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Authors, American

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

American Authors Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2017.s158
Scope and Contents

The American Author Collection consists of materials written by and about various authors from America.

Dates: 1933 - 2014

Charles Potts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2020.s216
Scope and Contents

The Charles Potts Collection contains poetry, verse, music, and other media. The works in this collection are by Charles Potts himself, as well as many other counter culture artists and agencies.

Dates: 1967 - 2020

Elbert Hubbard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2023.s257
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials such as books, postcards, and pamphlets about Elbert Hubbard and the Elbert Hubbard Museum in Aurora, New York.

Dates: 1900 - 1990; undated

Harris Worchel Counter-Culture Literature Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2022.s248
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials donated by Harris Worchel as part of the Harris Worchel Counter-Culture Literature Collection. Materials in this collection are largely compact discs containing various theses and dissertations on counter-culture literature and the Beat poetry movement. Additional materials (books and audio-visual materials) can be found within the library catalog.

Dates: 1916 - 2012

Jefferson Davis Ship Island Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2021.s231
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence from a prisoner at Ship Island, Mississippi to Jefferson Davis. It also contains an article by Lee Meriwether regarding his childhood encounter with Davis.

Dates: 1862 - 1953

Kidnapping the General

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2021.s230
Scope and Contents

This collection contains an excerpt from the Spring 1949 issue of the “Georgia Review” titled “Kidnapping the General” written by Robert Sparks Walker.

Dates: 1949

Texas Authors Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2017.s162
Scope and Contents

The collection contains various types of information about Texas authors, including newspapers and articles.

Dates: 1920 - 2021-05-26

The Margaret Mitchell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2023.s260
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials regarding American author, Margaret Mitchell. Mitchell was lauded for her book “Gone with the Wind,” for which she won a Pulitzer Prize. Mitchell was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1900 and passed away after a car accident in 1949. Mitchell is now known as a highly controversial figure due to her personal opinions centering around politics and race.

Dates: 1949 - 1999

Tribute to Southwestern Culture Flyer

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2023.s264
Scope and Contents

This collection consists solely of a flyer from the Tribute to Southwestern Culture event.

Dates: 1977-04-14

Upton Sinclair Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2019.s200
Scope and Contents

The Upton Sinclair Correspondence Collection consists of correspondence and publications by or relating to Upton Sinclair. The first box has six files and contains correspondence, a book, and a play by Upton Sinclair. The second box has three files containing a book on Upton Sinclair, a copy of his journal, and a catalogue of books, manuscripts, and other materials from the Upton Sinclair Archives at the Lilly Libraryat Indiana University.

Dates: 1927 - 1978