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Larry L. King Papers

 

 

photograph of Larry L. King in 1976 by Bill Wittliff

 

Larry L. King is a novelist, journalist, and playwright. He is the only writer nominated for a unique "Triple Crown" of American letters: a National Book Award, a Broadway Tony, and a television Emmy. In 2004 King received the Texas Bookend Award for Lifetime Achievement. He began donating his archives to the Southwestern Writers Collection/Wittliff Collections in 1987.

 

Research Topics: African American studies, Civil Rights, Correspondence Treasures, Drama, Football, Humor, Lyndon B. Johnson Studies, Kennedy Assassination, Magazine Journalism, Larry McMurtry Studies, Memoirs, "New Journalism", Politics, Ann Richards Studies, "The Sixties", Texas Monthly

 

King's archives were originally processed in 1993, resulting in the "finding aid" posted here. Since that time King has continued to send additional archives to the Wittliff Collections. A separate archival inventory of those gifts is posted below the original finding aid. Please note that access to unprocessed materials is granted on a case-by-case basis by the archivist. Please contact the archivist for details.

 

 

Biography of Larry L. King

 

Journalist, novelist, and playwright Larry L. King is the only writer to be a finalist for a unique ÒTriple CrownÓ of American letters: a National Book Award, a Broadway Tony, and a television Emmy. The author of fourteen books and seven stage plays, King is the co-author of the smash Broadway musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. He was also a star writer at HarperÕs at the peak of ÒThe New JournalismÓ during the 1960s and 1970s.

 

Throughout his long and illustrious career King has been known for his humor, intelligence, and courage. A college dropout from Texas Tech, he was once described by HarperÕs editor Willie Morris as a brawler from the West Texas oil patch with "a deep and abiding commitment to America and to authentic American values."

 

King became a National Book Award finalist in 1972 for Confessions of a White Racist, his soul-baring account that revealed the depths of white attitudes towards African Americans. As a consequence of that book, he received death threats from many whites, as well as praise from other writers such as Maya Angelou, who wrote to tell him, ÒI had no idea of your startling courage. I applaud you, man. And pray you stay alive."

 

KingÕs literary legacy includes a voluminous collection of his literary papers, housed at the Southwestern Writers Collection at Texas State University in San Marcos, which is also home to the Cormac McCarthy collection. King saved nearly everything over the years and, as a prolific correspondent, he kept carbon copies of the letters he'd typed, as well as all those he'd received. KingÕs literary papers contain an estimated 40,000 letters, ranging from personal exchanges with senators and congressmen to his relationships with family, friends, and other writers such as David Halberstam, Norman Mailer, and Willie Morris. A collection of KingÕs letters, A WriterÕs Life, or, Reflections in a Bloodshot Eye, was published in 1999.

 

Among KingÕs many awards are an Emmy for his 1982 television documentary for CBS, ÒThe Best Little Statehouse in Texas.Ó His play The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas was a Tony finalist for Best Play. He received the Helen Hayes Award for best new play in 1989 for The Night Hank Williams Died. That play also earned him the Mary Goldwater Award from the Theatre Lobby Trust.

 

KingÕs work has also been recognized and praised in his native state of Texas. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Texas Book Festival in 2004. The Austin Playhouse named the Larry L. King Theatre in his honor in 2006. King has received multiple awards from the Texas Institute of Letters for his writing, including a Stanley Walker Journalism Award for his 1999 article on Willie Morris in Texas Monthly. That article formed the basis for KingÕs acclaimed 2006 book, In Search of Willie Morris.

 

Lawrence Leo King, the youngest child of Clyde Clayton and Cora Lee Clark King, was born January 1, 1929 in Putnam, Texas. He fixed on a career as a writer early in his childhood, inspired by the Mark Twain his mother read to him.

 

As early as grade school, King pursued publication of his works. He wrote regularly for the student newspaper at high school where he found a mentor in Aubra Nooncaster, football coach, English teacher and poet. From high school, King joined the army where he was a reporter for his base paper. He wrote professionally as a sports and crime reporter for the Hobbs (N. M.) Daily Flare, the Midland Reporter-Telegram and the Odessa American after a brief stint at Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University) as a journalism major.

 

In 1954, King moved to Washington, D.C. as the Administrative Assistant to Representative J. T. Rutherford. After Rutherford was defeated in 1962, King joined the staff of another Texas congressman, future House Speaker Jim Wright. In 1964, struggling to complete a contracted novel, King quit Capitol Hill to become a free-lance writer.

 

His first novel, The One-Eyed Man, was published in 1966, but KingÕs chief livelihood as a writer during this time came from his magazine articles. From 1964, King wrote for The Texas Observer, an iconoclastic liberal magazine Òthen the only voice of dissent (constant) or reason (occasionally) to be found in my native stateÓ At the same time, Mississippian Willie Morris, a University of Texas graduate and former editor of the Observer, encouraged KingÕs writing ambitions.

 

Willie Morris gave King his first national exposure in HarperÕs, where Morris was an editor. In 1967, Morris was named editor-in-chief of HarperÕs and under his aegis, the magazine became famed for its exciting and innovative writing.

 

Morris published the brightest literary lights of the day as represented by an impressive list King catalogues in his book The Old Man and Lesser Mortals: ÒJames Dickey, Jules Feiffer, Robert Penn Warren, Justin Kaplan, Sara Davidson, Jack Richardson, Elizabeth Hardwick, Norman Podhoretz, Arthur Miller, Tony Lucas, George Plimpton, Bud Shrake, Michael Arlen, Joe McGinnis, Alfred Kazin, John Updike, Ralph Ellison, Jeremy Larner, Ward Just, Truman Capote, Herbert Gold, Tom Wicker, Gay Talese, Larry McMurtry, Joan Didion, Philip Roth, John Fowles, Irving Howe . . .Ó Not to be left out are William Styron, Norman Mailer, Bill Moyers and David Halberstam.

 

KingÕs best magazine work, as witnessed by the dominance of HarperÕs pieces in KingÕs published collections, was done under MorrisÕs editing. Examples of this work are ÒRequiem for a West Texas TownÓ, ÒMy Hero LBJÓ, ÒThe Old ManÓ, and ÒThe Whole WorldÕs Turned On.Ó

 

King went on to write for numerous, well-known publications including Life, Holiday, Cosmopolitan, The Progressive, Playboy Sports Illustrated. He served as a contributing editor at New Times, Audience, Parade, The Texas Observer, and Texas Monthly.

 

KingÕs topics often involved Texas: ÒRequiem for a West Texas Town,Ó ÒThe Old Man,Ó ÒThe Lost Frontier,Ó ÒPlaying CowboyÓ as well as politics: ÒMy Hero LBJ,Ó ÒGod, Man and William F. Buckley,Ó ÒThe Trial of John Connally.Ó King also treated other subjects such as sports, travel, and music.

 

In 1978, King penned the book for the hit Broadway musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, based on an article he wrote for Playboy. The success of Whorehouse allowed King to get off what he had come to feel was the magazine treadmill and develop his talent in a different form. He has subsequently written six more plays, several of which have earned glowing reviews and popular success.  His post-Whorehouse work includes The Kingfish (co-written with Ben Z. Grant), The Night Hank Williams Died, Christmas 1933/That Terrible Night Santa Got Lost in the Woods, The Golden Shadows Old West Museum, The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, and The Dead Presidents' Club.

 

KingÕs journalistic talent brought him to Harvard University in the 1969-1970 academic year as a Nieman Fellow. He chronicled this experience in the October 1970 issue of HarperÕs, ÒBlowing My Mind at HarvardÓ. From Fall 1973 through Fall 1974, King taught as a Ferris Professor of Journalism and Political Science at Princeton University. He was a Duke Fellow of Communications from 1975 to 1976.

 

King has lived the majority of his life away from his home state but he continually returns there in his writing. In his own words, ÒThat time and place of my youth—which, I had been thoroughly convinced contained no story material, has merely provided me with the stuff of a career.Ó

 

By chronicling the Texas that formed him, a Texas that is passing if not past, King, who believes Òunderstanding of the past is vital to the lessons of the presentÓ has come to see himself as a leaver of Òliterary signposts. Those signposts say, simply . . . this is how it was, in my time and my place, when I passed this way . . . . Pass it on!Ó

 

King married Wilma Jeanne Casey in 1950. They had three children, Alexandria, Kerri Lee King Grandey, and Bradley Clayton. King, divorced in 1964, married on February 20, 1965 Rosemarie Coumaris Kline, who died of cancer June 8, 1972. Since May 6, 1978, King has been married to Barbara S. Blaine, who is also his lawyer and agent. They are the parents of two children, Lindsay Allison and Blaine Carlton.

 

Works by Larry L. King:

 

    Books:

 

            The One-Eyed Man, 1966

            ..and other dirty stories, 1968

            Confessions of a White Racist, 1971 (finalist for the National Book Award)

            The Old Man and Lesser Mortals, 1974

            Wheeling and Dealing, with Bobby Baker, 1978

            Of Outlaws, Con Men, Whores, Politicians and Other Artists, 1980

            The Whorehouse Papers, 1981

            That Terrible Night Santa Got Lost in the Woods, 1981

            None But a Blockhead, 1986

            Warning: Writer at Work, 1986

            Because of Lozo Brown, 1988

            The Night Hank Williams Died: A Play in Two Acts, With Incidental Music, 1990

            The Kingfish: A One-Man Play Loosely Depicting the Life and Times of the Late Huey P. Long of Louisiana, 1992

            The Golden Shadows Old West Museum: A Play (The Texas Tradition Series, No 20) 1993

            True Facts, Tall Tales & Pure Fiction (Southwestern Writers Collection Book Series), 1997

            Larry L. King: A Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections in a Bloodshot Eye, 1999

            The One-Eyed Man (Texas Tradition Series, 31), 2001

            In Search of Willie Morris, 2006

 

    Stage Plays

 

        The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, with Peter Masterson and Carol Hall, (finalist for the Tony Award)

        The Kingfish, with Ben Z. Grant

        The Night Hank Williams Died (Helen Hayes award for best new play in 1989)

        Christmas 1933/That Terrible Night Santa Got Lost in the Woods

        The Golden Shadows Old West Museum

        The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public

        The Dead Presidents' Club        

 

    Television documentary

 

        ÒThe Best Little Statehouse in Texas,Ó 1981. (Emmy Award)

 

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Larry L. King, second from left, poses with more than 245 pounds of his letters, personal papers, manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia that he donated to the Southwestern Writers Collection/The Wittliff Collections in 1992. Pictured from left to right with King are curator Richard Holland, Texas State University president Jerome H. Supple, and Bill Wittliff, founder of the Southwestern Writers Collection.

 

 

Larry L. King

Papers; 1929-ongoing

Bulk: 1957-1993

 

Collection 006

 

39 boxes (19 linear feet)

 

Acquisition:  Multiple donations since 1987.  Donors:  Larry L. King, Russell

Harding and Lanvil Gilbert.

 

Access:  Open for Research

 

Processed by:  Gwynedd Cannan, April 1993 [inventory revised, 2004]

 

* Note that additional Larry L. King archives have been received since this finding aid was first created. An archival inventory for these additional donations is posted below the finding aid. Please contact the archivist for access to the Larry L. King papers.

 

 

Scope and Contents

 

 

The Larry L. King papers span the years from 1929 to the present with most of the material dating from the late 1950s.  They are arranged according to the following five series:  1. Works (books, plays, articles, short stories, television, songs, speeches); 2. Material about King; 3. Other Writers; 4. Personal; 5. Other Collections re Larry L. King.  Within the archive are manuscripts, galley proofs, magazines, tear sheets, playbooks, flyers, posters, tapes, videos, clippings, correspondence, calendars, cancelled checks, tax receipts, vital records, photographs, T-shirts, a jacket and a typewriter.  These materials document KingÕs life and career and provide a thorough overview of his writing process.  They include correspondence with or about other Texas writers, such as Larry McMurtry, Bud Shrake, Billy Lee Brammer, Dan Jenkins, Peter Gent, Jay Milner and Gary Cartwright along with letters to friends and family such as cousin Lanvil Gilbert and colorful Texas lawyer, Warren Burnett.  The materials are most frequently arranged in chronological order.        

See also the Bill Wittliff Collection, Accession nos.  88-052, 89-028, 90-054, -071 and 92-053 for photographs, articles and scripts of Larry L. King.  See 89-015 for original illustrations by Patrick Oliphant for the Encino Press publication of KingÕs book That Terrible Night Santa Got Lost In the Woods.

 

Series Descriptions

 

 

Series I: Books, 1959-1976

Boxes 1-3

 

This series contains drafts, galley proofs and jackets for books by Larry L. King.  Titles include One-Eyed Man (1966), ÉAnd Other Dirty Stories (1968), Of Outlaws, Con Men, Whores, Politicians, and Other Artists (1980), The Whorehouse Papers (1981), None But the Blockhead (1986), and Because of Lozo Brown (1988). Also included are drafts from an early unpublished novel, ÒThe Back of a Bear,Ó research material for a never-realized book on Lyndon Baines Johnson, and a file of articles gathered together for Warning:  Writer at Work, published by TCU Press.  The material is arranged in chronological order.

 

 

Series II: Plays, 1977-1993

Boxes 3-8

 

This series, arranged in chronological order, contains material related to the writing, production and reception of the following theatrical works: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Kingfish, The Night Hank Williams Died, That Terrible Night Santa Got Lost In The Woods, The Golden Shadows Old West Museum, and The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public. Many of the manuscripts include letters from King explaining the history and background of the drafts.

 

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, co-written with Peter Masterson is based on KingÕs 1974 Playboy article.  It was first produced in showcase production at ActorÕs Studio, New York City, October 27-November 12, 1977. It then opened off-Broadway at Intermedia Theatre in April 1978, and moved to BroadwayÕs 46th Street Theatre, on June 19, 1978, where its success supported 1,584 performances over the next four and half years and garnered King a Tony award nomination.

 

The files in this series include scripts, sheet music, screenplay drafts, a playbook, playbills, posters, flyers, reviews, clippings, photographs, tickets, T-shirts, a jacket, promotional buttons, congratulations and a 1981 cartoon by Patrick Oliphant drawn on a napkin.

 

The Kingfish, a one-man play about the flamboyant Louisiana Governor Huey P. Long, was written with long-time friend and Texas legislator, Ben Z. Grant.  Found here are scripts, programs, playbills, the SMU Press book jacket and clippings.

 

The Night Hank Williams Died premiered at the Memphis State University theatre.  After several revisions, the play received its world premiere in Washington, D.C. in 1988.  The following year it opened Off-Broadway.  For this play, King received the Theatre Lobby TrustÕs 1988 Mary Goldwater Award for his contribution as playwright and actor and the 1989 Helen Hayes Award for best new play.  These files contain scripts, correspondence on rewrites and production prospects, congratulations, awards, flyers, posters, playbills, audition notes, reviews, clippings, SMU Press proofs, a playbook and screenplays.

 

The Golden Shadows Old West Museum was also tried out first in a workshop production at Memphis State University.  These files contain a script, correspondence on revisions, playbills, flyers, reviews, and posters.

 

In addition to the above material, this series includes an outline of The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, a playbook for a one-act play titled Christmas: 1933 and a playbill for the same one-act under the original title, That Terrible Night Santa Got Lost In The Woods, and a prospectus and treatment for ÒRoad StoryÓ an aborted project with Glenn Frey and Jimmy Buffett, put together by the New York producer Rocco Landesman.

 

Also included in this series is research material and a script for a never-completed project on Lydia Thompson, an English burlesque queen who was all the rage in late 19th century America.

 

 

Series III: Articles, 1953-1991

Boxes 8-12

 

This series covers KingÕs contributions to magazines and newspapers from his days with the Odessa-American in the 1950s, through his stint in Washington as editor of Capitol Hill, to his work for national magazines including HarperÕs, Life, Esquire, The Progressive, Sports Illustrated, Sport, Cosmopolitan, Playboy and Parade.  The series contains tear sheets, and in some cases, whole copies of the magazine in which the article appeared.  In addition, KingÕs collection of The Texas Observer, to which he was a frequent contributor, is included.  These issues have been removed from the plastic, colored, 3-ring binders in which King kept them. There are tear sheets for KingÕs column for New Times and Washington Star, and newspaper clippings of his book reviews.  The files contain galley proofs, magazines, cover pages, tear sheets and newspaper clippings and are arranged chronologically.

 

 

Series IV: Short Stories, 1990

Box 12

 

This series contains only one file. Something Went With Daddy appeared in the literary journal, Story, in Autumn 1990.  Herein is found the original manuscript, a final edit and a copy of the journal.

 

Series V: Television, 1981-1989

Box 13

 

King won an Emmy in 1982 for his television contribution, CBS Reports:  The Best Little Statehouse in Texas, which first aired in August 1981.    These files include a videotape and transcript of the show as well as a publicizing post card.  Here also is a proposal for a TV series with a political setting.

 

Series VI: Songs, 1989-1990

Box 13

 

King penned some lyrics for his play The Night Hank Williams Died and later sold these along with others styled in a country and western vein in a package of ten.  This series contains a demo tape and scratch notes for the songs.  See also the Gary Cartwright Papers, Box 7, file 13 for a lyric King composed one night in New York with friend and fellow writer, Cartwright.

 

 

Series VII: Speeches, 1981-1993

Boxes 13-14

 

This series contains the invitations, announcements and flyers for functions King attended or participated in.  Manuscripts of his speeches and the tape from the PEN Faulkner honors ceremony of 1990 are located here.

 

 

Series VIII:  Material About Larry L. King, 1957-1991

Boxes 14-15

 

This series contains clippings, interviews, a video, cartoons and research papers on KingÕs writing career.

 

Series IX: Other writers, 1989-1993

Box 15-16

 

This series contains material, mostly clippings, King collected on contemporary writers.  It includes a reminiscence of Billie Lee Brammer by Glenn Wilson of their days on Capitol Hill and a manuscript by Jack Runnel probably sent to King for his comments.

 

Series X:  Personal Papers, 1929-1993

Box 16-18

 

This series contains personal records such as report cards, army discharge, birth and marriage certificates.  There are photographs of King, his family and friends, cancelled checks and tax records from the mid-1970s.

 

Series XI: Correspondence, 1957-1993

Boxes 18-39

 

Correspondence forms the bulk of the King Papers, filling over 21 document cases.  It is arranged chronologically, reflecting KingÕs own arrangement -- he keeps a box under his desk where he tosses the letters (with a copy of his response attached) as he answers them.  When the box becomes full, King stuffs the letters into a large brown envelope upon which he marks the months and year covered. 

 

The correspondence describes writing projects, including fan response and KingÕs reaction to it.  He is generous with advice to aspiring writers and frequently discusses the literary craft with his writer friends.   Writer correspondents include Borden Deal, Ronnie Dugger, Peter Gent, A. C. Greene, Norman Mailer, Jay Milner, Willie Morris, Terry Pringle, Frank Rich, Edwin (Bud) Shrake, H. Allen Smith, William Styron, Barlow Herget, and, less frequently, Billy Lee Brammer, Jim Brosnan, Jim Lehrer, Larry McMurtry, Bill Moyers and Bill Wittliff. Other correspondents are the Texas attorney, Warren Burnett, KingÕs cousin Lanvil Gilbert, legislator and The Kingfish co-writer Ben Z. Grant, Midland lawyer Reagan Legg, Director Keith Kennedy, high school coach Aubra Nooncaster, politicians Morris Udall and Jim Wright, and many more friends and family.

 

Container List

 

Box     Folder

 

                        Series I: Books, 1969-1979

 

1          1-2                  ÒThe Back of a Bear,Ó  (unpublished manuscript)           

3-5                  One-Eyed Man, drafts and book jacket                   

6                      ...And Other Dirty Stories, book jacket                                  

7-11                LBJ research                                                                                                 

2          1-4                  LBJ research

5                      Of Outlaws, Con Men, Whores, Politicians and Other Artists,

book jacket

6-8                  None But a Blockhead, galley proofs                        

 

3          1-2                  None But a Blockhead, galley proofs and book jacket        

3-4                  The Whorehouse Papers, galley proofs                                

5-7                  Collection file and articles for TCU Press                          

8                      Because of Lozo Brown, galley proof and book jacket

 

 

                        Series II: Plays, 1977-1993            

 

                                    The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, 1977-1991

 

9                                  Scripts, 1977-1982  

 

4          1                                  Sheet music: Words and music by Carol Hall

            2                                  Playbook, Samuel French, Inc. Inscribed by King

            3                                  Screenplay, first draft

            4                                  Screenplay, second draft

            5                                  Screenplay, final draft

            6-7                              Playbills

            8-9                              Memorabilia

            10                               Newspaper clippings                                               

 

                                    The Kingfish, 1977-1991

 

5          1                                  Original final transcript, 1979

            2                                  Script, as performed at John Houseman Theatre, 1991

            3                                  Newspaper clippings, 1977-1991

            4                                  Playbills

            5                                  Book jacket

 

                        ÒThe Life and Times of Miss Lydia ThompsonÓ, 1982-1992

(unpublished)

 

6-7                              Research on Zeffie and Lydia Thompson

Box     Folder

 

                        Series II: Plays, continued

 

                                    ÒThe Life and Times of Miss Lydia ThompsonÓ continued

 

5          8-9                              Songs of the period (photocopies)

10                               Script with cover letter and explanation by King, 1992

 

                        The Night Hank Williams Died, 1985-1990

           

11                               Script, 1985, with 1990 letter from King              

 

6          1                                  Script, ÒBig CastÓ version, 1985, with letter from King    

            2                                  Original manuscript, May 1985, with letter from King   

            3                                  Revised draft, November 1985, signed by King

            4                                  Revised draft, December 1985, signed by King

            5                                  Final ÒNew YorkÓ version, 1989, signed by King

            6                                  Revised draft, May 1986, ÒFinal script for Rehearsals,Ó

signed by King

            7                                  Revised draft, May 1986, signed by King

            8                                  KingÕs script used during production at New

PlaywrightÕs Theatre, Washington, D.C.,

February 2 -March 6, 1988.

 

 

7          1                                  Correspondence, 1984-1985

            2                                  Correspondence, 1986-1988

            3                                  Posters, flyers, awards

            4                                  Letters of congratulations, 1987-1988

            5                                  Letters of congratulations, 1988

            6                                  New York auditions

            7                                  Flyers, posters, reviews

            8                                  Playbills

            9                                  Clippings

            10                               SMU Press

            11                               Final page proofs, SMU Press

            12                               Script, ÒActing edition,Ó First printing, inscribed to

Bill Wittliff

            13                               Screenplay, First draft         

            14                               Screenplay, Ò1st Act,Ó second draft, 1990

 

8          1                                  Screenplay, second draft, 1990      

            2                                  Screenplay, August 1990                

                                   

3                      Christmas 1933  (playbook) and The Terrible Night Santa Got

Caught in the Woods  (playbill)         

           

 

Box     Folder

 

                        Series II: Plays, continued

 

                        The Golden Shadows Old West Museum, 1985-1989         

 

8          4                                  Script, 1987

            5                                  Correspondence, 1985-1987

            6                                  Audition notes, 1989

            7                                  Ticket, playbill, reviews, 1989

 

8                      ÒRoad StoryÓ prospectus & Treatment, 1990                   

9                      The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public outline, 1991         

 

 

                        Series III: Articles, 1953-1991

 

            10                   Odessa-American: J. Summy file, articles and notes, 1953

 

                                    The Texas Observer, 1960-1971

             

11                               1960-1961

12                               1962 December-1973 July

13                               1963 August  -  December                                      

 

9          1                                  1964 January - June                                   

            2                                  1964 July - December

            3                                  1965 January - June

            4                                  1965 July - December

            5                                  1966 January - June

            6                                  1966 July - December

            7                                  1967 January - June

            8                                  1967 July - December

            9                                  1968 January - June                        

 

10       1                                  1968 July - December

            2                                  1969 January - June

            3                                  1969 July - December

            4                                  1970 January - June

            5                                  1970 July - December

            6                                  1971 January - June

            7                                  1971 July - December

                                               

8                      Capitol Hill, (five issues) 1965                                                                     9                      ÒRequiem for a West Texas Town,Ó HarperÕs, Jan 1966     

10                   ÒBob Jones University,Ó HarperÕs, June 1966                    

 

11       1                      ÒMy Hero LBJ,Ó HarperÕs, October 1966                             

2                      ÒJoe Pool of HUAC,Ó HarperÕs, Nov 1966                

Box     Folder

           

                        Series III: Articles, continued

           

11       3                      ÒGod, Man and William F. Buckley,Ó HarperÕs, March 1967            

4                      ÒDear Congressman,..Ó New York Times Magazine, April 1967       

5                      ÒRoughing It In the Football Bushes,Ó HarperÕs, August 1967       

6                      ÒThe Cool World of Nelson Rockefeller,Ó HarperÕs, Feb 1968         

7                      ÒAn Epitaph for LBJ,Ó HarperÕs, April 1968                       

8                      ÒHughes of Iowa,Ó HarperÕs, March 1968                          

9                      ÒKids, Stray DogsÉÓ Harvard Crimson,  Feb 11, 1970         

10                   ÒThe Old Man,Ó HarperÕs, April 1971                                

11                   ÒSemi-Tough by Dan JenkinsÓ review PublisherÕs Weekly, 1972  

12                   ÒSpring Revels of the ABA,Ó BookWorld, W. Post, June 4, 1972   

13                   ÒMost Likely to Succeed,Ó New Times, Nov 16, 1973        

14                   ÒWheeling and Dealing,Ó Playboy, June 1978                  

15                   ÒDonÕt let Amarillo Slim Psych You Out,Ó Sport, Nov 1978          

16                   ÒHe walked Across...Ó Congressional Record,  Oct 29, 1979           

17                   ÒHurtinÕ GoodÓ Wash. Post Magazine, Feb 13, 1983         

18                   ÒWhen Love Is Its Own Reward,Ó Parade, May 8, 1983   

19                   ÒHow the Army Brought BlacksÓ Parade, Feb 19, 1984   

20                   ÒA Tale of Two Teams,Ó Parade, September 9, 1984        

21                   ÒThis Is My Home,Ó Parade, June 30, 1985                      

22                   ÒPolitical Conventions,Ó TV Guide, July 16, 1988   

23                   ÒRoots Christmas,Ó TV Guide                                                

24                   Love/Cheating proof, Texas Monthly, 1988                      

25                   ÒWhat, Me Sixty?!!!,Ó Parade,  November 5, 1989 

            26                   ÒWriters Si, Editors No!Ó Roundup Quarterly,  Fall 1990   

27                   ÒVanishing Texas,Ó final proofs, Texas Monthly, 1990      

28                   Magazine Cover Pages                                                        

29                   Tear Sheets, 1964-1966                                         

 

12       1-4                  Tear Sheets, 1967-1978                                                    

5                      ÒFulminations,Ó New Times tear sheets, 1974-1976           

            6                      Washington Star, clippings, 1976-1977                             

7                      Tear Sheets, 1980-1991                                                     

8                      Book Reviews, 1965-1968     

 

 

                        Series IV: Short Stories, 1990                                         

 

            9                      Something Went With Daddy                                               

 

                        Series V: Television, 1981-1989

 

13       1-2                  CBS Reports:  The Best Little Statehouse in Texas, 1981     

3                      Capitol Hill Proposal, 1989                                                  

 

 

Box     Folder

 

                        Series VI: Song Lyrics, 1989-1990

 

4                      Songs, 1989-1990   

 

 

                        Series VII: Speeches, 1981-1993                                                 

 

5                      Invitations, engagements, announcements, programs,

1981-1991   

 

14       1                      Speech to the editors of National Geographic Magazine,

Washington D.C., March 12, 1988

                                    Salute to Sarah McLendon, National Press Club, Washington

D.C., November 26, 1990

                                    Lyndon Baines Johnson Distinguished Lectures, Southwest

Texas State University, October 3, 1991

                                    Speech to Alcohol and Drug Counselors, Fairfax, VA,

November 2, 1991

            2                      Pen Faulkner Honors, 1990

            3                      Speech to Houston Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council, May 7,

1992 (transcript and audio cassette)

            4                      Speech at Dobie-Webb-Bedichek fund raiser, Austin, TX

March 30, 1993                                                                  

 

 

                        Series VIII: Material about Larry L. King, 1957-1991

 

                                    Newspaper Clippings, 1957-1991

 

            5                                  1957, 1968-1969, 1977

            6                                  1980-1984

            7                                  1986-1989

            8                                  1990-1991

                                                                       

9                      Interview on Larry King Show, May 24, 1982 and March 6,

1986 (audio cassettes)       

            10                   Radio interviews, one in Austin, 1988, and two in

Washington D.C., 1986, 1988 (audio cassettes)               

 

15       1                      Probe video                                                                                      

2                      Cartoons                    

                                                                       

3                      Research Papers about Larry L. King        

 

                                    ÒThe Best Little Writer in Texas,Ó Leslie White Clay,

Southern Methodist University, 1986.

 

Box     Folder

 

                        Series VIII: Material about Larry L. King, continued

 

                                    Research Papers about Larry L. King, continued

 

15       3                                  ÒPerspectives on the South: The Writing of Willie

Morris and Larry L. King,Ó James B. Smith, Jr.,

University of Texas, May 21, 1973.

                                                ÒRuminating and Relating in the Texas Essay,Ó

Clifford, Craig Edward, Tarleton State

University, n.d.

 

 

                        Series IX: Other Writers, 1989-1993                                                     

 

4                      Billie Lee Brammer                                                                          

5                      James Lee Burke                                                                              

6                      Aaron Latham, Edwin (Bud) Shrake                                              

 

            7-8                  The Republic of Snakes by Jack Runnel, manuscript          

 

 

                        Series X: Personal Papers, 1929-1978

           

16       1                      Vital Records (birth certificate, report card, army discharge

papers, etc.)  

 

                                    Photographs

 

2                                  1897, 1929-1950

3                                  1950-1959

4                                  1960s

5                                  1970s

6                                  1980s

7                                  1990s

                                                                                                                                   

17       1-7                  Tax records, 1972-1978     

                                                           

18       1-3                  Tax receipts  

 

           

                        Series XI: Correspondence, 1957-1993

 

            4                      1957-1964

            5                      1965-1971 [No Month]

            6                      1965 [No Month]

            7                      1965 January - August

            8                      1965 September - December

Box     Folder

 

                        Series XI: Correspondence, continued

                                                                       

19       1                      1966 January - February

            2                      1966 March - April

            3                      1966 May

            4                      1966 June

            5                      1966 July

            6                      1966 August

            7                      1966 September - October

            8                      1966 November - December

 

            9                      1967 January - February

            10                   1967 March - April

            11                   1967 May - June

 

20       1                      1967 July

            2                      1967 August

            3                      1967 September - November

            4                      1967 December

 

            5                      1968 January - February

            6                      1968 March - April

            7                      1968 May

            8                      1968 June

            9                      1968 July

            10                   1968 August

            11                   1968 September

            12                   1968 October

                                               

21       1                      1968 November

            2                      1968 December

 

            3                      1969 January

            4                      1969 February

            5                      1969 March  

            6                      1969 April

            7                      1969 May

            8                      1969 June

            9                      1969 July

            10                   1969 August

            11                   1969 September

            12                   1969 October

            13                   1969 November

                                   

22       1                      1969 December

 

 

Box     Folder

 

                        Series XI: Correspondence, continued

 

22       2                      1970 [No Month]     

            3                      1970 January

            4                      1970 February – March

            5                      1970 April – June

            6                      1970 July

            7                      1970 August

            8                      1970 September

            9                      1970 October

            10                   1970 November

            11                   1970 December

 

12                             1971 [No Month}

13                             1971 January-February

14                             1971 March

 

23       1                      1971 April               

            2                      1971 May

            3                      1971 June

            4                      1971 July - August               

            5                      1971 September – October

            6                      1971 November

            7                      1971 December

 

            8                      1972 [No Month]

            9                      1972 January

 

24       1                      1972 February

            2                      1972 March

            3                      1972 April – May

            4                      1972 June

            5                      1972 July – August

            6                      1972 September – October

            7                      1972 November – December

 

8                                 1973 [No Month]

9                                 1973 January – February

10                             1973 March – April

 

25       1                      1973 May – June

            2                      1973 July – September

            3                      1973 October – November

            4                      1973 December

 

5                                 1974 [No Month]

6                                 1974 January

Box     Folder

 

                        Series XI: Correspondence, continued

 

25       7                      1974 February

            8                      1974 March

            9                      1974 April – June

            10                   1974 July – September

            11                   1974 October – November

 

26       1                      1974 December

 

            2                      1975              

                                   

 

27       1-11                January 1977-March 1980                        

           

28       1-8                  April 1980-July 1981                                             

           

29       1-7                  August 1981- December 1982                 

                       

30       1-8                  January 1983-March 1984                       

                       

31       1-7                  April 1984-July 1985                     

                                   

32       1-8                  August 1985-August 1986            

                       

33       1-7                  September 1986-October 1987    

                                   

34       1-8                  November 1987-July 1988                       

                       

35       1-8                  August 1988-April 1989                            

                       

36       1-7                  May 1989-December 1989                       

                       

37       1-8                  January 1990-September 1990               

                       

38       1-8                  October 1990-November 1991                            

           

39       1-7                  December 1991-March 1993

 

* Larry L. King:  additional papers

 

The following inventory lists 240 individual donations received from Larry L. King from 1993-2008. Preservation work has been performed on all of the materials: papers have been unfolded, most paperclips and staples have been removed and acid free insert folders are used in their place. All of the material has been rehoused in acid free folders and acid free boxes. Please note that access to unprocessed archives is granted on a case-by-case basis. Contact the archivist for details about the Larry L. King Papers.

 

 

Accession # 1993-056

Received 04/12/1993

Brief description: A poster for KingÕs The Night Hank Williams Died, signed by the cast, and two audio cassette tapes of interviews with King.

            1.  11Ó x 17Ó poster for The Night Hank Williams Died.  Signed by the cast members, one of whom, Eliz Duvall, has dated her signature 2/16/88.

            2.  Larry L. King -- Judy Alter.  TCU.  3-31-93.  Texas Shelf.  One audio cassette.

            3.  ÒTexas Bound.Ó  Dallas Museum of Art.  One 100 minute audio cassette. 

 

 

Accession # 1993-070

Received 05/13/1993

Brief description: A collection of KingÕs correspondence, invitations, post cards, ephemera. Two folders. Correspondents include Willie Morris, Mike Blackman, Frances Nooncaster, Jim Wright, Frank Rich, family, Lady Bird Johnson, Ron Querry, Reagan Legg, Jack Kent Cooke, Dallas Museum of Art, Malcolm McGregor. Galley proof of KingÕs article in New Choices. Tickets for Cowboys vs Redskins game.

 

 

Accession # 1993-084

Received 06/14/1993

Brief description: Materials related to Larry L. KingÕs work and to the work of his friend, Buck Ramsey.

 

            CORRESPONDENCE and RELATED MATERIALS:

            1.  1993 Correspondence between King and others along with pamphlets, clippings, postcards, programs, and material from publishers. One folder. Correspondents include Dallas Museum of Art, Tina Brown, family, Ben Peeler, Stephanie Phillips, Jim Lehrer, Dudley Dobie Jr., Carol Hall, Buck Ramsey. Also: Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public cast description and Golden Shadows Old West Museum program and production photos.

 

            BUCK RAMSEY MATERIALS:

            1.  Flyers, advertisements, clippings, and a short bio of Buck Ramsey.  One folder.

 

            BOOK and AUDIO TAPE:

            1.  And as I rode out on the morning by Buck Ramsey.  Lubbock, Texas:  Texas Tech Univ. Press, 1993.  First edition.  Paper.  Accompanied by bookmark advertising the book.

            2. And as I rode out on the morning by Buck Ramsey.  Lubbock, Texas:  Texas Tech Univ. Press, 1992.  Audio cassette. 

            2.  Buck Ramsey:  Rolling Uphill from Texas by Buck Ramsey.  Lubbock, Texas:  Fiel Publications, 1992.  First edition.  Audio cassette.

 

 

Accession # 1993-088

Received 06/06/1993

Brief description: 2 original short story mss by Larry L. King: ÒWhy I did What I DidÓ and ÒMan Down.Ó With a cover letter from King to the SWWC.

 

 

Accession # 1993-103

Received 07/16/1993

Brief description: May - June 1993 correspondence, postcards, invitations, clippings, notes from publishers, ephemera. Correspondents include Willie Morris, Jim Wright, A.C. Greene, Judith Martin (re KingÕs induction into the Cosmos Club), Dallas Museum of Art, family, Buck Ramsey, Susan Conway, Sarah Glasscock. Also: reviews for The Golden Shadows Old West Museum and correspondence relating to The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public.

 

 

Accession # 1993-116

Received 08/19/1993

Brief description: Two folders containing correspondence and the manuscript to KingÕs ÒThe Long, Long Season.Ó   Folder 1: Correspondence, carbon replies, invitations, clippings, and notes, 1993. Topics include Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, Cosmos Club, inquires from editors and publishers. Correspondents include Jim Wright and Ev Lunning. Folder 2: Typed manuscript of ÒThe Long Looooong Season,Ó with handwritten emendations. With letter from King. 

 

 

Accession # 1993-129

Received 09/14/1993

Brief description: Article by Shnayerson, Michael, ÒHeÕll Always Have ElaineÕs.Ó Vanity Fair, Oct. 1993. About Willie Morris.

 

 

Accession # 1993-139

Received 09/20/1993

Brief description: Typescript, with handwritten additions, of Larry L. King and Alfre WoodardÕs script as emcees at Ann RichardÕs 60th birthday celebration. 

 

 

Accession # 1993-196

Received 11/22/1993

Brief description: Collection of letters, manuscripts, invitations, personal effects, and materials relating to The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public  from Larry L. King. Most date from 1993.

 

 

Accession # 1993-220

Received 12/01/1993

Brief description: Collection of correspondence, invitations, and other ephemera. Sept. - Dec. 1993. Correspondents include Willie Morris, Bud Shrake, and various editors and publishers.

 

 

Accession # 1994-027

Received 01/27/1994

Brief description: For the Larry L. King Collection -- Correspondence, invitations,

notes, business papers, cards, manuscript, clippings, and KingÕs 1993 calendar. Correspondents include Bud Shrake, Ann Richards, family, Paul McCollum, Ron Querry, various publishers. Also a talking paper for LLKÕs telephone interview re: Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public.

 

 

Accession # 1994-046

Received 02/18/1994

Brief description: Correspondence, invitations, tickets, royalty statements, and financial papers, Dec. 1993 - Feb. 1994. Correspondents include Frank Rich, family, Walter Anderson (Parade), Dallas Museum of Art, Texas Folklore Society. Also: remarks prepared by LLK for Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke.

 

 

Accession # 1994-055

Received 03/01/1994

Brief description: Typed manuscript, with handwritten emendations, of ÒGoing to the Dogs,Ó by Larry L. King. Accepted for publication in Parade magazine.

 

 

Accession # 1994-059

Received 03/08/1994

Brief description: Galley proof for ÒThe Long Looong Season,Ó by Larry L. King. To be published in Washingtonian magazine.

 

 

Accession # 1994-073

Received 03/29/1994

Brief description: 1 issue of HarperÕs, October 1970. Includes article ÒBlowing my Mind at Harvard,Ó by Larry L. King.  (On display for 1 year in the SWWC exhibit area)

 

 

Accession # 1994-078

Received 03/31/1994

Brief description: Correspondence, invitations, manuscript, clippings, flyers, ephemera. Jan. - Mar. 1994. Correspondents include Ron Querry, family, Sarah Glasscock, Paul McCollum, Parade magazine, and Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public correspondence. Also: LLKÕs revisions for Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public telephoned to New York on 3-15-1994.

 

 

Accession # 1994-090

Received 04/14/1994

Brief description: For the Larry L. King Collection -- correspondence, clippings, notes, and photographs, Nov. 1993-April 1994.

 

 

Accession # 1994-096

Received 04/26/1994

Brief description: For the Larry L. King Collection:

Correspondence, clippings, Christmas cards, financial papers, works, programs, invitations and messages, 1980-1994

 

 

Accession # 1994-104

Received 05/05/1994

Brief description: For the Larry L. King Collection: 1 letter from King, 4/29/94, and issue of Washingtonian magazine, May 1994, with article by King, ÒThe Old Man and the Kid.Ó

 

 

Accession # 1994-120

Received 05/25/1994

Brief description: For the Larry L. King Collection: Correspondence, notes, invitations, tickets, telegrams, materials from the opening of ÒBest Little Whorehouse Goes Public,Ó clippings, photographs, family information, schedule, and script changes, Mar.-May 1994.

 

 

Accession # 1994-129

Received 06/13/1994

Brief description: For the Larry L. King Collection: ÒThe Best Little Whorehouse Goes PublicÓ cast album cassette tape; 1 autograph letter from King to Dick Holland.

 

 

Accession # 1994-152

Received 07/12/1994

Brief description: For the Larry L. King Collection: correspondence, clippings, note cards, postcards, programs, etc. Correspondents include Bud Shrake, Willie Morris, Jerome Weeks, Joe Murray, family, Jay Milner, various newspaper writers, Garry Wills, Carol Hall,

Also: notecards containing LLKÕs remarks at a roast for Sen. Carl Parker. Clippings re: Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public.

 

 

Accession # 1994-164

Received 08/02/1994

Brief description: For the Larry L. King Collection -- Typescript of ÒThe Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public.Ó

 

 

Accession # 1994-165

Received 08/02/1994

Brief description: Cards, programs, correspondence, clippings, and contact sheets for the Larry L. King Collection. Included is ephemera for the Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, a program for The Night Hank Williams Died (Houston), KingÕs article in Parade on his beloved dog Buster. Correspondents include family, Neal Morgan, Jack Kent Cooke, Carol Hall, Keith Kennedy, Judy Alter, Bud Shrake, Turk Pipkin.

 

 

Accession # 1994-167

Received 08/02/1994

Brief description: For the Larry L. King Collection -- 1 oversize poster for Houston premiere of ÒThe Night Hank Williams Died,Ó signed by actors.

 

 

Accession # 1994-170

Received 08/15/1994

Brief description: For the Larry L. King Collection: 1 TLS from ÒThe Lamesa StickÓ to King, 7/26/94, and 1 TLS from King to Dr. Kennedy, July 31, 1994.

 

 

Accession # 1994-187

Received 09/12/1994

Brief description: For the Larry L. King Collection -- mss. drafts and correspondence for article for WriterÕs Digest titled ÒWhat to Do When the Words WonÕt Come and Suicide is Somehow Inconvenient.Ó

 

 

Accession # 1994-195

Received 09/16/1994

Brief description: For the Larry L. King Collection -- correspondence, photographs, clippings, invitations, schedules and programs, 1994. Correspondents include family, Don Toner, David Halberstam, Carol Hall, Turk Pipkin, Ron Querry, Geoff Rips. Also photos from Whorehouse 2 cast party.

 

 

Accession # 1994-199

Received 09/20/1994

Brief description: For the Larry L. King Collection -- correspondence, clippings, program, and scrapbook pages commemorating KingÕs stint as Grand Marshall for the St. PatrickÕs Day Parade in Alexandria, VA.1994.

 

 

Accession # 1994-243

Received 12/09/1994

Brief description: Various Correspondence to and from King, newspaper clippings concerning King, programs for plays and public events connected with King,  compact disk: ÒThe Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public,Ó tickets to Redskins-Cowboys football game.

 

Accession # 1995-003

Received 01/9/1995

Brief description: miscellaneous correspondence, publicity, invitations, and memorabilia relating to KingÕs life and writing career. Photo of King presenting an award to Fannie Flagg. Correspondents include family, William Styron, Parade.

 

 

Accession # 1995-004

Received 01/10/1995

Brief description: miscellaneous correspondence—especially Christmas cards, publicity, invitations, and memorabilia relating to KingÕs life and writing career.  Many of the materials are annotated by King. Correspondents include Ann Richards. Also included: KingÕs 1994 desk calendar and his typescript for a speech given at TCU, 3-31-1993.

 

 

Accession # 1995-020

Received 01/28/1995

Brief description: copy of WriterÕs Yearbook Ô95 (a special issue of WriterÕs Digest)  that contains the article ÒNo Time Not to WriteÓ by King.

 

 

Accession # 1995-038

Received 03/20/1995

Brief description: A packet consisting of KingÕs remarks and notes for his role as the master of ceremonies for the evening session of ÒJohn Graves DayÓ at the Dallas Museum of Art on March 4, 1995.  The accession includes a letter from Dallas Museum of Art Director Kay Cattarulla to King outlining KingÕs duties as host and providing him with biographical information on the other speakers.  A typescript of KingÕs remarks (4 pages) along with KingÕs notations are also included.

 

 

Accession # 1995-043

Received 03/20/1995

Brief description: Original manuscript:  True Facts, Tall Tales and Pure Fiction by Larry L. King. Title page signed by King. (March 7, 1995.)    

 

 

Accession # 1995-047

Received 03/20/1995

Brief description: Miscellaneous papers related to the production of ÒThe Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public.Ó  King indicates in his cover letter to Richard Holland that this package is the Òfirst of several shipments of drafts, notes, memosÓ regarding the play.  King suggests that once the Southwestern Writers Collection receives the complete file, it Òcan exhibit them under the heading of ÔHow to Craft an Abject Failure.ÕÓ 

 

 

Accession # 1995-074

Received 03/10/1995

Brief description: miscellaneous correspondence and memorabilia relating to KingÕs life and writing career. 3 file folders. Correspondents/subjects include Burt Reynolds, family, American Express card, Jim Wright (James C Wright), Katy Flato, Carol Hall, Willie Morris, Tommy Tune, Norman Mailer, Russell Baker, Bud Shrake, Buster (KingÕs dog), Jim Lehrer (re: the writing of the foreword for KingÕs forthcoming collection of work), remarks prepared by LLK for Jack Kent Cooke (Washington Redskins owner), copy of Parade magazine with KingÕs story ÒHey, Listen Up!Ó

 

 

Accession # 1995-075

Received 05/01/1995

Brief description: Typescript of 2 addresses given by King at Texas A&M on April 18, 1995: ÒVision to PaperÓ and ÒAmerican Voices.Ó

 

 

Accession # 1995-081

Received 04/24/1995

Brief description: misc correspondence and memorabilia. Correspondents/subjects include: The Gay Place, Billy Lee Brammer, Texas Bound series, family, Texas A&M University re LLKÕs appearance there, Parade, Clark family.

 

 

Accession # 1995-090

Received 05/30/1995

Brief description: six pages of correspondence from/to King: includes a letter to his cousin, remarks prepared by LLK for a dinner honoring Sarah McLendon, remarks written for an introduction for Ann Richards, Bill Mauldin, Norman Mailer.

 

 

Accession # 1995-091

Received 05/25/1995

Brief description: correspondence and memorabilia. Correspondents/subjects include Golden Triangle WriterÕs Conference, Jim Wright, Bud Shrake, Carol Hall, an article on Buck Ramsey.

 

 

Accession # 1995-107

Received 06/26/1995

Brief description: misc correspondence and ephemera. Correspondents/subjects include responses to fans, Bud Shrake, LLK in Washingtonian magazine, family, LLKÕs remarks at Sarah McLendon dinner, photographer Curt Richter,

 

 

Accession # 1995-120

Received 07/21/1995

Brief description: misc correspondence and ephemera. Correspondents/subjects include family (fatherÕs day cards), Parade magazine, Willie Morris, Bud Shrake, Also: handwritten notes (4pp) on Frances Perkins, Franklin Roosevelt, the CCC and NYA.

 

 

Accession # 1995-138

Received 08/02/1995

Brief description: Correspondence exchange between King and Willie Morris, July 1995.

 

 

Accession # 1995-145

Received 08/29/1995

Brief description: Publicity, reviews and advertisements for KingÕs plays and books, the television documentary ÒBest Little Statehouse in TexasÓ as well as the film version of ÒBest Little Whorehouse in Texas.Ó

            Typescript for KingÕs unpublished novel War Movies.

            Articles, reviews and speeches by King.

            Notes and drafts for ÒThe Best Little Whorehouse Goes PublicÓ as well as a publicity T-shirt for the production.

            Assorting press clippings and documents about, or mentioning, Larry L. King.

            3 large scrapbooks containing publicity, reviews and information about King and his various projects.

 

 

Accession # 1995-176

Received 11/10/1995

Brief description: miscellaneous correspondence and memorabilia. Featured in this gift is a folder of press material and clippings for KingÕs play ÒThe Night Hank Williams Died.Ó Other clippings on King and his plays also exist in this folder. Correspondents/subjects include: SMU Press, UT Press, Bud Shrake, Garry Wills, Frank Rich, speech written for Jack Kent Cooke.

 

 

Accession # 1995-196

Received 12/11/1995

Brief description: misc. correspondence and ephemera. Correspondents/subjects include: Ron Querry, friends and family, Garry Wills, Carol Hall, Patrick Oliphant, The Kingfish, flyers for productions of KingÕs plays, Jim Boren, Texhouse Corp tax return 1994, various publishers.

 

 

Accession # 1996-001

Received 01/03/1996

Brief description: miscellaneous correspondence & ephemera. Correspondents/subjects include: family and friends, Bud Shrake, postcards, Jim Lehrer and Kate Lehrer, Neal Morgan, Garry Wills, Ben Z. Grant, Dead PresidentsÕ Club.

 

 

Accession # 1996-011

Received 01/21/1996

Brief description: typescript of KingÕs introduction of Jim Lehrer at the WomenÕs National Democratic Club, 1/16/96

 

 

Accession # 1996-013

Received 02/01/1996

Brief description: typescript and proof of an article written by King about the retirement of U.S. Representative Charles ÒGood TimesÓ Wilson.  Also includes a copy of the issue of Washingtonian magazine that the article appeared in.

 

 

Accession # 1996-016

Received 02/02/1996

Brief description: misc correspondence and ephemera including several Christmas cards (from Al Gore, Arlen Specter, etc.)  Correspondents/subjects include: Shannon Davies (UT Press), Paul McCollum, Willie Morris, Harry McPherson, G.W. Bailey and Barry Corbin, LLKÕs desk calendar for 1995. Also included is a ÒValuable Twig From His WorshipÕs Lawn at Above Christian Home after Big Blizzard of Ô96.  (A Certified Historical Artifact)Ó

 

 

Accession # 1996-029

Received 02/23/1996

Brief description: Original typescript for February 1996 draft of KingÕs play ÒThe Dead PresidentsÕ Club.Ó

 

 

Accession # 1996-031

Received 03/08/1996

Brief description:      3/4/96 letter from King to ÒLanvil and Glenda.Ó  Accompanied by a cover letter from King to Richard Holland

 

 

Accession # 1996-032

Received 03/11/1996

Brief description:      original drawing by Pat Oliphant for KingÕs play ÒThe Dead PresidentsÕ Club.Ó  Also, miscellaneous correspondence and ephemera: Bud Shrake, family, various friends, Neal Morgan, Willie Morris, Jim Wright, Texas Institute of Letters, James Morgan, Malcolm McGregor

 

 

Accession # 1996-048

Received 04/08/1996

Brief description: misc. correspondence & ephemera. Correspondents/subjects include: a 7-page letter to ÒCowboy LeonardÓ (Leonard Majzlin) on Lyndon B. Johnson, various family and friends, UT Press, notes on Dead PresidentsÕ Club, royalty statement, clippings, notecards, flyer for The Night Hank Williams Died, Clark family reunion, Willie Morris, Ralph Yarborough, Billy Lee Brammer.

 

 

Accession # 1996-052

Received 04/02/1996

Brief description:      Framed nomination for Tony Award, Emmy Award for ÒThe Best Little Statehouse in Texas,Ó framed newspaper article, plaque from Variety commemorating ÒBest Little Whorehouse in Texas.Ó

 

 

Accession # 1996-059

Received 04/30/1996

Brief description: misc. correspondence and ephemera, including a rough draft (written on notecards) of a speech to Journalistic Fellows at Freedom Forum luncheon in Washington, D.C., and a copy of The Austin Chronicle (3/11/94) containing a cover story on Bill Wittliff. Correspondents/subjects include: Jack Kent Cooke, family and friends, Jim David, Dead PresidentsÕ Club, Bud Shrake, Carol Hall.

 

 

Accession # 1996-076

Received 06/05/1996

Brief description: misc. correspondence & ephemera. Correspondents/subjects include: family, Bud Shrake, Dead PresidentsÕ Club, True Facts, Tall Tales, & Pure Fiction, Kent Biffle, Sen. Alan K. Simpson. Also: typescript for ÒGoing to the Dogs,Ó LLKÕs story for the Washingtonian magazine.

 

 

Accession # 1996-077

Received 06/13/1996

Brief description: copy of letter from King to his cousin Lanvil Gilbert about the production of KingÕs play ÒThe Dead PresidentsÕ Club.Ó

 

 

Accession # 1996-078

Received 06/14/1996

Brief description: postcard from Willie Morris to LLK congratulating him on the Dead PresidentsÕ Club.

 

 

Accession # 1996-079

Received 06/16/1996

Brief description: misc. correspondence and ephemera. Correspondents/subjects include: program for Live Oak production of the Dead PresidentsÕ Club, Bud Shrake, Texas Studies journal with an article on LLK, clippings, postcards, family and friends, Malcolm McGregor, Ron Querry, James C Wright (Jim Wright), Carol Hall, Chuck Conconi (Washingtonian magazine.)

 

 

Accession # 1996-080

Received 06/16/1996

Brief description: misc. correspondence and ephemera. Correspondents/subjects include: friends and family, Jim Lehrer, ActorsÕ Equity Association, Jack Bales, Willie Morris, Dead PresidentsÕ Club, Bud Shrake, 2 color photos of LLK in front of the marquee for the Dead PresidentsÕ Club, taken 5-10-1996, Don Toner.

 

 

Accession # 1996-096

Received 07/25/1996

Brief description: misc. correspondence and ephemera. Correspondents/subjects include: 2 page typescript of an article written for Modern Maturity, UT Press, former Senator Eugene McCarthy, Willie Nelson, Willie Morris, Kate Lehrer. Also-typescript of remarks written for Jack Kent Cooke, Willie Morris, Sen Alan K. Simpson, UT Press, Paul McCollum, letter from SWT president Jerome H. Supple acknowledging LLKÕs gifts to the SWWC.

 

 

Accession # 1996-100

Received 08/07/1996

Brief description: misc. correspondence and ephemera, including several clippings of reviews for The Dead PresidentsÕ Club. Correspondents/subjects include: Neal Morgan, family and various friends, Leonard Majzlin, Jim Wright, Jack Bales.

 

 

Accession # 1996-101

Received 08/12/1996

Brief description: 3 photographs with LLK in Washington, DC as a congressional aide, pictured with Hubert Humphrey and Dean Acheson (one of three photos is oversized) 1 mailgram from LLK to John Jarsen-Editor of New Times Magazine-threatening him. Hide and Tick inspector certificate/1969

 

 

Accession # 1996-105

Received 09/16/1996

Brief description: misc. correspondence and ephemera. Correspondents/subjects include: LLKÕs opening remarks at the Smithsonian for the panel on the question ÒWhoÕs Culture is it, Anyway?Ó, Neal Morgan, UT Press, family and friends, Bud Shrake, Dennis Letts, Gary Keith, Dead PresidentsÕ Club, ÒLarry L. King DayÓ proclamation from the City of Austin, 2 photographs included—one of Dead PresidentsÕ marquee, another of LLK in Cisco, Tx, 1996.

           

 

Accession # 1996-110

Received 10/01/1996

Brief description: misc. correspondence and ephemera. includes 6 photographs in New York. Correspondents/subjects include: Bill Wittliff, Modern Maturity, family and various friends, various publishers, Dead PresidentsÕ Club, Roy Bode, Kennedy Center, clippings that feature LLK

 

 

Accession # 1996-124

Received 10/11/1996

Brief description: Misc. correspondence and ephemera. Correspondents/subjects include: speaking engagements, Bud Shrake, Jack Bales, family and friends, SMU Press, Willie Morris, Norman Mailer, royalty statements, Modern Maturity magazine.

 

 

Accession # 1996-125

Received 10/18/1996

Brief description: 2 County maps on which King has written his family history

 

 

Accession # 1996-150

Received 08/01/1994

Brief description: Book: Texas Bound: 19 Texas Stories, edited by Kay Cattarulla, Foreword by Lawrence Wright. Includes a story by Larry L. King. (signed by Larry L. King)                     

 

 

Accession # 1997-018

Received 01/10/1997

Brief description: misc. correspondence and ephemera (includes one hand painted card from Pat Oliphant to King) Correspondents/subjects include: McGeorge BundyÕs death, LLKÕs submission for the Great American WritersÕ Cookbook (Dr. KingÕs Asian Flu Hot Liquid Life-Saver), Carol Hall, various cards and invitations for literary events, LLK quotes in the Washingtonian, Fred Bean, family and friends, Neal Morgan, Willie Morris, LLK opening remarks for the Texas Book Festival gala, 1996, postcards, clippings, correspondence from publishers, Bud Shrake, LLK letters read at the San Antonio Public Library event on 11-14-1996, LLKÕs 1996 desk calendar.

 

 

Accession # 1997-045

Received 04/07/1997

Brief description: Misc. correspondence and ephemera. Correspondents/subjects include: Laura Bush thank you note from the Texas Book Festival, Jack Bales, Dead PresidentsÕ Club, Connie Todd, Fred Bean, Jack Kent Cooke, Bill Wittliff, book of LLK letters to be edited by Dick Holland, Modern Maturity issue with LLK story, Norman Mailer, photos from a family member, various speaking engagements.

           

 

Accession # 1997-070

Received 08/04/1997

Brief description: 3 file folders of misc. correspondence and ephemera. Correspondents/subjects include: Willie Morris, Joe Goulden, Jack Bales, Bud Shrake, Sen Alan Simpson, Carol Hall, Charlie Wilson, Jake Milner, clippings with LLK quotes from various publications, Lloyd Doggett, many thank you letters re: True Facts, Tall Tales & Pure Fiction book with UT Press, family, Paul McCollum, Carol Hall, Jim Wright, Garry Wills, Texas Book Festival, 1959 issue of Roll Call with a letter to the editor from LLK, Laura Bush.

 

 

Accession # 1997-108

Received 10/16/1997

Brief description: 1 letter from Larry L. King to Connie Todd dated 9/10/97 and response letter to King from Todd dated 9/22/97

 

 

Accession # 1997-116

Received 11/05/1997

Brief description: Miscellaneous correspondence and ephemera from KingÕs life and career. Correspondents/subjects include: Jim Wright, clippings with LLK quotes, Jay Milner, Warren Burnett (copy of 1974 letter), Bud Shrake, family, Ron Querry, Frank Rich, Alan Simpson, American Heritage magazine

 

 

Accession # 1997-118

Received 11/20/1997

Brief description: misc. articles, memorabilia, correspondence and ephemera. Correspondents/subjects include: Jim Wright, Jay Milner, family, 50th class reunion in Midland, True Facts, Tall Tales & Pure Fiction book, Texhouse Corp 1995 tax return, Ben Z. Grant, list for politics & prose booksigning, Bud Shrake, blurb for Ron Querry, correspondence from several magazine and book publishers, LLKÕs eulogy/remembrance of Jack Kent Cooke, LLKÕs remarks as emcee of the Texas Book Festival literary gala dinner 1997, various clippings that mention LLK or contain photos of him.

 

 

Accession # 1997-133

Received 12/19/1997

Brief description: misc. personal correspondence. Correspondents/subjects include: UT Press, Jim Wright, Alan Williams, various invitations, Texas Book Festival, various family and friends, Keith Kennedy, clippings, invitations.

 

 

Accession # 1998-044

Received 02/15/1998

Brief description: misc. memorabilia and personal correspondence. Correspondents/subjects include: Bud Shrake, Celia Morris, Jack Bales, Willie Morris, family, Ted Turner, Connie Todd, various publishers, Ben Z. Grant, Glen Wilson, clippings.

 

 

Accession # 1998-058

Received 04/20/1998

Brief description: Misc. correspondence, memorabilia, clippings, invitations, additional ephemera etc.  Includes letter dated 3/19/98 from Larry L. King to ÒDoctorÓ Todd. Other correspondents/subjects include: ReaderÕs Digest, Parade, friends and family, Jim Wright, Bud Shrake, Willie Morris. Also included are two photographs of Larry L. King with Governor George W. Bush (one also features Kinky Friedman).

 

 

Accession # 1998-069

Received 05/20/1998

Brief description: misc. correspondence and ephemera. Correspondents/subjects include: clippings of LLK, original 1971 letter from LLK to R.C. McCutchans in Odessa, TX, Bill Ferris/NEH, LLKÕs book of letters, Willie Morris, Carol Hall, family and friends, Jan Reid, G.W. Bailey, Dick Holland re: letters book, Jim Wright, The Nation (1965 issue with LLK review) and Book Week (1965 issue with LLK review)

 

 

Accession # 1998-082

Received 06/04/1998

Brief description: misc. correspondence, clippings, photographs,

            handwritten notes, tear sheets for published articles, and printed material.

Tear sheets:

* ÒBad Boy: The Texas Humorist Takes an Irreverent & Affectionate Backward Glance at Growing UpÓ in Philip Morris magazine, Fall 1986.

* ÒStomp on My Heart AgainÓ (cheatinÕ songs) Texas Monthly Feb 1988.

* ÒHollywood, TXÓ Texas Monthly, July 1991.

* ÒHome, D.C., and Me: How the NationÕs Capital Stole the Heart of a Texas Boy.Ó Southern Magazine, September 1987.

* ÒTexans Used to FlunkinÕ DunkinÕÓ Dallas Times-Herald, 3-31-1986.

* ÒThe Best Little Hot Stuff in TexasÓ Philip Morris Magazine, Spring 1986.

* ÒThe Play GameÓ (on the making of The Night Hank Williams Died) Dossier, Feb 1988.

* ÒNo Time Not to WriteÓ The WriterÕs Yearbook, 1995.

* ÒWriters Si, Editors No!Ó The Roundup Quarterly. N.d.

Correspondence, handwritten notes, 2 photographs. Notes on a proposed musical comedy collaboration between Roger Miller and LLK. Notes regarding Kinky FriedmanÕs non-writing of songs for The Kingfish.

Printed material misc.

Short story: Man Down.

Play: The Dead PresidentsÕ Club.

 

 

Accession # 1998-113

Received 08/18/1998

Brief description: 1 correspondence to Larry L. King from Christopher Bailey (the Corporate Librarian at Penguin Putnam Inc. )

 1 copy of program for the Live Oak Theatre presentation of The Dead PresidentÕs Club by Larry L. King

 

 

Accession # 1998-132

Received 08/26/1998

Brief description: 1 large envelope of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and printed material. LLK has begun using a computer instead of a typewriter. Correspondents/subjects include: Carol Hall, Bud Shrake, Cormac McCarthy (correspondence between King and Shrake about Wittliff calling McCarthy a genius), Jim Wright, family and various friends, Herman Gollob, LLKÕs forthcoming book of letters, Willie Morris, Malcolm McGregor (on Cormac McCarthy), tear sheet of article on ÒFathers & SonsÓ in the Washingtonian with a photo of LLK and his son.) Jay Milner and his book on the ÒMad DogsÓ, photo of LLK, Barbara Blaine, and George W. Bush, 1994 letter to Richard Holland about LLKÕs book of letters, Lawrence Wright, color photocopy of Pat Oliphant cartoon sent as xmas card to King and family

 

 

Accession # 1998-161

Received 11/10/1998

Brief description: 4 large envelopes of correspondence, clippings, and ephemera. Correspondents/subjects include: Don Toner, family, Bud Shrake, LLK letters book, Susan and Jerry Jeff Walker, Willie Morris, Jack Bales, Peter Masterson, Ben Z. Grant, Judy Alter, letters book, Eugene McCarthy, John Spong, Pen/Faulkner awards, Texas Book Festival, Dead PresidentsÕ Club, LLK bio as requested by Live Oak Theatre, Dan Jenkins, Jim Wright, various publishers and writers organizations, Night Hank Williams Died playbill for Live Oak production.

 

 

Accession # 1998-172

Received 12/04/1998

Brief description: Correspondence, and clippings. Correspondents/subjects include: family, Garry Wills, Jim Wright, Herman Gollub, John Spong, Texas Book Festival, Ben Z. Grant, Bill Wittliff, Billy Lee Brammer, t.s. of LLKÕs remarks as emcee at the Texas Book Festival banquet on 11-13-98, James Dickey (recounting in a letter to Shrake LLKÕs fight with Dickey in 1970 at a Playboy party.)

 

 

Accession # 1999-026

Received 02/17/1999

Brief description: One Live Oak Theatre playbill for ÒThe Night Hank Williams Died,Ó and several letters to Bill Wittliff and friends from Larry L. King. Dates are as follows:

08/14/98, 09/01/98, 09/04/98, 11/14/97, 04/13/98, 08/09/97, 07/25/97, 07/11/98, 09/21/98, 09/24/98, 08/03/98, 08/10/98, 07/31/98, 09/09/98, 07/29/98, 07/01/97, 07/21/98, 10/07/98, 03/19/98, 03/19/98, 11/18/98, 11/17/98, 11/19/98, 11/18/98, 11/18/98.

 

 

Accession # 1999-042

Received 02/23/1999

Brief description: Three large envelopes sent by Larry L. King containing misc. post cards, correspondence, and clippings. King is now using email and is printing out his incoming/outgoing messages. Correspondents/subjects include: family, Garry Wills, letters book, various publishers, Herman Gollub, Midge Dector, LLKÕs 1998 desk calendar, Bill Wittliff, letters book, Carol Hall, Jim Wright, Bud Shrake (re LLK memorial statue), Jay Milner and his Mad Dogs book, Malcolm McGregor, Barlow Herget, Willie Morris, Alan K. Simpson, many Christmas cards, ReaderÕs Digest, Hayden Fry.  

 

 

Accession # 1999-063

Received 03/23/1999

Brief description: Two large envelopes with correspondence enclosed. Correspondents/subjects include: Willie Morris, Jim Wright, Carol Hall, Judy Alter/TCU Press, LLKÕs health, Bud Shrake, family, printouts of articles from the New York Times on-line archive that mention LLK, Susan and Jerry Jeff Walker, George W. Bush inauguration, Paul McCollum, clippings of articles that mention LLK.

 

 

Accession # 1999-071

Received 03/31/1999

Brief description: One large envelope containing correspondence, clippings and ephemera. Correspondents/subjects include: Bud Shrake, TCU Press and letters book, Tommy Tune, Carol Hall, Jim Wright, Ethan McSweeny and the possibility of staging ÒDead PresidentsÕ ClubÓ at the Ford Theatre in DC, Paul McCollum, family, Dan Jenkins, Malcolm McGregor, The Night Hank Williams Died story about, Diane Smook,

 

 

Accession # 1999-082

Received 04/07/1999

Brief description: One large envelope containing correspondence, clippings and ephemera. Correspondents/subjects include: Dead PresidentsÕ Club, Bud Shrake, family and various friends, letters book with TCU Press, Willie Morris, Joanne Prichard, LLKÕs health, Ethan McSweeny, t.s. for ÒOil Patch MemoriesÓ written by LLK for ÒOld Sorehead Gazette.Ó

 

 

Accession # 1999-097

Received 04/23/1999

Brief description: Large envelope of correspondence. Correspondents/subjects include: Greg Curtis, Roy Bode, Willie Morris, John Spong, Texas Monthly, letters book, Jim Wright, family, Bud Shrake, Jerry Jeff Walker, Ethan McSweeny, Dead PresidentsÕ Club, Chuck Conconi, Kent Biffle, Larry McMurtry, Texas Book Festival.

 

 

Accession # 1999-129

Received 06/11/1999

Brief description: Two large envelopes (material arrived at the Collection in these original envelopes) correspondence (mostly email).  The bulk of the dates for the first envelope are April 1999 and for the second are May 1999. Correspondents/subjects include: letters book, family, article for the Old Sorehead Gazette titled ÒRemembering RadioÕs Magic,Ó Bud Shrake, Ben Z. Grant, unsigned art by Pat Oliphant, early 1998 (dealing with ClintonÕs Monica Lewinsky scandal.)

 

 

Accession # 1999-139

Received 07/01/1999