McMurtry, Larry, papers, 1961-1979; 1961-1969.

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McMurtry, Larry, papers, 1961-1979; 1961-1969.

Papers of novelist Larry McMurtry (b. 1936) consist primarily of letters written from Archer City, Fort Worth, Austin and Houston to David Meltzer, California poet and rare-book dealer. Included as enclosures are a photograph of McMurtry's son James Lawrence McMurtry as an infant, a speech given by McMurtry at the Texas Institute of Letters Awards Dinner in 1962, poems by Grover Lewis, and a bibliography of books offered by McMurtry's Fort Worth rare-book business, Dust Bowl Books. There is also a speech by McMurtry dated July 5, 1979, recorded on two 7 inch phonotapes.

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