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Personal Correspondence
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24 folders
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6/1: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding Owens' oil history series for Dupont and Pocantico Hills. January - February 1960
6/2: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Pocantico Hills, including a letter from Governor Nelson Rockefeller. Also includes a letter from Harry Truman. March 1960
6/3: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding books by Owens, primarily Pocantico Hills. Contains a letter from Owens to Governor Rockefeller requesting his presence at an International Book Exhibition at Columbia. April 1960
6/4: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens as Director of Summer Sessions discussing courses, plans for conferences, and programs at Columbia. Includes letters concerning books and stories by Owens. Also contains a letter from Eleanor Roosevelt accepting Owens' invitation to speak at an International Book Exhibition at Columbia. May 1960
6/5: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens as Director of Summer Sessions including letters regarding plans for the International Book Exhibition at Columbia. Additional correspondence concerns letters discussing writings by Owens. June 1960
6/6: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens as Director of Summer Sessions which includes a letter from Eleanor Roosevelt. Also includes correspondence concerning short stories and articles by Owens and Swing and Turn. July 1960
6/7: Personal correspondence, Letters to Owens as Director of Summer Sessions. Correspondence concerning stories by Owens as well as his books. August 1960
6/8: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens as Director of the Summer Session. Also includes letters concerning the Owens vs. Fawcett lawsuit, Owens' research on the "Oral History of the Oil Industry", and other short stories by Owens. September - October 1960
6/9: Personal correspondence, Letters to Owens, Director of Summer Sessions. Contains correspondence regarding the "Oral History of the Oil Industry" and Owens vs. Fawcett Publications, Inc. November 1960
6/10: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens as Director of Summer Sessions. Letters discussing the "Oral History of the Oil Industry" and Owens vs. Fawcett. December 1960
6/11: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens as Director of Summer Sessions concerning the Owens vs. Fawcett case. January 1961
6/12: Personal correspondence, Correspondence relates to Texas Folk Songs, the Owens vs. Fawcett case, and a church history book with which Owens was involved. February - March 1961
6/13: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens vs. Fawcett, books and short stories by Owens including Texas Folk Songs and the church history, A Century of Grace. April - May 1961
6/14: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens as Director of Summer Sessions. Includes a letter regarding a novel by Owens on the Philippines. June - July 1961
6/15: Personal correspondence, Letters to Owens as Director of Summer Sessions including correspondence concerning books and short stories by Owens. August - September 1961
6/16: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Slave Mutiny and Fever in the Earth. October - December 1961
6/17: Personal correspondence, Letters discussing projects in which Owens was involved, including the oil industry history and the history of Grace Church. Also includes a letter concerning Owens vs. Fawcett. January - February 1962
6/18: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding Owens' work on the history of the oil industry and Owens vs. Fawcett. March - April 1962
6/19: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens as Dean of Summer Sessions. May - June 1962
6/20: Personal correspondence, Correspondence to Owens as Dean of Summer Sessions. July - August 1962
6/21: Personal correspondence, Contains letter referring to Owens' editing of the Roy Bedichek papers. September - October 1962
6/22: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning various writings, programs, and speaking engagements by Owens. Also includes a letter from Mrs. Roy Bedichek concerning Bedichek's letters. November - December 1962/circa 1962
6/23: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' new book Look to the River, a letter advising Owens of his consideration for Vice President for Academic Affairs at Boston University, and a letter concerning Owens' participation on a Sunday School panel. January 1963
6/24: Personal correspondence relating to Look to the River, the Bedichek letters, and speaking engagements by Owens