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American poetry -- Texas

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1318 Collections and/or Records:

“Angela Blanchard”; Correspondence, 1999

 File — Box 2845, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Included within the collection are correspondence; photos of Cook through the years starting from childhood; Cook’s poetry during grade school; and a Robbers TV pitch. Box 2853 is Restricted until 2025. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Cook’s original descriptions.

Dates: 1999
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Christopher Cook Accessions / Accession 2018-083

“Anita Johnson”; Correspondence, 1999

 File — Box 2845, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Included within the collection are correspondence; photos of Cook through the years starting from childhood; Cook’s poetry during grade school; and a Robbers TV pitch. Box 2853 is Restricted until 2025. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Cook’s original descriptions.

Dates: 1999
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Christopher Cook Accessions / Accession 2018-083

“Annex O, Human Services, Harris County, Texas”; Research materials for Christopher Cook’s nonfiction work on natural disasters in Houston (13 of 21), August 2008

 File — Box 2841, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Included within the collection are correspondence; photos of Cook through the years starting from childhood; Cook’s poetry during grade school; and a Robbers TV pitch. Box 2853 is Restricted until 2025. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Cook’s original descriptions.

Dates: August 2008
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Christopher Cook Accessions / Accession 2018-083

Annotated drafts of “River of Love”, “The Opera”, “A Jealous Man”, “A Star in the East”, and “The Scorpion”, including notes, 1995-1999

 File — Box 2848, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Included within the collection are correspondence; photos of Cook through the years starting from childhood; Cook’s poetry during grade school; and a Robbers TV pitch. Box 2853 is Restricted until 2025. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Cook’s original descriptions.

Dates: 1995-1999
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Christopher Cook Accessions / Accession 2018-083

Annotated drafts of “Sister Persons”, “Burton the Magnificent”, and “La Closerie des Lilas”, 1994-1999

 File — Box 2848, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Included within the collection are correspondence; photos of Cook through the years starting from childhood; Cook’s poetry during grade school; and a Robbers TV pitch. Box 2853 is Restricted until 2025. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Cook’s original descriptions.

Dates: 1994-1999
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Christopher Cook Accessions / Accession 2018-083

Annotated handwritten and typed drafts of “Storm Cycle”, including notes , 1994

 File — Box 2850, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Included within the collection are correspondence; photos of Cook through the years starting from childhood; Cook’s poetry during grade school; and a Robbers TV pitch. Box 2853 is Restricted until 2025. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Cook’s original descriptions.

Dates: 1994
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Christopher Cook Accessions / Accession 2018-083

Annotated handwritten drafts of “Video”, “The Joker”, “Legs”, and others, 1993-1996

 File — Box 2848, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Included within the collection are correspondence; photos of Cook through the years starting from childhood; Cook’s poetry during grade school; and a Robbers TV pitch. Box 2853 is Restricted until 2025. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Cook’s original descriptions.

Dates: 1993-1996
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Christopher Cook Accessions / Accession 2018-083

Annotated Rolanda’s Slender Ankles draft, including notes and photos for research, pgs. 1-90, (1 of 2), 1992

 File — Box 2851, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Included within the collection are correspondence; photos of Cook through the years starting from childhood; Cook’s poetry during grade school; and a Robbers TV pitch. Box 2853 is Restricted until 2025. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Cook’s original descriptions.

Dates: 1992
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Christopher Cook Accessions / Accession 2018-083

Annotated Rolanda’s Slender Ankles draft, including notes and photos for research, pgs. 91-240 (2 of 2) , 1992

 File — Box 2851, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Included within the collection are correspondence; photos of Cook through the years starting from childhood; Cook’s poetry during grade school; and a Robbers TV pitch. Box 2853 is Restricted until 2025. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Cook’s original descriptions.

Dates: 1992
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Christopher Cook Accessions / Accession 2018-083

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
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Naomi Shihab Nye Papers / Appearances and Awards

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
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Naomi Shihab Nye Papers / Appearances and Awards / Appearances

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
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Naomi Shihab Nye Papers

Apple Print, 1969

 File
Scope and Contents

Robert E. Lee high school work.

Dates: 1969
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Naomi Shihab Nye Papers / Works / Artwork

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
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Naomi Shihab Nye Papers / Works

Appreciative Journey, A New Century Evolution of the Settlement House Movement, 2010

 File — Box 2842, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Included within the collection are correspondence; photos of Cook through the years starting from childhood; Cook’s poetry during grade school; and a Robbers TV pitch. Box 2853 is Restricted until 2025. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Cook’s original descriptions.

Dates: 2010
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Christopher Cook Accessions / Accession 2018-083

“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
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Naomi Shihab Nye Papers / Works / Publications

“April Salem”; Correspondence, 1999-2000

 File — Box 2845, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Included within the collection are correspondence; photos of Cook through the years starting from childhood; Cook’s poetry during grade school; and a Robbers TV pitch. Box 2853 is Restricted until 2025. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Cook’s original descriptions.

Dates: 1999-2000
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Christopher Cook Accessions / Accession 2018-083

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
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Naomi Shihab Nye Papers / Works / Artbooks

“Arabic Room," "Hello Palestine," "For Aziz, Who Loved Jerusalem", October 2008

 File — Box 27, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

The Sun

Dates: October 2008
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Naomi Shihab Nye Papers / Works / Publications

“Are We Friends?", December 15, 2009

 File — Box 27, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Voices de la Luna

Dates: December 15, 2009
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Naomi Shihab Nye Papers / Works / Publications