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Authors, American -- 20th century

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2960 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence, business, 1969

 File — Box 7, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection: When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his lifetime. Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it turned out, had preserved an archive after all. The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s boxes, include...
Dates: 1969

Correspondence, business, 1998

 File — Box 7, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Collection: When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his lifetime. Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it turned out, had preserved an archive after all. The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s boxes, include...
Dates: 1998

Correspondence, business, 2000-2003

 File — Box 7, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Collection: When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his lifetime. Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it turned out, had preserved an archive after all. The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s boxes, include...
Dates: 2000-2003

Correspondence, business, 2005

 File — Box 7, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents From the Collection: When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his lifetime. Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it turned out, had preserved an archive after all. The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s boxes, include...
Dates: 2005

Correspondence, business, 2006-2009

 File — Box 7, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents From the Collection: When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his lifetime. Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it turned out, had preserved an archive after all. The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s boxes, include...
Dates: 2006-2009

Correspondence, business, 2010-2011

 File — Box 7, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents From the Collection: When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his lifetime. Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it turned out, had preserved an archive after all. The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s boxes, include...
Dates: 2010-2011

Correspondence, business, 2012

 File — Box 7, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents From the Collection: When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his lifetime. Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it turned out, had preserved an archive after all. The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s boxes, include...
Dates: 2012

Correspondence, business (1 of 3) includes Gringos screenplay commissioned by Stephen Purvis, 2004

 File — Box 7, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection: When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his lifetime. Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it turned out, had preserved an archive after all. The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s boxes, include...
Dates: 2004

Correspondence, business (2 of 3) includes Gringos screenplay, 2004

 File — Box 7, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents From the Collection: When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his lifetime. Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it turned out, had preserved an archive after all. The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s boxes, include...
Dates: 2004

Correspondence, business (3 of 3), 2004

 File — Box 7, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents From the Collection: When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his lifetime. Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it turned out, had preserved an archive after all. The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s boxes, include...
Dates: 2004

Correspondence concerning endorsements by authors, 1992

 File — Box 14, Folder: 2
Series Description From the Series: This series consists of correspondence, notes and research material, draft manuscripts, final copies, and publicity related to Querry’s five major books. Correspondence may include personal- and publisher-related letters, contracts, permissions, and/or financial documents related to his books and notes and research material may contain newspaper clippings, journal articles, books, VHS tapes, and/or government bulletins. Of special note is that Querry has signed most of the final copies....
Dates: 1992

Correspondence, condolences re: Portis’s death, 2020

 File — Box 10, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his lifetime. Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it turned out, had preserved an archive after all. The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s boxes, include...
Dates: 2020

Correspondence, family, 1962-1965

 File — Box 10, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his lifetime. Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it turned out, had preserved an archive after all. The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s boxes, include...
Dates: 1962-1965

Correspondence, family, 1966-1970

 File — Box 10, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his lifetime. Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it turned out, had preserved an archive after all. The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s boxes, include...
Dates: 1966-1970

Correspondence, family, 2000-2010

 File — Box 10, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: When Portis died, he left no indication that he’d saved any of his manuscripts or letters. It seemed the author intended to remain as low-key in his afterlife as he had been during his lifetime. Then, in 2022 a remarkable discovery was made in the basement of a Little Rock home. Workers went into a crawl space to do HVAC work and found huge stacks of papers. Portis, as it turned out, had preserved an archive after all. The recovered materials, which amount to thirteen banker’s boxes, include...
Dates: 2000-2010

Correspondence for The Second Trail of Tears. Correspondents include Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Press, and others, 1991-1993

 File — Box 21, Folder: 4
Series Description From the Series: This series includes Ron Querry’s early works and book ideas, such as an early attempt at autobiography, his dissertation from the University of New Mexico, book proposals, and titled sketches. Also included are published short works in newspapers, journals, magazines, and unidentified articles, and book reviews and papers relating to the Choctaw Nation, for example correspondence relating to The Second Trail of Tears (book), documents concerning “Trail of...
Dates: 1991-1993

Correspondence from 7 Stages director Faye Allen and from lighting designer Ann Millitello regarding the death of a friend named John Dodd, 1991, 1998

 File — Box 6, Folder: 8
Series Description From the Series:

The series for Plays is the largest of Shepard’s works and includes notes, annotated typescripts, playbills, programs, correspondence, sound recordings, rehearsal schedules, reviews, and publicity. This series is notable in that Shepard meticulously identified each annotated draft with the date and place (by city and state) of each revision, and there tend to be multiple drafts of each work represented.

Dates: 1991, 1998

Correspondence from Broyles to his parents, February 10, 1976 including a copy of letter he wrote to Representative Barbara Jordan, February 3, 1976 including his response to correspondence relating to his appearance on the Today Show; Correspondence from Broyles to his parents including Texas Monthly’s entry statement for the National Magazine Award for the Specialized Journalism category , April 7, 1976

 File — Box 3931, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Series: Archival material donated by writer William Broyles, the bulk of the material is from 1965-2013. This addition includes many materials relating to his magazine career, including clippings documenting the founding of Texas Monthly, Broyles’ time as editor of Newsweek, and many of the articles he wrote for other publications. It also documents his film career, with many “progress files” for movies he wrote that include all correspondence documenting the project usually from inception to the...
Dates: April 7, 1976