Descriptive Summary
Gipson, Fred, 1908-1973.
Fred Gipson Papers
1920-1973
Manuscript Collection MS-01622
34 boxes (14 linear feet), 1 oversize folder
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
The papers include manuscripts, drafts,
correspondence, contracts, financial and legal documents, and photographs that documenting
Gipson's life as one of the most prolific writers of the American Southwest.
English
Biographical Sketch
Frederick Benjamin Gipson, journalist and author of western and children's literature, was
born February 7, 1908, near Mason, Texas. As the son of cotton farmers, Gipson worked as a
field laborer while attending Mason High School. After graduating in 1926, Gipson worked as
a goat driver, mule skinner, and day laborer before enrolling as a journalism major at the
University of Texas in 1933. That same year Gipson won a writing contest for which J. Frank
Dobie, the Texas folklore writer, was a judge. Gipson's winning story,
Hard-Pressed Sam, was later published in the Southwest Review. He also wrote for the University's student paper,
The Daily Texan. Gipson married Tommie Eloise Wynn in 1940 with whom
he had two children; they were divorced in 1964. In 1967 Gipson was married to Angelina
Torres.
Gipson's career as a newspaper reporter and columnist from 1937 to 1940 included work for
the Corpus Christi
Caller-Times, the Denver Post, the San Angelo Standard-Times, and the Paris, Texas News. In 1940 Gipson moved back to Mason, Texas, where he began
writing a syndicated newspaper column, Around Our Place, as well
as fiction for pulp western publications. In 1943 Gipson sold his first story to Colliers magazine, followed by sales to other magazines such as
Reader's Digest, Look, and Liberty. His first book, Fabulous Empire: Colonel Zack Miller's Story,was published in 1946.
Other nonfiction works by Gipson include Big Bend, with J. Oscar Langford
(1952), Cowhand: the Story of a Working Cowboy (1953), and
The Cow Killers: With the Aftosa Commission in Mexico (1956).
Although he was successful as a writer of nonfiction, it was as a novelist that Gipson
became best known. In 1945 Gipson met literary agent Maurice Crain, which led to a long-term
association between the two Texans. Gipson's first best sellers,
Hound-Dog Man (1949) and The Home Place (1950), were listed in the New York Times best seller list and were optioned for film rights by
Twentieth Century-Fox. From 1953 to 1955 Gipson wrote for and served as associate editor of
True West, a pulp magazine of nonfiction western stories founded by
Joe A. Small. From the mid-1950s to early 1960s, Gipson published four more novels for young
readers, Trail Driving Rooster (1955), Recollection Creek (1955), Old Yeller (1956), and Savage Sam (1962). Gipson wrote the screen adaptation of Old Yeller (1958) for Walt Disney Studios as well as the screen
adaptations of Hound-Dog Man (Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959) and
Savage Sam (Walt Disney Studios, 1963).
Gipson was the recipient of several literary awards including the William Allen White
Children's Book Award, 1959 and the First Sequoyah Award, Oklahoma, 1959. In 1965 Gipson
became president of the Texas Institute of Letters and was named a “Fellow” in 1970. Gipson
died at his ranch in Mason County on August 17, 1973, and was, by special proclamation of
the governor, buried in the State Cemetery in Austin, Texas. Two of his novels for young
readers,
Little Arliss (1978) and Curley and the Wild Boar (1980), were published posthumously.
Scope and Contents
The Fred Gipson Papers, 1920-1973 (34 boxes), include manuscripts, drafts, correspondence,
contracts, financial and legal documents, and photographs that document his life as one of
the most prolific writers of the American Southwest. The collection is arranged in five
series: Works, 1942-1965 (11 boxes), Clippings and Printed Materials, 1935-1983 (3 boxes),
Correspondence, 1920-1973 (17 boxes), Personal Papers, 1922-1972 (1.5 boxes), and Financial
and Legal Documents, 1944-1973 (1.5 boxes).
The creative works consist of manuscripts (often including multiple annotated and corrected
drafts) of short stories, novels, screenplays, speeches, and newspaper articles. While short
story drafts and printed versions dominate the works series, also present are numerous story
ideas or outlines, called “briefs” by Gipson. Gipson's most famous novel
Old Yeller is not found in this collection, but several revised
drafts of Savage Sam (both novel and screen adaptation) are
present.
Correspondence with friends, literary agents, and publishers, and fan mail comprise one
half of the collection. This correspondence reflects Gipson's literary achievements and the
influence his books had on young readers, whose letters dominate the fan mail subseries. The
correspondence series also illuminates the problems and struggles Gipson endured in his
personal life and writing career. Significant correspondents include: Walter Brennan,
Bernard Brister, Maurice Crain, Margaret Cousins, J. F. Dobie, Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., John
Henry Faulke, Lyndon B. Johnson, Tommy Kirk, Zack Miller, Fess Parker, Cactus Pryor, General
Jesus Jaime Quiñones, J.A. Small, H. N. Swanson, Evan Thomas, Walter Prescott Webb, Annie
Laurie Williams, and Chill Wills.
Additional series include printed material by and about Gipson and his works, personal
papers, financial and legal documents. In the Personal Papers series are items such as
address cards, school diplomas, birth certificates, maps, travel guides, and personal and
publicity photographs. Other materials relating to Gipson's publishing and film writing
career and general finances are found in the Financial and Legal Documents series.
The Gipson papers represent aspects of his work and life from his early childhood to his
death in 1973. Beyond the study of Gipson and his writings during part of the most prolific
times of his life, this collection also provides insight into the process of writing and
publishing popular western and children's literature in the last half of the twentieth
century.
Series Descriptions
Series I. Works, 1942-1965 (11 boxes)
The Works series consists of drafts (original and carbon copy), and proofs of short
stories, screenplays, novels, newspaper and magazine articles, memoirs and speeches, as well
as research notes. The manuscripts of short stories, which dominate the Works series,
include numerous corrected and annotated versions and often include additional publication
and financial information. These works have been arranged alphabetically by title. While
Gipson's most famous novel
Old Yeller is not found in this
collection, several revised drafts of Savage Sam (both novel and
screen adaptation) are present. Manuscripts of other novels include Curly and the Wild Boar: An Adventure Tale for Boys, nd; Home Place, nd; Not all Strange Things Are Women,
nd; and Recollection Creek, nd as well as the proposals
and/or outlines for The Last Days of Honest John and a “horse
novel.”
Manuscripts of screenplays or scripts (including outlines), besides the drafts of
Savage Sam, include The Big Bender, nd; Fort Mason, nd; High Lonesome Place, nd; Old Man Lepley's Hound, nd; and The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (screenplay, 1959, teleplay, 1962).
Manuscripts of nonfiction works present include the research notes on William Barton, an
early Texas frontiersman; Cowhand: The Story of a Working
Cowboy, nd; and a memoir entitled Buried Treasure, nd. Also found here are several speeches,
1960-1965, including one entitled Education of a Hill Country
Writer. Gipson collected stories by other writers, including Bob Becker, Bernice
Cosulich, Martha B. Darbyshire, L. Wingfield Hudgins, Ernest Lee, Harold Clay Pope, and
David Newell.
Series II. Clippings and Printed Materials, 1935-1983 (3
boxes)
The Clippings and Printed Materials series contains three scrapbooks, 1935-1938, of
Gipson's newspaper columns and articles that have been maintained as Gipson kept them. Also
found here are miscellaneous loose clippings of reviews, critical articles written about
Gipson's work, publicity materials, and copies of national, local, and international
newspapers and magazines (such as
Reader's Digest)in which Gipson
published. While these clippings, spanning the years 1937 to 1983, are for the most part not
alphabetically or chronologically arranged, one box consists of book and movie reviews
organized by title of work and review date. In the folder for reviews of The Home Place (1950) is also found a serialized version published
in the Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin in 1951.
Series III. Correspondence, 1920-1973 (17 boxes)
The Correspondence series consists of two subseries, General Correspondence, 1920-1973, and
Fan Mail and Publicity, 1946-1973. The general correspondence (13 boxes) has been maintained
in alphabetical order and uses Gipson's original folder titles, and is interspersed with a
few subject files. While not numerous, some of Gipson's outgoing letters are interfiled with
the correspondence. The majority of the correspondents include friends, literary contacts
and agents, and family members. Significant correspondents include Walter Brennan, Bernard
Brister, Maurice Crain, Margaret Cousins, J. Frank Dobie, Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.; John Henry
Faulk, Lyndon B. Johnson, Zack Miller, Fess Parker, Cactus Pryor, General Jesus Jaime
Quiñones, H. N. Swanson, Fess Parker, Joe Austell Small, H.N. Swanson, Evan Thomas, Walter
Prescott Webb, Annie Laurie Williams, and Chill Wills. Much of the correspondence with the
literary agents, such as Maurice Crain and H.N. Swanson provides insight into the process of
writing and publishing Gipson's works. The letters of Gipson's first wife, Tommie Eloise
Wynn, are of a more intimate nature.
The second subseries, Fan Mail and Publicity, 1946-1973 (3.5 boxes) includes fan mail,
correspondents' photographs (mostly from young readers), as well as photocopies of Gipson's
responses interfiled with letters from publishers, and copies of publicity materials
including his biography and photograph. Although the majority of this subseries is
chronologically arranged, a final series of folders is alphabetically arranged by location
(home state) of correspondent.
Series IV. Personal Papers, 1922-1972 (1.5 boxes)
This series includes copies of Gipson's birth certificate, diploma, personal notebooks,
school papers, address cards, brochures, maps, travel documents, and several documents
related to his son, Thomas. Other materials include photographs, ca. 1957, of the publicity
stunts for the premiere of Disney's version of
Old Yeller. A few personal photographs of Gipson and friends as well
as movie stills from Return of the Texan are also present. Other printed
materials include catalogs for agriculture and gardening, and picture catalogs of mail order
brides.
Series V. Financial and Legal Documents, 1944-1973 (1.5
boxes)
Other materials relating to Gipson's publishing and film writing career and general
finances are found in the Financial and Legal Documents series, 1944-1973. This series
contains business documents such as movie and book contracts, royalty statements, and
correspondence that document the financial, legal and business aspects of his writing
career. Some of Gipson's business papers, however, may be found in the General
Correspondence subseries, such as correspondence with Harper & Brothers, Maurice Crain,
Disney Productions, H.N. Swanson, Evan Thomas, and Annie Laurie Williams. This series also
contains general business documents dealing with insurance, land, Gipson's ranch, taxes, and
social security. These materials help document Gipson's enthusiasm for ranching and
agriculture, especially the growing of native Texas grasses and raising livestock.
Acquisition
Gift 1965, Purchase, 1973
Access:
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Processed by
Carla Ellard, Linda Peterson, Lisa Rush, and Tim Thompson, 1994; Revised, 1995 by David
Hatfield Sparks
For further information, see also
Cox,
Mike. Fred Gipson, Texas
Storyteller. Austin: Shoal Creek Publishers, 1980.
Henderson, Sam H. Fred Gipson.
Austin: Steck-Vaughn, 1967.
Lich,
Glen E. Fred Gipson at Work.
College Station: Texas A & M Press, 1990.
Index Terms
Correspondents
Brennan, Walter, 1894-1974.
Brister, Bernard.
Crain, Maurice.
Cousins, Margaret, 1905- .
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank),
1888-1964.
Goldwyn, Samuel, 1926- .
Faulk, John Henry.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines),
1908-1973.
Miller, Zack, b. 1878.
Parker, Fess.
Pryor, Cactus.
Quinones, Jesus Jaime, General.
Small, Joe Austell.
Swanson, H. N.
Thomas, Evan.
Webb, Walter Prescott, 1888-1963.
Williams, Annie Laurie.
Wills, Chill, 1902-1978.
Subjects
Authors, American--West (U.S.)--20th
century.
Document Types
First drafts.
Galley proofs.
Legal documents.
Scripts.
Fred Gipson Papers--Folder List
Series I. Works, 1942-1965
1
1
Angels Work Overtime, [short story] nd,
2 copies
1
2
The Anger of Anton Jabosky, [short story]
nd
1
3
Another Day in the Saddle, [short story]
nd
1
4
Bad Day, [short story] nd
1
5
Bad Hog, [short story] nd
1
6
Bad Man, [short story] nd
1
7
The Banana Snitchers, [short story] nd,
2 copies
1
8
Barton, William, 1782-1840 [research notes] nd
1
9
The Big Bender, [screenplay] nd
1
10
The Big Goat Deal, [short story] nd
1
11
Bigfoot Wallace, [screenplay] nd
1
12
Bird Woman, [short story] nd
1
13
Black Cat Bachelors, [short story] nd
1
14
Bobcat, [short story] nd
1
15
Book Reviews for the New York Times, 1965-66
1
16
Bounty Hunter, [short story] nd
Bounty Hunter from Hell,1942 [see Short Stories Scrapbook]
1
17
Boy and Horse Story, [short story] nd
1
18
Bright Red Calico Shirt, [short story]
nd
1
19
Bronc Riders Are Made, [short story]
nd
1
20
Brush Roper, [short story] nd,
2 versions
1
21
Brush Roper, [screenplay] nd
1
22
Brush-wild Cow, [short story] nd
1
23
Buckskin Stepson, [short story] nd
1
24
Buffalo Rider, [short story] nd
1
25
Buried Treasure, [memoir] nd
1
26
Chinchy Professor, [short story] nd
1
27
Chum, [short story] nd
The Circle A Invasion,1942 [see Short Stories Scrapbook]
1
28
A Cowboy for to Be, [short story] nd
1
29-30
Cowhand: The Story of a Working Cowboy,
[nonfiction] nd
2
1
Cowpen Reveries, [short story, 1947]
2
2
The Cu-Ne-Va Ghost, [short story] nd
2
3
Curly and the Wild Boar: An Adventure Tale for
Boys, [fiction] nd
2
4
Cyclone Ropers, [nonfiction] nd
A Damn Bad Man! 1942 [see Short Stories Scrapbook]
2
5
A Day of Retrospect, [short story] nd
2
6-7
The Devil to Pay, [fiction] nd
2
8
The Dinner Bucket, [short story] nd,
2 versions
2
9
Dog in the Meal Barrell, [short story]
nd
2
10
Dog Swap, [short story] nd
2
11
Education of a Hill Country Writer,
[speech] 1965
2
12
Fisherman's Luck, [short story] nd
2
13
The Fishermen Got Away! [short story]
nd
2
14
Fishing Is a Man's Business, [short
story] 1955,
3 copies
2
15
Fort Mason, [script] nd
2
16
Fox in the Ditch, [short story] nd
2
17
Gift Dog, [short story] nd,
2 copies
2
18
Gift Horse, [short story] nd,
2 copies
2
19
Give a Cowhand Enough Rope, [short story]
nd
2
20
Good-Neighbor Policy, [short story] 1947
2
21
Graveyard Gobbler, [short story] nd
Gun Waif, 1942 [see Short Stories Scrapbook]
2
22
Herd Dog, [short story] nd
2
23
High Lonesome Place, [short story] nd,
2 versions
2
24
High Lonesome Place, [screenplay] nd
2
25
High Ride, [short story] nd
2
26-27
Home Place, [novel, nd]
3
1
Horse novel outline, [proposed novel] nd
3
2
Hound Dog Men Are Born, [short story]
1948,
2 copies
3
3
I Hate Snakes, [short story] nd
3
4
It Sure Beats Me, [short story] nd
3
5
Jay Wouldn't Listen, [short story] nd
3
6
Jesse Gentry, [novel] nd
3
7
King of the Wild Country, [short story]
nd,
2 versions
3
8
Lady Jack-Whacker, [short story] nd
3
9
The Last Days of Honest John, [proposed novel notes] nd
3
10
Last Escape, [short story] 1947
3
11
Like Hell You're Dead! [short story]
nd
3
12-14
Little Arliss, [novel] nd
3
15
Lonesome Man, [short story] nd,
2 versions
3
16
The Melon Patch Killing, [short story]
nd
3
17
Memoirs, nd
3
18
Minnie McCormack's Find, [short story]
nd
3
19
Misery, [short story notes] nd
3
20
Monty's Turkeys and the Rattlesnake,
[short story] nd
3
21
Mule Talk, [short story] nd
3
22
My Kind of Man, [short story] nd
3
23
Natural-born Hunter, [short story] nd,
2 versions
3
24
Ned and the Bobwite, [short story] nd
Nesters Ain't Wanted! 1942 [see Short Stories Scrapbook]
4
1
Newspaper column drafts, A-I, nd
4
2
Newspaper column drafts, J-Z, nd
4
3
Nobody's Dog, [short story] nd,
2 copies
4
4
Not All Strange Things Are Women, [novel] nd
4
5
Old Man Lepley's Hound, [screenplay outline] nd
4
6
One Thing and then Another, [column] nd
Outlaw Till Sunset, 1942 [see Short Stories Scrapbook]
4
7
Outlaw Treaure, [short story] nd
4
8
Papa's Straw Hat, [short story] 1963, nd,
3 versions
Paycheck in Hell, 1942 [see Short Stories Scrapbook]
4
9
Possum Money Comes Easy, [short story]
nd
4
10
Pranking Man, [short story] nd
4
11
Rabbit Hound, [short story] nd,
2 versions
4
12-13
Recollection Creek, [novel] nd,
2 versions
5
1-2
Recollection Creek, [novel] nd, page proofs
5
3
The Retirement of Pearl Jackson, [short
story] nd
5
4
The Return of Old Sancho, [screenplay] 1957
5
5-6
The Road Leads West, [draft] nd
5
7
The Rock Thrower of Bosque County, [short
story] nd
5
8
Rudy Walters and the Fiddler Crabs,
[short story] nd
5
9
The Ruination of Restless Solomon, [short
story] nd
5
10
Sad Sam, [short story] nd
Savage Sam, [screenplay] 1961-62, nd
6
1
Brief, nd
6
2
First Beginning, nd
6
3
Treatment, 1961
6
4
Revised treatment, 1962
6
5
First draft, 1962
Savage Sam [novel, 1962] nd
6
6-7
First complete draft w/editing, nd
6
8
Second draft, nd
7
1
Second draft, nd
7
2-3
Third draft, nd
7
4
Fourth draft, nd
7
5
Fourth draft w/editing, nd
8
1
Fourth draft w/editing, nd
8
2
Unedited fifth draft, nd
8
3-4
Fifth draft, nd
8
5
Fifth draft suggestions, nd
8
6-7
Sixth draft, nd
9
1
Sermon in Stones, [short story] nd, [also see Short Stories
Scrapbook]
A Sheriff for to Be, 1942 [see Short Stories Scrapbook]
9
2-3
Short Stories Scrapbook,
1941-1942
9
4
Show-off Roper, [short story] nd
Signed on at Murder Camp, 1942 [see Short Stories Scrapbook]
Sixgun, Salvation-and Sin! 1942 [see Short Stories Scrapbook]
9
5
Soft Touch, [short story] nd
Some Hoss Thieves Is Different, 1942 [see Short Stories Scrapbook]
9
6
Speeches, 1960-1963
9
7
The Story of Catarino, [short story
drafts] nd
9
8
Supposed Your Son Were a Turtle Biter!
[short story] nd
9
9
Sweet Cream for Arabella, [short story]
nd
9
10
The Tales They Tell, [short story] nd
That Damn Chongo! 1942 [see Short Stories Scrapbook]
9
11
Timid Soul, [short story] nd
9
12
To The Mule, [poems] nd,
2 versions
The Toughest Man in Texas, 1942 [see Short Stories Scrapbook]
9
13
Town of Beer and Sorrow, [short story]
nd
9
14
Trail-Driving Rooster, [short story] nd
9
15
Trapped in a Boghole, [short story] nd
9
16-17
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters,
[screenplay] 1959
9
18
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, A One Hour
Television Series, [teleplay] 1962
10
1
Turkey Hunt, [short story] nd
10
2
Visit with Peter Hurd, [nonfiction] nd
Valley of Missing Herds, 1942 [see Short Stories Scrapbook]
10
3
We Used to Go Fishing, [short story]
nd
10
4
Wee Willy Rides Again, [short story]
nd
10
5
Whittlin' Banker, [short story] nd
10
6
Wild Hogs Are Different, [short story]
nd
10
7-8
Wild in the Country, first draft [screenplay]
1958,
2 copies
10
9
Wolf Hound, [short story notes] nd
10
10
Women Anglers Get the Fish, [short story]
nd
10
11
Yea, Verily, [short story] nd,
2 versions
10
12
Miscellaneous stories by other authors,
1936-1947, nd, including Bob Becker, Bernice Cosulich, Martha B. Darbyshire,
L. Wingfield Hudgins, Ernest Lee, David Newell, Harold Clay Pope
Miscellaneous Titled Drafts, 1935, 1957,
1961, nd
10
13
Big-Foot Wallace and the Little Author,
by John C. Duval [condensed novel by Tommie Gipson] 1935
Big Tom, [story brief] nd
The Great Blue Shining Mountains, [adult novel brief] nd
High Ride, I Remember Uncle Firth, [character story idea] nd
A Man of Honor, [novel brief] nd
Song Maker, [novel brief] nd
The Story of the Texas Tangers, by Walter
Prescott Webb (1957), [synopsis] nd
The Trail-Driving Rooster, [novel brief]
nd
Mule story, [story brief] nd
Yo-Yo and His Wants, [story brief] nd
10
14
Miscellaneous untitled typescripts, briefs, and research notes, 1961, nd
Series II. Clippings and Printed Materials, 1935-1983
11
1-16
Miscellanous clippings and printed materials, 1937-1983
12
1-18
Miscellanous clippings and printed materials, 1937-1983
Reviews, publicity, and other printed materials
13
1
Big Bend, 1953-1953
13
2
Cowhand: the Story of a Working Cowboy,
1953-1957
13
3
Fabulous Empire: Colonel Zack Miller's
Story,
1946-1948
13
4
The Home Place,
1950-1952
13
5-6
Hound Dog Man,
1948-1949
13
7
Old Yeller,
1957-1958
14
1-3
Scrapbooks (3) of newspaper columns,
1935-1938
Series III. Correspondence, 1920-1973
Subseries A: General Correspondence, 1920-1973
15
1
Abilene Christian College, 1957
15
2
Adams, Clay, 1953-1960
15
3
Adicks, David, nd
15
4
Agriculture, 1952
15
5
Aldridge, Bob and Vel, 1956-1962
15
6
Alexander, W. O., 1952-1964
15
7
Alford, Fat, 1952-1962
15
8
Allen, Gloria, 1958-1962,
nd
15
9
American Library Association, 1972
15
10
American Printing House for the Blind, 1953-56
15
11
American Weekly, 1957-1958
15
12
Angelus Book Shop, 1953
15
13
Arnold, Jess, 1958
15
14
Ashburn, Ike, 1955
15
15
Atkins, George, 1952-1953
15
16
Austin, Jim, 1954
15
17
Austin National Bank, 1962,
nd
15
18
Author & Journalist, 1958
15
19
Avon Productions, 1958-1959
15
20
Axtell, Margaret, 1953
15
21
B (misc.), 1956-1972
15
22
Babcock, Havilah, 1958-1961,
nd
15
23
Bacon, Al, 1955-1956
15
24
Baker, Rita, 1949-1956,
nd
15
25
Baker, Suzie, 1962
15
26
Ball, Zachary, 1949-1962
15
27
Balto [the Alaskan husky dog], 1957-1960, nd
15
28
Banks, Jimmy, 1958
15
29
Barker, Omar, 1953-1969,
nd
15
30
Barnard, Bill, 1955-1960
15
31
Barrett, Mary Helen, 1958
15
32
Bedell, Bill, 1954,
nd
15
33
Bedichek, Roy, nd
15
34
Bennett, Frank, 1956-1959
15
35
Bennett, Ralph, nd
15
36
Berman, Pandro, 1962
15
37
Best Productions, 1948
15
38
Bishop, Curt, 1957
15
39
Blodgett, Terrell and Dorothy, 1962
15
40
Bloodworth, Allen, 1953
16
1
Boatright, Mody, 1961
16
2
Bode, J. R., 1961
16
3
Bodenhamer, Dr. J. G., nd
16
4
Bolton, Paul, 1961
16
5
Book of the Month Club, 1961
16
6
Book Reviews, 1950-1968
16
7
Book Stall, 1961-1962
16
8
Book Stores, 1948-1962
16
9
Booksdale, Tom, 1961
16
10
Boston, Morris Ross, 1950-1953
16
11
Bosworth, Allen, 1962
16
12
Bousman, Floyd, 1954
16
13
Bowers, Jane, nd
16
14
Boys Life,
1958-1961
16
15
Breckenridge, E. O., 1955
16
16
Brennan, Walter, 1952-1955
16
17
Brennan, William, 1959
16
18
Brister, Bernard, 1949-1962
16
19
Brooks Brothers, 1961
16
20
Broowell, Myron, Jean and Steve, 1957
16
21
Brown, Bill, 1952-1972
16
22
Brown, Bud and Brownie, 1959
16
23
Brown, Dor W., 1952-1962
16
24
Brown, Mrs. William Sivard, nd
16
25
Brown, Ned, 1950-1952
16
26
Bruce, Dr. Ivan, 1960-1961
16
27
Bruhl, Don and Leona, 1954-1972
16
28
Bruhl, Lawrence, 1959-1960
16
29
Buffler, Esther, nd
16
30
Bullock, Alice, nd
16
31
Bulsterbaum, Pauline, 1962
16
32
Burger, Carl, 1956,
nd
16
33
Burke, Edith, 1959-1962,
nd
16
34
Burnett, Frank, 1952
16
365
Burnett, John, 1955-1962,
nd
17
1
C (misc.), 1948-1956,
nd
17
2
Campbell, Camilla, 1952
17
3
Campbell, Jim, 1955-1960
17
4
Campbell, W. S., 1947-1957
17
5
Case, Jack, nd
17
6
Cavalier Magazine,
1955-1957
17
7
Centennial, 1953-1958
17
8
Central Texas Electric Coop, 1957-1962
17
9
Chambrun, Jacques, 1955
17
10
Chapman, Gerard, 1948-1952
17
11
Chenoweth, Dean, 1962
17
12
Chrisman, Harry, 1954-1973
17
13
Civic Reading Club, nd
17
14
Clark, Martin, 1949-1962
17
15
Clemmons, Larry, nd
17
16
Clendenen, Ada, 1953
17
17
Club Invitations, 1949-1958
17
18
Coburn, Pat and Walt, 1946-1957
17
19
Cocke, Inez, 1970,
nd
17
20
Coleman Company, 1954
17
21
Collier's,
1956
17
22
Columbia Pictures, 1955
17
23
Connell, Jack and Polly, nd
17
24
Conners, Chuck, 1957
17
25
Cooley, Leland Frederick, 1962
17
26
Cooper, T.L., 1962
17
27
Coppola, Luis, 1955
17
28
Corcoran, Kevin, 1957
17
29
Cousins, Margaret, 1950
17
30
Craig, Harden, 1955
17
31
Craig, Jan Gartman and Creighton, 1956-1962
Crain, Maurice
17
32
1947-1949
17
33
1950
17
34
1951-1953
18
1
1954-1955
18
2
1956
18
3
1957-1959
18
4
1960
18
5
1962-1970
18
6
Crawford, William, 1961
18
7
Critical Letter, 1965
18
8
Croom, P. B. and Fletcher, 1962
18
9
Crume, Paul, Marian and Christopher, 1956-1972
18
10
Daniel, Beverly, 1971
18
11
Davenport, Mrs. O. H., 1956
18
12
Davenport, Rocky and Grace Ray, nd
18
13
David, Mrs. Henry, 1955
18
14
Davidson, Alvin G., 1959
18
15
Davis, Clare Ogden, 1949
18
16
Davis, Norris G., 1961
18
17
Day, Beth, 1961-1964
18
18
Day, Donald, 1965
18
19
Day, Donald and Beth, 1946-1962
18
20
Dean, Winne Mims, 1951
18
21
Debbie,
1972
18
22
Democrats of Texas, 1957-1961
18
23
Denious, Jesse Jr., 1958
18
24
Denver Post,
1947-1953
18
25
Dial Press, 1955-1961
18
26
Dimmick, Shirley, 1956
18
27
Disney Productions, 1956-1963
18
28
Disney Studios, 1962-1963
19
1
Dobie, J. F., 1952-1960
19
2
Doctors, 1950-1962
19
3
Dodgen, Howard Dean, 1960
19
4
Domingue, Norris, 1965
19
5
Dorion, Isabel De, 1965
19
6
Dorion, Señora Carlos, 1961-1962
19
7
Dreyer, Roger, 1965
19
8
Du Bose, LaRocque, 1955-1962
19
9
Dugger, Ronnie and Jean, 1961
19
10
E (misc.), 1971-1972
19
11
Edwards, Cas, 1951
19
12
Elam, Prudence, 1958-1959
19
13
Erdman, Lou, 1950-1961
19
14
Erwin, Jim and Jean, 1956
19
15
Evans, Glen and Julia, 1953-1962
19
16
F (misc.), 1962-1973
19
17
Fan Mail Material, nd
19
18
Faris, Bill, 1954
19
19
Fath, Conrad, 1958
19
20
Faulke, John Henry and Lynne, 1959
19
21
Felder, Lois, 1953-1962
19
22
Ferguson, Charles F., 1961
19
23
Ferguson, Thomas C., 1955-1961
19
24
Ferragamo, Dolores and Vic, 1962
19
25
Fine, Morton, 1955
19
26
First National Bank in Dallas, 1955-1956
19
27
Fischer, John, 1958-1961
19
28
Forty-Niners, 1961
19
29
Fox, Carol, 1957
19
30
Frantz, Joe, 1959-1970
19
31
Free Press Weekly, 1958
19
32
Friend, Llerena, 1960-1962
19
33
Gaddis, Isabel, 1961
19
34
Gann, Walter, 1955
19
35
Gard, Wayne, 1954
19
36
Gardening, 1958
19
37
Gasswendt, Dorothy, 1962
19
38
General Features Coporation, 1948
19
39
George, Eloise Roddy, 1954-1955
19
40
Giacomini, Lynwood, 1955-1960
19
41
Gibson, Felix and Jewel, 1957
19
42
Gibson, Jewel, nd
19
43
Giezentamer, Tom, 1955-1957
19
44
Gilliland, Bill, 1958
19
45
Gipson family, 1920-1965
19
46
Gierisch-Hill, Antonnette, 1973
19
47
Goaut, Marcus and Mildred, 1960
19
48
Goddard, Ruth, 1952
19
49
Goldwyn, Samuel Jr., 1967
19
50
Good Friends, 1960
19
51
Gordon, Mrs. Joseph F., 1961
19
52
Gore, Mr., 1961
19
53
Goree, Miss E.S., 1955
19
54
Graves, John, 1961
19
55
Green, Charles, 1950
19
56
Griffis, Esther, 1956-1958
19
57
Gruber, Frank, 1955
19
58
Gublick, Bill and Jeanne, nd
19
59
Guggenheim Foundation, 1954
20
1
H (misc.), 1958-1962
20
2
Hamilton, Connie, Bob and Alice, 1960
20
3
Hannan, Joe, 1961
20
4
Hardin-Simmons University, 1960
20
5
Hardy, C.M., 1962
Harper & Brothers
20
6
1948-1950
20
7
1951-1963
20
8
1954-1966
20
9
1957
20
10
1958-1959
20
11
1960-1969
20
12
Harris, Foster, 1947
20
13
Harris, Robert M., 1961
20
14
Hart, Weldon, 1961
20
15
Harte, Ed, 1958
20
16
Hathaway, Jack, 1947
20
17
Havahart Animal Traps, 1961
20
18
Hay, Zieger, 1951
20
19
Headliners Club, 1959-1961
20
20
Heisler, Stuart, 1955-1962
20
21
Herts-Lion Production, 1959
20
22
Hickle, John Wes, 1949-1952
20
23
Hill, Grady, 1956-1962
20
24
Hirsch, Harriet, 1954-1955
21
1
Hog Farm Complaint, 1958-1961
21
2
Holden, W. Curry, 1955
21
3
Holiday Hill Stone, Inc, 1962
21
4
Holloway, Jean and Sterling, nd
21
5
Hoover, Jim and Bonnie, 1962
21
6
Hopson, William, 1954
21
7
Horne, Alvin, 1949
21
8
Horton, J.F., 1959
21
9
Houck, R. Howard, 1962
21
10
Houghes, Mack and Stella, 1954
21
11
Houghton Mifflin Co., 1946-1949
21
12
Hound Dog Man, 1958-1970
21
13
Houston Post, Chronicle,
1957
21
14
Howe, Elvon, 1949-1953
21
15
Hudson, Ray, 1960-1962
21
16
Huff, Helene, 1960
21
17
Hunter, J. Marvin, 1955
21
18
Hurley, Charles, 1952
21
19
Hyde, Wayne, 1963-1972
21
20
Insall, Mrs. Dovie, 1948
21
21
Institute International des Artes et des Lettres, 1961-1962
21
22
Invitations, 1950-1961
21
23
Invitations/Public Appearances, 1963-1973
21
24
J (misc.), 1971-1973
21
25
Jacobson, Ethel, 1962
21
26
Johnson, Bill and Liz, 1954-1961
21
27
Johnson, Lyndon B., 1954 [see
also box 15 folder 4]
21
28
Jordan, Mrs. Bill, 1958
21
29
Joyce, Virginia, 1955-1958
21
30
K (misc.), 1956-1962
21
31
Kallison's Trading Post, 1951
21
32
Kane, Harnett, 1955
21
33
Kansas State Teachers College, 1959-1960
21
34
Keller, Henry, 1962
21
35
Kelley, E. L., 1959-1971
21
36
Kinsley, Beryl, 1954
21
37
Kirk, Lucy D. and Tommy, 1957-1958
21
38
Kitchen, Merrell, 1952
21
39
Kjelgaard, Jim, 1956
21
40
Klingman, C. C., 1962
21
41
Knopf, Walter, 1961
21
42
Kothmann, Billy, 1960
21
43
Kothmann, Dorothy, 1962
21
44
Kothmann, Mary Anna, 1962
21
45
Kothmann, Victor, nd
21
46
Kowert, Art, nd
21
47
L (misc.), nd
21
48
Lackey, Jerry, 1961
21
49
Langfield, Bridget, 1952
21
50
Langford, J. O., 1951-1952
21
51
Lansburgh, Larry, 1958
21
52
Latham, John, 1948-1956
22
1
Lea, Tom and Sarah, 1956-1961
22
2
E. E. Lee and Brothers, 1947-1953
22
3
Lee, Jean and Russell, 1964,
nd
22
4
Leftwich, Bill, 1954-1958,
1972
22
5
Lehman, Guss, 1960
22
6
Levy, Maurice, 1965-1972
22
7
Lewis, Arch, nd
22
8
Lewis, Jack W., 1962
22
9
Libraries (misc), 1949-1962
22
10
Loeffler, Jenny, nd
22
11
Long Beach Writer's Conference, 1962
22
12
Lord, Walter, 1959-1960
22
13
Louis, Alex, 1953-1960
22
14
Loving, Graham, 1956-1962
22
15
Lowe, Violet Richardson, 1960
22
16
Lundell, C. L., 1952-1953
22
17
MacNabb, Betty, 1961
22
18
Madison, Virginia, 1953-1954
22
19
Magazines & Editors, 1964
22
20
Major, Mabel, 1955
22
21
Manuscripts (Requests to read), 1965
22
22
Martin, Chuck, 1954
22
23
Mason Memorial Hospital, 1960
22
24
Mathews, Sunshine, nd
22
25
Maverick, Terrell, 1961
22
26
Maxwell, Allen, 1953-1962
22
27
McAvoy, Tom, 1960
22
28
McClure, Ken, 1950
22
29
McConnell, Deborah, 1971
22
30
McCracken, Kay Bynum, 1958
22
31
McDaniel, Ruel and Gladys, 1954-1961
22
32
McGee, Jay, 1962
22
33
McGuire, Dorothy, 1957
22
34
McKenzie, G.R., 1962
22
35
McNichols, Steve, 1960 [Governor
of Colorado]
22
36
McVicker, Roy and Harriet, 1960
22
37
Meeks, Jim, 1954-1961
22
38
Meigs, John, 1966
22
39
Miller, Zack T. (Colonel), 1947-1948
22
40
Miller, Max, 1954
22
41
Miller, Sebe, 1958
22
42
Miller, Townsend, 1953-1957
22
43
Minute Men of Mason, 1960-1961
22
44
Mireur, Tommy, 1948-1956
22
45
Mitchell, Dr. Jim and Grace, 1959-1962
22
46
Mixon, Sis, 1962
22
47
Montgomery, Dr. R. H. and Gladys, 1959-1960
22
48
Moody, Ralph, 1956
22
49
Moore, Bill, 1961
22
50
Moorman, Mrs. W. W., 1961-1962
22
51
Moranz, Johnny and Brad, 1962
22
52
Mueller, Judy, 1957-1958
22
53
Mulvany, Tom, 1954
22
54
Music, 1961-1962
22
55
National Cowboy Hall of Fame, 1971
22
56
Nebraska Library Commission, 1964,
nd
22
57
New York Life, 1957
22
58
New York Times,
1957-1962
22
59
Nicholson, Mrs. J. Rector, 1960
22
60
Nolen, O. W., 1954-1973
22
61
Nordyke, Lewis, 1952-1958
22
62
Norris, R. C., 1960
23
1
Odessa College Writer's Roundup, 1956-1960
23
2
Odessa Natural Gasoline Co., 1962
23
3
Old Yeller Party, nd
23
4
Olney, Austin, 1953-1956
23
5
Omnibook, 1949
23
6
Operation Orphans, 1961
23
7
Orbeck, Betty, 1962
23
8
Orshefksy, Milt, 1949-1959
23
9
P (misc.), 1971-1972
23
10
Pacific Northwest Farm Quad, 1952
23
11
Pacific Northwest Library Association, 1959
23
12
Padva, Beth, 1962
23
13
Parker, Fess and Marcie, 1957-1961
23
14
Parliamentary Procedure, 1947
23
15
Payton, Green, 1948
23
16
People's Book Club, 1950-1956
23
17
Platter, Paul, 1956-1959
23
18
Plus Products, 1957
23
19
Pocket Books, Inc., 1955
23
20
Pogue, Margaret, 1951
23
21
Polk, Ned and Family, 1948-1962
23
22
Polk, Stella, nd [sister of Fred
Gipson]
23
23
Poore, Mrs. Clyde, 1951-1962
23
24
Pope, Harold, 1952-1953
23
25
Popular Productions, 1950-1953
23
26
Press [clippings and publicity], 1962
23
27
Press [clippings and publicity], 1963-1964
23
28
Prikryl, Lanette, 1962
23
29
Programs, 1956-1957
23
30
Progressive Farmer,
1948-1957
23
31
Pryor, Cactus, nd
23
32
Public Addresses, 1964
23
33
Publishers, 1947-1962
23
34
Purvis, Tex, 1953-1956
23
35
Quiñones, Gen. Jesus Jaime, 1966
23
36
R (misc.), nd
23
37
Rainbolt, Jewel and Lutha, nd
23
38
Raht, Carl, 1962
23
39
Reader's Digest,
1946-1957, nd
24
1
The Record Stockman,
1944
24
2
Reddick, Dewitt, 1948-1963
24
3
Rehder, Helmut and June, nd
24
4
Reid, Ace, 1956-1962
24
5
Reiss, Malcolm, 1954-1957
24
6
Reynolds, Tommy, 1965
24
7
Ripple, Joe, 1958
24
8
Roach, Hal, 1955
24
9
Roberts, Elda May, 1956
24
10
Roberts, Eve, nd
24
11
Roberts, Dr. Walter, 1959-1961
24
12
Robinson, Ann, nd
24
13
Room mothers, 8th grade, 1958
24
14
Roselle, Tom, 1961
24
15
Rosenberg, Frank, 1951-1956
24
16
Ross, Bob, 1960-1961
24
17
Ross, James, 1960
24
18
Ross, Raleigh, 1962
24
19
Rowe, James, 1955-1959
24
20
S (misc.), 1959-1972
24
21
Sager, Fred
24
22
Sam Houston State College, 1969
24
23
Sanderson, Rob, 1956-1962
24
24
Sandoz, Mari, 1956
24
25
Scarbrough, Nina, 1960
24
26
Schaefer, Jack, 1953-1956
24
27
Schaffner, Isabella, 1961
24
28
Scholl, Jane, nd
24
29
School invitations, 1950-1972
24
30
Scott, Paul, 1962
24
31
Sellars, Charles, 1961
24
32
Sequoyah Award, 1959
24
33
Shahan, Happy, 1961-1964
24
34
Shambert, George and Betty, 1962
24
35
Sheppard, John, 1960-1962
24
36
Shepperd, Regenia B., 1972
24
37
Shivers, Allan, 1952
24
38
Short, Paul, 1950
24
39
Shuffler, R. Henderson, 1954-1966
24
40
Shurley, Dr. Jay, 1952
24
41
Siegel, Don, 1959
24
42
Sims, W. E., 1961
Small, J. A.
24
43
1950-1954
25
1
1955-1956
25
2
1957-1972
25
3
Smith, Cal M., 1962
25
4
Snow, Bob, nd
25
5
Southwest Texas State Teacher's College, 1953
25
6
Southwest Writers Conference, 1950-1962
25
7
Spratt, Jack and Nan, 1952
25
8
St. John, Glover, 1951-1958
25
9
Steck, Mrs. E. L., nd
25
10
Stein, J. D., 1962
25
11
Stenger, A. D., 1962
25
12
Stephan, Ruth, nd
25
13
Stevens, Sally, 1960
25
14
Stillwell, Hart, 1952-1962
25
15
Story of my life,
1944-1962
25
16
Stovall, Grady, 1961-1962
25
17
Stowers Furniture Company, 1961-1962
25
18
Sutton, Dr. Richard, 1939
Swanson, H. N.
25
19
1955-1957
25
20
1958
25
21
1959-1961
25
22
1962-1972
26
1
T (misc.), 1972, nd
26
2
Taliaferro, Chuck, nd
26
3
Tanner, Henry, 1949
26
4
Tanner, Carter, 1953-1954
26
5
Texas Department of Health, 1962
26
6
Texas Folklore, 1961-1962
26
7
Texas Institute of Letters, 1948-1972,
nd
26
8
Texas Luthern College, 1968
26
9
Theatres, 1952-1962,
nd
26
10
Thermofax, 1959-1960
26
11
Thomas, Della, 1962
26
12
Thomas, Evan and Anne, 1950-1969,
nd
26
13
Thompson, Philip, 1958-1962
26
14
Thompson, Thomas, 1954
26
15
Thurgood, Micky and Tom, nd
26
16
Tinsley, Russell, 1953
26
17
Tipton, Roy, 1956
26
18
Todd, Madeline and John William, nd
26
19
Toepperwein, Fritz and Emilie, 1949-1968, nd
26
20
Tolbert, Frank, 1961,
nd
26
21
Tool, Pat, 1956
26
22
Travel, 1959-1960
26
23
True Magazine,
1957
26
24
True West,
1951-1962, nd
26
25
Tunberg, William and Jackie, 1955-1962
26
26
Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958-1959
26
27
Tyer, Travis E., 1957
26
28
Tyrrell Public Library, 1951
27
1
Underwood, Don, 1961
27
2
Unitarian Church, 1962
27
3
University of Texas Press, 1951-1971,
nd
27
4
Unidentified correspondence, 1971,
nd
27
5
Van Ochen, Gretchen, 1959-1960
27
6
Varner, John and Jeanette, 1960-1961
27
7
Vessel, J., nd
27
8
von Zuben, Frank, nd
27
9
W (misc.), 1962-1973
27
10
Wagner, Bob, 1962
27
11
Wagner, Jearnine, 1972
27
12
Wald, Jerry, 1958-1959
27
13
Wallace, William, 1960-1961
27
14
Walters, Bruce and Louise, nd
27
15
Ward, Hortense, 1951-1955
27
16
Wardlaw, Beverly, 1973
27
17
Wardlaw, Frank, 1961-1972
27
18
Washburn, Beverly, 1957
27
19
Washburn, Ozzie, 1954-1960
27
20
Watson, Nettie Walton, 1962
27
21
Weafer, Eugene C., 1957-1958
27
22
Webb, Walter Prescott, 1952-1963
27
23
Westerman, Bob (R. Cecil), 1953-1954
27
24
Western Horseman,
1949-1953
27
25
Western Publications, 1963-1966
27
26
Western Writers of America, 1954-1961
27
27
White, Kenneth, 1949-1953
27
28
Whitney, R. E., 1961
27
29
Whittington, Jean, nd
28
1
Wier, Dooley and Owana, 1963
28
2
Wilbert, Hulda, 1951-1962
28
3
Wilk, Jacob, nd
28
4
Wilke, L. A., 1961
28
5
William Allan White Award, 1956-1959
28
6-7
Williams, Annie Laurie, 1947-1967
28
8
Williams, Big Boy, 1961
28
9
Williams, George, 1954-1970
28
10
Williams, J. P., 1961
28
11
Williams, Sandra Gai, 1962
28
12
Wills, Chill, 1951
28
13
Winn, Buck, 1958
28
14
Wright, Mabel, 1955
28
15
Writer's Digest,
1949
28
16
The Writer,
1950-1951
28
17
Writers Guild of America, 1962-1963
28
18
Writers' Roundup, Theta Sigma Phi, 1951-1957
28
19
Wynn, Martha, 1959-1962
28
20
Yarborough, Ralph, 1958-1966
28
21
Yarmac, Marky, 1971
28
22
Yeager, Cal, 1957
28
23
York, Jeff, 1957-1958
28
24
Young, Collier, 1955
28
25
Young, G., 1961-1962
28
26
Young, Margaret, 1949-1954
28
27
Yowell, Carl, 1952-1961
28
28-29
Miscellaneous Christmas cards and envelopes, 1972, nd
Subseries B: Fan Mail, 1946-1973
Fan Mail
29
1-5
1946-1964
30
1-4
1965-October 1970
31
1-5
November 1970-May 1972
32
1-16
June 1970-December 1973, and
Alabama-Texas
Series IV. Personal Papers, 1922-1972
32
17
Address Cards
32
18
Agriculture, 1963
32
19
Birth certificates, passport photos, 1945, 1968, 1971
32
20
Brochures, nd
32
21
Diploma, 1922
32
22
Irrigation, 1965
33
1
Mail Order Bride Catalogues, ca.1971
33
2
Maps and National Park Guides, 1947-1954,
1972
33
3
Mexico, 1972
33
4
Personal notebooks, nd
Photographs
33
5
Old Yeller,
1957, nd
33
6
Photographs of Gipson, nd
33
7
Return of the Texan,
nd
33
8
Ross Maxwell, nd
33
9
School papers, 1922,
nd
33
10
Thomas Gipson, 1969-1971
Series V. Financial and Legal Documents, 1944-1973
33
11
Author's Guild, 1956-1961
33
12-13
Book Contracts, 1945-1972
33
14
Central Texas Coop, 1949-1966
33
15
Crown Publishers, 1963
33
16
Guano Lease, 1963-1971
33
17
Harper & Row, 1958-1970
33
18
House Plans, nd
33
19
Insurance, 1963-1971
33
20
Internal Revenue Service, 1971
34
1
Macintosh and Otis, 1971-1973
34
2-3
Movie Contracts, 1944-1973
34
4
Property (Sale of), 1959-1970
34
5
Property, 1970-1971
34
6
Ranch Contracts, 1965-1972
34
7-8
Royalty Statements, 1949-1966
34
9
Social Security, 1970-1973
34
10
Will of J. J. Byrne, 1950
34
11
Writers Guild of America, West, Inc, 1956-1971
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