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Authors, American -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2960 Collections and/or Records:

“Freedom Riders Research”; “The Congress of Racial Equality and Its Strategy” by Marvin Rich, “Separate but Equal” doctrine, “A Touch of Research”, info on Jim Crow, [1950s-1960s]

 File — Box 2995, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection consists of archival materials relating to the career of screenplay writer and author, William (Bill) Broyles, Jr. from 1957-2014. Majority of the materials in the collection are research, notes, and drafts for Broyles’s screenplays for Khe Sanh, Spies, Emperor, and The Polar Express. The collection also includes annotated manuscript draft of Billy the Kid by David Killiam; screenplay drafts revised by Broyles of McFarland, Eragon, and Widowmaker; cassettes for China Beach;...
Dates: [1950s-1960s]

Freedom Riders screenplay by William Broyles Jr. , 2009

 File — Box 2983, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection consists of archival materials relating to the career of screenplay writer and author, William (Bill) Broyles, Jr. from 1957-2014. Majority of the materials in the collection are research, notes, and drafts for Broyles’s screenplays for Khe Sanh, Spies, Emperor, and The Polar Express. The collection also includes annotated manuscript draft of Billy the Kid by David Killiam; screenplay drafts revised by Broyles of McFarland, Eragon, and Widowmaker; cassettes for China Beach;...
Dates: 2009

“Freedom Riders-SNCC”; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, participants, undated

 File — Box 2995, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection consists of archival materials relating to the career of screenplay writer and author, William (Bill) Broyles, Jr. from 1957-2014. Majority of the materials in the collection are research, notes, and drafts for Broyles’s screenplays for Khe Sanh, Spies, Emperor, and The Polar Express. The collection also includes annotated manuscript draft of Billy the Kid by David Killiam; screenplay drafts revised by Broyles of McFarland, Eragon, and Widowmaker; cassettes for China Beach;...
Dates: undated

“Freedom Riders”; Southern culture: social & political, magazine coverage, 1945-1961

 File — Box 2995, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection consists of archival materials relating to the career of screenplay writer and author, William (Bill) Broyles, Jr. from 1957-2014. Majority of the materials in the collection are research, notes, and drafts for Broyles’s screenplays for Khe Sanh, Spies, Emperor, and The Polar Express. The collection also includes annotated manuscript draft of Billy the Kid by David Killiam; screenplay drafts revised by Broyles of McFarland, Eragon, and Widowmaker; cassettes for China Beach;...
Dates: 1945-1961

“Freedom Riders”; Text, undated

 File — Box 2995, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection consists of archival materials relating to the career of screenplay writer and author, William (Bill) Broyles, Jr. from 1957-2014. Majority of the materials in the collection are research, notes, and drafts for Broyles’s screenplays for Khe Sanh, Spies, Emperor, and The Polar Express. The collection also includes annotated manuscript draft of Billy the Kid by David Killiam; screenplay drafts revised by Broyles of McFarland, Eragon, and Widowmaker; cassettes for China Beach;...
Dates: undated

French program, 1984

 File — Box 3, Folder: 16
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: 1984

French translation, titled Le Dernier Pow Wow. Signed by “Danielle” with inscription, 1993

 File — Box 13, Folder: 5
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: 1993

Friends of PM press monthly subscription program poster with an excerpt of a Joe Lansdale book, 2016

 File — Box 2509, Folder: 49
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Archival materials following the life and career of an American writer, author, martial arts expert, and martial arts instructor Joe R. Lansdale. Majority of the materials in this collection are movie scripts of Christmas with the Dead; Christmas of the Dead 2; and episode scripts of Hap and Leonard. Included are floppy disks; Convention brochures and schedules; printed emails and letters to Joe Lansdale; convention passes; newspaper clippings; and proclamations, 2003-2016.

Dates: 2016

Galley proof, undated

 File — Box 18, 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: undated

Galleys

 File — Box 2, Folder: 6-7
Series Description From the Series:

This series contains documents pertaining to Flynn’s novels North to Yesterday, In the House of Our Lord, and The Last Klick. Also included in this series are materials related to Flynn’s published memoir A Personal War in Vietnam. Included are various draft typescripts, galleys, and plate proofs.

Dates: 1965-1967

Galleys

 File — Box 4, Folder: 1-2
Series Description From the Series:

This series contains documents pertaining to Flynn’s novels North to Yesterday, In the House of Our Lord, and The Last Klick. Also included in this series are materials related to Flynn’s published memoir A Personal War in Vietnam. Included are various draft typescripts, galleys, and plate proofs.

Dates: 1969

Galleys for Vintage publication of States of Shock, Far North,and Silent Tongue

 File — Box 23, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series:

Cover art proposals and galleys for compilations of Shepard’s work published by Vintage and Bantam comprise this series.

Dates: 1984-1993

General, 1983-2004

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series:

The series includes subseries of certificates, legal documents (including publisher correspondence), financial (limited financial documents), notes/story ideas (may provide insight into story generation process), personal papers (includes contacts and calendars), publicity (primarily interviews), readings, and general correspondence (identified by individual or sorted chronologically).

Dates: 1983-2004

General publicity. Includes publisher publicity, bookstore publications, Publishers Weekly articles, and other materials, 1993-1997

 File — Box 13, Folder: 7
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: 1993-1997

German Magazines-Mobil; Tropen Frujahr, 2013

 File — Box 1862, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Additional material for the Joe R. Lansdale archive, donated by Joe R. Lansdale. This donation contains drafts and proofs for novels and short stories, correspondence, clippings, international publications featuring articles about Lansdale, badges, memorabilia, and numerous publications and promotional items from conventions and events in which Lansdale participated.

Dates: 2013

Germany

 File — Box 6, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series:

The series includes subseries of certificates, legal documents (including publisher correspondence), financial (limited financial documents), notes/story ideas (may provide insight into story generation process), personal papers (includes contacts and calendars), publicity (primarily interviews), readings, and general correspondence (identified by individual or sorted chronologically).

Dates: 1952-2004, undated

Germany – Isabel Schneider Dissertation

 File — Box 6, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series:

The series includes subseries of certificates, legal documents (including publisher correspondence), financial (limited financial documents), notes/story ideas (may provide insight into story generation process), personal papers (includes contacts and calendars), publicity (primarily interviews), readings, and general correspondence (identified by individual or sorted chronologically).

Dates: 1952-2004, undated

Germany – Publicity

 File — Box 6, Folder: 2
Series Description From the Series:

The series includes subseries of certificates, legal documents (including publisher correspondence), financial (limited financial documents), notes/story ideas (may provide insight into story generation process), personal papers (includes contacts and calendars), publicity (primarily interviews), readings, and general correspondence (identified by individual or sorted chronologically).

Dates: 1952-2004, undated

Gillette

 Sub-subseries
Series Description From the Series:

Drafts, manuscripts, and typescripts of Hauptman’s plays, teleplay, screenplays, short stories, poetry, novel, articles and criticism are located in this series. Titles under each genre are filed alphabetically. Related correspondence, reviews, clippings, publicity, and playbills are filed after the draft or script for each title.

Dates: 1972-1986, undated