A Guide to the Jack O'Reilly Papers, 1940, 1952-1972
Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator: | O'Reilly, Jack | |
| Title: | O'Reilly, Jack, Papers | |
| Dates: | 1940, 1952-1972 | |
| Abstract: | Composed of letters, greeting cards, and a photograph, the Jack O’Reilly Papers, 1940, 1952-1972, chronicle O’Reilly’s relationship with the Dobies. | |
| Accession No.: | 82-20 | |
| Extent: | 1 in. | |
| Language: | Materials are written in English. | |
| Repository: | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin | |
Biographical Note
A book dealer in San Francisco, John P. (Jack) O’Reilly maintained correspondence with famed Texan author J. Frank Dobie and his wife Bertha.
Scope and Contents
Composed of letters, greeting cards, and a photograph, the Jack O’Reilly Papers, 1940, 1952-1972, chronicle O’Reilly’s relationship with the J. Frank and Bertha Dobie. Letters are intimate and concern a wide variety of personal, literary, and historical matters, while a color snapshot shows O’Reilly with the Dobies.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
Index Terms | ||
| Subjects (Persons) | ||
| O'Reilly, John P. -- Archives | ||
| Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964 -- Archives | ||
| Dobie, Bertha McKee, 1890 -- Archives | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Authors, American -- Correspondence | ||
| American literature -- Southwest | ||
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Jack O'Reilly Papers, 1940, 1952-1972, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.
Detailed Description of the Papers
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| 3P46 | Jack O'Reilly Papers, 1940, 1952-1972 | ||||||||||||
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| 3S7 | Photograph | ||||||||||||