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
 
Alamo
Stephen Harrigan
Thomas Ricks Lindley
Border Studies
James Crumley
Dagoberto Gilb
Dick J. Reavis
Hart Stilwell
Bill Wittliff
 
Cartooning
Charles Barsotti,
Robert Calvert (Cartooning in Texas)
Jack Jackson
Pat Oliphant
 
Chicano Literature
Dagoberto Gilb
Jovita González
Hispanic magazine
Ricardo and Harriett Romo collection
Tino Villanueva
Chicano periodicals collection
 
Children's Literature
Judy Alter
Angela Shelf Medearis
Civil Rights
Larry L. King
Angela Shelf Medearis
J. Edwin Smith
Dick J. Reavis
Joe Nick Patoski (Voices of Civil Rights project)
 
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
 
J. Frank Dobie studies
J. Frank Dobie
Wilson Hudson
Jovita González
Elithe Hamilton Kirkland
Bill Wittliff
Al Lowman's Dobie Collection
 
Drama
Paul Baker
Robert Flynn
William Hauptman
Mary Sue Jones
Preston Jones
Larry L. King
Cormac McCarthy
Sam Shepard
R.G. Vliet
 
Early 20th Century Texas Writers
J. Frank Dobie
Fred Gipson
Jovita González
Wilson Hudson
Elithe Hamilton Kirkland
Katherine Anne Porter
Winifred Sanford
Hart Stilwell
 
Editing/Editorship
William Broyles, Jr.
Mark Busby
Robert Calvert
Hispanic magazine
Ron Querry
Texas Monthly
 
Educators
Paul Baker
Jovita González & E.E. Mireles
Elithe Hamilton Kirkland
 
Environmental Literature
Rick Bass
Dan Flores
John Graves
Susan Hanson
Stephen Harrigan
Joe Nick Patoski
Jan Reid
Hart Stilwell
 
Folklore
J. Frank Dobie
Jovita González
Wilson Hudson
Rollo Newsom
Joyce Gibson Roach
 
Football
Gary Cartwright
Larry L. King
Jan Reid
Bud Shrake
 
Historical Fiction
Cindy Bonner
Elizabeth Crook
Stephen Harrigan
Elithe Hamilton Kirkland
Bud Shrake
 
Humor
Neal Barrett, Jr.
Sarah Bird
Robert Flynn
Larry L. King
Joe Lansdale
Ron Querry
Bud Shrake
 
Lyndon B. Johnson studies
Billy Lee Brammer
Larry L. King
Texas Monthly
Texas State University Archives
 
Kennedy Assassination
Gary Cartwright
Larry L. King
Bud Shrake
 
Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove television miniseries archives
Larry McMurtry
Bill Wittliff
 
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
 
Cormac McCarthy studies
Cormac McCarthy
John Emil Sepich's Notes on Blood Meridian
Perspectives on Cormac McCarthy
 
Larry McMurtry studies
William Broyles, Jr.
Gary Cartwright
Larry L. King
Larry McMurtry
Jan Reid
Bill Wittliff
 
Memoirs
Gary Cartwright
J. Frank Dobie
John Graves
Larry L. King
Ron Querry
Jesse Sublett
 
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
 
Mexico
James Crumley
John Graves
Shelby Hearon
Ron Querry
Dick J. Reavis
Sam Shepard
Hart Stilwell
Donley Watt
Bill Wittliff
 
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
 
Mystery/Detective Fiction
Susan Wittig Albert
Neal Barrett, Jr.
James Crumley
Joe Lansdale
Ron Querry
Rick Riordan
Jesse Sublett
on-line bibliography
 
Native American studies
Jack Jackson
Ron Querry
Bud Shrake
 
Willie Nelson studies
Gary Cartwright
Willie Nelson
Joe Nick Patoski
Bud Shrake
Bill Wittliff
 
"New Journalism"
Gary Cartwright
Larry L. King
Grover Lewis
Bud Shrake
Texas Monthly
 
Oil
Winifred Sanford
Donley Watt
 
Poetry
Albert Goldbarth
R.S. Gwynn
Elithe Hamilton Kirkland
Tino Villanueva
R.G. Vliet
 
Politics
Billy Lee Brammer
Larry L. King
Dick J. Reavis
Texas Monthly
 
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
 
Ann Richards Studies
Gary Cartwright
Larry L. King
Jan Reid
Bud Shrake
 
Rivers of Texas
John Graves
Stephen Harrigan
Joe Nick Patoski
Jan Reid
Texas Monthly
 
Romance
Sarah Bird
Cindy Bonner
Elithe Hamilton Kirkland
 
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
 
Sci-Fi/Fantasy literature
Neal Barrett, Jr.
Joe Lansdale
 
The "Sixties"
Billy Lee Brammer
Gary Cartwright
Larry L. King
Grover Lewis
Jay Milner
Dick J. Reavis
Michael W. Rodriguez
Sam Shepard
Bud Shrake
 
Storm Chasing
William Hauptman
 
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
 
Texas State Alumni
Charles Barsotti
"Heloise" (Ian Frazier collection)
Michael W. Rodriguez
J. Edwin Smith
Tino Villanueva
R.G. Vliet
 
True Crime
Gary Cartwright (Cullen Davis)
Beverly Lowry (Karla Fay Tucker)
Texas Monthly
 
Vietnam War
William Broyles, Jr.
Mark Busby
James Crumley
Robert Flynn
Michael W. Rodriguez
China Beach television series
on-line bibliography
 
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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