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Name and location of repository
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Box
Title
Personal Correspondence
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33 folders
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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