- TxAM-CRS 23-S4-12
- Box
- 1972-1975; Undated
Fait partie de William A. Owens Papers, Part One
12/1: Personal correspondence, Correspondence dealing with Big Thicket Patterns, Alfred Wilkes, and affairs concerning Columbia. June 1 - June 23, 1972
12/2: Personal correspondence, Includes a letter to Wilkes and a general newsletter from the American Folklore Society. June 25 - June 29, 1972
12/3: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning a reception at Columbia honoring Owens and his wife on the occasion of his retirement as Dean of Summer Sessions. July 5 - July 19, 1972
12/4: 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
12/5: Personal correspondence, Letter and article about Owens' speech at Carson-Newman College, letters and articles dealing with Owens retirement as Dean of Summer Sessions and the reception in his honor, A Sense of Place - the National Humanities bibliography which includes books by Owens, a letter from Friends of the Texas A & M University Library presenting Owens with a keepsake and details of a meeting. August - November 1972
12/6: Personal correspondence, Contains programs for symposiums on folklore and African-Chicano cultures, information on the Texas Institute of Letters Society, information about the Southwest Writer's Series, a program of the Texas Folklore Society meeting, and memorandums concerning affairs at Columbia. circa 1972
12/7: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding Owens' February 27th appearance on the "Today Show" and A Season of Weathering. January - February 1973
12/8: 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.
12/9: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing A Season of Weathering and Owens' appearance on the "Today Show", a Book and Author Luncheon which Owens attended for the Bedford Hills Free Library, and Owens' work on the Big Thicket book. March 9 - March 31, 1973
12/10: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Alfred Wilkes, Owens' appearance on the "Today Show", A Season of Weathering, the Bedford Hills Book and Author Luncheon at which Owens spoke. April - July 1973
12/11: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' participation in the Texas State Historical Association meeting in February 1974. August - September/circa 1973
12/12: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the Texas State Historical Association meeting at which Owens read a paper entitled "Roughnecks and Wildcatters". Also contains correspondence dealing with affairs at Columbia. 1974
12/13: Personal correspondence, Letters ordering and commenting on A Fair and Happy Land, Owens' book on his ancestors. 1975
12/14: Personal correspondence, Contains family correspondence and a letter from Helen Hayes concerning the Columbia University Art Center. January - April/year unknown
12/15: Personal correspondence, Contains three pages describing the Roy Bedichek papers at the University of Texas. May - July/year unknown
12/16: Personal correspondence, August - October/year unknown
12/17: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning affairs at Columbia. November - December/year unknown
12/18: Personal correspondence, Undated
12/19: Personal correspondence, Contains a circular written by Roy Bedichek. Undated
12/20: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning "Woman Killuh, Don't Stay Away…" by Owens, the Japanese book by Owens. Also contains correspondence from Mody Boatright. Undated
12/21: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the Philosophical Society of Texas, a manuscript by Henry Marksbury (a friend of Owens). Also includes a letter enclosing a copy of memoirs of Texas in the 1870s. Undated.
12/22: Personal correspondence, Contains an invitation to Owens to join the American Academy of Political and Social Science, a letter discussing Walter Sharp and Owens' work on Tales From the Derrick Floor. Undated