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Research Topics in the Southwestern Writers
Collection
(a comprehensive subject guide to the literary collections,
providing topics of interest for researchers)
Links are provided to processed (cataloged) collections. However,
please be aware that additional archives--not yet been processed--are
often available. In all cases, it is wise to contact the archivist for complete
information about the specific holdings identified in this guide.
This guide was prepared by Steve Davis, Assistant Curator
of the Southwestern Writers Collection. The guide undergoes continual
revision and updating. Please send any suggestions or comments
to Steve Davis.
For a complete list of literary archives, alphabetized by
the writers' last names, click here.
- African American studies
Larry L. King
- Beverly Lowry (Madame C.J. Walker biography)
- Angela Shelf Medearis
- Dick J. Reavis
- J. Edwin Smith
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- Alamo
Stephen Harrigan
- Thomas Ricks Lindley
- Border Studies
James Crumley
- Dagoberto Gilb
- Dick J. Reavis
- Hart Stilwell
- Bill Wittliff
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- Cartooning
Charles Barsotti,
- Robert Calvert (Cartooning
in Texas)
- Jack Jackson
- Pat Oliphant
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- Chicano Literature
Dagoberto Gilb
- Jovita González
- Hispanic
magazine
- Ricardo and Harriett Romo collection
- Tino Villanueva
- Chicano periodicals collection
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- Children's Literature
Judy Alter
- Angela Shelf Medearis
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- Civil Rights
Larry L. King
- Angela Shelf Medearis
- J. Edwin Smith
- Dick J. Reavis
- Joe Nick Patoski (Voices of Civil
Rights project)
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- Correspondence Treasures
Billy Lee Brammer
- J. Frank Dobie
- Dagoberto Gilb (correspondence with
Texas Monthly)
- Larry L. King
Cowboys and Cowgirls
Sarah Bird
- J. Frank Dobie
- Robert Flynn
- Wilson Hudson (Andy Adams biographer)
- Tommy Lee Jones (archives relating to Jones' 1995 film adaptation
of Elmer Kelton's novel The Good Old Boys.)
- Joyce Gibson Roach (author of Cowgirls)
- Ron Querry
- Lonesome
Dove
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- J. Frank Dobie studies
J. Frank Dobie
- Wilson Hudson
- Jovita González
- Elithe Hamilton Kirkland
- Bill Wittliff
- Al Lowman's Dobie Collection
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- Drama
Paul Baker
- Robert Flynn
- William Hauptman
- Mary Sue Jones
- Preston Jones
- Larry L. King
- Cormac McCarthy
- Sam Shepard
- R.G. Vliet
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- Early 20th Century Texas Writers
J. Frank Dobie
- Fred Gipson
- Jovita González
- Wilson Hudson
- Elithe Hamilton Kirkland
- Katherine Anne Porter
- Winifred Sanford
- Hart Stilwell
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- Editing/Editorship
William Broyles, Jr.
- Mark Busby
- Robert Calvert
- Hispanic
magazine
- Ron Querry
- Texas
Monthly
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- Educators
Paul Baker
- Jovita González & E.E. Mireles
- Elithe Hamilton Kirkland
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- Environmental Literature
Rick Bass
- Dan Flores
- John Graves
- Susan Hanson
- Stephen Harrigan
- Joe Nick Patoski
- Jan Reid
- Hart Stilwell
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- Folklore
J. Frank Dobie
- Jovita González
- Wilson Hudson
- Rollo Newsom
- Joyce Gibson Roach
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- Football
Gary Cartwright
- Larry L. King
- Jan Reid
- Bud Shrake
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- Historical Fiction
Cindy Bonner
- Elizabeth Crook
- Stephen Harrigan
- Elithe Hamilton Kirkland
- Bud Shrake
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- Humor
Neal Barrett, Jr.
- Sarah Bird
- Robert Flynn
- Larry L. King
- Joe Lansdale
- Ron Querry
- Bud Shrake
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- Lyndon B. Johnson studies
Billy Lee Brammer
- Larry L. King
- Texas
Monthly
- Texas State University Archives
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- Kennedy Assassination
Gary Cartwright
- Larry L. King
- Bud Shrake
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- Lonesome Dove
Lonesome
Dove television miniseries archives
- Larry McMurtry
- Bill Wittliff
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- Magazine Journalism
Texas
Monthly
- Hispanic
magazine
- Billy Lee Brammer
- William Broyles, Jr.
- Gary Cartwright
- Dagoberto Gilb
- John Graves
- Stephen Harrigan
- Grover Lewis
- Larry L. King
- Joe Nick Patoski
- Dick J. Reavis
- Jan Reid
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- Cormac McCarthy studies
Cormac McCarthy
- John Emil Sepich's Notes on Blood Meridian
- Perspectives on Cormac
McCarthy
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- Larry McMurtry studies
William Broyles, Jr.
- Gary Cartwright
- Larry L. King
- Larry McMurtry
- Jan Reid
- Bill Wittliff
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- Memoirs
Gary Cartwright
- J. Frank Dobie
- John Graves
- Larry L. King
- Ron Querry
- Jesse Sublett
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- Mexican American studies
Kay Council (curandera
research)
- Dagoberto Gilb
- Jovita González
- Hispanic
magazine
- Michael W. Rodriguez
- Ricardo and Harriett Romo collection
- Tino Villanueva
- Chicano periodicals collection
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- Mexico
James Crumley
- John Graves
- Shelby Hearon
- Ron Querry
- Dick J. Reavis
- Sam Shepard
- Hart Stilwell
- Donley Watt
- Bill Wittliff
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- Music Journalism
Gary Cartwright
- Michael Hall
- Hispanic
magazine
- Grover Lewis (Rolling Stone)
- Jay Milner
- Joe Nick Patoski
- Jan Reid
- Bud Shrake (Willie Nelson)
- Texas
Monthly
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- Mystery/Detective Fiction
Susan Wittig Albert
- Neal Barrett, Jr.
- James Crumley
- Joe Lansdale
- Ron Querry
- Rick Riordan
- Jesse Sublett
- on-line
bibliography
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- Native American studies
Jack Jackson
- Ron Querry
- Bud Shrake
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- Willie Nelson studies
Gary Cartwright
- Willie
Nelson
- Joe Nick Patoski
- Bud Shrake
- Bill Wittliff
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- "New Journalism"
Gary Cartwright
- Larry L. King
- Grover Lewis
- Bud Shrake
- Texas
Monthly
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- Oil
Winifred Sanford
- Donley Watt
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- Poetry
Albert Goldbarth
- R.S. Gwynn
- Elithe Hamilton Kirkland
- Tino Villanueva
- R.G. Vliet
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- Politics
Billy Lee Brammer
- Larry L. King
- Dick J. Reavis
- Texas
Monthly
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- Katherine Anne Porter studies
Roger L. Brooks
- Paul Porter
- From Texas to the World and Back: Essays on the Journeys
of Katherine Anne Porter
- Religion
Robert Flynn
- Dick J. Reavis
- Bud Shrake
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- Ann Richards Studies
Gary Cartwright
- Larry L. King
- Jan Reid
- Bud Shrake
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- Rivers of Texas
John Graves
- Stephen Harrigan
- Joe Nick Patoski
- Jan Reid
- Texas
Monthly
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- Romance
Sarah Bird
- Cindy Bonner
- Elithe Hamilton Kirkland
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- Screenwriting
screenplay collection
- Robert Benton
- Sarah Bird
- William Broyles, Jr.
- Gary Cartwright
- Fred Gipson
- A.C. Greene
- Stephen Harrigan
- William Hauptman
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Cormac McCarthy
- Sam Shepard
- Bud Shrake
- C.W. Smith
- Bill Wittliff
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- Sci-Fi/Fantasy literature
Neal Barrett, Jr.
- Joe Lansdale
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- The "Sixties"
Billy Lee Brammer
- Gary Cartwright
- Larry L. King
- Grover Lewis
- Jay Milner
- Dick J. Reavis
- Michael W. Rodriguez
- Sam Shepard
- Bud Shrake
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- Storm Chasing
William Hauptman
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- Texas Monthly
Texas
Monthly archives
- Billy Lee Brammer
- William Broyles, Jr.
- Gary Cartwright
- Dagoberto Gilb
- John Graves
- Stephen Harrigan
- Larry L. King
- Joe Nick Patoski
- Dick J. Reavis
- Jan Reid
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- Texas State Alumni
Charles Barsotti
- "Heloise" (Ian Frazier
collection)
- Michael W. Rodriguez
- J. Edwin Smith
- Tino Villanueva
- R.G. Vliet
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- True Crime
Gary Cartwright (Cullen
Davis)
- Beverly Lowry (Karla Fay Tucker)
- Texas
Monthly
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- Vietnam War
William Broyles, Jr.
- Mark Busby
- James Crumley
- Robert Flynn
- Michael W. Rodriguez
- China Beach television series
- on-line
bibliography
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- Women Write the Southwest
Susan Wittig Albert
- Judy Alter
- Sarah Bird
- Cindy Bonner
- Elizabeth Crook
- Jovita González
- Susan Hanson
- Shelby Hearon
- Mary Gray Hughes
- Elithe Hamilton Kirkland
- Pat LittleDog
- Beverly Lowry
- Anglea Shelf Medearis
- Katherine Anne Porter
- Joyce Gibson Roach
- Winifred Sanford
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