Literature
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Part of TARO subject browse terms
Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:
Joe D. Thomas papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0397
Overview
This collection contains a series of typed letters (1981-1982) from Professor Thomas, a member of the Rice University English faculty, to Nancy Boothe, Director of the Woodson Research Center, concerning the history of the university. Also included are two duplicate series that are collections of verse and prose observations on numerous topics, intended for circulation. A miscellaneous file includes notices and photographs relating to Professor Thomas’ Mark Twain programs.
Dates:
1981-1985
John Robert Anderson manuscript of "The Old Adam"
Collection
Identifier: MS 0375
Overview
This collection contains a xerox copy of the typescript of "The Old Adam," an unpublished novel called with a West Texas setting written by John Anderson. Anderson, a 1976 graduate of Rice University, wrote the novel while pursuing a Ph.D. at Yale University. At the time this typescript was accessioned (1983), Anderson was a professor at Pennsylvania University; the novel was unpublished.
Dates:
1982
Julian Huxley and Anita Loos correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MS 0082
Abstract
Correspondence between biologist Julian Huxley to Anita Loos, American screenwriter, playwright, and author. Many of these are great in length and most with remarkable content, evidencing the intimacy of Huxley and Loos.
Dates:
1960 - 1966
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0276
Overview
These papers represent a broad view of Larry McMurtry’s literary career, including his collaborations with Diana Ossana. Handwritten notes, editorial correspondence, annotated typescripts, and production material show the creative process for McMurtry’s (and Ossana’s) novels, screenplays, teleplays, and essays. While many works are included here, Streets of Laredo and Dead Man’s Walk are among the most fully documented....
Dates:
1890 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2011
Leonard M. Marsak Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0351
Abstract:
This collection contains three typescripts of works produced by Marsak titled: Bernard de Fontenelle, Development of Science in Relation to Society, and French Philosophers.
Dates:
1961 and undated
Lesbian-related Publications and Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0691
Overview
This collection consists of publications across various mediums, from novels and cookbooks, to newletters and magazines, as well as papers from events celebrating and recording lebsian history.
Dates:
1989 - 2013
Letters to James Korges
Collection
Identifier: MS 0016
Abstract:
The collection consists of letters written to James Korges in his capacity as editor of ">Critique: Studies in Modern Fiction" by such literary figures as Erskine Caldwell, Dickey, Caroline Gordon, William Goyen, Frederick Manfred, Brian Moore, Anais Nin, Joyce Carol Oates, Ramsey, Tate, and Yvor Winters. Also included are a 1926 Theodore Dreiser letter and a letter written in 1953 by Sean O'Casey to Korges, then a senior at Rice University and editor of the student newspaper, "The Thresher."
Dates:
1926 - 1975
Limited Editions Club records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0699
Overview
The Limited Editions Club records reflect the historical documentation of the fine book press that was founded in 1929. Included in this collection are the monthly letters, prospectuses, holiday greetings, letters to subscribres, advertising materials, publicity, book reviews, book dealer catalogues.
Dates:
1929-2004
Livres d'artistes collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0990
Overview
The collection contains documentation of the Livres d'artistes books acquired for the Fondren Library; information on the artists who created the books; administrative records; and information on presentations/class instruction made about the collection.
Dates:
2005 - 2020
Madeleine Alcover Cyrano research materials and Academic papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0631
Scope and Contents
This collection contains typescripts, proofs, correspondence, microfilm, and notecards of Madeleine Alcover for her critical editions and studies on Cyrano de Bergerac; Cyrano’s family, as well as his writer-friends Charles d’Assoucy, Le Royer de Prades, Henry Le Bret, and others. The collection also contains documents and correspondence related to Alcover's academic career.
Dates:
1957 - 2014