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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents

Organization

Restrictions

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Description of Series

Inventory

University of Texas, Center for American History

A Guide to the John Henry Faulk Papers, 1881, 1936 -



Descriptive Summary

CreatorFaulk, John Henry.
TitleJohn Henry Faulk Papers
Dates: 1881, 1936-
AbstractJohn Henry Faulk was a writer, folklorist, humorist, environmentalist and activist from Austin, Texas. Papers document his career in literary and broadcast media, as well as activities in politics, humanitarian concerns and civil liberties, particularly his successful libel suit after having been blacklisted for alleged Communist associations.
Extent57 ft., 2 in.
LanguageEnglish.
Repository: Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Biographical Note

Folklorist, entertainer, lecturer, and writer, born 1913 in Austin, Texas. A University of Texas graduate and English instructor, Faulk collected African American folklore and wrote his thesis on African American sermons. His career in radio and television broadcasting (1946-1956), was disrupted when he was blacklisted for alleged Communist associations. Faulk sued for libel; the case was decided in his favor in 1962. Faulk has lectured and written extensively on civil liberties and his blacklisting experience and has also been active in civic and political affairs.

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Scope and Contents

Papers document Faulk's career, personal and legal affairs, literary activities, and political, civic, and humanitarian interests. Included are: correspondence reflecting the intellectual and political climate of the times; materials related to his broadcasting, performance, writing, and lecture career; collected theses, essays, articles, recordings, and other materials concerning his blacklisting experience, life in Austin and Texas, politics and politicians, and civil liberties issues; documentation of Faulk's participation in organizations such as the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists; files pertaining to his participation in anti-nuclear groups, environmental protection campaigns, and other civic affairs; materials documenting the key persons, issues, and events in his legal cases and Congressional campaign; and materials concerning his military and civilian World War II experiences and his trips to Cuba, Israel, and Vietnam.

Pictorial materials include photographs, videos, motion pictures, drawings, paintings, and cartoons.

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Organization

Correspondence, literary productions, lectures, transcripts, notes, recordings, diaries and journals, interviews, printed and pictorial materials

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically or alphabetically by form of material or topic.

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Restrictions

Some restrictions apply. Consult the reference staff for further information.

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Index Terms

Subjects (Persons)
Leadbelly, 1885-1949.
Gramm, Phil.
Parten, J. R. (Jubal Richard), 1896-1992.
Brewer, John Mason, 1896-1975--Motion pictures.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
Faulk, John Henry--Archives.
Gibbons, Joe Samuel--Trials, litigation, etc.
Subjects (Organizations)
Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
Texas Municipal Power Agency.
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
Committee to Investigate Assassinations.
AWARE, Inc.--Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.
Progressive--Trials, litigation,etc.
Subjects
Blacklisting of entertainers--United States.
Anti-communist movements--United States.
Liberty--United States.
Entertainers--United States.
Antinuclear movement--Texas.
African Americans--Social life and customs--Texas.
Strip mining--Law and legislation--Texas--Grimes County
Water resources development--Texas.
Radio broadcasting--Archival resources.
Places
Trinity River (Tex.)
Austin (Tex.)--History--Sources.
United States--Politics and Government--Humor.
Correspondents
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964.
Bedichek, Roy, 1878-1959.
Pryor, Cactus.
Lomax, Alan, 1915-

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

John Henry Faulk Papers, 1881, 1936-, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

Inventory

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3E168Personal and general correspondence, 1944-1988, and undated:
Letters from family members, 1946-1978 and undated:
Conn, Texana and John, 1953-1975 and undated
Faulk, Tannehill, Evelyn, Johanna and Frank, 1951-1975 and undated
Faulk, Hamilton and Bernice, 1955-1974
Koock, Bill, Gretchen and Judy; Kuykendall, Karen Koock and Marshall, 1956-1967 and undated
Koock, Ken, 1968
Koock, Mary Faulk, 1957-1967 and undated
McAfee, Anne, 1957-1966
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3E169Peake, Vera and Gilbert, 1961, 1965-1969
Stansbury, Martha, 1946-1968
Wood, Hallie; Gordon, Lynn Faulk; Faulk, Elizabeth Peake, 1956-1978
Letters from friends, 1945-1978 and undated:
Bedichek, Roy, 1948-1958 and undated
Brown, Robert Morgan, 1957-1970 and undated
Dobie, J. Frank and Bertha, 1952-1964
Lomax, Alan, 1945-1974 and undated
Ostroff, Anthony and Miriam, 1945-1978
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3E170Pryor, Cactus, 1955-1968 and undated
Rager, Luther and family, 1964-1969
Webb, Walter Prescott, 1958, 1963
Yarborough, Ralph, 1964-1970
Personal and general correspondence, 1944-1986:
1944-1963
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3E171 1964-1975
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3E172 1976-1986
Letters sent, 1938-1988:
Letters to Mary Elizabeth Dove, 1938
Letters sent, 1941, 1944-1986
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3E173Letters sent, 1986-1988
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3E174Literary productions:
John Henry Faulk:
Correspondence with publishers, editors, writers and agents, 1951-1975, 1985
Fear On Trial:
Letters from readers, 1964-1967 and undated
Correspondence with Grosset and Dunlap, 1976, 1980, 1982
Announcements, reviews, 1963-1965 and undated
Manuscript:
Book notes, 1961
Edited copy, chapters 1-24
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3E175Edited copy, chapters 24-27
Typescript (1st copy)
Typescript (2nd copy), chapters 1-6
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3E176Typescript (2nd copy), chapters 7-27
Author's proofs
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2.325/V45“The discovery of an American Hero...,” broadside, 1964
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3E176The Uncensored John Henry Faulk:
Manuscript:
First draft, typescript, “On Humor”
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3E177First draft, typescript, chapters 2 and 8
Second typescript
Edited copy (Mimi Crossley and John Henry Faulk)
Articles, newspaper columns, and letters to the editor:
“Letters from Claudy” (Petal Paper, Texas Observer), 1958-1965
Drew Pearson column material, 1967
“Take it easy--but take it!,” 1971-1974
Articles, columns, reviews, 1958-1986
Cuba article (West Virginia Gazette), 1983
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2.325/V45Oversize proofs
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3E178Magazine articles, 1984, 1986, and undated
“Christmas Legend” (Neiman-Marcus catalog)
Prefaces, miscellany, 1984-1986
Short stories
“The Civilizing of Jaime Travis”(unpublished novel)
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3E179Plays:
Lena and Ozzie
Lizzie and the Duke
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2.325/V45Poster: “The majestic and fraternal brotherhood...,” 1939
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3E179Miscellaneous writings
Others:
Bierce, A., The Texans (screenplay), 1967
Flemmons, Jerry, O Dammit!: An Evening with the Iconoclast, 1983
Fox, H. B., “The Navasot Philosopher” (photocopies of columns), 1946-1948 and undated
Gojack, John, Transylvania Courage, 1986
Hoyt, Tommie Lee, The Last Great Buffalo Hunt in Texas, (play) 1985
Inge, Charles, At the Farm, 1985
Johnson, Kenneth O., Macho Women, 1985
Kellam, Jack B., Johnny'n Me, (photocopies) 1985
Leffler, Susan G., “John Henry Faulk, Champion or Martyr,” 1967
Michelman, Irving S., The Pangs of Business, chapter 6, “The Pangs of Fear”
Olds, Greg, Materials for Faulk biography
Nolen, Harry W., “Annotations of a Modern Samuel Pepys” (reminiscences of life in Austin), 1982
Powell, David, Only on the Blacklists, 1975
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3E180Prideaux, James, Lyndon (play), third draft, 1983
Scheuer, Steven H., “The Ordeal of John Henry Faulk,” first draft, undated
Stone, Paul Clois, “A Cultural Appraisal of J. Frank Dobie” (photocopy of thesis), 1974
Thomas, Jerome Carlyle, John Henry Thomas (synopsis), undated
Vanderbilt, Nick, “John Henry Faulk,” undated
Watriss, Wendy and Fred Baldwin, “An American Experience: Six Faces of Texas”; photographic essays in GEO and Photography Annual, miscellany, 1974-1985
Wupperman, Alfred O., “End War? Why? How?,” 1976-1980
Miscellany
Broadcasting, lecture, performing arts, and recordings files:
Letters concerning radio show, 1950-1959
Fan letters, 1949-1954, undated
Letters concerning return to radio, 1962
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA):
Correspondence, membership lists, notes, broadsides, bylaws, 1956-1958
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2.325/V45Oversize broadsides, 1955-1956
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3E180Printed materials and newspaper clippings, 1949, 1956-1957; Stan Burns resolution materials, 1980
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3E181Press releases, ratings, commercial schedules, 1940s-1950s
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2.325/V45Oversize WPAT and WCBS radio broadsides and advertising material
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3E181Radio program notes:
1949-1953
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3E182 1952-1955
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3E183 1955-1958 and undated
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3E184 Undated
Texas radio: UT, KNOW, Texas Broadcasting Corporation; scripts, correspondence, press releases, 1940s-1950s and undated
In the Public Interest; American Report:
Correspondence, source materials, 1971
Transcripts, 1971-1973
“Storyteller's America” outline, undated
Radio show proposals
Television files:
“Folk Song USA” proposal, 1951
“Today Show,” scripts, 1966
“Firing Line,” “Abolition of the House Un-American Activities Committee,” John Henry Faulk and W. F. Buckley, 1966
“John Henry Faulk Program, “KUHT, Houston, 1976
Fear On Trial (television movie):
Correspondence with Norman Lear, Marion Rees, and Oliver Hailey, 1963-1967 and undated
Outline
Oliver Hailey script; correspondence; broadside, 1966-1967
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3E185David Rintels script, 1975
Letters concerning show, 1975-1976
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2.325/V45Oversize letters
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3E185Student papers, 1975
Publicity by Xerox Corporation
Articles and reviews, 1975:
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2.325/V45Reviews by Studs Terkel and others, wire service copies, 1975
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OD1223bReviews by Studs Terkel and others, wire service copies, 1975
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3E185CBS “Sixty Minutes” show on blacklisting, correspondence, scripts, notes, miscellany, 1976
“Long John Nebel Show,” transcripts, 1977
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3E186“Hee Haw:”
Correspondence, scripts, notes, 1976 and undated
Happy “Hee Haw” 10th Anniversary, 1978
“Hee Haw” family scrapbook, 1979
Radio and television publicity, 1946-1977
Motion picture files:
All the Way Home, script, 1962
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3E187Best Man, script, telegram, broadside, 1963
Forgive Us Our Trespasses, script, undated
Leadbelly, cast list, script, 1974
Molly, Gid and Johnny, call sheet, script, 1972
Theater files:
Pear Orchard:
Correspondence, press releases, publicity, scripts, 1971, 1986-1989
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2.325/V46Oversize poster, 1988
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3E187Two Lone Stars:
Scripts, miscellany, 1984
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2.325/V45Oversize posters, 1984, 1985
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OD1223bOversize posters, 1984, 1985
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3E187Deep in the Heart:
Scripts, programs, tickets, broadsides, 1986-1988
Tape transcript, 1987
Miscellaneous shows, 1957-1985, 1989, undated
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2.325/V45Oversize posters, 1983, 1985
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OD1223bOversize posters, 1983, 1985
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3E188Lecture, performing and recording materials:
Aphorisms and sayings from radio programs, performances, tapings, 1950s, undated
Characterizations, 1950s, undated
Constitution, tape script, 1986
“Magnoliaville,” manuscripts, typescripts, 1950s, undated
“Pleasantville,” typescripts, 1950s, undated
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3E189John Henry Faulk and Cactus Pryor, performance and recording material
Bits for recording
Humor bits and speech material
Humor, Texas style, 1969
Israel: Lectures, folk humor, radio routine, miscellany
News, notes, and items, 1965-1968 and undated
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3E190Political material:
George Wallace bits, 1968
Hubert Humphrey rally, 1968
Democratic convention, 1972
McGovern campaign tapes, campaign tour notes, 1972
“Cousin Ed and the Fourth of July”
Nuclear war, 1983
Republicans, 1950s-1970s
SANE broadcast material
Vietnam war; “Leave Lyndon alone, Leave Laird alone,” miscellany, 1960s-1970s
Miscellaneous political material, 1950s-1970s
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3E191“Power and the first amendment,” 1981
“To secure the blessings of liberty,” 1984
Miscellaneous speeches and writings, 1950s-1980s
Recordings, correspondence, 1965-1976, undated
Lecture files:
Correspondence with individuals and organizations, 1950-1980
Lecture bureau correspondence, contracts with organizations, itineraries, 1948-1988:
1948-1979
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3E192 1979-1980, 1988
Thank you letters, 1948-1985
Press releases, biographies, publicity materials, 1953-1968, undated
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3E193Programs and other memorabilia, 1950-1978, undated
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2.325/V45Oversize programs and posters, 1949-1986
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2.325/T59aOversize banner: Fulmore School, “Welcome Back John Henry Faulk,” 1982
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3E193Newspaper clippings, 1942-1976 and undated
Legal files:
Faulk vs. Aware Inc., et al:
Correspondence, 1956-1983:
1956-1959
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3E195 1960-1983
Letters of reaction to suit, 1956-1965
Legal materials:
Summary, petition, complaints, briefs, responses, rebuttals, memoranda, chronology, 1963-1964, undated
Press releases, 1956-1963
Newspaper and magazine articles, 1958-1965
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2.325/V46Oversize articles, 1962-1963
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3E195Faulk vs. Paul R. Milton et al., briefs, appeal, 1966
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3E196Hartnett vs. CBS, Inc.:
Correspondence, verified complaint, 1976-1986
Vincent Harnett depositions, 1977-1980
McDonald, Larry, and Orson Bean affair, 1976-1977
Contract files, 1946-1978
Miscellaneous legal matters, 1956-1975
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3E197State of Texas vs. Joe Samuel Gibbons:
Correspondence, 1979-1980
Brief, orders, 1980
Trial transcript, appeal brief, 1980, undated
Congressional campaign files:
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3E198Election materials, 1980
Congressional campaign, 1983:
Correspondence, 1982-1983
Candidacy statement, 1983
Candidate questionnaires, 1983
Democratic election returns, Congressional district materials, 1982
Events forms, John Henry Faulk tabloid, 1983
Media lists and mailing lists, 1983
Phil Gramm material, 1983
Press releases, campaign materials, 1983
Research files:
Budget, environment, 1983
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3E194Economy; Milton Lower materials, Social Security; Wilbur J. Cohen plan, 1981-1983, undated
Printed material, 1981-1983
Speeches, ideas, radio editorial reply, 1983
Financial records:
Budget, environment, 1983
Correspondence, 1983
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3E199Contribution records, 1983
Expenditure records, 1983
Federal Election Commission report, 1983
Newspaper clippings and articles, 1983
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3E200Newspaper clippings and articles, 1983
Kaye Northcott publicity files, 1983
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2.325/V45Oversize campaign materials
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OD1223bOversize campaign materials
Classified files:
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3E201Persons:
Caperton, Kent, 1979-1980
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2.325/V45Oversize tabloid
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3E201Cohn, Roy, 1977-1978, undated
Dobie, J. Frank, 1956-1970, undated
Dyer, Frank, 1982-1984, undated
Jones, Robert M., 1975-1981
Keese, Bill, 1980
Wilson, Charles, 1979-1980
Topics:
Archives
Austin planning, 1982
Citizens Against Water Taxes, 1976 bond issue
Trinity River Development
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3E202Senate Joint Resolution, no. 49
Civil liberties, anti-communism, and blacklisting, 1948-1978, undated
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2.325/V45Oversize materials
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3E202Committee for Artistic and Intellectual Freedom in Iran, 1978-1979
Committee to Investigate Assassins, 1969-1976, undated
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2.325/V45Oversize tabloid, 1973
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3E202First Amendment Congress, 1980
House Un-American Activities Committee, 1962-1964 and undated
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2.325/V45Oversize broadside
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3E202Israel files:
Correspondence concerning trip, 1968-1969
Articles, bulletins, news clippings, miscellaneous, 1967-1969
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3E203Brochures, maps, 1969, undated
Lake Austin Shoreline taxation, 1985-1986
Nuclear energy, miscellaneous information, 1978-1981
Nuclear freeze drive, 1982-1983
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2.325/V45Oversize materials
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3E203Nuclear waste storage sites (Senate Bill 910), 1980-1981 and undated
Rosenberg-Sobell case, 1955-1974
St. Louis University Alumni and Others for Freedom and Against Communism (SLUAO), 1977
Southern Methodist University, John Henry Faulk Scholarship Fund, 1977
Texas deck music
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3E204Texas Municipal Power Agency files:
Correspondence, 1978
Coal and lignite leases, 1974-1978
Grimes County Taxpayer's Association, 1977
Legislation, 1976-1977
Strip mining materials, 1974-1978
Publicity files, 1974-1979
Printed material, 1974-1979
Texas politics: 1948 Texas election; Progressive Party;
Lyndon Johnson; Homer Rainey; 1964 Democratic
Precinct chairmanship; miscellany, 1944-1971
United States vs. The Progressive, 1979-1980
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3E205Vietnam files:
Correspondence, 1978
1978 trip: Brochures, travel folders, memorabilia, receipts
Articles, newspaper clippings, printed materials, 1965-1978 and undated
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2.325/V45Oversize broadside
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3E205Wilderness areas in Texas, 1980 and undated
Diaries and journals:
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3E205Negro folklore trip; notes, miscellany, 1940s
Journals, 1943-1944:
1943
3E206
1943-1944
Faulk vs. Aware Inc. trial journal, 1962
Journals, 1954-1965
Journal of Joseph Small(semi-fictional), 1965
Israel trip journal, 1968
Vietnam trip journal, 1978
Oral histories and interviews:
Greg Olds interviews, undated
Devenport interviews, 1975
J. B. Smallwood oral history, 1981
Awards materials:
Citations, certificates, proclamations, 1953-1987:
1953-1986
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2.325/V46Oversize, 1962-1987
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2.325/X12Plaques and other commemoratives, 1957-1987 and undated
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2.325/Y19Plaques and other commemoratives, 1957-1987 and undated
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3E206Freedom's Foundation of Valley Forge award materials, 1981-1986, undated
Freedom of Information Foundation Award, 1988
Scrapbooks:
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3E207 1936-1979, undated
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2.325/V46Oversize, 1936-1954
Personal miscellany:
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3E207Collected materials:
Book autographs and inscriptions
Family genealogy, maps, Nixon bumper sticker, miscellany, 1881, 1907-1972, undated
Music, notes, schedules, miscellany, 1951-1978, 1987, undated
Posters:
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2.325/V45 1970-1985
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OD1223b 1974-1987, undated
Printed material:
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3E207Pamphlets, 1956-1972, undated
Publications with articles by and about Faulk, 1952-1987: 1975-1985
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2.325/V45Oversize, 1952-1987
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3E207Periodicals:
1940s-1950s
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3E208 1960s-1970s
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings and articles, 1940-1989
Pictorial materials:
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3T26Photographs:
Photographs, including Faulk with J. Frank Dobie, Roy Bedichek, Walter Prescott Webb, Mody Boatright, and Henry Fonda, 1940s-1950s
WPAT radio (New Jersey) publicity photos
CBS radio and TV publicity photographs, including photos of Faulk, Lanny Ross, others and photos of “It's News to Me, The Morning Show,” 1946-1957
Faulk and Louis Nizer, Look magazine article photos, 1962
Fear on Trial publicity photos, 1964
WRC radio publicity, 1965
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3T27Israel trip, photographs and postcards, 1968
Faulk at Westlake High School, Austin, 1970
Pear Orchard, U.S.A.: WRR radio promotional performance, 1975; WRR radio publicity photographs, 1974
Fear On Trial publicity photographs, including Faulk, Stanley Chase, George C. Scott, William Devane, Mark Goodson
Bicentennial satellite photograph, KXAS TV/WBAP radio award, 1976
CBS “Sixty Minutes” segment photographs, 1976, including Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn in New York, 1954; Louis Nizer, 1968; Laurence A. Johnson, 1962; Fear On Trial scene
Album, Chamber of Commerce, Blowing Rock, North Carolina, speaking engagement
“Hee Haw,” including Faulk, Peavine Jeffries, and cast, 1977-1978
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3T28Vietnam trip, photographs, postcards, 1978
Fred Baldwin photographs of Faulk, 1978-1979
Madisonville publicity photographs, 1978-1979
Faulk with Cactus Pryor at San Antonio Academy, 1980
Agent Orange campaign at Texas State Capitol, including Faulk, Bill Keese, Larry Don Shaw, and others, 1981
Faulk, Bill Keese, and staff, 1981
University of Texas O'Neill Ford Centennial Chair in Architecture brunch, including Faulk, Wanda and O'Neill Ford, Ladybird Johnson, Hal Box, 1981
Austin Board of Realtors event honoring Cactus Pryor, 1982
Congressional campaign photographs, including Alan Pogue photos and various campaign photos, 1983
Events, including Faulk, Norman Lear, Mark White, James Michener, others, 1984-1986
Faulk, friends and family, 1952-1986, undated
Portraits, [ca. 1987-1989]
Benefit at Southwest Texas State University, [ca. 1985]
John Henry Faulk in Nicaragua and Cuba
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3T29Photograph album, 1943-1962:
Faulk with Jim Wright (1947), Lena Horne (1955), other entertainers
Faulk and Richard Nixon, National Press Club party, 1955
Tobacco Road, summer theater scenes, 1957
Photographs with Louis Nizer for Look magazine, 1962
Photograph album, 1963-1975:
Democratic Rally, Austin, October 1968
B'Nai Brith Human Relations Award, 1968
Lyndon B. Johnson Library event, with J. R. and Patsy Parten, others, 1969
Pear Orchard, U.S.A., Theater Unlimited, Austin, 1971
Political activities:
Cambodian invasion protest, 1971
Watergate protest party with Ann Richards, 1974
Press conference concerning Nixon's impeachment, 1974
Fear on Trial photographs, 1975
Pear Orchard U.S.A., performance and WRR radio promotion brochure prints, 1975
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3T30Photograph album, 1975-1979:
Faulk film scenes, 1975-1976
Columbia College Symposium, with Faulk, Ring Lardner, Frances Chaney, Studs Terkel, Anthony Loeb, 1976
CBS “Sixty Minutes” segment photographs, 1976
Friday Mountain Ranch party for Joe Franz, 1977
Faulk and Francis “Sissy” Farenthold, 1977
Texas Department of Corrections, Ferguson Unit graduation, 1977
American Cancer Society fund-raising event, Austin, Faulk with John Hill, Liz Carpenter; 1978
“Hee-Haw” photographs, 1978
Vietnam wheat send-off; speeches, events and gatherings, 1977-1979
Photographs, including Faulk with Cactus Pryor and others, undated
Photographs removed from album, [ca. early 1970s]
Lotte Jacobi photographs:
Proofs of Faulk and others, undated
Photopostcards, 1965
Einstein portfolio, 1979
National Wildlife Federation slides of flowers and animals
Negatives
Miscellany
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3S225Oversize photographs:
Faulk at Fordham University senior class banquet, 1955
Unitarian Church, Louisville, Kentucky
Faulk (in play?)
Lyndon Baines Johnson, photograph by Gittings, [ca. 1948]
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3Y219cVideocassettes and videotapes:
“60 Minutes” interviews with Morley Safer, 1976
“Ossie and Ruby Kneeslappers”
“60 Minutes” segment, 1977
Documentary on John Henry Faulk, KUHT Houston
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3Y219dStory dub tape
Deep in the Heart, Chocolate Bayou Theatre, Houston, 1982
“Power in Church and Society” seminar, 1981
Cactus Pryor demo tapes, undated
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3Y219eFear On Trial, 1975; “Freeman Reports,” 1984; Dallas news show, 1982; “PM Magazine,” Dallas, 1981
John Henry Faulk on “60 Minutes,” “Eyes of Texas,” and various talk shows; “Eyes of Texas,” John A. Lomax segment; “With Ossie and Ruby”: PBS special
Two Lone Stars, behind the scenes, 1984; “Alternative Views” “Running for Congress,” 1983; John Henry Faulk on various shows promoting University of Texas Press edition of Fear On Trial; “Freeman Reports,” John Henry Faulk, Roy Cohn, and others; “Nightline,” 1985; “CBS Morning News,” John Henry Faulk with Ring Lardner, Jr., Bill Kurtis, and others, 1984
John Henry Faulk on various talk shows, 1979-1985
“Myths and Folklore of Texas,” 1985; “The Big Thicket,” narrated by John Henry Faulk, 1985; John Henry Faulk on various shows, 1985; John Henry Faulk on KLRU, FBI lawsuit; “Christmas Story,” [ca. 1972]
“Alternative Views,” 1980; fundraiser, 1980
“Firing Line:” “Abolition of the House Un-American Activities Committee,” John Henry Faulk and W. F. Buckley debate, 1966
People for the American Way spots
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2/Film E154-157Motion picture film:
Goin' On, 1981
Fear on Trial, 1975
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3E208Prints, drawings, cartoons and caricatures:
Cartoons and drawings of Faulk, etc., 1981 and undated
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2.325/V46Oversize paintings, drawings, and cartoons of Faulk, Cactus Pryor, John Connally, J. R. Parten and others, 1967-1983, undated
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OD1223bOversize paintings, drawings and cartoons of Faulk and collected prints, 1964-1981, undated
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2.325/V47Oversize paintings of Faulk Farm; framed prints
Sound recordings:
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4Ja61Speeches, lectures and conference recordings:
1967-1973
(33 reels, 1 audiocassette):
“The Courage to be Free”
“Israel”
“American Heritage: Freedom and the Right to Dissent”
“Can Peace be Achieved in the Middle East...?” (debate with Dr. Amin Fairs)
“What the Silent Majority Has to Say”
“The Tendentious Trinity: John, Spiro and Richard”
“The New McCarthyism”
“Before and After Watergate”
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4Ja62 1974-1987, and undated
(9 reels, 4 audiocassettes):
“The High Price of Self-Delusion”
“Watergate and the Socialist Workers' Party Law Suit”
“To Secure the Blessings of Liberty”
“Ballad Hunters and Story Chasers I Have Known” (John Henry Faulk and Alan Lomax conference at the University of Texas).
Interviews:
1964-1975
(18 reels):
John Henry Faulk on various radio programs discussing Fear On Trial, blacklisting, and civil liberties topics.
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4Ja63 1975-1977, undated
(10 reels, 3 audiocassettes):
Interview with Morley Safer for “60 Minutes” background, 1975
“Tomorrow Show” and “AM Chicago” with Roy Cohn, 1977
Interviews with Cactus Pryor, Washington Spectator, Flair Report
Radio programs, 1960s, undated
(12 reels):
Cactus Pryor Show, “The Way the World Wags;” Humor and political material for “All Things Considered” radio documentary on the 1950s
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4Ja67“In the Public Interest, Americana Report, John Henry Faulk Show,” 1971-1975
(44 - 33 rpm discs)
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4Ja63Theater
(8 reels, 1 audiocassette):
Pear Orchard; Celebration; Deep in the Heart
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4Ja64Sketches, sermons, polls, short bits and stories:
(31 reels, 1 audiocassette), including: 1950s-1968
John Henry Faulk, Mody Boatright, Wilson Hudson, Roy Bedichek, Alan Lomax, Jack Elliott, and Cactus Pryor
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4Ja67John Henry Faulk recordings of “Republicans” and “Ed Snodgrass from Credibility Gap”
(5 - 33 rpm discs)
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4Ja65(12 reels, 2 audiocassettes) including: 1970s
John Henry Faulk, Drew Thomason, Cactus Pryor
Promotional and political spots, 1968-1970s
(10 reels)
Congressional campaign recordings, 6 audiocassettes, 1983
Miscellaneous recordings:
10 reels, 1950s-1970s
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4Ja66 Undated
(8 audiocassettes, 1 reel)
Collected sound recordings:
19 reels, 6 audiocassettes, including:
Civil rights, labor, and political speeches by Martin Luther King, Angela Davis, others, 1969-1970s, undated
Political humor, plays, musicals
“Grass Roots: An Oral History of the American People” narrated by Alan Lomax
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4Ja67Social Democratic Forum, 1956: “Should Congress Investigate the Entertainment Industry,” Schmidt-Foreman debate, 1955
(4 - 33 rpm discs)
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4Ja68“John Henry” by Snub Mosley
National Public Radio “Earplay”
Thomas Edison Historical Recordings
Texas deck music recordings
Music and miscellaneous
(41 - 33 rpm discs, 2 - 45 rpm discs)
Phonograph recordings:
Leadbelly, sound track to motion picture, ABC,
1 LP
Barbara Dane, Gipper Gate Blues, Arhoolie,
1 LP
“Southern Folk Heritage Series,” comp. by Alan
Lomax, Atlantic,
5 LPs:
Sounds of the South
Roots of the Blues
White Spirituals
American Folk Songs for Children
Negro Church Music
Black Encyclopedia of the Air, produced by Alan Lomax/Columbia University, Atlantic
1 LP, 2 copies
Diane Leslie and George Crile, Jr., Our River of Love, Barnedian,
1 LP
“The Folksongs of Britain” series, comp. by Peter Kennedy and Alan Lomax, Caedmon, 5 LPs, booklets:
Songs of Courtship
Songs of Seduction
Jack of All Trades
The Child Ballads,
2 parts
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos, I've Got a Tiger by the Tail, Capitol,
1 LP
Geezinslaw Brothers, The Geezinslaws are Alive (and Well?), Capitol,
1 LP
Alen Robin and Earle Doud, Welcome to the LBJ Ranch, Capitol,
1 LP
Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean's Hour of Prayer, Columbia,
1 LP
J. Frank Dobie, The Ghost of Bull Mavericks and Other Tales, Domino,
1 LP
Echo Hill Ranch Silver Jubilee, Echo Hill,
1 LP
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Midnight Special, Fantasy,
2 LPs
Pete Hamil, Massacre at My Lai, Flying Dutchman,
1 LP
Robert Scheer, A Night at Santa Rita, Flying Dutchman,
1 LP
Roger Sprung, Progressive Bluegrass, I and II, Folkways,
2 LPs
Corliss Lamont,... Sings for His Family and Friends, Folkways,
1 LP
Leadbelly, Negro Folk Songs for Young People, Folkways,
1 LP
The Story of Greenwood, Mississippi, Folkways,
1 LP
Woody Guthrie, Songs to Grow On, Folkways,
1 LP
Rabb Joska, Gypsy violin music, Gypsy Cellar,
2 LPs
David Holt, Taily Bone and Other Strange Stories, High Windy,
1 LP
Alan Lomax and Dupree Family, Raise a Ruckus and Have a Hootenanny, Kapp,
1 LP
The East Texas String Ensemble, From Nacogdoches, Leroy's Lyrics,
1 LP
Bill Oliver recordings, Texas Oasis, 1 LP and 2 seven inch singles, Live Oak
Alvin Crow and the Pleasant Valley Boys, Long Neck,
1 LP
Thomas A. Edison historical recordings, Mark 56,
3 LPs:
The First Recorded Sounds
Classical Gems from the Edison Cylinders and Discs
Giovanni Martinelli, tenor
Willie Nelson recordings, RCA Victor,
3 LPs:
Good Times
Willie Nelson and Family
Country Favorites, Willie Nelson Style
Tumbleweed Smith Presents the Sound of Texas, Token,
1 LP
Negro Prison Songs (Mississippi), comp. by Alan Lomax, Tradition,
1 LP
Earplay (Public Radio Drama Series), University of Wisconsin/National Public Radio,
22 LPs
Brownie McNeil, Songs of the Chisholm Trail, University of Texas Ex-Students Association,
1 LP
The Resignation of Richard Nixon, WRR (Dallas),
1 LP
Snub Mosley, “John Henry” recordings, correspondence and flyer,
1 LP
John Henry Falk (sic), The Care and Feeding of Republicans, Gotham,
1 LP
People's Bicentennial Commission promo spots, n.p.,
17 inch LP
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4Ja69Audiocassette recordings:
Interviews, productions, tributes, etc., by and about John Henry Faulk
(75 tapes)
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4Ja70Interviews, etc., not by or about John Henry Faulk
(47 tapes)
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4Ja71Commercial recordings, demo tapes, and unlabeled
(69 tapes)
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3E208Obituaries and funeral materials
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2.325/E448Texas Freedom of Information Handbook
Bible owned by Judge Henry J. Faulk, presented by the Allen Memorial Methodist Church, Austin, Texas, August 5, 1939
John Henry Faulk's Liberty Bell Award from the Austin Young Lawyers Association, 1982
Plaque from the American Cancer Society for John Henry Faulk's help
American Cancer Society, Texas Division, plaque honoring John Henry Faulk for excellence in Communications in 1988-1989
John Henry Faulk's Civil Libertarian Award from the Central Texas Chapter, Texas Civil Liberties Union
Awards and certificates:
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2.325/E447John Henry Faulk's Bachelor of Arts diploma from the University of Texas, 1940
Honorary Convict Award from A Bunch of Heathen Convicts
First Amendment Congress participation
First Amendment Congress declaration, signed by participants
Austin, Texas, proclamation of U.S. Bill of Rights Appreciation Month, December 1989
John Henry Faulk's permanent record card from elementary school with a certificate from the faculty and students of Fulmore School welcoming him
Certificate of membership, The University of Texas System Chancellor's Council
Manuscript of The American Wing by John Dennis Brown
Business cards
Sympathy cards
Membership cards
Memories by Etta Deutsch
Phillip Morris Companies and featuring Lech Walesa
Notes on “Last Great Alligator Hunt”
Passports
Miscellaneous notes and addresses
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3E264aAddresses on index cards
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2.325/E447Clippings about John Henry Faulk
John Bustin review of “Pear Orchard Texas”
Notebook:
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2.325/E447News of meeting between President Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En Lai
Notes on Pear Orchard
Letter to President Nixon after a Republican convention
More news notes
Research file on Watergate
Notebooks:
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2.325/E447Understanding Republicans
Watergate
Addresses
Carter-Ford debates, October 1976
News notes
Vietnam
Brother Weatherford
Willie Nelson
Gary Hart
Skunks
Richard Nixon
Bush and Nicaragua
Paul Martin Lectures
Frost-Nixon
Union-Carbide Texas
Effie Lou Towns
Notes:
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2.325/E447Jesus is a Democrat
North Carolina
Witty Speech
Quips
Bits of American Humor
Correspondence
Texas Ecology, signed by the authors
Declaration of Rights and Duties of the Human Being
Words to songs dealing with news events
“My Forty Years with the FBI”
Oil lease with Clayton Williams
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2.325/V45Austin, Texas, proclamation of John Henry Faulk Week, July 16-22, 1989
John Henry Faulk's Valley Forge Honor Certificate, 1985
Copy of a letter from George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, presented to John Henry Faulk by the Men's Club of Temple Emanuel, Patterson, New Jersey, in appreciation for his exemplifying the American Way of Life, 1951
John Henry Faulk's Paul Robeson Award from Actors' Equity Association, 1983
Certificate from Theta Sigma Phi recognizing John Henry Faulk as an outstanding writer
Texas House of Representatives resolution declaring John Henry Faulk Day, July 22, 1989
Promotional poster
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OD1223bTribute to John Henry Faulk delivered by Walter G. Hall at the Worthen Center, April 23, 1989
Photographs of the Bench and Bar of Austin, Texas, 1902-1903
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2.325/F1Personal and general correspondence:
Crile, Sandburg, Steicher, Rapoport
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2.325/F2A-E, [ca. 1975-1982]
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2.325/F3F-Z, [ca. 1975-1982]
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2.325/F4Correspondence, A-Z, 1982
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2.325/F5Personal and general correspondence, [ca. 1982-1984]
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2.325/F6Miscellaneous correspondence:
A-L, 1980s
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2.325/F7M-Z, 1980s
Get well cards, 1989
Student thank you letters, 1987
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2.325/F8Miscellaneous correspondence, 1980s
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2.325/F9Miscellaneous correspondence, 1980s
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2.325/F10Personal and general correspondence, 1987
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2.325/F11Personal and general correspondence, miscellaneous
Letters sent, 1988-1989
Literary productions, Faulk and others
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2.325/F12Literary production, others, Willie Nelson biography
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2.325/F13Printed material
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2.325/F14Printed material
Broadcasting, performing arts, lectures, and recordings files
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2.325/F15Broadcasting, performing arts, lectures, and recordings files; lecture and appearance correspondence, 1980-1987
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2.325/F16Broadcasting, performing arts, lectures, and recordings files; lecture and appearance correspondence
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2.325/F17Classified files, persons:
Parten, J. R.
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2.325/F18Parten, J. R.
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2.325/F19Classified files, topics:
Alger Hiss case
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2.325/F20Alger Hiss case
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2.325/F21Classified files
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2.325/F21aCorrespondence
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2.325/F22Classified files
Collected material
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2.325/F23Legal files
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2.325/F24Newspaper clipping concerning death of Faulk, 1990
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2.325/F25aPublications with articles by and about Faulk, 1986-1990
Miscellaneous newspapers clippings, 1986-1992
Pamphlets, undated
Philip Berman interview, [ca. 1989]
Stanley E. Adams and Lamar Savings of Austin, 1985-1988
Michael Burton, author of Faulk biography
Veteran certificate
Guest register for “John Henry Faulk: A Celebration,” July 9, 1990
Poem written by Ann Richards
Elizabeth Faulk, correspondence, 1994
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2.325/F25bMichael Burton, interview on WOAI radio, newspaper clipping
Galley for Faulk biography, 1993
Sympathy card from Ann Richards
Newspaper clippings, 1993-1994
Correspondence of Elizabeth Faulk, 1994, undated
Photograph of Faulk and 2 boys
House Resolution no. 569, tribute to Faulk, April 18, 1995
Dylan, Thomas, A Child's Christmas in Wales, n. p.: William Hannan, 1993, with letter offering to publish A Texas Christmas, by Faulk, 1993
Correspondence, Elizabeth Faulk, 1993-1994
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