Nancie Austin Papers, 1979-1983.

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Nancie Austin Papers, 1979-1983.

This collection is comprised of handwritten and typed letters from Texas author Elithe Hamilton Kirkland to friend Nancie Austin, of Wimberley, Texas. The letters date from 1979-1983, and relate to the friendship between Kirkland and Austin, and to the development of Kirkland's novel, The Edge of Disrepute, published in 1984.

6 folders (0.25 linear ft.)

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Kirkland, Elithe Hamilton

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Elithe Kirkland was born in 1907. She taught English at the Iraan High School from 1937 to 1939. Elithe is a graduate of University of North Texas and received her M.A. from the University of Texas. She was State Director of School Publicity for the Texas Commission for Centennial Celebrations, 1935-1936. She worked for the Stamps-Baxter Quartet in 1937 in Dallas. She authored more than 500 dramatic documentaries for state and national networks while at the University of Texas, 1940-1947, on the...