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Literary archives preserve a record of the creative writing process and can include research and correspondence files, early drafts of written work, and even unpublished manuscripts.
Featured Collections
Larry McMurtry Collection - The McMurtry Collection contains McMurtry's early manuscripts which convey his development as a writer. These include college papers, correspondence, and drafts to his early novels, Horseman, Pass By and Leaving Cheyenne.
Arthur McCullough Samply Papers - Collection includes correspondence, essays, lectures, letters, manuscripts, and memorabilia.
Gustine Courson Weaver Collection - Collection of materials pertaining to authors and illustrators of children's literature.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Study Collection - Collection documenting science fiction and fantasy fandom, conventions, publishing, and creators in Texas through correspondence, photographs, convention records, ephemera, and gray literature, 1929–2013.
Willis Conover Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection - The collection documents the early science fiction fandom activities of Willis Clark Conover, Jr. (1920–1996), including his correspondence with H. P. Lovecraft and a large body of fanzines, publications, and materials tracing early fan communities.
Warren Norwood Collection - Warren Norwood was a North Texas alumnus and the author of several popular science fiction and fantasy novels that were primarily published in the 1980s. The Warren Norwood Collection contains the drafted manuscripts, outlines, and proofs for Norwood’s published and unpublished novels, short stories, poetry,
Deb Crombie Papers - The Deborah Crombie Papers is composed of manuscripts of the author’s novels, which include handwritten notes and corrections, and personal papers.
Mike Nichols Collection - This collection contains the papers, photographs, and clippings related to the career and personal life of Michael Thomas (Mike) Nichols, journalist, columnist, historian, and author from Fort Worth.
Bruce Bond Poetry Archive - The collection consists of academic journals, collections and anthologies of poetry, chapbooks, and magazines in which Bruce Bond has had his writing published, and some early monographs of the author’s poetry, dating 1976-2023.
Fran Vick Collection - The collection consists of material related to the life and work of Frances Brannen "Fran" Vick, author and co-founder of the University of North Texas Press.
Mary Webb Collection - Includes correspondence from the author Mary Webb, as well as collected materials related to the life and career of Mary Webb.
Digital Collections and Exhibits
Digital Exhibit: Deb Crombie
Digital Object: The Coexistence Review, an alternative literary journal created by McMurtry while a student at UNT.
