Personal correspondence, Correspondence from various cities and schools dealing with folk festivals and requests for Owens' assistance and participation. Also includes notes from Texas A & M concerning salary. April 21 - April 30, 1941

Personal correspondence, Letters concerning Owens' folksong research. Also includes correspondence from friends congratulating Owens upon receiving his Ph.D. June 1941

Personal correspondence, Correspondence requesting Owens' participation and assistance in folksong and folk festival programs. September 1941

Personal correspondence, Correspondence with Alistair Cooke and the British Braodcasting Company concerning Owens' assistance with the American music program, letters sent to Owens from Roy Bedichek, letter referring to Grant Wood's terminal illness, and a letter from the War Department concerning Owens' offer to join the service. January 1942

Personal correspondence, Correspondence written during Owens' term of service in the Army. June 12 - June 31, 1942

Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens during his time in the Army. Includes letters referring to a friend of Owens who was missing in action. December 1942

Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens while in the Army - includes letters concerning Owens' work on folksongrecordings. January - December 1943

Personal correspondence, Contains family correspondence and letters concerning articles, short stories, and the novel by Owens. Also includes a story by one of Owens' former students. May 27 - May 31, 1946

Personal correspondence, Correspondence with Mayo discussing employment at Texas A & M. Also includes letters discussing Walking on Borrowed Land and articles by Owens. July 1946

Personal correspondence, Letters discussing short stories and novels by Owens. August 14 - August 29, 1946

Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' short stories. Also includes letters and an itinerary concerning lectures and guest appearances by Owens. May - June 1947

Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' books. November 1947.

Fever in the Earth, notes on memopads.

Fever in the Earth, partial draft with revisions, Chapters 1 & 2.

Fever in the Earth, partial draft with revisions, Chapters 10 & 18.

Fever in the Earth, partial drafts and notes.

Fever in the Earth, partial drafts and notes.

Fever in the Earth, partial drafts and notes.

Fever in the Earth, early draft - No Toil No Death No Danger, pp. 25-51a.

Fever in the Earth, early draft - No Toil No Death No Danger, pp. 235-264.

Fever in the Earth, First draft of No Toil No Death No Danger, including notes, pp. 1-36.

Fever in the Earth, First draft of No Toil No Death No Danger, pp. 37-65.

Fever in the Earth, First draft of No Toil No Death No Danger, pp. 177-215.

Fever in the Earth, First draft of No Toil No Death No Danger, pp. 216-242.

Fever in the Earth, Second draft of No Toil No Death No Danger, pp. 132-161.

Fever in the Earth, Second draft of No Toil No Death No Danger, pp. 281-315.

Fever in the Earth, manuscript - unedited and uncut, pp. 248-269.

Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing the National Humanities Series and other lectures by Owens, matters concerning Columbia, and books by Owens. February 1971

Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' work on schools in Lamar County, Texas, affairs at Columbia, author Alfred Wilkes, speaking engagements, and books by Owens. March 1971

Personal correspondence, Correspondence and information regarding the 1971 Association of University Summer Sessions meeting, speeches given by Owens at the Louisiana Folklore Society meeting and various East Texas schools on oil tales and folklore, William A. Owens Day in Commerce, Texas, and parents' seminars which Owens helped organize. April 20 - April 29, 1971

Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Slave Mutiny and Walking on Borrowed Land. Letters concerning Alfred Wilkes. July 1971

Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning books by Owens and his work on the Big Thicket book, Annie Laurie Williams' papers at Columbia's archives including copies of a letter by John Steinbeck and Maurice Crain, books by Alfred Wilkes, the lectures at Community Colleges of the University of Hawaii and Northwestern State University, and the Association of University Summer Sessions meeting. September 1971

Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the Philosophical Society of Texas Annual Meeting of 1971 including a program and membership information, the article by Owens for the Peace Happiness Prosperity Institute, and the Big Thicket book. December 1971.