Papers relating to Texas Folk Songs(1950) including background material and notes, book reviews and promotional material, Owens' doctoral dissertation for the State University of Iowa, galley proofs, lyrics of folksongs and an incomplete manuscript, early drafts of music and lyrics, photocopies of songs of Rod Drake with comments, lyrics, and music staffs, and a ribbon copy and photocopy of Rod Drake's Songs by William A. Owens. Manuscripts of Texas Folk Songs, by William A. Owens, published in 1950 by The Texas Folklore Society. Also first and third drafts, and page proofs of the revised and enlarged edition of Texas Folk Songs, published in 1976, with musical transcriptions by Jessie Ann Owens. Contains a complete unedited copy of Texas Folk Songs (revised and enlarged), dated May 3, 1976.

Papers relating to Owens' book, Slave Mutiny, published in 1953. Includes source materials, notes, and related publications concerning the Amistad mutiny. Manuscripts, drafts and some book reviews for both Slave Mutiny, and the later edition of the book titled Black Mutiny, published in 1968.

Papers concerning Owens' plagerism case with True magazine. Information relating to the case of Owens vs. Fawcett Publications, Inc. and Holland. Contains comparisons of Owens' Slave Mutiny with edited material and unedited material by Millard of True magazine. Contains court testimony and legal material for the case of Owens vs. Fawcett Publications, Inc. and David Holland including comparisions of Slave Mutiny with Holland's story and records from the trial. Includes the deposition of William A. Owens (July 18, 1960) and plaintiff's exhibits (April 26, 1961).

Papers relating to Owens' book, Walking on Borrowed Land including book reviews, notes, and typescripts.

This series contains works by other authors including portions of the History of the CIC. Also two biographies of Owens.

This series contains early drafts of Not So Far Away, Not So Long Ago titled And Then the People, Some Texans, and Texas: Backstreets and Country Roads.

This series contains foul copy, galley proofs and paste-ups, background material, proofs, and miscellaneous materials relating to Texas Folk Songs (2nd edition).

This series contains miscellaneous materials including articles on Grant Wood and the Philippines.

This series contains correspondence concerning Owens' books, with published reviews of Owens' books; the Annie Laurie Williams letters; the Bedichek letters; Ralph Yarborough and the Big Thicket; photographs of Owens and family; and transcripts from Owens' college years. Also contains personal correspondence from 1940-1946, including those from Owens' years on active duty in World War II, as well as correspondence concerning the film rights to Slave Mutiny; plagiarism of Slave Mutiny; clippings and articles on Grant Wood; newsletters.

This series contains letters and papers from Owens' National Humanities Series tours in 1972.

This series contains transcripts from the "Oral History of the Texas Oil Industry" tapes.

This series contains outlines, plot sketches, and drafts of Caves of Arayat.

This series contains the first and second drafts of Special Agent 2142.

This series contains papers relating to Japanese Soldiers in World War II.

This series contains essays, short stories, and articles written by Owens.

From a hand-drawn plat map of the Santa Rosa Ranch to a Sheriff's foreclosure notice, this series yields valuable information on the transition of the property from its original owners as well as its lessees and sets-up the scenario for the later problems to be resolved in the courts. This series is comprised of Chattel mortgages, Warranty Deeds, Promissory notes, Deeds, and a Dissolution of Partnership document.

This series of documents paint a picture of the series of events that lead to the succeeding legal conflict. This series is comprised of Pleadings, Foreclosure documents, Chattel documents, letters, telegrams, and, of special interest, a Minute Book documenting a "Special Meeting of the Santa Rosa Ranch Company" in which important stock transfers occurred.

This series is chiefly comprised of court-related documents that depict the intense conflict as well as surprise reversals and new alliances. The documents included in this series are chiefly legal instruments such as suits, answers, pleadings, depositions, transcripts, letters, judgments, opinions, briefs, abstracts, land title transfers, and receipts.

This series is made of three documents that seem to point to what the resolution and outcome was in D. R. Fant's Santa Rosa Ranch litigation.

With the exception of one or two documents, these appear to be the handwritten research notes of legal counsel; most appear probably to be in the handwriting of attorney James Webb. The file envelopes appears to have contained documents used as evidence in legal actions.

This series consists of information from U.S. censuses and Asbury's analysis of population trends from 1790 through 1860.

This series consists of notes, sketches, and plans for Asbury's Texas Revolution Opera. The musical scores for this opera have been separated and are now housed in oversized folders.

This series contains chiefly correspondence and research files on but not limited to the Alamo, Fannin at Goliad, the Twin Sisters, Regulator-Moderator War, White Spirituals, Asbury Family, Woodward Family, Santa Fe Expedition, Congress of Republic of Texas, Texas County Histories, Governor Jim Hogg, Council House Fight, Seige of Bexar, Battles around San Antonio, Conventions of 1836 and 1933, Texas Pioneers, Texas Centennial, History of Texas Roses, Battle of San Jacinto, Mexican War, Texas-Indians,

Other documents included are" Maximal Growth Yield in Plants", "Almonte's Journal of the Mexican Campaign", historical articles and addresses written by S. E. Asbury, documents from Bexar, Spanish and Nacogdoches Archives, Polk County documents and letters, "Pioneer Texan's Previous and After Lives", miscellaneous historical documents, and a list of contents of the cabinet drawers.

This series contains miscellaneous historical documents and articles, a group of assignments prepared for a writing class and a poetry class taken by Asbury at Harvard in 1908, other stories, essays, plays and poems written by Asbury, and a few pieces of correspondence on roses (1934-1942).

This series is located in Box 6. Folders 50-80 contain family correspondence from 1915 to 1959, with folder 81 containing undated correspondence. No family correspondence exists for the years 1947-1951.

This series contains L. W. Kemp's Goliad Personnel Files comprised of seven loose-leaf binders filled with brief biographical sketches of the men stationed at Goliad. These files are incomplete as the binders containing M-O and S-U are missing.

This series contains boxes 01 and 02, and 34 folders in box 03.