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Personal Correspondence, A-C
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Personal correspondence, A. Correspondence plus travel information concerning the AUSS meeting, held in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. August-October 1972
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Personal correspondence, A. Correspondence from friends concerning A Season of Weathering; newspaper article on Owens' life. January 1973 - October 1974
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Personal correspondence, A. Correspondence concerning "The Distinguished Speaker's Series;" letters dealing with the revised publication of Texas Folk Songs. March-October 1975
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Personal correspondence, A. Correspondence concerning Owens' lecture at the Phi Phi Banquet. January-October 1976
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Personal correspondence, A. Correspondence concerning transcription of Cajun folk songs; newspaper clippings about oral histories; letters regarding the housing of William A. Owens' files with Texas A & M University. January-December 1977
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Personal correspondence, A. correspondence concerning transcriptions of Cajun folk songs. March-November 1978
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Personal correspondence, A. February-April 1979
1/8
Personal correspondence, A. Christmas cards and letters; Slave Mutiny book jacket. Undated
1/9
Personal correspondence, B. Newspaper articles; letter from Pam Barnes concerning John Steinbeck papers at Columbia. 1963-1972
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Personal correspondence, B. From Ben Brantley with traffic safety rhymes; concerning A Season of Weathering; from Elizabeth Bowne on her book Beyond the Jungle; newspaper article about W.A.O.; review of Owens' lecture at East Texas State University; review of Impressions of the Big Thicket. 1973
1/11
Personal correspondence, B. From Geneva Berry on her book Paint the Sand Black; from Jacques Barzun on Owens' And Then the People (later Not So Far Away, Not So Long Ago). 1974-1975
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Personal correspondence, B. From Geneva Berry on her writing letter honoring Katherine Ann Porter; letter requesting the use of some songs in Swing and Turn and Texas Folk Songs. 1976
1/13
Personal correspondence, B. Concerning publication of Not So Far Away, Not So Long Ago; short story by Geneva Berry; letters on Berry's novel. 1977-1979
1/14
Personal correspondence, B. Undated
1/15
Personal correspondence, C. Correspondence with Mody C. Boatright. circa 1947-1948, 1954, 1960-1967
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Personal correspondence, C. Correspondence with Columbia University concerning Owens' retirement as summer school Dean and subsequent resumption of his teaching responsibilities; publisher-author agreement, between Scribner's sons and Owens for Book on Family Migration. January 1971 - August 1972
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Personal correspondence, C. Correspondence with John Cushman; in regards to the copy rights on W.A. Owens' books; letters concerned with the negotiations for the playwriting and production of This Stubborn Soil. September-December 1972
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Personal correspondence, C. Correspondence dealing with the film rights of Slave Mutiny; letters concerned with Owens' Fall lecture tour. February-December 1973
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Personal correspondence, C. Correspondence concerning copy rights to Look to the River; W.A. Owens' review of Plow Horse Cavalry; copy of agreement between Scribner's Sons and Owens for publishing rights of Book on Family Migration. January-December 1974
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Personal correspondence, C. Newspaper article on Annie Laurie Williams; correspondence in regards to the possible publication of A Fair and Happy Land; article on Jacques Barzun's retirement from Columbia University. January-June 1975
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Personal correspondence, C. Correspondence concerned with This Stuborn Soil; Quartet magazine from Richard H. Costa. July-September 1975Winter 1973, Fall/Winter 1974-1975
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Personal correspondence, C. Correspondence dealing with A Fair and Happy Land. October-December 1975
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Personal correspondence, C. Correspondence and promotional information dealing with Czech Fest related to book on Czech folk songs; letter requesting use of Annie Laurie Williams letters in regards to a biography of Truman Capote (Copy of his statement of authenticity of the project). January-December 1976
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Personal correspondence, C. Enquiry into film rights for Look to the River; request to look at Annie Laurie Williams' letters. January-June 1977
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Personal correspondence, C. Letter from Father Michael J. Clerkin dealing with Priests and Nuns who had been Japanese prisoners during WWII. July-December 1977
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Personal correspondence, C. Continuation of correspondence with Father Michael J. Clerkin in regards to the missionaries during WWII. January-July 1978
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Personal correspondence, C. Correspondence with the Panhandle Pen Women's organization dealing with Owens' participation as a judge in their book-length manuscript contest; application and letters from Creative Artists Public Service Program (CAPS). January-August 1979
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Personal correspondence, C. Undated