3/1: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning articles Owens wrote for Asia and the America's magazine. January 1945

3/2: Personal correspondence, Includes family correspondence, correspondence referring to Woody Guthrie and folk music. Contains program of the Samuel Huston College Artist Series-1945 in which J. Frank Dobie was a lecturer. February - March 1945

3/3: Personal correspondence, Family correspondence notifying Owens of his mother's death. April - May 1945

3/4: Personal correspondence, June - August 1945

3/5: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' plans after returning to civilian life - includes letters from Thomas Mayo, Head of Texas A & M's English Department, and Lindley Beckworth. September - November 1945

3/6: Personal correspondence, Correspondence with various magazines regarding publication of short stories by Owens. December 1945

3/7: Personal correspondence, Includes Monthly Report of The Poetry Society of Texas, correspondence with magazines and publishing companies regarding short stories and a novel by Owens, letter from Lee Keedick concerning a lecture in January, and letters from Columbia University and the University of Texas regarding employment for Owens in the spring of 1946. January 1946. (January 1946)

3/8: Personal correspondence, Correspondence with magazines concerning short stories by Owens and with Columbia University regarding future employment. February 4 - February 17, 1946

3/9: Personal correspondence, Correspondence with magazines concerning short stories by Owens. February 20 - February 29, 1946

3/10: Personal correspondence, Correspondence with magazines and publishers concerning Owens' short stories. March 1946

3/11: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing short stories by Owens - from magazines and Maxim Lieber, an author's representative. April 1946

3/12: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' articles written for magazines. May 1 - May 24, 1946

3/13: Personal correspondence, Contains family correspondence and letters concerning articles, short stories, and the novel by Owens. Also includes a story by one of Owens' former students. May 27 - May 31, 1946

3/14: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' novel and short stories. June 1 - June 9, 1946

3/15: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' novel and a letter from Thomas Mayo discussing employment at Texas A & M for the Fall 1946. June 10 - June 24, 1946

3/16: Personal correspondence, Correspondence with Mayo discussing employment at Texas A & M. Also includes letters discussing Walking on Borrowed Land and articles by Owens. July 1946

3/17: Personal correspondence, Includes family correspondence, letters from colleges concerning a teaching position for Owens, correspondence concerning folksongs and short stories. August 1 - August 12, 1946

3/18: Personal correspondence, Letters discussing short stories and novels by Owens. August 14 - August 29, 1946

3/19: Personal correspondence, Correspondence with magazines concerning Owens' short stories and articles. September 1946

3/20: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing folksongs and articles with magazines and publishing companies. Contains letter from Lee Keedick concerning lectures by Owens. Also includes a letter from Congressman Beckworth. October 1946

3/21: Personal correspondence, Correspondence deals with Owens' short stories. Correspondence from Columbia University discussing employment for Owens for 1947-1948. November 1946

3/22: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' employment at Columbia University. December/circa 1946

3/23: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' employment at Columbia University. January - February 1947

3/24: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning lectures, short stories, and books by Owens - also letters from Columbia University about Owens' employment. Includes family correspondence. March - April 1947

3/25: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' short stories. Also includes letters and an itinerary concerning lectures and guest appearances by Owens. May - June 1947

3/26: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning short stories and Owens' plans for a novel, King Cotton's My Cross. July - August 1947

3/27: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning short stories and books by Owens. September - October 1947

3/28: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' books. November 1947.

3/29: Personal correspondence, December - Undated 1947.

3/30: Personal correspondence, Includes letter from Columbia University concerning Owens' employment. January/circa 1948

3/31: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' books - Walking on Borrowed Land, A Texas Ballad Book, and Slave Mutiny, the Amistad book. April - June 1948

3/32: Personal correspondence, July - September 1948

3/33: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Walking on Borrowed Land, A Texas Ballad Book, and short stories by Owens. circa October - December 1948

2/1: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens, Director of Folk Festivals, concerning his work with folksongs and programs to promote folk festivals. Also includes letter referring to Grant Wood. February 1 - February 3, 1941

2/2: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning folksongs and programs for folksongs and dances written while Owens was Director of Folk Festivals. February 4 - February 7, 1941

2/3: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens, Director of Folk Festivals, concerning folksongs and folk festivals. Includes two letters referred to Owens by J. Frank Dobie and Roy Bedichek. February 8 - February 11, 1941

2/4: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning folksongs and speaking engagements by Owens as Director of Folk Festivals. Includes open house program to present Owens as Director of Folk Material Research, letters from J. Frank Dobie and Grant Wood. February 12 - February 17, 1941

2/5: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning folksongs and folk festivals, appearances by Owens, and a story for Time and Life about Owens. Also includes letter referring to Grant Wood. February 18 - February 24, 1941

2/6: Personal correspondence, Correspondence dealing with appearances by Owens. Includes an eight page article on Negro spirituals by S. E. Asbury and letters from Lindley Beckworth and Mrs. William P. Hobby. February 25 - February 27, 1941

2/7: Personal correspondence, Correspondence dealing with Owens' work on folksongs and participation in meetings and folksong programs. Letters mentioning Grant Wood. March 1 - March 10, 1941

2/8: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning speaking appearances by Owens discussing folksongs and dances. Letter from singer Lawrence Tibbett and letters referring to Grant Wood. March 11 - March 31, 1941

2/9: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing appearances and programs on folksongs in which Owens was involved. April 1 - April 8, 1941

2/10: Personal correspondence, Correspondence about Owens' work on folksongs and folk festivals and his participation in programs dealing with this subject. April 9 - April 15, 1941

2/11: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning folk music and folk festivals planned by various Texas cities. April 16 - April 20, 1941

2/12: Personal correspondence, Correspondence from various cities and schools dealing with folk festivals and requests for Owens' assistance and participation. Also includes notes from Texas A & M concerning salary. April 21 - April 30, 1941

2/13: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' work with folksongs including a letter from Walter Prescott Webb inviting Owens to join the Texas State Historical Association. May 1 - May 5, 1941

2/14: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning folksongs and folk festivals. Several letters discussing Owens' plans for his Ph.D. orals - also mentioning Grant Wood. May 6 - May 16, 1941

2/15: Personal correspondence, Letters discussing folksongs, folk festivals, and Owens' work on his Ph.D. Letter from Dobie included. May 17 - May 29, 1941

2/16: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning Owens' folksong research. Also includes correspondence from friends congratulating Owens upon receiving his Ph.D. June 1941

2/17: Personal correspondence, Letters to Owens requesting information and assistance with folksong programs, festivals, and recordings. Includes Dobie correspondence referred to Owens July 2 - July 11, 1941

2/18: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning folksongs - also includes Owens' letter of resignation as Director of Folk Festivals at the University of Texas. July 12 - July 23, 1941

2/19: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning folksongs and letter mentioning Grant Wood. July 24 - July 31, 1941

2/20: Personal correspondence, Letters discussing folksongs and Owens' participation in programs. Also includes letter referring to Grant Wood. August 1941

2/21: Personal correspondence, Correspondence requesting Owens' participation and assistance in folksong and folk festival programs. September 1941

2/22: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning folksongs and Owens' employment at Texas A & M. Also includes letters from Grant Wood and Roy Bedichek. October 1941

2/23: Personal correspondence, Correspondence with Owens' lecture agent, Lee Keedick, concerning prospective lecture dates. Letters from Alistair Cooke of the British Broadcasting Company requesting Owens' assistance with a program on American Music and the war. November - December 1941

2/24: Personal correspondence, Correspondence with Alistair Cooke and the British Broadcasting Company concerning Owens' assistance with the American music program, letters sent to Owens from Roy Bedichek, letter referring to Grant Wood's terminal illness, and a letter from the War Department concerning Owens' offer to join the service. January 1942

2/25: Personal correspondence, Correspondence with Lee Keedick concerning upcoming lectures, letters referring to Grant Wood's illness and a telegram notifying Owens of Wood's death, letter from the American Folklore Society, Inc. nominating Owens for membership. Also includes various other correspondence about folk music. February 1942

2/26: Personal correspondence, Correspondence referring to Grant Wood. Includes letter from Lee Keedick concerning the USO. March 1942

2/27: Personal correspondence, Correspondence including letters and an itinerary sheet from Keedick and a leave request from Owens to Texas A & M concerning Owens' April lecture tour. April 1942

2/28: Personal correspondence, Correspondence from the Southwest Review magazine mentioning a book review that Owens wrote for them. May 1 - May 20, 1942

2/29: Personal correspondence, Correspondence referring to Owens' draft notification. May 21 - May 31, 1942

2/30: Personal correspondence, Letters mentioning folksongs and Owens' work on a short story titled John Redway. June 1 - June 12, 1942

2/31: Personal correspondence, Correspondence written during Owens' term of service in the Army. June 12 - June 31, 1942

2/32: Personal correspondence, Correspondence written to Owens during his term of service in the Army. Letter discussing his promotion. October - November 1942

2/33: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens during his time in the Army. Includes letters referring to a friend of Owens who was missing in action. December 1942

2/34: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens while in the Army - includes letters concerning Owens' work on folk song recordings. January - December 1943

2/35: correspondence, Includes family correspondence and correspondence with the Saturday Evening Post concerning Owens' story "Sister Ottonia, Escapes". January - October 1944

2/36: Personal correspondence, Includes Undated correspondence - Includes correspondence to Owens while he was stationed in the Philippines, family correspondence, and a certificate from the Army allowing Owens to keep a Japanese songbook and book he acquired in the Philippines. November - December 1944

1/1: Personal correspondence, A-G. Contains letters and poetry from Willis Guthrie. Correspondence referring to artist Grant Wood. circa 1936 - 1942

1/2: Personal correspondence, H-L. Correspondence discussing Owens' work with folksongs and employment at the University of Texas. Letters referring to Grant Wood. circa 1936 - 1942

1/3: Personal correspondence, M-Z. Includes family correspondence, letters referring to Grant Wood. Also contains a short story enclosed in a letter from Schahit. circa 1936 - 1942

1/4: Personal correspondence, Correspondence referring to Grant Wood - his illness as well as a book Owens was to write with illustrations by Wood. Letter from sculptor Lawrence Tenney Stevens included. circa 1940 - 1942

1/5: Personal correspondence, A-G. Correspondence discussing short stories and publications by Owens in magazines and Owens' folksong book. Letters referring to Owens' employment at Texas A & M University. circa 1942 - 1947

1/6: Personal correspondence, H-O. Includes family correspondence. circa 1942 - 1947

1/7: Personal correspondence, P-Z. Contains biographical sketch and brochure on sculptor Lawrence Tenney Stevens. circa 1942 - 1947

1/8: Personal correspondence, Correspondence from J. Frank Dobie and others concerning Owens' book, Swing and Turn; also includes publishing contract with Tardy Publishing Company. Contains teaching certificate entitling Owens to teach in public schools, certification of employment from schools where Owens taught, and recommendations for employment as English Instructor at Texas A & M University. Postcard from Thornton Wilder. 1932 - 1938

1/9: Personal correspondence, Correspondence from recording studios, J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb, Tardy Publishing Company, and others concerning Swing and Turn and folksong records. January - July 1939

1/10: Personal correspondence, Letters of introduction from Grant Wood and U.S. Representative Lindley Beckworth, correspondence and contract with Lee Keedick concerning lecture tours, correspondence with Dean of Arts and Sciences at Texas A & M referring to plans for Owens' lecture tours and reappointment as English Instructor, correspondence concerning Owens work with folksongs including letters from broadcasting companies and Alan Lomax, assistant archivist of the Library of Congress. August - September 1939

1/11: Personal correspondence, Correspondence setting up lecture tours and a New Orleans speaking engagement for a meeting of the Modern Language Association, letters referring to Grant Wood, letters from J. Frank Dobie and others concerning Owens' folksong records, note from author Carl Van Doran included. October - December 1939

1/12: Personal correspondence, Correspondence referring to Owens' plans for lecture tours, his work on folksongs, and plans for his Ph.D. work. Includes letters from Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Dobie, Grant Wood, Lee Keedick, and recording studios. January - March 1940

1/13: Personal correspondence, Letters discussing Owens' work on folksongs and recordings. Includes correspondence with Dobie and Musicraft Records, Inc. April - June 1940

1/14: Personal correspondence, Contains letters and a contract from Musicraft Records, Inc. concerning a folksong record to be made by Owens, correspondence about a prospective lecture tour for Fall 1940, and letters concerning Owens' appointment as Director of Folk Festivals in the Bureau of Public Schools Extracurricular Activities for the University of Texas Division of Extension. Includes letters from Dobie, John Lomax, and Congressman Beckworth. July - September 1940

1/15: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning lectures and speaking engagements by Owens, his work with folksongs and on his Ph.D. including letters from Dobie, Roy Bedichek, Keedick, and Lawrence Tenney Stevens (refers to Grant Wood.) Also included is a copy of Owens' Ph.D. examination. October - December 1940

1/16: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens, Director of Folk Festivals, requesting folksong and festival information and asking Owens to speak at meetings. Includes letters from Roy Bedichek and letter referring to Grant Wood. January 1 - January 12, 1941

1/17: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens, Director of Folk Festivals, concerning folk festivals and speaking engagements. Includes letter to Roy Bedichek. January 13 - January 20, 1941

1/18: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens, Director of Folk Festivals, concerning folk festivals and programs. Includes letter from Lawrence Tenney Stevens and letter referring to Grant Wood. January 21 - January 26, 1941

1/19: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens, Director of Folk Festivals. Includes letter from Lawrence Tenney Stevens. January 27 - January 31, 1941