Manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:
J.T. McCants research material for book entitled: Some Information Concerning the Rice Institute
Collection
Identifier: UA 296
Overview
This collection contains research materials, the original typescript, and photocopies of Some Information Concerning the Rice Institute, written by J.T. McCants in 1955. The text deals with the early history of the Rice Institute, describing its founder, the general plan, first buildings, formal opening, and the first academic year.
Dates:
1952 - 1962
Julian Sorell Huxley “Morphism and Evolution” papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0481
Overview
This collection consists of notes on and drafts of Julian Huxley’s “Morphism and Evolution” as well as research materials and correspondence related to his work.
Dates:
1950-1957
Karl Swiedack manuscript of play "Ferdinand Raimond," 1860
Collection
Identifier: MS 0186
Overview
This collection contains a handwritten manuscript of the play "Ferdinand Raimund."
Dates:
1860
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
Lois Tompa "Above the Wall" poetry manuscript
Collection
Identifier: MS 0291
Overview
This collection contains a hand-made collected edition of poetry by Lois Tompa called "Above the Wall", dedicated to her husband, Joseph Tompa. The manuscript consists of 35 leaves of mimeograph pages stapled together with the author’s autograph inscription.
Dates:
1966
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
Manuscript of Reuben John Rath's The Provisional Austrian Regime in Lombardy-Venetia
Collection
Identifier: MS 0310
Abstract:
This collection consists of a small amount of correspondence, maps, typographical and proofreading instructions in regard to the publication of Rath's The Provisional Austrian Regime in Lombardy-Venetia, 1814-1815 and two typed drafts of the monograph.
Dates:
1814 - 1815
Marguerite Johnston Barnes Personal Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0491
Overview
The bulk of these papers represent Barnes’ writing and journalism career, from her early college years to her lengthy career at the Houston Post newspaper. Included are photocopies of her articles, columns, reviews and editorials, typescripts of her works, photographs, and a small amount of family and biographical materials.
Dates:
1926-2000
Oren Arnold Manuscript and Galleys of "The Golden Chair"
Collection
Identifier: MS 0023
Abstract:
This collection contains the typescript and galley proofs of the book "The Golden Chair", winner of the Southwest Literary Award. It was published by Elsevier Press in 1954. Mr. Arnold is a former student of Rice University where he was editor of the student newspaper the "Thresher" and president of the Writers Club. He was also Rice correspondent for the "Houston Chronicle."
Dates:
1954
Oswald Mueller manuscript
Collection
Identifier: MS 0243
Overview
This typewritten manuscript is titled "Seeking the Garden of the World". It is Oswald Mueller’s English translation of Fritz Scheffel’s Deutsche suchen den Garten der Welt. Mueller authors the preface, in which he describes the story as that of the failed German attempt to colonize Texas into a New-Germania.
Dates:
1948