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Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' short stories. Also includes letters and an itinerary concerning lectures and guest appearances by Owens. May - June 1947
Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' short stories. Also includes letters and an itinerary concerning lectures and guest appearances by Owens. May - June 1947
Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' books. November 1947.
Fever in the Earth, notes on memopads.
Fever in the Earth, partial draft with revisions, Chapters 1 & 2.
Fever in the Earth, partial draft with revisions, Chapters 10 & 18.
Fever in the Earth, partial drafts and notes.
Fever in the Earth, partial drafts and notes.
Fever in the Earth, partial drafts and notes.
Fever in the Earth, early draft - No Toil No Death No Danger, pp. 25-51a.
Fever in the Earth, early draft - No Toil No Death No Danger, pp. 235-264.
Fever in the Earth, First draft of No Toil No Death No Danger, including notes, pp. 1-36.
Fever in the Earth, First draft of No Toil No Death No Danger, pp. 37-65.
Fever in the Earth, First draft of No Toil No Death No Danger, pp. 177-215.
Fever in the Earth, First draft of No Toil No Death No Danger, pp. 216-242.
Fever in the Earth, Second draft of No Toil No Death No Danger, pp. 132-161.
Fever in the Earth, Second draft of No Toil No Death No Danger, pp. 281-315.
Fever in the Earth, manuscript - unedited and uncut, pp. 248-269.
Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing the National Humanities Series and other lectures by Owens, matters concerning Columbia, and books by Owens. February 1971
Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' work on schools in Lamar County, Texas, affairs at Columbia, author Alfred Wilkes, speaking engagements, and books by Owens. March 1971
Personal correspondence, Correspondence and information regarding the 1971 Association of University Summer Sessions meeting, speeches given by Owens at the Louisiana Folklore Society meeting and various East Texas schools on oil tales and folklore, William A. Owens Day in Commerce, Texas, and parents' seminars which Owens helped organize. April 20 - April 29, 1971
Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Slave Mutiny and Walking on Borrowed Land. Letters concerning Alfred Wilkes. July 1971
Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning books by Owens and his work on the Big Thicket book, Annie Laurie Williams' papers at Columbia's archives including copies of a letter by John Steinbeck and Maurice Crain, books by Alfred Wilkes, the lectures at Community Colleges of the University of Hawaii and Northwestern State University, and the Association of University Summer Sessions meeting. September 1971
Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the Philosophical Society of Texas Annual Meeting of 1971 including a program and membership information, the article by Owens for the Peace Happiness Prosperity Institute, and the Big Thicket book. December 1971.
Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the North Central Conference of Summer Sessions in which Owens participated, the "Owens Park" project in Owens' hometown, the Big Thicket book, the National Humanities Series including a contract, itinerary, and bulletins. March 12 - March 31, 1972
Personal correspondence, Letters concerning the "Owens Park" project-map included. Also includes itinerary and schedule for Owens program "The Frontier in Song and Story" for the National Humanities Series. April 3 - April 12, 1972
Personal correspondence, Contains a program of the Carson-Newman College address by Owens, comments from communities in which Owens gave his National Humanities Series lecture, and a letter discussing the Big Thicket book called Big Thicket Patterns. April 13 - April 30, 1972
Personal correspondence, Includes a letter to Wilkes and a general newsletter from the American Folklore Society. June 25 - June 29, 1972
Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding Owens' honorary reception at Columbia and his retirement as Dean of Summer Sessions, Owens speaking engagement at Carson-Newman College - includes an article about Owens. July 20 - July 31, 1972
Personal correspondence, Letters concerning Owens' appearance on the "Today Show," articles and letters regarding the death of Curt Hamill, one of the oil pioneers at Spindletop. March 1 - March 7, 1973.
Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the meeting of the Texas State Historical Association at which Owens read a paper entitled "Roughnecks and Wildcatters." Also contains correspondence dealing with affairs at Columbia. 1974
Personal correspondence, Letters ordering and commenting on A Fair and Happy Land, Owens' book on his ancestors. 1975
Personal correspondence, Contains family correspondence and a letter from Helen Hayes concerning the Columbia University Art Center . January - April/year unknown
Personal correspondence, undated
Personal correspondence, Contains a circular written by Roy Bedichek. undated