Russell G. Vliet Papers, 1900-1986.

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Russell G. Vliet Papers, 1900-1986.

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Forty-four boxes of notes, outlines, drafts, typescripts, correspondence, subject files, photographs, newsclippings, artifacts, a scrapbook, legal, medical, and financial records, 1900-1990 (bulk 1960-1984) document R.G. Vliet's writing career. For each major work, extensive background notes, outlines, sketches, drafts, handwritten copies, and typescripts exist, showing details of the author's creative method. Personal correspondence in this subseries includes letters to Vliet from long-time friends such as Ruth Bloom, Harry Clauss, Alan Dissler, John Haag, Ralph Houston, and David Lyttle. Several letters from Vliet to Ralph Houston are also included here, presumably sent to Ann Vliet after R.G. Vliet's death. These letters are of special interest in that they discuss Vliet's writing and his health. Correspondence from Vliet's family include genealogical information, and a letter from Vliet's father, R.G. Vliet, Sr., regarding the use of the name "R.G. Vliet" in published materials.

44 boxes (22 linear ft.)

Texas State University-San Marcos, Albert B. Alkek Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7600828

Texas State University-San Marcos, Albert B. Alkek Library

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Haag, John L.

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Clauss, Harry,

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Bloom, Ruth

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Dissler, Alan,

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Lyttle, David, 1924-

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Houston, Ralph Henry

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Vliet, R. G., 1929-

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Poet, novelist, playwright, and short story writer Russell G. Vliet was born in Chicago, on November 4, 1929. He attended Central High School (Class of 1948) in Texas City, Texas, just south of Houston, and attended Southwest Texas State University beginning in the Fall of 1948, where he wrote and acted in his own plays. Although Vliet spent most of his adult life on the East coast, many of his novels, plays, and poems would be set in Texas and would win awards from Texan literary institutions. ...