36/1: This Stubborn Soil, contract between Owens and Charles Schribner's Sons.

36/2: This Stubborn Soil, advertisements.

36/3: This Stubborn Soil, book reviews, 1966.

36/4: This Stubborn Soil, book reviews, 1966.

36/5: This Stubborn Soil, book reviews, 1967.

36/6: This Stubborn Soil, book reviews, 1968, 1972, and Undated.

36/7: This Stubborn Soil, award certificate to Owens for best autobiography from Evelyn Oppenheimer, and articles announcing the Carr P. Collins Award (best nonfiction book) of 1966 for This Stubborn Soil.

36/8: This Stubborn Soil, "We Had Us Some Christmas" - excerpt from This Stubborn Soil in the Ladies Home Journal - December 1966.

36/9: This Stubborn Soil, First draft titled Books and a Boy, Chapters I - IX.

36/10: This Stubborn Soil, First draft titled Books and a Boy, Chapters X - XIV (several pages missing).

36/11: This Stubborn Soil, First draft titled Books and a Boy, Chapters XV - XIX.

36/12: This Stubborn Soil, First draft titled Books and a Boy, Chapters XX, XXIII - XXV (Chapter titled "Fire" inserted).

36/13: This Stubborn Soil, First draft titled Books and a Boy, Chapters XXVI - XXXI.

36/14: This Stubborn Soil, First draft titled Books and a Boy, Chapters XXXII - XXXVII.

36/15: This Stubborn Soil, First draft titled Books and a Boy, Chapters XXXVIII - XLIV.

36/16: This Stubborn Soil, First draft titled Books and a Boy, Chapters XLV - XLVIII.

36/17: This Stubborn Soil, First draft titled Books and a Boy, Chapters XLIX - LIV.

36/18: This Stubborn Soil, First draft titled Books and a Boy, Chapters LV - LIX.

36/19: This Stubborn Soil, contains Chapters called "Books and a Teacher", "Books and Candlesticks", and "Books, Books, Books".

36/20: This Stubborn Soil, partial typescript.

36/21: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, front matter, p. 30.

36/22: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, front matter, pp. 31-60

36/23: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, front matter, pp. 61-91

37/1: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, pp. 92-119.

37/2: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, pp. 120-146.

37/3: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, pp. 151-185.

37/4: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, pp. 186-217.

37/5: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, pp. 218-253.

37/6: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, pp. 254-287.

37/7: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, pp. 288-316.

37/8: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, pp. 317-363.

37/9: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, pp. 364-396.

37/10: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, pp. 397-424.

37/11: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, pp. 424-443.

37/12: This Stubborn Soil, early draft with revisions, front matters, p. 29.

37/13: This Stubborn Soil, early draft with revisions, pp. 30-60.

37/14: This Stubborn Soil, early draft with revisions, pp. 61-91.

37/15: This Stubborn Soil, early draft with revisions, pp. 92-119.

37/16: This Stubborn Soil, early draft with revisions, pp. 127-166 (pp. 167-176 missing).

37/17: This Stubborn Soil, early draft with revisions, pp. 177-215.

37/18: This Stubborn Soil, early draft with revisions, pp. 216-252.

37/19: This Stubborn Soil, early draft with revisions, pp. 253-274.

37/20: This Stubborn Soil, early draft with revisions, pp. 275-299.

37/21: This Stubborn Soil, early draft with revisions, pp. 300-321.

37/22: This Stubborn Soil, early draft with revisions, pp. 322-370.

38/1: This Stubborn Soil, early draft with revisions, pp. 371-429.

38/2: This Stubborn Soil, early draft with revisions, end matter including pulled and revised chapters.

38/3: This Stubborn Soil, early draft with revisions, end matter including pulled and revised chapters.

38/4: This Stubborn Soil, copy of final (?) draft, front matter, p. 29.

38/5: This Stubborn Soil, copy of final (?) draft, pp. 30-62.

38/6: This Stubborn Soil, copy of final (?) draft, pp. 63-99.

38/7: This Stubborn Soil, copy of final (?) draft, pp. 100-141.

38/8: This Stubborn Soil, copy of final (?) draft, pp. 142-181.

38/9: This Stubborn Soil, copy of final (?) draft, pp. 182-212.

38/10: This Stubborn Soil, copy of final (?) draft, pp. 213-252.

38/11: This Stubborn Soil, copy of final (?) draft, pp. 253-288.

38/12: This Stubborn Soil, copy of final (?) draft, pp. 289-328.

38/13: This Stubborn Soil, copy of final (?) draft, pp. 329-359.

38/14: This Stubborn Soil, copy of final (?) draft, pp. 360-400.

38/15: This Stubborn Soil, copy of final (?) draft, pp. 401-428.

38/16: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, front matter, Chapter 9.

38/17: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, Chapters 10 - 19.

38/18: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, Chapters 20 - 29.

38/19: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, Chapters 30 - 39.

38/20: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, Chapters 40 - 49.

38/21: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, Chapters 50 - 59.

39/1: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, Chapters 60 - 64.

39/2: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, Chapters 65 - 69.

39/3: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, Chapters 70 - 74.

39/4: This Stubborn Soil, typescript with revisions, Chapter 75 - Afterword.

39/5: This Stubborn Soil, sections cut from the manuscript.

39/6: This Stubborn Soil, sections cut from the manuscript.

39/7: This Stubborn Soil, general overall cuttings.

39/8: This Stubborn Soil, general overall cuttings.

39/9: This Stubborn Soil, general overall cuttings.

39/10: This Stubborn Soil, photostatic copy of typescript, front matter, Chapter 6.

39/11: This Stubborn Soil, photostatic copy of typescript, Chapters 7 - 14.

39/12: This Stubborn Soil, photostatic copy of typescript, Chapters 15 - 20.

39/13: This Stubborn Soil, photostatic copy of typescript, Chapters 21 - 25.

39/14: This Stubborn Soil, photostatic copy of typescript, Chapters 26 - 33.

39/15: This Stubborn Soil, photostatic copy of typescript, Chapters 34 - 40.

39/16: This Stubborn Soil, photostatic copy of typescript, Chapters 41 - 46.

39/17: This Stubborn Soil, photostatic copy of typescript, Chapters 47 - 51.

39/18: This Stubborn Soil, photostatic copy of typescript, Chapters 52 - 57.

39/19: This Stubborn Soil, photostatic copy of typescript, Chapters 58 - 64.

39/20: This Stubborn Soil, photostatic copy of typescript, Chapters 65 - 72.

39/21: This Stubborn Soil, photostatic copy of typescript, Chapter 73 - Afterword.

4/1: Personal correspondence, Correspondence dealing with Owens' short stories and Walking on Borrowed Land, A Texas Ballad Book, and the Amistad novel. January - September 1949

4/2: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing plans for the folksong book, short stories by Owens, and plans for a book of Owens' childhood reminiscences. October - December 1949

4/3: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' books and short stories. January - October 1950

4/4: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning short stories and books by Owens. Includes plans for a book about Japanese war experiences written by Owens. November - December/circa 1950

4/5: Personal correspondence, Letters from magazines and publishers discussing Owens' short stories, books, and Owens' Japanese research. Also includes a letter from Roy Bedichek. January 1951

4/6: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' novels and short stories as well as Owens' employment for the summer term at Columbia University. Includes letter concerning Owens' work on Japanese war information. February 1951

4/7: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning books and short stories Owens - mention of plans for a book about Texas oil pioneers. Also contains a letter about Owens' proposed book on the Japanese in World War II. March 1951

4/8: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning short stories written by Owens, Texas Folk Songs, and Walking on Borrowed Land. April 1951

4/9: Personal correspondence, May - June 1951

4/10: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' book on the Japanese and World War II and Texas Folk Songs. Also includes information on The Author's Guild and a certificate of membership for Owens. July - August 1951

4/11: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' short stories and his book about the Japanese in World War II. September 1951

4/12: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' short stories. October - November 1951

4/13: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning short stories by Owens. December/circa 1951

4/14: Personal correspondence, Correspondence about short stories by Owens and the work on his books - Texas Oil Pioneers and the Japanese war book. January - February 1952

4/15: Personal correspondence, Letters discussing publication of short stories by Owens with various magazines. Also includes correspondence with Thomas Mayo of Texas A & M University. March 1952

4/16: Personal correspondence, Includes correspondence dealing with short stories and books by Owens. April - August 1952

4/17: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' short stories and books. Includes a letter from Walter Prescott Webb. September - November, 1952

4/18: Personal correspondence, Letters containing short stories and Slave Mutiny. December 1952/circa 1952

4/19: Personal correspondence, Correspondence dealing with books and stories by Owens. January - February 1953

4/20: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' writings and a speaking engagement for the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. March - April 1953.

4/21: Personal correspondence, Letters discussing short stories and books by Owens as well as lectures and programs in which Owens was invited to appear. May - June 1953

4/22: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' writings and lecture programs. July - August 1953.

4/23: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' books and requesting his participation as a guest speaker in lecture programs. Letter informing Owens of his election to the Texas Institute of Letters - also includes letters from Dobie and Webb. September - October 1953

4/24: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' books and speaking engagements. Also includes a letter notifying Owens of his promotion to Associate Professor. November - December/circa 1953

4/25: Personal correspondence, Correspondence with Lee Keedick concerning lecture tours by Owens. Includes an itinerary. Additional correspondence dealing with Owens' writings. January - February 1954

4/26: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning lectures and writings by Owens. March - April 1954

4/27: Personal correspondence, Correspondence with Columbia University concerning Owens' work and promotion to Associate Professor. Also includes letters discussing folksongs. May - June 1954

4/28: Personal correspondence, Contains correspondence with Lee Keedick discussing a manuscript Owens was to work on for Keedick. Also includes letters about Japanese Soldiers in World War II and the Robert T. Hill papers which Owens was organizing. July - August 1954

4/29: Personal correspondence, Correspondence with Keedick concerning a lecture tour for Owens and Walking on Borrowed Land. Contains letters discussing folksongs and the Japanese soldier book. September - October 1954

4/30: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' books and reviews. November - December 1954/circa 1954

4/31: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' books. January 1955

4/32: Personal correspondence, Contains letters discussing Owens' books, lectures, and his work on the Roy Bedichek papers. Also several letters mentioning the Texas Institute of Letters Award for Walking on Borrowed Land. February - March 1955

4/33: Personal correspondence, Includes letter of Owens' opinions on a book of folklore - also contains letters concerning lectures by Owens. April - June 1955

4/34: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' books and lecture plans. July - September 1955

4/35: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning short stories and books by Owens as well as his work on folksongs and Walter Sharp's biography. October - December 1955

4/36: Personal correspondence, Correspondence deals with folksongs, Owens' work on the Walter Sharp biography and oil field novel, and his employment at Columbia University. January - February 1956

4/37: Personal correspondence, Letters discussing folksongs including a letter written by Roy Bedichek, and Owens' short stories, including a story about Spindletop and oil pioneers of Texas. Contains correspondence dealing with Owens' work on his novel, later called Fever in the Earth, and letters concerning his employment for the summer session at Columbia. March - April 1956

40/1: This Stubborn Soil, bound proofs.

40/2: This Stubborn Soil, page proofs.

40/3: This Stubborn Soil, page proofs with markings.

40/4: This Stubborn Soil, page proofs - annotated.

40/5: This Stubborn Soil, printer's proofs with notes.

41/1: Three Friends, background information - bulletin announcing the book Three Man in Texas edited by Ronnie Duggan.

41/2: Three Friends, background information - articles concerning Owens' editing of Bedichek's letters.

41/3: Three Friends, background information - articles about Roy Bedichek.

41/4: Three Friends, background information - articles about J. Frank Dobie.

41/5: Three Friends, background information - articles about Walter Prescott Webb.

41/6: Three Friends, retyped letters with editor's notes.

41/7: Three Friends, retyped letters with editor's notes.

41/8: Three Friends, retyped letters with editor's notes.

41/9: Three Friends, retyped letters with editor's notes.

41/10: Three Friends, retyped letters with editor's notes.

41/11: Three Friends, retyped letters with editor's notes.

41/12: Three Friends, "My Father and Then My Mother" by Roy Bedichek (transcribed by Owens).

41/13: Three Friends, book reviews, 1969.

41/14: Three Friends, book reviews, 1970.

41/15: Three Friends, early notes and outline by Owens.

41/16: Three Friends, typescript with notes, pp. 1-28.

41/17: Three Friends, typescript with notes, pp. 29-52.

41/18: Three Friends, typescript with notes, pp. 53-82.

41/19: Three Friends, typescript with notes, pp. 83-111.

41/20: Three Friends, typescript with notes, pp. 112-139.

41/21: Three Friends, typescript with notes, pp. 140-170.

41/22: Three Friends, typescript with notes, pp. 171-199.

41/23: Three Friends, typescript with notes, pp. 200-231.

41/24: Three Friends, typescript with notes, pp. 232-252.

41/25: Three Friends, typescript with notes, pp. 253-279.

42/1: Three Friends, typescript with notes, pp. 280-305.

42/2: Three Friends, typescript with notes, pp. 306-328.

42/3: Three Friends, typescript with notes, pp. 329-360.

42/4: Three Friends, typescript with notes, pp. 361-387.

42/5: Three Friends, typescript with notes, pp. 388-424.

42/6: Three Friends, typescript with notes, pp. 425-453.

42/7: Three Friends, typescript with notes, pp. 454-479.

42/8: Three Friends, typescript with notes, pp. 480-495.

42/9: Three Friends, photostatic typescript, pp. 1-44.

42/10: Three Friends, photostatic typescript, pp. 45-87.

42/11: Three Friends, photostatic typescript, pp. 88-126.

42/12: Three Friends, photostatic typescript, pp. 127-162.

42/13: Three Friends, photostatic typescript, pp. 163-197.

42/14: Three Friends, photostatic typescript, pp. 195-227.

42/15: Three Friends, photostatic typescript, pp. 228-260.

42/16: Three Friends, photostatic typescript, pp. 261-298.

42/17: Three Friends, photostatic typescript, pp. 299-330

42/18: Three Friends, photostatic typescript, pp. 331-367.

42/19: Three Friends, photostatic typescript, pp. 368-404.

42/20: Three Friends, photostatic typescript, pp. 405-437.

42/21: Three Friends, photostatic typescript, pp. 438-458.

42/22: Three Friends, photostatic typescript, pp. 459-479.

43/1: Three Friends, manuscript, pp. 73-92.

43/2: Three Friends, manuscript, pp. 93-117.

43/3: Three Friends, manuscript, pp. 118-160.

43/4: Three Friends, manuscript, pp. 161-193.

43/5: Three Friends, manuscript, pp. 194-232.

43/6: Three Friends, manuscript, pp. 233-256.

43/7: Three Friends, manuscript, pp. 257-278.

43/8: Three Friends, manuscript, pp. 279-317.

43/9: Three Friends, manuscript, pp. 318-347.

43/10: Three Friends, manuscript, pp. 348-273.

43/11: Three Friends, manuscript, pp. 374-419.

43/12: Three Friends, manuscript, pp. 420-449.

43/13: Three Friends, manuscript, pp. 450-481 (includes outline of material).

43/14: Three Friends, manuscript which came in a red binder - Chapter titled "Cathartic".

43/15: Three Friends, manuscript which came in a red binder - Chapter titled "Pioneers", "Schooling", and "University".

43/16: Three Friends, manuscript which came in a red binder - Chapters titled "Academe", "Friday Mountain", and "Lore".

43/17: Three Friends, manuscript which came in a red binder - Chapters titled "Texans Abroad", "Book Corralled", "Books, Books", and "Westward Slopes".

43/18: Three Friends, manuscript which came in a red binder.

43/19: Three Friends, manuscript which came in a red binder.

43/20: Three Friends, manuscript which came in a red binder.

43/21: Three Friends, manuscript which came in a red binder.

44/1: Three Friends, manuscript in red binder.

44/2: Three Friends, manuscript in red binder.

44/3: Three Friends, manuscript in red binder.

44/4: Three Friends, final galley and book jacket.

44/5: Three Friends, foundry proof.

44/6: Three Friends, foundry proof.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

5/1: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing short stories and books by Owens as well as his work concerning folksongs. May - July 1956

5/2: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning short stories and books by Owens including Slave Mutiny, Texas Folk Songs, and the oil field history. Also contains correspondence requesting Owens to judge for the Texas Institute of Letters Book Award Contest. August - September 1956

5/3: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the Texas Institute of Letters contest and Owens' work with folksongs. October 1956

5/4: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the Texas Institute of Letters contest. November 1956

5/5: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing the Texas Institute of Letters contest and writings by Owens. December 1956/circa 1956

5/6: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the Texas Institute of Letters contest. Also contains letters discussing short stories by Owens, Texas Folk Songs, and Owens' employment for the summer session at Columbia. January - February 1957

5/7: Personal correspondence, Contains correspondence concerning short stories by Owens and Texas Folk Songs. Also includes a postcard with an 1839 Bill of Sale for a Negro woman. March - April 1957

5/8: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the plagiarism of Owens' novel Slave Mutiny by True magazine. May - June 1957

5/9: Personal correspondence, Contains correspondence regarding Fever in the Earth, letters concerning the literary theft of material in Slave Mutiny by American Heritage and True magazine, and the possible production of a movie based on Slave Mutiny. July 1957

5/10: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Slave Mutiny and Owens' settlement with American Heritage. Also includes information - notes and travel voucher - for oil company interviews by Owens. August 1957

5/11: Personal correspondence, Correspondence providing information about the Texas State Program for Historical Preservation. September - October 1957

5/12: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing folksongs, including letters from Mody Boatright. Also includes correspondence regarding Owens' lawsuit concerning Slave Mutiny. November - December 1957/circa 1957

5/13: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' books - Swing and Turn, Fever in the Earth, and Slave Mutiny. Includes a letter from J. Frank Dobie and letters concerning Owens' teaching at Columbia for the summer session. January - February 1958

5/14: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding Fever in the Earth, legal action concerning Slave Mutiny, and affairs at Columbia University. Also includes letters from Dobie and Bedichek. March - April 1958

5/15: Personal correspondence, Letters discussing Fever in the Earth, including letters from Dobie, Bedichek, and Mrs. Walter Sharp. Contains correspondence about other writings concerning the oil industry by Owens. May 1958

5/16: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Fever in the Earth and Owens' writings about the oil industry for Dupont Magazine and the American Petroleum Institute Quarterly. June 1958

5/17: Personal correspondence, Includes correspondence referring to Fever in the Earth. July 1958

5/18: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Fever in the Earth and other oil history stories and articles. August 1958

5/19: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding Fever in the Earth, Owens' oil history articles for Dupont Magazine, and plans for a book on "The American Short Story". Includes a letter from Dobie. September 1958

5/20: Personal correspondence, Correspondence deals with Fever in the Earth, articles for Dupont Magazine, and other work in oil history by Owens. Also includes a letter requesting Owens to chair the Publicity Committee for a December meeting of the Modern Language Association. October - November 1958

5/21: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning Owens' appointment as Director of the Summer Sessions at Columbia. Also correspondence discussing Fever in the Earth and the oil history series for Dupont Magazine. December 1958/circa 1958

5/22: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Fever in the Earth and Owens' oil history series for Dupont Magazine. Also contains letters regarding Owens' appointment as Associate Professor and Director of Summer Sessions at Columbia. January - February 1959

5/23: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing the plagiarism of Slave Mutiny by True magazine. Also includes letters regarding Fever in the Earth and other oil related work by Owens including the Dupont articles and the research on Walter Sharp. March - April 1959

5/24: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' oil history series for Dupont Magazine, a TV appearance by Owens, and Owens' case against True magazine. May 1959

5/25: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding Owens' writings - oil articles for Dupont and the American Petroleum Institute Quarterly, and Walking on Borrowed Land. Contains letters concerning Roy Bedichek's death and the editing of his letters by Owens - includes letters from Dobie and Bedichek's family. June - July 1959

5/26: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' research and writings on oil history, Slave Mutiny, and Owens' appointment as Director of Summer Sessions. Contains an outline of a talk given by Owens August 1959. (August 31, 1959)

5/27: Personal correspondence, Letters referring to the lawsuit against True magazine (Owens vs. Fawcett Publications, Inc.), writings by Owens including Texas Folk Songs and oil history articles, and Owens' appointment as Director of Summer Sessions. September 1959

5/28: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens vs. Fawcett Publications, Inc., A Texan's Ballad Book, and oil history articles. October 1959

5/29: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding Texas Folk Songs, Swing and Turn, and a short story by Owens. Also includes letters from Adlai Stevenson and Henry Cabot Lodge concerning invitations to appear at Columbia. November - December 1959

5/30: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' appointment as Director of Summer Sessions and his books. Includes a short note by Bedichek about Slave Mutiny. circa 1959

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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).

6/1: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding Owens' oil history series for Dupont and Pocantico Hills. January - February 1960

6/2: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Pocantico Hills, including a letter from Governor Nelson Rockefeller. Also includes a letter from Harry Truman. March 1960

6/3: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding books by Owens, primarily Pocantico Hills. Contains a letter from Owens to Governor Rockefeller requesting his presence at an International Book Exhibition at Columbia. April 1960

6/4: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens as Director of Summer Sessions discussing courses, plans for conferences, and programs at Columbia. Includes letters concerning books and stories by Owens. Also contains a letter from Eleanor Roosevelt accepting Owens' invitation to speak at an International Book Exhibition at Columbia. May 1960

6/5: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens as Director of Summer Sessions including letters regarding plans for the International Book Exhibition at Columbia. Additional correspondence concerns letters discussing writings by Owens. June 1960

6/6: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens as Director of Summer Sessions which includes a letter from Eleanor Roosevelt. Also includes correspondence concerning short stories and articles by Owens and Swing and Turn. July 1960

6/7: Personal correspondence, Letters to Owens as Director of Summer Sessions. Correspondence concerning stories by Owens as well as his books. August 1960

6/8: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens as Director of the Summer Session. Also includes letters concerning the Owens vs. Fawcett lawsuit, Owens' research on the "Oral History of the Oil Industry", and other short stories by Owens. September - October 1960

6/9: Personal correspondence, Letters to Owens, Director of Summer Sessions. Contains correspondence regarding the "Oral History of the Oil Industry" and Owens vs. Fawcett Publications, Inc. November 1960

6/10: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens as Director of Summer Sessions. Letters discussing the "Oral History of the Oil Industry" and Owens vs. Fawcett. December 1960

6/11: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens as Director of Summer Sessions concerning the Owens vs. Fawcett case. January 1961

6/12: Personal correspondence, Correspondence relates to Texas Folk Songs, the Owens vs. Fawcett case, and a church history book with which Owens was involved. February - March 1961

6/13: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens vs. Fawcett, books and short stories by Owens including Texas Folk Songs and the church history, A Century of Grace. April - May 1961

6/14: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens as Director of Summer Sessions. Includes a letter regarding a novel by Owens on the Philippines. June - July 1961

6/15: Personal correspondence, Letters to Owens as Director of Summer Sessions including correspondence concerning books and short stories by Owens. August - September 1961

6/16: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Slave Mutiny and Fever in the Earth. October - December 1961

6/17: Personal correspondence, Letters discussing projects in which Owens was involved, including the oil industry history and the history of Grace Church. Also includes a letter concerning Owens vs. Fawcett. January - February 1962

6/18: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding Owens' work on the history of the oil industry and Owens vs. Fawcett. March - April 1962

6/19: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens as Dean of Summer Sessions. May - June 1962

6/20: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens as Dean of Summer Sessions. July - August 1962

6/21: Personal correspondence, Contains letter referring to Owens' editing of the Roy Bedichek papers. September - October 1962

6/22: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning various writings, programs, and speaking engagements by Owens. Also includes a letter from Mrs. Roy Bedichek concerning Bedichek's letters. November - December 1962/circa 1962

6/23: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' new book Look to the River, a letter advising Owens of his consideration for Vice President for Academic Affairs at Boston University, and a letter concerning Owens' participation on a Sunday School panel. January 1963

6/24: Personal correspondence relating to Look to the River, the Bedichek letters, and speaking engagements by Owens

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".

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.