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Box
Title
Personal Correspondence
Date(s)
- 1971-1972 (Creation)
Extent
23 folders
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11/1: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing the National Humanities Series and other lectures by Owens, matters concerning Columbia, and books by Owens. February 1971
11/2: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' work on schools in Lamar County, Texas, affairs at Columbia, author Alfred Wilkes, speaking engagements, and books by Owens. March 1971
11/3: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding lectures by Owens, Lamar County, Texas records, Alfred Wilkes, affairs at Columbia, books by Owens and a proposed book on the Big Thicket. April 2 - April 20, 1971
11/4: Personal correspondence, Correspondence and information regarding the 1971 Association of University Summer Sessions meeting, speeches given by Owens at the Louisiana Folklore Society meeting and various East Texas schools on oil tales and folklore, William A. Owens Day in Commerce, Texas, and parents' seminars which Owens helped organize. April 20 - April 29, 1971
11/5: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing books by Owens, Owens' work on a book on the Big Thicket, and affairs at Columbia. May 1971
11/6: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning Owens' work on the Big Thicket book, books by Owens, speaking engagements by Owens, and the National Humanities Series. June 1971
11/7: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Slave Mutiny and Walking on Borrowed Land. Letters concerning Alfred Wilkes. July 1971
11/8: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing the Big Thicket book, the Association of University Summer Sessions Annual meeting, and a lecture through the National Humanities Series at Hawaii Community College by Owens. August 1971.
11/9: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning books by Owens and his work on the Big Thicket book, Annie Laurie Williams' papers at Columbia's archives including copies of a letter by John Steinbeck and Maurice Crain, books by Alfred Wilkes, the lectures at Community Colleges of the University of Hawaii and Northwestern State University, and the Association of University Summer Sessions meeting. September 1971
11/10: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing matters concerning Columbia, the Association of University Summer Sessions meeting including itineraries and a list of expenditures, speaking engagements at community colleges in Hawaii by Owens discussing subject matter for his lecture, and books by Alfred Wilkes. October 2 - October 10, 1971
11/11: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning the meeting of the Association of University Summer Sessions, lectures by Owens through the National Humanities Series, books by Owens, and information about Friends of the Texas A & M University Library. October 11 - October 31, 1971
11/12: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding Owens' work on the Big Thicket book, an honorarium received by Owens from the Peace Happiness Prosperity Institute for an article he wrote, and books by Owens. November 1971
11/13: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the Philosophical Society of Texas Annual Meeting of 1971 including a program and membership information, the article by Owens for the Peace Happiness Prosperity Institute, and the Big Thicket book. December 1971.
11/14: Personal correspondence, Contains a report to Owens concerning summer session enrollment at Columbia, correspondence with Alfred Wilkes including a ten page story by Wilkes, and a University of Iowa Department of English Newsletter and Alumni Newsletter mentioning Tales From the Derrick Floor. circa 1971
11/15: Personal correspondence, Information concerning Columbia University, a Southwestern American Literature Association Newsletter, programs from symposiums on folklore at East Texas State University in which Owens' work on folklore and the Big Thicket book were discussed. circa 1971
11/16: Personal correspondence, Includes Library Notes of Texas A & M University announcing the presentation of J. Frank Dobie materials to Texas A & M, letters and information concerning affairs at Columbia and lectures by Owens for the National Humanities Series, letter from the Philosophical Society of Texas presenting Owens with a certificate of membership, and letters concerning the Big Thicket book and A Season of Weathering. January 1972
11/17: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the National Humanities Series, speaking engagements by Owens including an Honors Banquet at Carson-Newman College in Tennessee, and the Big Thicket book. February 1 - February 11, 1972
11/18: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the article Owens wrote for the Peace Happiness Prosperity Institute, affairs at Columbia including a literary contest in which Owens judged, a speaking engagement at Carson-Newman College, Owens' lectures for the National Humanities Series, the Big Thicket book, American Heritage Publishers' request to use "Gusher at Spindletop" by Owens in a forthcoming book on the history of American business. February 12 - February 29, 1972
11/19: Personal correspondence, Correspondence regarding "Gusher at Spindletop" and the Peace Happiness Prosperity Institute article, a letter proposing to name a park after Owens in his hometown of Pin Hook, Texas, information about the National Humanities Series, and a letter requesting information on the Bedichek papers. March 1 - March 10, 1972
11/20: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning the North Central Conference of Summer Sessions in which Owens participated, the "Owens Park" project in Owens' hometown, the Big Thicket book, the National Humanities Series including a contract, itinerary, and bulletins. March 12 - March 31, 1972
11/21: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning the "Owens Park" project-map included. Also includes itinerary and schedule for Owens program "The Frontier in Song and Story" for the National Humanities Series. April 3 - April 12, 1972
11/22: Personal correspondence, Contains a program of the Carson-Newman College address by Owens, comments from communities in which Owens gave his National Humanities Series lecture, and a letter discussing the Big Thicket book called Big Thicket Patterns. April 13 - April 30, 1972
11/23: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Big Thicket Patterns, affairs at Columbia, the article Owens wrote for Peace Happiness Prosperity International, and A Season of Weathering. Also includes a program from the 1972 Amistad Award Luncheon. May 1972