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.

52/1: 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.

Papers relating to Impressions of the Big Thicket (1973) with text by Owens and paintings by Michael Frary including background material, book reviews, typescripts, and manuscripts.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Articles, short stories, and book reviews, and speeches by Owens.

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).

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".

Material concerning Owens including personal information, publications and programs regarding Columbia University and lectures by Owens, and newspaper articles.

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.

Contains photographs of Owens, photographs relating to Owens' books, and miscellaneous 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 material - articles and short stories by other authors. Miscellaneous literary publications, magazines, and college publications, and other material collected by Owens

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.

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.

Instantaneous recording disks and access CDs now in "William A. Owens Papers - Folk Song Collection: Instantaneous Disks"

10/1: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning books and other writings by Owens and a broadcast from Columbia by Owens. circa 1960's

10/2: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning lectures by Owens including a lecture series at Texas A & M University, Owens' books, and John Steinbeck's letters given to Columbia by Annie Laurie Williams, drama and movie literary agent. January 1970

10/3: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding the appointment of Owens as an Admiral in the Texas Navy by Governor Preston Smith, and the Apollo Achievement Award given to Owens from NASA. February 1970

10/4: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' books, guest appearances by Owens, and affairs at Columbia. March 1970

10/5: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning books and appearances by Owens, affairs at Columbia, and Maurice Crain's death. April 1970

10/6: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding lectures and books by Owens, Owens' work on an article about drama agent Annie Laurie Williams and John Steinbeck, and Maurice Crain's death. May 1970

10/7: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning the article on Annie Laurie Williams including a letter from Mrs. John Steinbeck, letters discussing books and lectures by Owens, a letter and information on the Spindletop Museum. Also contains correspondence about a possible copyright infringement of Black Mutiny. June 1970

10/8: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing books and the Williams article, speaking engagements by Owens, and affairs at Columbia. July 1970

10/9: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning lectures by Owens, Owens' work with NASA space center, books by Owens, Owens' selection as a member of the Philosophical Society of Texas, and Mody Boatright's death. August 1970

10/10: Personal correspondence, Correspondence referring to books and lectures in Texas by Owens primarily concerning Tales From the Derrick Floor. Also contains correspondence relating to the death of Mody Boatright. September 1970.

10/11: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning Texas lectures and writings by Owens, the National Humanities Series in which Owens participated, Steinbeck's letters donated to Columbia by Annie Laurie Williams, and the oral history of oil pioneers. October 1 - October 14, 1970

10/12: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the oral history of oil pioneers, of Texas, affairs at Columbia, books by Owens, Steinbeck's letters, and the National Humanities Series. October 15 - October 30, 1970.

10/13: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the oral history of oil pioneers, Owens' books, lectures by Owens, the filming of Black Mutiny, the National Humanities Series, and schools in Lamar County, Texas where Owens grew up. November 1970

10/14: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Lamar County, Texas Schools. Also contains information about Alfred Wilkes, a writer who was helped by Owens. December 1970

10/15: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning honorary societies to which Owens belonged - Phi Beta Kappa and the Philosophical Society of Texas, and Three Friends circa 1970

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

7/1: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Look to the River and a radio review of Owens by literary critic Evelyn Oppenheimer. Also includes a letter from Mrs. David Rockefeller concerning the Texas Research Foundation. March 1963

7/2: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens regarding Summer Sessions and affairs at Columbia, letters discussing Look to the River and Owens' appearance on Evelyn Oppenheimer's radio program. Includes a letter concerning Roy Bedichek's letters. April 1963

7/3: Personal correspondence, Includes letters discussing Look to the River and the By Laws of the Department of English and Comparative Literature of Columbia University. May 1963

7/4: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning affairs at Columbia as well as books by Owens. June - July 1963

7/5: Personal correspondence, Letters referring to Look to the River, Owens' work on the oil industry, Texas Folk Songs, speaking engagements by Owens, and the Owens vs. Fawcett case. August - October 1963

7/6: Personal correspondence, Correspondence dealing with Slave Mutiny, Look to the Earth, Owens' work on his autobiography, and speaking engagements by Owens. Also contains a letter from the Houston Chronicle concerning a series on Texas authors. November - December 1963

7/7: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Look to the River, Owens vs. Fawcett, and history of the oil industry. January - February 1964

7/8: Personal correspondence, Letters regarding Owens' Philippines novel - The Caves of Arayat, correspondence concerning speaking engagements by Owens. March 1964

7/9: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding speaking engagements by Owens, the "Oral History of Texas Oil Pioneers", and Owens' books including Look to the River, The Caves of Arayat, and Books and a Boy. April - June 1964

7/10: Personal correspondence, Letters and information dealing with Owens' participation in the National Association of Summer Session Directors with NASA. Also contains correspondence with Texas A & M University concerning graduate lectures by Owens. July - August 1964

7/11: Personal correspondence, Contains newspaper clippings about Dobie's death, correspondence discussing "Oral History of Texas Oil Pioneers", and letters concerning summer sessions at Columbia. September 1964

7/12: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Texas Folk Songs and other books by Owens. Also includes letters concerning graduate lectures by Owens at Texas A & M University. October - November 1964

7/13: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' graduate lecture at Texas A & M University and his participation in the "Carnival of Books" radio program regarding Look to the River. January 1965

7/14: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing speaking engagements in Texas by Owens, newspaper clippings concerning J. Frank Dobie, and correspondence regarding Owens' work on the Bedichek papers. February 1 - February 9, 1964

7/15: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the "Carnival of Books" program and Look to the River, the Bedichek papers, speaking engagements by Owens. February 10 - February 26, 1965

7/16: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning speaking engagements by Owens - includes letters discussing a lecture about Bedichek and his works at the University of Texas, letters from Mrs. Roy Bedichek and Mody Boatright. Other letters referring to an article by Owens on the Big Thicket for the Texas Folklore Society. March 1965

7/17: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' talk on Roy Bedichek and his work on Bedichek's letters - includes letter from Mrs. Bedichek. Additional correspondence deals with the "Carnival of Books" program, Owens' lecture at Texas A & M University, and The Caves of Arayat. April 1965

7/18: Personal correspondence, Letters discussing Roy Bedichek's papers and Swing and Turn. Also includes a letter from Mody Boatright discussing his new book. May 1965

7/19: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the Texas Folklore Society and the "Carnival of Books" program on Look to the River. June - July 1965

7/20: Personal correspondence, Includes a letter from Mody Boatright mentioning his new book and the oil history book that he and Owens co-authored. August - October 1965

7/21: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning articles that Owens contributed to Three Men - a book about Dobie, Bedichek, and Webb, and the Big Thicket. Also includes letters discussing the Bedichek letters and Oral History of Texas Oil Pioneers. November 1965.

7/22: Personal correspondence, Letter concerning Slave Mutiny. December - circa 1965

7/23: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' books including This Stubborn Soil, Fever in the Earth, and Tales From the Derrick Floor by Owens and Boatright. January 1966

7/24: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' support of the Spindletop Museum in Beaumont, Texas, a proposed revision of Swing and Turn, Three Men and the Bedichek letters, Tales from the Big Thicket, This Stubborn Soil, and the "Carnival of Books" program concerning Look to the River. Includes a short letter from Boatright and a letter discussing affairs at Columbia concerning a committee of which Owens was a member. February 1966

7/25: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding affairs at Columbia University, Owens' autobiography (This Stubborn Soil), and the Spindletop Museum. March 1966

7/26: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Roy Bedichek's letters, This Stubborn Soil, Tales From the Derrick Floor, Owens' plans for the revision of Swing and Turn, and The Starting Point, a fiction anthology, which Owens criticized. Also contains letters dealing with affairs at Columbia University. April - May 1966

7/27: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning This Stubborn Soil and affairs at Columbia University. June - August 1966

8/1: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning This Stubborn Soil and Texas Folk Songs and the Spindletop Museum in Beaumont, Texas. September 1966

8/2: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning This Stubborn Soil and the Texas Institute of Letters Book Contest, a short story about Grant Wood by Owens titled Haying, A Lesson in Form, the Spindletop Museum, Roy Bedichek's papers, and Tales from the Big Thicket to which Owens contributed. October 1966

8/3: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding This Stubborn Soil, Texas Folk Songs, Slave Mutiny, and Roy Bedichek's letters. November 1966

8/4: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning Roy Bedichek's letters including a letter from Mrs. Bedichek, Look to the River, Texas Folk Songs, This Stubborn Soil, a speaking engagement by Owens, and a proposed book about Dobie by a friend of Owens, Francis Abernathy. December/circa 1966.

8/5: Personal correspondence, Correspondence dealing with This Stubborn Soil, Bedichek's letters, Look to the River, and a story for Petroleum Today by Owens and Boatright. Also includes newspaper articles concerning Owens and his hometown of Pin Hook. January 1967

8/6: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning This Stubborn Soil including Owens' winning the Carr P. Collins book award for non-fiction. Also includes letters about lectures by Owens, letters and a draft of Owens' and Boatright's oil history story for Petroleum Today, and letters dealing with Owens' work on Bedichek's letters. February 1967

8/7: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding This Stubborn Soil and Owens' winning of the Carr P. Collins Award, letters and programs concerning appearances by Owens, a letter informing Owens of his election to Phi Beta Kappa, and a letter about Three Men in Texas to which Owens contributed writings. March 1967.

8/8: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning This Stubborn Soil and the Carr P. Collins Award, other writings by Owens, lectures and guest appearances by Owens including a transcription of a speech on folklore by Owens. April 1967

8/9: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' writings including This Stubborn Soil, the oil history article, and a story about Bedichek. Also includes letters discussing speaking engagements by Owens. May 1967

8/10: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' writings on Bedichek and the oil history and appearances by Owens. June 1967

8/11: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Slave Mutiny, This Stubborn Soil, and Bedichek's letters. July 1967

8/12: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning books and articles by Owens. Also includes letters regarding lectures and a pamphlet on Owens for the Southwest Writers Series. August 1967

8/13: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning This Stubborn Soil, lectures by Owens, and affairs at Columbia University. September 1967

8/14: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' books, lectures by Owens, Owens' participation in the Texas Institute of Letters Book Contest, and the Southwest Writer's Series pamphlet on Owens. October 1967

8/15: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding books by Owens, Bedichek's letters, the Texas Institute of Letters Contest, the Southwest Writers Series, and affairs at Columbia. November 1967

8/16: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' books, affairs at Columbia, and the Texas Institute of Letters contest. December 1967

8/17: Personal correspondence, Correspondence referring to Bedichek's letters and This Stubborn Soil. circa 1967

8/18: Personal correspondence, Letters discussing the Texas Institute of Letters contest, Owens' books, affairs at Columbia, and lectures by Owens including a copy of his speech, "The Writer and His Region". January 1968

8/19: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning lectures by Owens, the Texas Institute of Letters contest, books by Owens, and the Southwest Writers Series. February 1968

9/1: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding the Texas Institute of Letters contest, programs in which Owens participated, and books by Owens. March 1 - March 7, 1968

9/2: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning Owens' books, appearances by Owens, and the Southwest Writers Series. March 8 - March 31, 1968

9/3: Personal correspondence, Correspondence dealing with speaking engagements by Owens and This Stubborn Soil. April 1968

9/4: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Look to the River, participation by Owens on programs and committees, affairs at Columbia - student disorders, and information on Bedichek and Webb. May 1968

9/5: Personal correspondence, Letters dealing with affairs at Columbia, Bedichek's letters, speaking engagements by Owens, and books by Owens. June 1968

9/6: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning books by Owens, affairs at Columbia, lectures by Owens, and folksongs. July 1968

9/7: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding affairs at Columbia, appearances by Owens, writings by Owens including plans for a children's book, and Southwest Writers Series. August 1968

9/8: Personal correspondence, Correspondence referring to the Southwest Writers Series on Owens and speaking engagements by Owens. September 1968

9/9: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the Southwest Writers Series, the Texas Institute of Letters contest, books by Owens, and affairs at Columbia. October 1968

9/10: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' books and speaking engagements by Owens. November 1968

9/11: Personal correspondence, Letters from NASA inviting Owens to view the launching of Apollo 8 and correspondence dealing with affairs at Columbia and Owens' books. December 1968

9/12: Personal correspondence, Correspondence and information concerning folklore and literature series, a letter from Boatright concerning a center for studies in folklore and oral history. circa 1968

9/13: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding the Apollo 8 space launch and affairs at Columbia. January 1969

9/14: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning books by Owens, affairs at Columbia, and a speaking engagement by Owens concerning Look to the River. February 1969

9/15: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning matters at Columbia and Owens' appointment to Dean of Summer Sessions. March 1969

9/16: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Columbia University and Owens' appointment to Dean of Summer Sessions, lectures by Owens, and the Apollo 8 space launch. April 1 - April 15, 1969

9/17: Personal correspondence, Letters discussing Owens' appointment to Dean of Summer Sessions, books and speaking engagements by Owens, a letter commenting on John Redway, a novel written by Owens - manuscript included. April 17, - April 30, 1969

9/18: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning lectures by Owens, affairs at Columbia and Owens' appointment as Dean of Summer Sessions, and Roy Bedichek's papers. May 1969

9/19: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning speaking engagements and books by Owens, affairs at Columbia including Owens' appointment as Dean of Summer Sessions, and Roy Bedichek's letters. June 1969

9/20: Personal correspondence, Correspondence dealing with matters concerning Columbia, Black Mutiny, and Owens' trip concerning space physics and NASA. July 1969

9/21: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning plans for a folksong book by Owens and This Stubborn Soil. August 1969

9/22: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding the proposed folksong book, affairs at Columbia, and books by Owens. Includes letter concerning a publication by NASA on which Owens worked. September 1969

9/23: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning events at Columbia, Owens' work on oil history and Space Resources for Teachers: Space Science by NASA, and a letter from Owens of October 22, 1969 discussing current situations of his books and personal life. October 1969

9/24: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing books by Owens, affairs at Columbia, and Space Resources for Teachers: Space Science. November 1969.

9/25: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' books, a proposed television special on oil with Life magazine and Alcoa, and a lecture at Texas A & M. December 1969

9/26: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Columbia University and the Summer Sessions Program. circa 1969