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American poetry -- Texas

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 978 Collections and/or Records:

Adult Instruction, 1988 - 2013

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Instruction Series documents Nye’s considerable teaching work for twelve years in public schools across Texas as part of the Texas Commission on the Arts Writers in the Schools Programs, and in other parts of the United States and particularly the Arabic-speaking world. The bulk of the materials consists of student poems, collected into photocopied or mimeographed publications, many from San Antonio Independent School District schools. Also included are single poems and songs, and...
Dates: 1988 - 2013

Ahmad - Cookies

 File — Box 20, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

"Ahmad and Hanna," "Any Idea," "Ashtray," "Beet Cake," "Begonias," "Box," "Bringing in the Sheaves," "Cat Lips," "Camel Like Only Camel," "Coats on the Bed," "The Cookies."

Dates: circa 1970s - 2010s

Alastair Reid

 File — Box 46, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Series: Works by Others include musical and theatrical adaptations of Nye’s works, Artist Files compiled by Shihab Nye, and Collected and Received materials. Artist Files include clippings on Ashley Bryan, who illustrated Salting the Ocean: 100 Poems by Young Poets. Artist Files also include drafts, clippings, publications, correspondence, and other materials by Texas writers Roberto Bonazzi, Sandra Cisneros, Albert Huffstickler, Jack Myers, John Phillip Santos, and San Antonio politician Maury...
Dates: 1985-2011, undated

Albert Huffstickler

 File — Box 46, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Poems and chapbooks inscribed to Nye

Dates: 1985-2011, undated

Albums, 1979 - 1981

 File — Box 49, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Rutabaga-Roo: I've Got a Song and It's for You, 1979. Long-playing record., Rutabaga-Roo, circa 1979. Promotional poster and 45 rpm record sleeve. Lullaby Raft, 1981. Long-playing record.

Dates: 1979 - 1981

“Alive", 2013

 File — Box 28, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Poetry at Round Top

Dates: 2013

“American Bookseller” magazine, August 1988

 File — Box 1894, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Series: Personal papers of author James Crumley. These items were collected from his home and reflect Crumley’s professional writing career and personal life. This collection includes multiple drafts of Crumley’s screenplays and novels, international translations, and publicity; some writings by other authors; drawings and work by Crumley’s first wife, Martha Elizabeth; correspondence; a sampling of documents that reflect his medical and financial history; reviews; publicity; photographs; office...
Dates: August 1988

American Cultural Center Lahore, 1983

 File — Box 40, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Instruction Series documents Nye’s considerable teaching work for twelve years in public schools across Texas as part of the Texas Commission on the Arts Writers in the Schools Programs, and in other parts of the United States and particularly the Arabic-speaking world. The bulk of the materials consists of student poems, collected into photocopied or mimeographed publications, many from San Antonio Independent School District schools. Also included are single poems and songs, and...
Dates: 1983

“An Evening with the Doctor”, a graphic novel by Charles Fischer , undated

 File — Box 1892, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents From the Series: Personal papers of author James Crumley. These items were collected from his home and reflect Crumley’s professional writing career and personal life. This collection includes multiple drafts of Crumley’s screenplays and novels, international translations, and publicity; some writings by other authors; drawings and work by Crumley’s first wife, Martha Elizabeth; correspondence; a sampling of documents that reflect his medical and financial history; reviews; publicity; photographs; office...
Dates: undated

“And Now”, Aprilssss 15, 2013

 File — Box 29, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Voices de la Luna

Dates: Aprilssss 15, 2013

Appearances, 1977-2017, undated

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Forty-eight document boxes and seven oversized boxes containing drafts, diaries and notebooks, photographic material, correspondence, and published material document the working life of poet, writer, and educator Naomi Shihab Nye (1952-). The collection has been arranged into seven series: Series I: Personal and Biographical; Series II: Works; Series III: Correspondence; Series IV: Instruction; Series V: Appearances and Awards; Series VI: Writings on Nye; and Series VII: Works by Others....
Dates: 1977-2017, undated

Appearances

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Forty-eight document boxes and seven oversized boxes containing drafts, diaries and notebooks, photographic material, correspondence, and published material document the working life of poet, writer, and educator Naomi Shihab Nye (1952-). The collection has been arranged into seven series: Series I: Personal and Biographical; Series II: Works; Series III: Correspondence; Series IV: Instruction; Series V: Appearances and Awards; Series VI: Writings on Nye; and Series VII: Works by Others....
Dates: 1977-2017, undated

Appearances and Awards, 1974-2017, undated

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Forty-eight document boxes and seven oversized boxes containing drafts, diaries and notebooks, photographic material, correspondence, and published material document the working life of poet, writer, and educator Naomi Shihab Nye (1952-). The collection has been arranged into seven series: Series I: Personal and Biographical; Series II: Works; Series III: Correspondence; Series IV: Instruction; Series V: Appearances and Awards; Series VI: Writings on Nye; and Series VII: Works by Others....
Dates: 1974-2017, undated

Apple Print, 1969

 File
Scope and Contents

Robert E. Lee high school work.

Dates: 1969

Appointment Books, 1988 - 2015, undated

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents From the Series: The largest series by far is Works. Subseries include Diaries, Notebooks, Appointment Books, Artwork, Early Work, Music, Poems, Monographs-Poetry, Monographs-Edited Poetry, Monographs-Prose, Editor Correspondence, Short Stories, Essays, Publications, Artbooks, Broadsides, and Talks.Diaries and Notebooks are arranged chronologically and include diary entries starting at age eight, and ideas and drafts for poems and longer writings. Individual works are noted where possible....
Dates: 1988 - 2015, undated

“April Fools’ Day in Ada, Oklahoma,” “Torn Map", Spring-Summer 2017

 File — Box 29, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

Oklahoma Humanities

Dates: Spring-Summer 2017

Arabic Coffee, 1986

 File — Box 30, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: The largest series by far is Works. Subseries include Diaries, Notebooks, Appointment Books, Artwork, Early Work, Music, Poems, Monographs-Poetry, Monographs-Edited Poetry, Monographs-Prose, Editor Correspondence, Short Stories, Essays, Publications, Artbooks, Broadsides, and Talks.Diaries and Notebooks are arranged chronologically and include diary entries starting at age eight, and ideas and drafts for poems and longer writings. Individual works are noted where possible....
Dates: 1986

“Are We Friends?", December 15, 2009

 File — Box 27, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Voices de la Luna

Dates: December 15, 2009

Art

 File — Box 48, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Series: Works by Others include musical and theatrical adaptations of Nye’s works, Artist Files compiled by Shihab Nye, and Collected and Received materials. Artist Files include clippings on Ashley Bryan, who illustrated Salting the Ocean: 100 Poems by Young Poets. Artist Files also include drafts, clippings, publications, correspondence, and other materials by Texas writers Roberto Bonazzi, Sandra Cisneros, Albert Huffstickler, Jack Myers, John Phillip Santos, and San Antonio politician Maury...
Dates: 1981-2014 , undated