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A Fair and Happy Land Research Materials, Manuscripts and Drafts

Papers relating to A Fair and Happy Land (1975) including background material and Owens' research on the Cleaver and Bragg families, and book reviews. Notes and early typescripts of sections of A Fair and Happy Land. , as well as a first, second and thirddrafts, edited manuscript with layouts, photocopies of manuscripts with revisions. Also includes two books of page proofs.

William A. Owens Papers, Part One

  • TxAM-CRS 23
  • Collection
  • 1922-1979

This collection contains papers documenting Owens' teaching and writing career from 1928 to 1979. Items of special interest in the collection include lyrics to many folksongs and recordings made by Owens in the 1930s and 1940s of folksingers as well as recorded readings of Robert Frost, interviews of early oil pioneers of Texas, legal papers for Owens vs. Fawcett Publications, Inc. and David Holland concerning True magazine's plagiarism of Slave Mutiny, and letters of Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb, and Mody C. Boatright.

The correspondence is further separated into three areas: personal correspondence; correspondence with Owens' literary agent, Maurice Crain; and correspondence regarding Owens' books. Some overlapping exists between these areas. In the personal correspondence section, letters discussing Owens' books are largely from friends and fans and are nontechnical in nature. The correspondence with Maurice Crain concerns the publication procedures and business aspect of his writings while the boxes of letters specifically concerning the books deal primarily with the writing and development of the books.

The personal correspondence is arranged chronologically from 1932 to 1975. The letters are concerned with associations and societies to which Owens belonged; speaking engagements by Owens; programs in which he was involved; awards presented to Owens; and Owens' teaching career which includes letters to Owens as Director of Folk Festivals at the University of Texas, as an instructor at Texas A&M University, and as Professor and Dean of Summer Sessions at Columbia University. Other letters concern Owens' service as an Intelligence Officer in World War II and his early work with folksongs. In addition to correspondence from Owens' family and friends, there are letters congratulating Owens on his publications and requesting his literary advice. Of special interest are letters from famous persons such as Grant Wood, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Nelson Rockefeller.

Correspondence with Maurice Crain contains letters from 1950 to 1959. The letters discuss publication and promotional plans for Owens' books and short stories. Other subject areas include foreign and domestic contracts for publication, royalty statements, and motion picture plans for several books.

The correspondence concerning books is arranged in chronological order based on the year of the book's publication. Included are letters regarding contracts with publishers, royalty statements, motion picture rights, and lectures on the books. Numerous letters discuss Owens' research and recordings of folksongs for Texas Folk Songs. Additional correspondence with Mrs. Walter B. Sharp, Dudley Sharp, and other oil pioneers refers to the Oral History of Texas Oil Pioneers.

Material concerning Owens' books includes background material, book reviews, typescripts, drafts, and in most cases galley proofs and page proofs. The boxes are arranged chronologically according to the publication date from the earliest to the last. However, the revised edition of Texas Folk Songs which was published in 1976 is included with the papers of the 1950 edition. Labels that Owens used on the papers, such as the numbers of a draft, have been retained, and where there was no designation of a draft number, the typescript is merely labeled typescript, early draft, or manuscript. The papers include both photocopies and ribbon copies and duplicates of typescripts. Typescript and manuscript are used interchangeably as labels.

The evolution of each of Owens' books can be seen through the background material and copies of drafts. In the first folders are Owens' research material and notes, book reviews, advertisements, and other information pertaining to the book in subject matter. Copies of typescripts, from the earliest to the final edited manuscript are next with the last folders containing galley proofs and page proofs. Through the revisions and changes made by Owens in each subsequent draft, the progressive development of notes and a rough outline into a complete and polished publication is revealed. Papers of major interest include a copy of Owens' doctoral dissertation on folksongs for the State University of Iowa (June 1941) with Texas Folk Songs material, the legal papers from the Owens vs. Fawcett Publications, Inc. and David Holland concerning Slave Mutiny, interviews of oil pioneers of Texas with material for Oral History of Texas Oil Pioneers and Walter B. Sharp biography, and the correspondence of Dobie, Bedichek, and Webb revealing their ideas about many varied subjects included with Three Friends material.

Other writings by Owens comprise the next section of the collection. Articles and short stories are filed alphabetically. Book reviews are grouped together in one folder. Speeches are filed last and are labeled with the title or meeting at which they were given and the date if known. Typescripts exist of most of the articles and short stories, and duplicate copies are retained. Some of these writings occur in their published version and are labeled with the title and date of the magazine in which they were printed. The dates of the other stories and articles are unknown. The subjects of Owens' stories and articles cover a wide range of subjects and span the entirety of his writing career. Published excerpts from his books such as This Stubborn Soil and Tales From the Derrick Floor are included in this group as well.

The personal data concerning Owens contains biographical information such as vitae, resumes, publications concerning programs and lectures in which he participated, and material relating to his teaching career. Additional material documents his years at Columbia University and awards presented to him. Newspaper articles and photographs from 1940 to 1974 concern Owens' many interests and involvement in programs as well as his books and teaching career.

The next boxes in the collection contain miscellaneous material kept by Owens. Many oil history photographs and newspapers articles relating to subjects in which Owens was interested are included. Articles by other authors, some signed by the author and some written by friends of Owens, along with magazines and publications collected by Owens are filed in this section. The miscellaneous publications are divided into three categories: literary publications, college publications, and remaining miscellaneous publications. These deal with a wide variety of subjects in which Owens was apparently interested.

The remaining three boxes contain aluminum discs of recordings made by Owens of various folksingers and country people of the South. Note cards listing titles numbered to correspond with the records are filed with the discs. Owens also made recordings of readings by Robert Frost in 1939, and these provide a valuable addition to the collection.

Copies of Owens' books are shelved with the boxed papers. Oversize items including an advertisement for Three Friends: Bedichek, Dobie, Webb, color prints of the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission, and maps and genealogies for A Fair and Happy Land are housed separately in oversize flat storage.

Owens, William A., 1905-1990

Writings by Other Authors

66/1: Publications of the University of Texas. The Controversy At the University of Texas mentions the proposed dismissal of Bedichek and the Texas Ranger mentions Bedichek. (August 1945) (September 1948)

66/3: Alezander Z. Kruse - 50 Years in American Art.

66/4: Arizona Highways.

66/5: "Army Counter Intelligence and Fort Holabird".

66/6: "Art exhibit programs". Introduction to Charles Russell by Dobie.

66/7: "Brazilian Popular Music".

66/8: A Japanese Songbook found by Owens in the Philippines in 1944.

66/9: The Egg and the Eye publications.

66/10: The Episcopal New Yorker, April 1972.

66/11: Far Eastern Survey.

66/12: For Texas Health, May 1958.

66/13: Ford Motor Company Annual Report, 1960 and 1961.

66/14: Ford Motor Company Annual Report, 1960 and 1961.

66/15: "How Long Shall We Hold the Bag?"

66/16: The Library of American Literature - 143 plates that came with Texas Folk Songs material.

66/17: Pamphlet on Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

66/18: The New Day newspaper.

66/19: The Old Print Shop Portfolio. Section on Texas.

66/20: The Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings for 1968 and 1969.

66/21: Pioneer News-Observer, August 1970.

66/22: Report of the Second Conference on Planning For the Dictionary of the American Dialect Society, 1950.

66/23: Sale Time catalogs of Ramsey's 777 Ranch in Paris, Texas.

66/24: Scioto County in Facts and Figures.

66/25: Spindletop - A Texas Titan.

66/26: Spirit of the West pamphlet on rodeos with pictures by Lawrence Tenney Stevens.

66/27: Texas maps (1957). Earl Rudder was Land Commissioner.

66/28: The Texas Observer, Article on H. B. Zachary. May 21, 1971.

66/29: Texas Parade, Article on Dobie. October 1970.

66/30: Booklet for the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation.

66/31: Signatures of famous persons.

Writings by Other Authors

65/1: The Southwest and West Coast in Literature.

65/2: Springboard to Journalism.

65/3: Writer's Digest, June 1950.

65/4: The Yale Literary Magazine, February 1950.

65/5: American Petroleum Institute Quarterly, Winter story concerning Spindletop. 1958 -

65/6: The Atlantic, October 1950.

65/7: Life, two-part article on Texas (July 1, 1966 and July 8, 1966).

65/8: The Magnolia News, April-May 1951.

65/9: The New York Times Magazine, March 14, 1965.

65/10: Petroleum Today, Winter 1960-1961.

65/11: Saturday Review, September 28, 1957.

65/12: Southern Living Magazine, March 1970.

65/13: Telephone Review, October 1958.

65/14: Time, August 30, 1948.

65/15: Time, September 6, 1948.

65/16: Time, (p. 2 mentions Webb). January 2, 1950

65/17: Weep No More, My Lady.

65/18: Publications of Columbia University.

65/19: Publications of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America

65/20: Publications of Temple Junior College - Collage '69.

65/21: Publications of Temple Junior College - Collage '70.

65/22: Publications of Temple Junior College - Collage '71.

65/23: Publications of Temple Junior College - Collage '72.

65/24: Publications of Texas A & M University.

65/25: Publications of the University of Tennessee. Section on Texas mentions Dobie, Webb, and Boatright.

Writings by Other Authors

64/1: John I. Stack - "Rain on His Face".

64/2: Wilfred B. Talman - "The Eternal Spring".

64/3: Mark Twain - "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses".

64/4: Charles R. Underhill, Jr. - Historical Sketches of Ye Ancient Towne of Canterbury, Connecticut.

64/5: Walter Prescott Webb - "The Great Frontier and Modern Literature".

64/6: "Brief Articles and Notes" and "Sick Jokes".

64/7: American Literature, January 1948.

64/8: American Literature, March 1948.

64/9: The American Scholar, Summer 1967.

64/10: The American Writer, 6 volumes (1953-1954).

64/11: Beast Forms, poetry booklet.

64/12: Bones magazine.

64/13: Broadside of the Theatre Library Association.

64/14: Checklist of Contributors to Esquire Magazine - includes Dobie's name.

64/15: Descant: Texas Christian University Literary Journal, Spring 1964 and 1965.

64/16: Desiderata.

64/17: Forthcoming '67 of East Texas State University.

64/18: Journal of American Folklore - includes review of Boatright's Mexican Border Ballads and Other Lore.

64/19: New York Herald Tribune Book Review, October 8, 1950.

64/20: New York Times Book Review, January 30, 1955 and June 24, 1962.

64/21: New York Times Book Review, July 22, 1962 and August 19, 1962.

64/22: Review of Porgy and Bess from Eastern European and Communist Countries.

64/23: Southwest Review, Winter 1966.

Writings by Other Authors

63/1: Thomas Anderson - "The Invasion" - a short story.

63/2: Alfred Appel, Jr. - "Nabokov's Puppet Show", "Powerhouse Blues", "Vladimir Nabokov".

63/3: Jay Bailey - "Historical Origin and Stylistic Development of the Five String Banjo".

63/4: Roy Bedichek - "My Father and Then My Mother" (transcribed from tapes by Owens).

63/5: Mody C. Boatright - "How Will Boatright Made Bits and Spurs".

63/6: John Mason Brown - "King Sized Texan: George Sessions Perry".

63/7: Lord Butler - "The Difficult Art of Autobiography".

63/8: Roger Butterfield - "Search for a Black Past".

63/9: Lucille Arcola Chambers - Negro Pioneers/ "Benjamin Banneker - Mathematician and Astronomer".

63/10: Donald Leman Clark - "Ancient Rhetoric and English Renaissance Literature", "The Intellectual Development of John Milton", "Imitation: Theory and Practice in Roman Rhetoric", "John Milton and William Chappell", "The Rise and Fall of Prodymnasmata in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Grammar School".

63/11: Robert Cluett - "English and the American High School", "Our Linguistic Inflation".

63/12: David Brooks Cofer - Saint-Simonism in the Radicalism of Thomas Carlyle.

63/13: Thomas F. Connally - "Shakespeare and the Double Man".

63/14: Robert Cotner and Peyton E. Cook - "Dudley Crawford Sharp - Secretary for Air". Mentions the oil history tapes recorded by Owens and Boatright.

63/15: R. H. Dickerson - "Death on Wheels".

63/16: J. Frank Dobie - "The Archives War of Texas" and "His Looks and My Ways Would Hang Any Man".

63/17: Mrs. J. Frank Dobie - "The Pleasure Frank Dobie Took in Grass".

63/18: Kenneth E. Eble - "Howell's Kisses", "Once Again - Faculty Salaries", "Our Serious Comies", "The Western Ideals of William Dean Howells".

63/19: Thomas Fenner - "The Making of an Opera Critic: Leigh Hunt".

63/20: Leslie A. Fiedler - "Hiss, Chambers, and the Age of Innocence".

63/21: Bascom Giles - "History and Disposition of Texas Public Domain".

63/22: Albert Guerard - "The Quick and the Dead - English or Literature".

63/23: Pete Gunter - galleys for The Big Thicket: A Challenge for Conservation, pp. 1-24.

63/24: Pete Gunter - galleys for The Big Thicket: A Challenge for Conservation, pp. 25-54.

63/25: Pete Gunter - galleys for The Big Thicket: A Challenge for Conservation, pp. 55-71.

63/26: Joseph W. Hendron - "The Scholar and the Ballad Singer".

63/27: Daniel G. Hoffman - "Folklore in Literature: Notes Toward a Theory of Interpretation (p. 16 mentions Owens)".

63/28: Eugene Hollon - "Adventures of a Western Historian".

63/29: Christopher G. Katope - Sister Carrie and Spencer's First Principles and Cavafy and Durrell's The Alexandria Quartet.

63/30: Robert Leider - "A Marriage to the Moon, A Tale of Old New England in Five Scenes".

63/31: Ernest E. Leisy - "Of Time and the River in Recent American Fiction".

63/32: James J. Lynch - "Disorder, Power and the Student".

63/33: Norman L. McNeil - "Observations of Education in the Caribbean Countries".

63/34: Howard R. Marraro - "A Description of Rome and Naples in an Eighteenth Century Magazine", "Miscellaneous Notes on Italian Literature in the Nineteenth Century", "News on America and the American Revolution in Contemporary Italian Reviews".

63/35: Henry Edwin Meyer - "The White Spiritual, As Survival and Destiny".

63/36: Ruth Morgan - "Texas Looks to Its Heritage".

63/37: Marijane Osborn - "The Finnsburg Raven and 'Gudrine Astah'".

63/38: Allen Walker Read - "The Rebel Yell As A Linguistic Problem", "The Second Stage in the History of 'OK'", "The World of Joe Strickland".

63/39: S. C. Richard - "A Nail to Drive".

63/40: Walter Rundell, Jr. - "Centennial Bibliography", "Paying the POW in World War II, "Annotated Bibliography, History of the Petroleum Industry.

63/41: E. Shoemaker - "Roses, Roses All the Way".

63/42: Rose Spiegel - "The Experience of Art".

Newspaper Clippings

62/17: Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, 1937-1947.

62/18: Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, Articles about Dobie, Bedichek, and literary agents Maurice Crain and Annie Laurie Williams. 1950-1959.

62/19: Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, 1960-1969.

62/20: Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, 1970-1973.

62/21: Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, Article about Grant Wood. Undated.

Photographs

62/1: Photographs of Owens at the Association of University Summer Sessions with Evelyn Oppenheimer at Carson-Newman College and at Columbia University (October 1969), (March 1963), (April 1972), (August 1972).

62/2: Photographs of Owens speaking at the Southwest Library Association Awards Dinner (October 16, 1974).

62/3: Photographs of Owens during his visit to Pin Hook, Texas in March 1967. Includes catalog for Ramseys 777 Ranch.

62/4: Photographs of Owens at the Bicentennial Lecture Series at Lamar University (September 11, 1975).

62/5: Photographs of Owens - unidentified.

62/6: Photographs included with Texas Folk Songs material.

62/7: Oil history photographs.

62/8: Oil history photographs (Re: letter of September 11, 1959 from Dupont Magazine).

62/9: Oil history photographs.

62/10: Oil history photographs.

62/11: Oil history photographs.

62/12: Oil history photographs - included with material for Tales From the Derrick Floor.

62/13: Oil history photographs - included with material for Tales From the Derrick Floor.

62/14: Miscellaneous - postcards of oil scene paintings by Gordon Bankston.

62/15: Miscellaneous photographs - including World War II pictures and color prints possibly of Owens' home in Pin Hook, Texas.

62/16: Miscellaneous photographs - included in personal correspondence.

Miscellaneous Materials

61/1: Personal data - includes Owens' birth certificate, a citation for the Legion of Merit, vitae, and lists of publications by Owens.

61/2: Personal data - includes Life Insurance settlement, Baptism certificate for David Owens, travel itineraries, Employee Withholding Statements, and a story by David Owens.

61/3: Course syllabus, roll books, and students' papers of classes taught by Owens.

61/4: Information regarding Owens' career at Columbia University. Includes course descriptions, departmental newsletters, minutes of meetings, announcements, and newspaper articles about Owens.

61/5: Information regarding Owens' career at Columbia University. Includes newsletters, minutes of meetings, announcement of Owens' appointment to Dean of Summer Sessions and other announcements, program and guest list of the 1964 Commencement Luncheon, and Continuing Education at Columbia in the Spring of 1979.

61/6: "Community Resources Pool", a workshop for educational enrichment in which Owens participated - plans for Fall Seminar, and Report, 1961- 1962. 1962

61/7: Community Resources Pool - Report, 1961-1962.

61/8: A Community School Venture, booklet and financial report concerning the Communities Resources Pool.

61/9: Letter awarding Owens with the Wisdom Award of Honor from the Wisdom Society for the Advancement of Knowledge - includes Wisdom Hall of Fame booklet. (August 29, 1970)

61/10: Information concerning the Amistad Awards Banquet. Contains program for May 1968 with guest list and two programs for May 1970 with invitation included.

61/11: Programs and bulletins concerning speaking engagements, meetings, and conferences attended by Owens (1941-1968).

61/12: Programs and bulletins concerning speaking engagements, meetings, and conferences attended by Owens (1969-1975).

61/13: Miscellaneous material relating to Owens including a program and list of folksongs and information concerning the dedication of Dial School.

61/14: Newspaper articles about Owens, 1940-1946.

61/15: Newspaper articles about Owens, 1954-1959.

61/16: Newspaper articles about Owens, 1963-1967.

61/17: Newspaper articles about Owens, 1967-1969.

61/18: Newspaper articles about Owens, 1970.

61/19: Newspaper articles about Owens, 1971-1972.

61/20: Newspaper articles about Owens, includes Undated articles. 1973-1974

61/21: Miscellaneous material included with correspondence.

Te - W, Untitled, and Speeches

60/1: "Teakettle Refinery" - typescript.

60/2: "Them Tuttles" - typescript.

60/3: "Thing of Evil" - typescript.

60/4: "Too Old for College?" - typescript.

60/5: "Tough Men and Tall Tales" (p. 40 of American Petroleum Institute Quarterly - 1959)

60/6: "Twytha and the Child Evangelist" - typescript.

60/7: "Will the Huks Revolt?" - page proofs for Asia and the Americas.

60/8: "With Deepest Shame" - incomplete typescript.

60/9: "With Deepest Shame" - typescript.

60/10: "With Prejudice Toward None" and "A Lesson in Manners" - typescripts.

60/11: "Woman Killuh, Don't Stay Away" - typescript.

60/12: Untitled short stories.

60/13: Untitled short stories.

60/14: Untitled short story - five parts.

60/15: Short stories probably written by Owens.

60/16: Book reviews - "Asphalt Folklore" ( Saturday Review - Ballads and Folk Songs of the Southwest, "Folksy Stew" (Saturday Review - Mexican Border Ballads and Other Lore (Southwest Review - Paul Lawrence Dunbar and His Song, Robert Burns: the Man and the Poet (Southwest Review - Singing Family of the Cumberlands, Tales of Frontier Texas (Southwest Historical Quarterly), Wayfaring Stranger: An Autobiography. January 1, 1955), February 12, 1955), Autumn 1947), Summer 1970),

60/17: Two copies of The Grampus a student publication edited by Owens while at Southern Methodist University. (February 24, 1933 and April 1933),

60/18: Five volumes of the C.I.C. Reporter a magazine for World War II intelligence officers, for which Owens was editorial advisor and writer. (1947-1948),

60/19: Speech delivered at the Lamar University Bicentennial Series - September 1975.

60/20: Speech titled " Roy Bedichek: Adventures With a Texas Naturalizer" - April 1965.

60/21: Commencement Speech for Pearl River High School.

60/22: Speech titled " The Frontier in Song and Story" for the National Humanities Series, 1971-1972.

60/23: Speech titled "Oil Field Tales and Other Stories " (includes mixed notes) - presented at Baylor University lecture series, October 1970.

60/24: Speech titled " Three Texas Friends: Bedichek, Dobie, & Webb" - presented at the East Texas Historical Association, Fall 1970.

60/25: Speech entitled " Walter Mitty and Other Fantasy Makers" - presented at the Texas Christian University Creative Writing Convocation, May 1968.

60/26: Introduction to two speeches delivered by peers at the Western History Association, October 1972.

60/27: Speech titled "The Writer and His Region" - delivered at East Texas State University in 1968.

60/28: "The Writer and His Region" (Forthcoming '68).

60/29: Speech titled "The Writing of Fiction" - presented at Texas A & M University Literary Festival, April 1965.

60/30: Speech titled " The Golden Age of Texas Scholarship: Webb, Dobie, Bedichek, and Boatright" - presented at the Southern Historical Association, 1974.

60/31: "The Golden Age of Texas Scholarship: Webb, Dobie, Bedichek, and Boatright" - draft.

60/32: "The Golden Age of Texas Scholarship: Webb, Dobie, Bedichek, and Boatright" - incomplete draft.

60/33: "The Golden Age of Texas Scholarship: Webb, Dobie, Bedichek, and Boatright" - background material.

60/34: Notes and writings on folksongs for the 50th Anniversary of the Texas Folklore Society.

60/35: Speech titled " The Use of Folklore in Literature".

Gu - Ta

59/1: "Gusher at Spindletop" (p. 34 of American Heritage, ). June 1958

59/2: "Gypsy Lady" - typescript.

59/3: "Gypsies" - typescript (Re: "Gypsy Lady").

59/4: "Hangerman John" - typescript.

59/5: "How a Novel Was Written" - typescript (written about Walking on Borrowed Land).

59/6: "Haying - A Lesson in Form" - typescript on Grant Wood.

59/7: "I Drilled the Lucas Gusher" - typescript (p. 16 of Dupont Magazine - and p. 7 of Gasoline Dealer News - April/May 1959 August 1959).

59/8: "I Trailed the Devil in Louisiana" - typescript.

59/9: "In Fellow Friend" - typescript.

59/10: "John Redway" - includes outline and typescript.

59/11: "A Lesson in Form" - typescript.

59/12: "The Lucas Gusher" - typescript.

59/13: "Miss Annie Buchanan-Seer of Corsicana" - typescript.

59/14: "Nathan's Gomer" - typescript.

59/15: "No More Barrels" - typescript.

59/16: "Oil Diviners of the Past" (p. 5 of Gasoline Dealer News - March/April 1960).

59/17: "Opportunity Rode a Yellow Bus" (p. 12 of Petroleum Today, Fall 1960).

59/18: "Opportunity Rode a Yellow Bus" (p. 22 of School Bus Transportation - February 1961).

59/19: "Ostracized by Rattlesnakes" (p. 40 of PHP - July 1972).

59/20: "Folly Folks: Our Modern Troubadours" (p. 35 of Tomorrow - April 1949).

59/21: "Return to Pin Hook".

59/22: "The School Bus" - untitled early draft and typescript.

59/23: "The School Bus Revolution" - typescript.

59/24: "Seer of Corsicana" (p. 36 of Best Articles and Stories - Re: "Annie Buchanan". April 1959) -

59/25: "Sidewalks of America" - typescript.

59/26: "Sister Ottonia, Escapee" - typescript.

59/27: "Somebody Touched Me" - typescripts and p. 99 of Southwest Review - Spring 1950.

59/28: "The Southwest Sings".

59/29: "The Southwest Sings".

59/30: "Tankers to Texas" (p. 6 of Gasoline Dealer News).

A - Gr

58/1: An American Legend" by Mody Boatright and Owens (p. 20 of Petroleum Today - Summer, 1967).

58/2: "Annie Buchanan" - typescript.

58/3: "Are the Schools That Bad?" - typescript and "Are the Public Schools That Bad?" - typescript.

58/4: "The Arms of God" (p. 71 of New-Story - March 1952).

58/5: "The Arms of God" - typescripts.

58/6: "The Arms of God" - typescripts.

58/7: "The Arms of God" - typescript.

58/8: "Barrio Fiesta" - typescript.

58/9: "Barrio Fiesta" (p. 41 of Morningside Essays).

58/10: "Roy Bedichek - An Unforgettable Character" - two typescripts, and " Roy Bedichek" - typescript.

58/11: "Big Thicket Balladry" - typescript.

58/12: "Billy Bryant, Oil Town Deputy" - typescripts.

58/13: "Bloodhounds of Night" - typescripts.

58/14: "Bloodhounds Baying" - typescript.

58/15: "Bloodhounds' Cry" - typescript.

58/16: "Books and Crossties" - typescript (excerpts from Owens' autobiography, This Stubborn Soil).

58/17: "Boom in Batson: the birth of an oil field" - (printed in Drilling Magazine - and reprinted in pamphlet form). December 20, 1957

58/18: "The Cat With Two Names" - typescript.

58/19: "The Cozy Corner" - typescript.

58/20: "Dimensions" - typescript.

58/21: "Don't Stay Away ---" - typescript (Re: "Woman Killuh, Don' Stay Away").

58/22: "Doodlebug Men" - typescript.

58/23: "Drilling the Lucas Gusher - An Interview with Allen W. Hamill" - typescript.

58/24: "First Teakettle in Texas" (p. 10 Of Dupont Magazine - and p. 70 of Gasoline Dealer News - June/July 1959 October 1959).

58/25: "Folly Folks: Ballad Singers" - typescript.

58/26: "Forward to the Third Century".

58/27: "The Fotched-on-Beau" - typescript and notes.

58/28: "A Free Philippines?" (p. 295 of Asia and the Americans - July 1946).

58/29: "From Country School to University Professor" (p. 11 of Going to College Handbook).

58/30: "From Isaac Waats to Heaven's Radio" - typescript.

58/31: "The Golden Age of Texas Scholarship: Webb, Dobie, Bedichek, and Boatright" (p. 1 of Southwest Review - Winter 1975).

58/32: "Grant Wood As I Knew Him" - typescript and " Grant Wood" - manuscript.

58/33: "On Grant Wood" - typescript and " Grant Wood: A Most Unforgettable Character" - typescript.

58/34: "Green's Use of the Chorus in The House of Connelly".

A Fair and Happy Land

57/1: A Fair and Happy Land, photocopy of manuscript with revisions, pp. 100-149.

57/2: A Fair and Happy Land, photocopy of manuscript with revisions, pp. 150-199.

57/3: A Fair and Happy Land, photocopy of manuscript with revisions, pp. 200-249.

57/4: A Fair and Happy Land, photocopy of manuscript with revisions, pp. 250-299.

57/5: A Fair and Happy Land, photocopy of manuscript with revisions, pp. 300-349.

57/6: A Fair and Happy Land, photocopy of manuscript with revisions, pp. 350-393.

57/7: A Fair and Happy Land, photocopy of manuscript with revisions, pp. 1-32.

57/8: A Fair and Happy Land, photocopy of manuscript with revisions, pp. 33-64.

57/9: A Fair and Happy Land, photocopy of manuscript with revisions, pp. 65-95.

57/10: A Fair and Happy Land, photocopy of manuscript with revisions, pp. 96-135.

57/11: A Fair and Happy Land, photocopy of manuscript with revisions, pp. 136-195.

57/12: A Fair and Happy Land, photocopy of manuscript with revisions, pp. 196-237.

57/13: A Fair and Happy Land, photocopy of manuscript with revisions, pp. 238-265.

57/14: A Fair and Happy Land, photocopy of manuscript with revisions, pp. 266-295.

57/15: A Fair and Happy Land, photocopy of manuscript with revisions, pp. 296-334.

57/16: A Fair and Happy Land, photocopy of manuscript with revisions, pp. 335-373.

A Fair and Happy Land

56/1: A Fair and Happy Land, incomplete Second draft typescript with revisions, pp. 1-24.

56/2: A Fair and Happy Land, incomplete Second draft typescript with revisions, pp. 25-49.

56/3: A Fair and Happy Land, incomplete Second draft typescript with revisions, pp. 50-74.

56/4: A Fair and Happy Land, Third draft typescript - pp. 1-34.

56/5: A Fair and Happy Land, Third draft typescript - pp. 35-77.

56/6: A Fair and Happy Land, Third draft typescript - pp. 78-105.

56/7: A Fair and Happy Land, Third draft typescript - pp. 106-134.

56/8: A Fair and Happy Land, Third draft typescript - pp. 135-156.

56/9: A Fair and Happy Land, Third draft typescript - pp. 157-177.

56/10: A Fair and Happy Land, copy of book jacket and technical information connected with publication.

56/11: A Fair and Happy Land, edited manuscript with layouts (total miv) - layouts.

56/12: A Fair and Happy Land, edited manuscript with layouts (total miv) - front matter (pp. 1-14).

56/13: A Fair and Happy Land, edited manuscript with layouts (total miv) - "Pennsylvania" (pp. 15-26).

56/14: A Fair and Happy Land, edited manuscript with layouts (total miv) - pp. 26-58.

56/15: A Fair and Happy Land, edited manuscript with layouts (total miv) - pp. 59-95.

56/16: A Fair and Happy Land, edited manuscript with layouts (total miv) - pp. 96-130.

56/17: A Fair and Happy Land, edited manuscript with layouts (total miv) - pp. 131-169.

56/18: A Fair and Happy Land, edited manuscript with layouts (total miv) - pp. 170-200.

56/19: A Fair and Happy Land, edited manuscript with layouts (total miv) - pp. 201-242.

56/20: A Fair and Happy Land, edited manuscript with layouts (total miv) - pp. 243-294.

56/21: A Fair and Happy Land, edited manuscript with layouts (total miv) - pp. 295-334.

56/22: A Fair and Happy Land, edited manuscript with layouts (total miv) - pp. 336-373.

56/23: A Fair and Happy Land, edited manuscript with layouts (total miv) - pp. 374-412.

56/24: A Fair and Happy Land, edited manuscript with layouts (total miv) - pp. 413-447.

56/25: A Fair and Happy Land, photocopy of manuscript with revisions, pp. 1-49.

56/26: A Fair and Happy Land, photocopy of manuscript with revisions, pp. 50-99.

A Fair and Happy Land

55/1: A Fair and Happy Land, "Letters of a Confederate Surgeon (Cleaver-Arkansas)".

55/2: A Fair and Happy Land, early typescript (incomplete) of "The Cleaver Family".

55/3: A Fair and Happy Land, "Bristol Township" and "Oley Valley".,

55/4: A Fair and Happy Land, "Kentucky", pp. 1-42 (duplicates of pp. 1-4).

55/5: A Fair and Happy Land, "Kentucky", pp. 1-44.

55/6: A Fair and Happy Land, "Kentucky", pp. 1-39.

55/7: A Fair and Happy Land, "Kentucky", pp. 40-78.

55/8: A Fair and Happy Land, "Pennsylvania".

55/9: A Fair and Happy Land, "Tygart's Valley".

55/10: A Fair and Happy Land, "Tygart's Valley".

55/11: A Fair and Happy Land, "Tygart's Valley".

55/12: A Fair and Happy Land, "No Single Thread" by William A. Owens - front matter and Chapter 1 titled "Germantown".

55/13: A Fair and Happy Land, "The Faceless People "(with revisions), pp. 1-27.

55/14: A Fair and Happy Land, "The Faceless People "(with revisions), pp. 28-46.

55/15: A Fair and Happy Land, "The Faceless People "(with revisions), pp. 47-72.

55/16: A Fair and Happy Land, "The Faceless People "(with revisions). pp. 73-117.

55/17: A Fair and Happy Land, "The Faceless People "(with revisions), pp. 118-142.

55/18: A Fair and Happy Land, "The Faceless People "(with revisions), pp. 143-165.

55/19: A Fair and Happy Land, "The Faceless People "(with revisions), pp. 166-195.

55/20: A Fair and Happy Land, "The Faceless People "(with revisions), pp. 196-223.

55/21: A Fair and Happy Land, "The Faceless People "(with revisions), pp. 224-249.

55/22: A Fair and Happy Land, "The Faceless People "(with revisions), pp. 250-284.

55/23: A Fair and Happy Land, "The Faceless People "(with revisions), pp. 285-309.

55/24: A Fair and Happy Land, First draft, pp. 1-23.

55/25: A Fair and Happy Land, First draft, pp. 24-65.

55/26: A Fair and Happy Land, First draft, pp. 66-85.

55/27: A Fair and Happy Land, First draft, pp. 86-109.

A Fair and Happy Land

54/1: A Fair and Happy Land, background material and research notes.

54/2: A Fair and Happy Land, background material and research notes.

54/3: A Fair and Happy Land, background material and research notes.

54/4: A Fair and Happy Land, background material and research notes.

54/5: A Fair and Happy Land, background material and research notes.

54/6: A Fair and Happy Land, background material and research notes.

54/7: A Fair and Happy Land, background material and research notes.

54/8: A Fair and Happy Land, background material and research notes.

54/9: A Fair and Happy Land, background material and research notes.

54/10: A Fair and Happy Land, background material and research notes.

54/11: A Fair and Happy Land, background material and research notes.

54/12: A Fair and Happy Land, background material and research notes.

54/13: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - alphabetized notecards of books used by Owens.

54/14: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - alphabetized notecards of books used by Owens.

54/15: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - cards of books.

54/16: A Fair and Happy Land, two copies of The Arkansas Family Historian - Summer Issue 1966 and Winter Issue 1966 containing " The Cleavers in Arkansas" by Owens.

54/17: A Fair and Happy Land, The Civil War in Ouachita County by Boyd Johnson.

54/18: A Fair and Happy Land, Ouachita County Historical Quarterly, Vol.2, No. 1.

54/19: A Fair and Happy Land, Ouachita County Historical Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2.

54/20: A Fair and Happy Land, Ouachita County Historical Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 4.

54/21: A Fair and Happy Land, Kentucky Ancestors - April 1966.

54/22: A Fair and Happy Land, "Story of Century Inn of New London" by J. Green MacKenzie in the Missouri Historical Review.

A Fair and Happy Land

53/1: A Fair and Happy Land, book reviews.

53/2: A Fair and Happy Land, alphabetized notecards on the Cleaver family.

53/3: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - Cleaver family records.

53/4: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - copy of a deed ("Cleaver-North Branch"). (1708)

53/5: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - Cleaver genealogies.

53/6: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - military information on Walter Bragg.

53/7: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - Civil War military records of Abner Cleaver, Allen Cleaver, and A. W. Cleaver.

53/8: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - Civil War military records of William H. Cleaver, Henry C. Cleaver, Junius N. Bragg, J. H. James, and M. A. Jackson.

53/9: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - memories of John Stephen Cleaver.

53/10: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - Civil War military records of John Stephen Cleaver.

53/11: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - information of Peter Cleaver.

53/12: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - deeds, death certificates, and other legal documents ("Cleaver-Ohio County").

53/13: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - deeds of sale.

53/14: A Fair and Happy Land, background materials - deeds of sale.

53/15: A Fair and Happy Land, background materials - Civil War military records and transcribed copy of a diary of William R. Cleaver. Also includes a list of military records of Cleavers and Braggs.

53/16: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - deeds of sale of William Cleaver, Jr.

53/17: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - survey and land records of William Cleaver, Sr.

53/18: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - deeds and inventory of the estate of William Cleaver, Sr.

53/19: A Fair and Happy Land, background material.

53/20: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - "Reminiscences of Mrs. Virginia Cleaver".

53/21: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - wills, deeds, and documents.

53/22: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - documents.

53/23: A Fair and Happy Land, background material.

53/24: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - letters.

53/25: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - maps.

53/26: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - notes and genealogies.

53/27: A Fair and Happy Land, background material.

53/28: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - deeds and maps.

53/29: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - articles and notes.

53/30: A Fair and Happy Land, background material - genealogies, maps and articles.

53/31: A Fair and Happy Land, background material.

Impressions of the Big Thicket

52/12: Impressions of the Big Thicket, background material - newspaper articles.

52/13: Impressions of the Big Thicket, background material - notes.

52/14: Impressions of the Big Thicket, book reviews.

52/15: Impressions of the Big Thicket, book reviews.

52/16: Impressions of the Big Thicket, typescript of Big Thicket Patterns, pp. 1-20.

52/17: Impressions of the Big Thicket, typescript of Big Thicket Patterns, pp. 20-40.

52/18: Impressions of the Big Thicket, photostatic typescript of Big Thicket Patterns, pp. 1-20.

52/19: Impressions of the Big Thicket, photostatic typescript of Big Thicket Patterns, pp. 20-31.

52/20: Impressions of the Big Thicket, manuscript.

52/21: Impressions of the Big Thicket, manuscript.

A Season of Weathering

52/1: A Season of Weathering, photostatic typescript, Chapters 1-3.

52/2: A Season of Weathering, photostatic typescript, Chapters 4-9.

52/3: A Season of Weathering, photostatic typescript, Chapters 10-17.

52/4: A Season of Weathering, photostatic typescript, Chapters 18-30.

52/5: A Season of Weathering, photostatic typescript, Chapters 31-34.

52/6: A Season of Weathering, photostatic typescript, Chapters 35-41.

52/7: A Season of Weathering, photostatic typescript, Chapters 42-47.

52/8: A Season of Weathering, photostatic typescript, Chapters 48-60.

52/9: A Season of Weathering, photostatic typescript, Chapters 60-66.

52/10: A Season of Weathering, partial typescript, pp. 257-302.

52/11: A Season of Weathering, partial typescript, pp. 303-339.

A Season of Weathering

51/1: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - photostatic copy, Chapters 31-40.

51/2: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - photostatic copy, Chapters 41-49.

51/3: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - photostatic copy, Chapters 50-59.

51/4: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - photostatic copy, Chapters 60-72.

51/5: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - photostatic copy, Chapters 1-3.

51/6: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - photostatic copy, Chapters 4-9.

51/7: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - photostatic copy, Chapters 10-17.

51/8: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - photostatic copy, Chapters 18-30.

51/9: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - photostatic copy, Chapters 31-38 (missing Chapters 39-58).

51/10: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - photostatic copy, Chapters 59-66.

51/11: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - ribbon copy (photocopy of front matter), frontmatter-Chapter 4.i

51/12: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - ribbon copy, Chapters 5-9.

51/13: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - ribbon copy, Chapters 10-15.

51/14: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - ribbon copy, Chapters 16-22.

51/15: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - ribbon copy, Chapters 22-25.

51/16: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - ribbon copy, Chapters 26-38.

51/17: A Season of Weathering, copy edited draft - front matter-Chapter 2.

51/18: A Season of Weathering, copy edited draft - Chapters 3-7.

51/19: A Season of Weathering, copy edited draft - Chapters 8-12.

51/20: A Season of Weathering, copy edited draft - Chapters 13-20.

51/21: A Season of Weathering, copy edited draft - Chapters 21-29.

51/22: A Season of Weathering, copy edited draft - Chapters 30-32.

51/23: A Season of Weathering, copy edited draft - Chapters 33-37.

51/24: A Season of Weathering, copy edited draft - Chapters 38-43.

51/25: A Season of Weathering, copy edited draft - Chapters 44-53.

51/26: A Season of Weathering, copy edited draft - Chapters 54-66.

A Season of Weathering

50/1: A Season of Weathering, Second draft (?) - ribbon copy, Chapters 34-40.

50/2: A Season of Weathering, Second draft (?) - ribbon copy, Chapters 41-49.

50/3: A Season of Weathering, Second draft (?) - ribbon copy, Chapters 50-60.

50/4: A Season of Weathering, Second draft (?) - ribbon copy, Chapters 61-72.

50/5: A Season of Weathering, Second draft - incomplete photostatic copy.

50/6: A Season of Weathering, Second draft - incomplete photostatic copy.

50/7: A Season of Weathering, Third draft - retyped, Chapters 1-2.

50/8: A Season of Weathering, Third draft - retyped, Chapters 3-6.

50/9: A Season of Weathering, Third draft - retyped, Chapters 7-14.

50/10: A Season of Weathering, Third draft - retyped, Chapters 15-25.

50/11: A Season of Weathering, Third draft - retyped, Chapters 26-33.

50/12: A Season of Weathering, Third draft - retyped, Chapters 34-38.

50/13: A Season of Weathering, Third draft - retyped, Chapters 39-42.

50/14: A Season of Weathering, Third draft - retyped, Chapters 43-49.

50/15: A Season of Weathering, Third draft - retyped, Chapters 50-59.

50/16: A Season of Weathering, Third draft - retyped, Chapters 60-66.

50/17: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - photostatic copy, Chapters 1-6.

50/18: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - photostatic copy, Chapters 7-15.

50/19: A Season of Weathering, unidentified draft - photostatic copy, Chapters 16-30.

A Season of Weathering

49/1: A Season of Weathering, background material.

49/2: A Season of Weathering, background material.

49/3: A Season of Weathering, background information.

49/4: A Season of Weathering, book reviews.

49/5: A Season of Weathering, book reviews.

49/6: A Season of Weathering, First draft - edited photostatic copy, Chapters 1-4.

49/7: A Season of Weathering, First draft - edited photostatic copy, Chapters 5-10.

49/8: A Season of Weathering, First draft - edited photostatic copy, Chapters 11-18.

49/9: A Season of Weathering, First draft - edited photostatic copy, Chapters 18-23.

49/10: A Season of Weathering, First draft - edited photostatic copy, Chapters 24-29.

49/11: A Season of Weathering, First draft - edited photostatic copy, Chapters 30-35.

49/12: A Season of Weathering, First draft - edited photostatic copy, Chapters 36-47.

49/13: A Season of Weathering, First draft - edited photostatic copy, includes notes, Chapters 48-59.

49/14: A Season of Weathering, First draft - unedited, Chapters 1-42.

49/15: A Season of Weathering, First draft - unedited, Chapters 43-59.

49/16: A Season of Weathering, Second draft (?) - ribbon copy, Chapters 1-4.

49/17: A Season of Weathering, Second draft (?) - ribbon copy, Chapters 5-10.

49/18: A Season of Weathering, Second draft (?) - ribbon copy, Chapters 11-19.

49/19: A Season of Weathering, Second draft (?) - ribbon copy, Chapters 20-33.

Tales From the Derrick Floor

48/1: Tales From the Derrick Floor, final draft (copy edited), pp. 335-385.

48/2: Tales From the Derrick Floor, final draft (copy edited), pp. 336-434.

48/3: Tales From the Derrick Floor, final draft (copy edited), pp. 435-474.

48/4: Tales From the Derrick Floor, final draft (copy edited), pp. 475-511.

48/5: Tales From the Derrick Floor, final draft (copy edited), pp. 512-551.

48/6: Tales From the Derrick Floor, final draft (copy edited), pp. 552-590.

48/7: Tales From the Derrick Floor, final draft (copy edited), index.

48/8: Tales From the Derrick Floor, page proof.

48/9: Tales From the Derrick Floor, page proof.

48/10: Tales From the Derrick Floor, page proof.

48/11: Tales From the Derrick Floor, final galley proof - includes one page of organized galley proof.

Tales From the Derrick Floor

47/1: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

47/2: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

47/3: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

47/4: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

47/5: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

47/6: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

47/7: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

47/8: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

47/9: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

47/10: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

47/11: Tales From the Derrick Floor, "Oil Patch History" by Owens and Boatright (article taken from Tales From the Derrick Floor).

47/12: Tales From the Derrick Floor, final draft (copy edited) including layout and style sheet, front matter - p. 44.

47/13: Tales From the Derrick Floor, final draft (copy edited), pp. 45-94.

47/14: Tales From the Derrick Floor, final draft (copy edited), pp. 95-129.

47/15: Tales From the Derrick Floor, final draft (copy edited), pp. 130-174.

47/16: Tales From the Derrick Floor, final draft (copy edited), pp. 175-206.

47/17: Tales From the Derrick Floor, final draft (copy edited), 207-244.

47/18: Tales From the Derrick Floor, final draft (copy edited), pp. 245-284.

47/19: Tales From the Derrick Floor, final draft (copy edited), pp. 285-334.

Tales From the Derrick Floor

46/1: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

46/2: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

46/3: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

46/4: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

46/5: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

46/6: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

46/7: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

46/8: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

46/9: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

46/10: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

46/11: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

46/12: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

46/13: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

46/14: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

46/15: Tales From the Derrick Floor, edited and organized interviews.

Tales From the Derrick Floor

45/1: Tales From the Derrick Floor, book reviews.

45/2: Tales From the Derrick Floor, copy of a contract for the film rights to the book.

45/3: Tales From the Derrick Floor, field notes.

45/4: Tales From the Derrick Floor, "Centennial Snapshots" and photographs.

45/5: Tales From the Derrick Floor, background material - interviews.

45/6: Tales From the Derrick Floor, background material - interviews.

45/7: Tales From the Derrick Floor, background material - interviews.

45/8: Tales From the Derrick Floor, background material - interviews.

45/9: Tales From the Derrick Floor, background material - interviews.

45/10: Tales From the Derrick Floor, background material - interviews.

45/11: Tales From the Derrick Floor, background material - interviews.

45/12: Tales From the Derrick Floor, background material - interviews.

45/13: Tales From the Derrick Floor, background material - interviews.

45/14: Tales From the Derrick Floor, background material - interviews.

45/15: Tales From the Derrick Floor, background material - interviews.

45/16: Tales From the Derrick Floor, background material - unused interviews.

45/17: Tales From the Derrick Floor, background material - unused interviews.

45/18: Tales From the Derrick Floor, background material - unused interviews.

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