 1987

Texas Women’s Hall of Fame Plaque

 Item — Box 56
Series Description From the Series: Material relating to Kirkland’s personal life and interests are divided into several subseries: awards; biographical notes; clippings; correspondence; J. Frank Dobie material; notes; photographs; speeches; subject files; and speeches.Awards (1953-1987) Kirkland won many awards during her lifetime, and was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame by Gov. Bill Clements in 1987. This subseries includes correspondence, photographs, and ephemera related to these honors. Awards are...
Dates: 1940-1952, undated

“Texas Writers Column"– notes, drafts, and numerous newspaper clippings of Alter’s column , undated

 File — Box 1097, Folder: 4-5
Abstract From the Series:

Material contains drafts, research, and numerous newspaper clippings related to Alter’s writing; original file labels appear in quotation marks.

Dates: undated

“Texian Iliad: A Narrative Military History of the Texas Revolution 1835-1836” by Stephen Hardin, thesis (1 of 2), August 1989

 File — Box 3135, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection consists of archival materials relating to the career of writer, Elizabeth Crook from 1961-2018. Majority of the materials in the collection are manuscript drafts of The Which Way Tree, Monday, Monday, and others. The collection also includes screenplay drafts of The Which Way Tree; promotional materials and research for her manuscripts; correspondence between Crook, editors, and Stephen Harrigan; as well as screenplay and manuscript drafts of Harrigan’s works such as Water...
Dates: August 1989

“Texian Iliad: A Narrative Military History of the Texas Revolution 1835-1836” by Stephen Hardin, thesis (2 of 2), August 1989

 File — Box 3135, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection consists of archival materials relating to the career of writer, Elizabeth Crook from 1961-2018. Majority of the materials in the collection are manuscript drafts of The Which Way Tree, Monday, Monday, and others. The collection also includes screenplay drafts of The Which Way Tree; promotional materials and research for her manuscripts; correspondence between Crook, editors, and Stephen Harrigan; as well as screenplay and manuscript drafts of Harrigan’s works such as Water...
Dates: August 1989

"Thanksgivin' is a time..."

 File — Box 17, Folder: 66
Series Description From the Series:

Although Kirkland never officially published her poetry on its own, it appears in her novels and short stories. For many years, her Christmas cards featured her Christmas poems which are listed here in chronological order by year. Also of particular interest is a one-of-a- kind handmade booklet of Kirkland's war poems written for World War II soldiers. Poems listed with quotation marks represent the first line of untitled poems.

Dates: 1944-1988, undated

“The 60’s”

 File — Box 11, Folder: 7
Series Description From the Series:

The fifth series is related to Eckhardt’s research, writing, and publishing of her memoir Duchess of Palms. It includes timelines of Eckhardt’s life and several working copies of the manuscript.

Dates: 1970-2009

The American Poetry Review (Vol. 13, Issue 3)- “A Different Eden", 1984

 Item — Box 10, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Miriam Sagan collection consists of nine series: Personal Papers, Writings by Sagan, Drafts, Writings Affiliated with Sagan, Reviews of Sagan’s Works, Writings by Others, Audiovisuals, Visuals, and Restricted Materials.  Miriam Sagan’s resume, letters of correspondence, notebooks, sketchbooks, publication information, awards and honors, books/juvenile books, zines, collections, journals, introductions, reviews, articles, and poem clippings, as well as photos and others’ reviews of the...
Dates: 1984

The Art of Love: New and Selected Poems, 1994

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Miriam Sagan collection consists of nine series: Personal Papers, Writings by Sagan, Drafts, Writings Affiliated with Sagan, Reviews of Sagan’s Works, Writings by Others, Audiovisuals, Visuals, and Restricted Materials.  Miriam Sagan’s resume, letters of correspondence, notebooks, sketchbooks, publication information, awards and honors, books/juvenile books, zines, collections, journals, introductions, reviews, articles, and poem clippings, as well as photos and others’ reviews of the...
Dates: 1994

The Art of Love reviews

 File — Box 23, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Miriam Sagan collection consists of nine series: Personal Papers, Writings by Sagan, Drafts, Writings Affiliated with Sagan, Reviews of Sagan’s Works, Writings by Others, Audiovisuals, Visuals, and Restricted Materials.  Miriam Sagan’s resume, letters of correspondence, notebooks, sketchbooks, publication information, awards and honors, books/juvenile books, zines, collections, journals, introductions, reviews, articles, and poem clippings, as well as photos and others’ reviews of the...
Dates: 1976-2010

“The Beach” “Cora’s Seduction” “A Few Spoken Words” “In a Strange Land” “Let Me Take You Away From It All” “Life Blood”

 File — Box 1, Folder: 4
Series Description From the Series: This series contains works generated by Hughes and constitutes the bulk of the collection. It is sub-divided into Short Stories and Poetry by Hughes. Short Stories are further sub-divided into Short Stories and Story Lines. Both are arranged alphabetically and arranged according to the type of document generally in order by handwritten note, typescript draft, typescript, typescript copy, copy, then submission to editor.Poetry is sub-divided into a Poem List, Poems, “Journey to a...
Dates: undated

“The Blood is Strong” clean complete typescript, undated

 File — Box 3, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Materials related to Elizabeth Crook’s novels The Raven’s Bride, Promised Lands, Dog Hill Diaries (unpublished, working title)

Dates: undated

"The Break Up", 1926

 File — Box 29, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series: Material relating to Kirkland’s personal life and interests are divided into several subseries: awards; biographical notes; clippings; correspondence; J. Frank Dobie material; notes; photographs; speeches; subject files; and speeches.Awards (1953-1987) Kirkland won many awards during her lifetime, and was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame by Gov. Bill Clements in 1987. This subseries includes correspondence, photographs, and ephemera related to these honors. Awards are...
Dates: 1926

The Chasm: A Dream (see also Dream Notes: The Chasm)

 File — Box 16, Folder: 8
Series Description From the Series:

Although Kirkland never officially published her poetry on its own, it appears in her novels and short stories. For many years, her Christmas cards featured her Christmas poems which are listed here in chronological order by year. Also of particular interest is a one-of-a- kind handmade booklet of Kirkland's war poems written for World War II soldiers. Poems listed with quotation marks represent the first line of untitled poems.

Dates: 1944-1988, undated

“The Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning” by Ellen Richards and S. Maria Elliott, 1907

 File — Box 3135, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection consists of archival materials relating to the career of writer, Elizabeth Crook from 1961-2018. Majority of the materials in the collection are manuscript drafts of The Which Way Tree, Monday, Monday, and others. The collection also includes screenplay drafts of The Which Way Tree; promotional materials and research for her manuscripts; correspondence between Crook, editors, and Stephen Harrigan; as well as screenplay and manuscript drafts of Harrigan’s works such as Water...
Dates: 1907