Jay Milner Papers, 1960-1993.

Greene, A. C., 1923-

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Journalist and essayist. From the description of A.C. Greene papers, 1967-1993, (bulk 1968-1973). (Texas State University-San Marcos). WorldCat record id: 32584946 Texas author, journalist, and historian. From the description of Papers, 1961-1977. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 32572207 Alvin Carl Greene (1923- ) was born and raised in Abilene, Texas. He left Texas during World War II and served in the U.S. Navy and ...

Faulk, John Henry

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Folklorist, humorist, lecturer, and civil rights activist John Henry Faulk (1913-1990) was born to parents Henry and Martha (Miner) in Austin, Texas. A protégé of J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb, and Roy Bedichek, Faulk graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where he later taught English. For his master's thesis, he analyzed ten African American sermons, and his research greatly impacted his thinking on civil liberties. Aided by his friend and fellow folklorist Alan ...

Weems, John Edward

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John Edward "Eddie" Weems was a historian, author, and journalist. He was born in Grand Prairie, TX in 1924. He received Bachelors and Masters degrees in Journalism from the University of Texas in 1948 and 1949, respectively. He later received a Master of Arts degree in Library Science from Florida State University in 1954. Weems had a diverse career and served in the Navy, worked at several Texas newspapers, was an assistant professor in journalism at Baylor University, University of Alabama, a...

Walker, Susan, 1932-

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McMurtry, Larry

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Larry McMurtry, novelist, essayist, and screenwriter, was born in 1936 in Wichita Falls, Texas. He spent his early years on his father's ranch outside of Archer City. He graduated from the University of North Texas in 1958 and from a graduate program at Rice University in 1960. That same year he was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. His first novel Horseman, Pass By won the Jesse H. Jones Award from the Texas Institute of Letters in 1962. Hud, a movie based on this novel, received numerou...

King, Larry L.

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Larry L. King, playwright. From the description of The night Hank Williams died: typescript, 1985. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144651997 Author and playwright. From the description of Larry L. King Collection : 1948-[ongoing], (bulk 1967-1991). (Texas State University-San Marcos). WorldCat record id: 24446135 Lawrence Leo King, the youngest child of Clyde Clayton and Cora Lee Clark King, was born January 1, 1929 in Putnam,...

Milner, Jay Dunston, 1923-

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Novelist, literary critic, and journalist Jay Milner has written about Texas writers and cultures since the 1960s. From the description of Jay Milner Papers, 1960-1993. (Texas State University-San Marcos). WorldCat record id: 50491479 J. Dunston Milner was born near Muleshoe, Texas on October 30. 1926. The son of John and Nina Milner, "Jay" moved with his family around small towns in West Texas, following the development of cotton farms. The Milner family settle...

Brammer, Billy Lee

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Novelist, journalist, political aide to Lyndon Baines Johnson. From the description of Billy Lee Brammer papers, 1946-1993. (Texas State University-San Marcos). WorldCat record id: 26650982 Billy Lee Brammer was born April 21, 1929, in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from North Texas State College in 1952 with a degree in journalism. Brammer was a reporter for the Corpus Christi Caller Times and the Austin Statesman, where he won a press award for excellence in writ...

Shrake, Edwin

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Edwin Shrake, born Sept. 6, 1931 in Fort Worth, Texas, has written Blood reckoning (1961), But not for love (1964), Strange peaches (1972), Peter Arbiter (1973), and co-authored Limo (1976) with Dan Jenkins. He also wrote the screenplays for J.W. Coop (1972, with Gary Cartwright), Kid Blue (1973), Nightwing (1978) and Tom Horn (1980) as well as numerous short stories. From the description of Papers, 1943-1975, 1960-1972. 1943-1975. (Austin Public Library). WorldCat record id: 2432976...