William D. "Bill" Wittliff Papers, 1968-1995.

Webb, Walter Prescott, 1888-1963

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Walter Prescott Webb (April 3, 1888 in Panola County, Texas – March 8, 1963 near Austin, Texas) was an American historian noted for his groundbreaking work on the American West. As president of the Texas State Historical Association, he launched the project that produced the Handbook of Texas. He is also noted for his early criticism of the water usage patterns in the region. In 2012, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy &#38 Western Heritage Museum. Webb w...

Groth, John, 1908-1988

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Native Chicagoan John Groth became the first Art Director for Esquire magazine in 1933. Over the years he became one of the most accomplished and best known American illustrators. From the description of Gone with the wind illustrations, 1963-1973. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 463007022 Art instructor, painter, book illustrator, war correspondent; New York, NY; d. 1988. From the description of John Groth papers, 1930-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat reco...

Oliphant, Pat, 1935-....

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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,...

Hertzog, Carl 1902-1984

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Carl Hertzog was founder and Director of the Texas Western Press and noted typographer and book designer. From the description of Henry Ingram collection of Carl Hertzog material. 1964-1981. (Texas Wesleyan University). WorldCat record id: 15716952 Book designer, typographer, and printer. Born in 1902 as Jean Carl Hertzog in Lyons, France. Hertzog came to El Paso, Texas in 1923 to work for W.S. McMath & Co. In 1934, he started his own print shop,...

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...

Frantz, Joe Bertram, 1917-

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Historian Joe Bertram Frantz spent his childhood in Weatherford, Texas before attending Weatherford College and the University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1938; M.A., 1940). He began his professional career at the San Jacinto Museum before World War II intervened. Frantz served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and fought in the Pacific Theater. After the war he returned to Texas and studied under legendary University of Texas historian Walter Prescott Webb. Frantz's doctoral dissertat...

Whitehead, Barbara Mathews, 1940-

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Texas Institute of Letters

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Wittliff, William D.

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Award winning, Austin-based publisher, photographer, and screenwriter William D. "Bill" Wittliff is perhaps best known as the screenwriter and executive producer of the television miniseries, Lonesome Dove (1989). Mr. Wittliff and his wife Sally, are also the founding donors of the Southwestern Writers Collection (1986) and the Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern & Mexican Photography (1996), both at the Albert B. Alkek Library, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. F...

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858

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Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) was a Missouri Democrat who served as a senator from 1821 to 1851. He opposed both abolitionism and the extension of slavery into new territories, but was a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. He died in 1858. From the guide to the Thomas Hart Benton letter, 1846 May 14, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) Lawyer; Tennessee state senator, 1809-1811; aide-de-camp to Andrew Jackson; colonel of a regiment of ...

Wade, Bob

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Graves, John, 1920-2013

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Born August 6, 1920 in Fort Worth, Texas, John Alexander Graves III grew up in that city until moving away to attend college in 1938. He graduated from Rice Institute (now Rice University), served as a Marine in World War II, and earned an M.A. at Columbia University in 1948. Graves taught English from 1948 to 1950 at The University of Texas at Austin, then left to pursue a career as a freelance writer. In November of 1957 Graves completed a three-week canoe trip down part of the Brazos River th...

Barthelme, Steve

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Encino Press

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