urn:taro:utexas.hrc.00326 Shelby Hearon: A Preliminary Inventory of an Addition to Her Papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Finding aid created by Liz Murray Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, 2003 Finding aid encoded by Hope Donovan Rider, January 2007 Finding aid written in English. The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Hearon, Shelby, 1931- Shelby Hearon Addition to Her Papers 1994-2003 6 boxes (2.52 linear feet) Additional papers for Shelby Hearon include manuscripts and other materials for her novels, Footprints (1996) and Ella in Bloom (2001), as well as a television movie adaptation of Life Estates, titled Best Friends for Life (1998). Other materials present include articles and a short story, photographs, publicity, reviews, and correspondence from 1996-2003. English. None Index Terms People Jones, Judith. Weil, Wendy. Document Types Galley proofs. Typescripts. printer's proofs. Scope and Contents

Additional papers for Shelby Hearon include manuscripts and other materials for her most recently published novels, Footprints (1996) and Ella in Bloom (2001), as well as a television movie adaptation of Life Estates, titled Best Friends for Life (1998). Other materials present include articles and a short story, photographs, publicity, reviews, and correspondence from 1996-2003.

The papers are organized in three series: I. Works, with Subseries A. Novels, and Subseries B. Other Writings; II. Career-Related Materials; and III. Correspondence.

 Acquisition:

Purchase and gift, 2000-2003 (R14676, G12210)

 Access:

Open for research

 Processed by:

Liz Murray, 2000; 2003

 Shelby Hearon Papers--Folder List Series I. Works Subseries A. Novels Ella in Bloom (2001) 1 1-2 Roughies, January-March 1999 1 3-4 Original typescript, 12 September 1999 1 5-6 Setting copy 2 1 Author's galleys, second pass 2 2-4 Research materials 3 1 Research materials, cont'd 3 2 Publisher/agent notes and letters on development of Ella in Bloom Footprints (1996) 3 3 Roughies 3 4-5 Revised typescript 3 6 Knopf uncorrected proof 4 1 Field notes 4 2-4 Research materials 4 5 Book tour 4 6 Knopf catalog and reviews 4 7 Publishers notes on new book jacket for 2nd printing Subseries B. Other Writings Articles 4 8 On marriage, in New Choices, 1997-1998 4 9 Writing about Your Own Back Yard, in The Writer, September 1999 5 1 Book reviews by Hearon 5 2 Life Estates, CBS-TV script adapted as the CBS- Hallmark movie Best Friends for Life, 1998 5 3 A Most Unusual Wedding, short story, Redbook, June, 1996 Series II. Career-Related Material 5 4 Biographical entry for Scribners American Writers, 2001 5 5 Material for Transforming Vision, Writers on Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, reading, 22 November 1994 5 6 Photographs 5 7-8 Publicity, including articles, book reviews, and interviews Series III. Correspondence 5 9 Agents and publishers 6 1 Family 6 2 Fan mail 6 3 Former students (bulk) 6 4-6 General 6 7 Jones, Judith 6 8 Weil, Wendy