Tracy Daugherty Papers, 1933-2018
Predominant Dates: 1980-2018
The Tracy Daugherty Papers offer a deep look into his personal, academic, and authorial life. Tracy Daugherty is a well-respected author and Emeritus Professor at Oregon State University.
ID: MSS Daugherty
Extent: 19.15 cubic feet
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation: Tracy Daugherty Papers (MSS Daugherty), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note:
These materials were donated to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center by Tracy Daugherty in 2018.
Container List
- Series 1: Personal, 1964-2013 Add to Shelf
- This series is composed of materials pertaining to Tracy Daugherty’s personal life, including his childhood. While growing up, Daugherty kept detailed notes on different astronomical events. Many of these notes as well as a multiple issues of a hand drawn newspaper he created as a child called “The Shot Gazette” are featured in this collection. Included are multiple notebooks filled with writing pertaining to various topics. This series also contains his personal correspondence and photographs.
- Box-Folder 1.01: Writing on Visiting Home, circa 1980-1985 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.02: Travel Notes, 1983 Add to Shelf
- From trip to Guadalajara.
- Box-Folder 1.03: Travel Journal, 1989 Add to Shelf
- From trip to Yemen with loose papers placed in a separate folder.
- Box-Folder 1.04: Loose Papers from Travel Journal, 1989 Add to Shelf
- Loose papers pulled from the travel journal in Box-Folder 1.03.
- Box-Folder 1.05: Travel Journal, 1989 Add to Shelf
- From trip to Yemen.
- Box-Folder 1.06: Travel Journal, circa 1985-1989 Add to Shelf
- From trip to Nicaragua.
- Box-Folder 1.07: Travel Journal, 2001-2002 Add to Shelf
- From family trip to Europe.
- Box-Folder 1.08: Travel Notes, 2013 Add to Shelf
- From trip to New York.
- Box-Folder 1.09: Notepad, circa 1980-1989 Add to Shelf
- Drafted stories and many loose papers.
- Box-Folder 1.10: Notebook, 2000-2003 Add to Shelf
- Various notes for classes and possible stories.
- Box-Folder 1.11: Notebook, 2000-2001 Add to Shelf
- For various uses, loose papers removed and placed in a separate folder.
- Box-Folder 1.12: Loose Papers, 2000-2001 Add to Shelf
- Loose papers pulled from the notebook in Folder 11.
- Box-Folder 1.13: Notepad, circa 2008 Add to Shelf
- Contains a partially written story and loose papers.
- Box-Folder 1.14: Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- Handwritten draft of an untitled story.
- Box-Folder 1.15: Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- With various notes and themes.
- Box-Folder 1.16: Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- For various uses.
- Box-Folder 1.17: Notepad, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.18: Notepads, undated Add to Shelf
- Two notepads with loose papers and various writings.
- Box-Folder 1.19: Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- Writings with drafts on various subjects
- Box-Folder 1.20: Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- Notes for a class.
- Box-Folder 1.21-1.22: Personal Correspondence, 1985-2005 Add to Shelf
- 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 1.23: "The Holes", 1972 Add to Shelf
- Midland, Texas
- Box-Folder 1.24: Biographical Notes, circa 1985 Add to Shelf
- Drafts of an author biography for a book.
- Box-Folder 1.25: Honors College Brochures and Fraternity Certificate, 1975-1977 Add to Shelf
- Contains the Honor Roll list from Southern Methodist University and certificate for the fraternity Sigma Tau Delta.
- Box-Folder 1.26: Yearbook Pages, 1976-1979 Add to Shelf
- Pages from yearbook, includes pictures of the literary magazine at Southern Methodist University.
- Box-Folder 1.27: Childhood Project, 1967-1969 Add to Shelf
- "The Shot Gazette", a hand-drawn newspaper
- Box-Folder 1.28: Childhood "Autograph Book", 1964-1965 Add to Shelf
- Autographs from different adults in Tracy Daugherty's life.
- Box-Folder 1.29: Childhood Astronomy Notes and Drawings, circa 1969 Add to Shelf
- Includes notes from studying astronomy and a portrait drawing of a couple.
- Box-Folder 1.30: Childhood Astronomy Notebook, 1968-1970 Add to Shelf
- "Astronomy III", contains Tracy Daugherty's observations of the stars.
- Box-Folder 1.31: Childhood Astronomy Notebook, 1970 Add to Shelf
- "Astronomy IV", contains Tracy Daugherty's observations of the stars.
- Box-Folder 1.32: High School Graduation Papers, 1973 Add to Shelf
- Ceremony brochure and high school diploma.
- Box-Folder 1.33: Hannah Crum, 2000-2005 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.34: Research, circa 1986 Add to Shelf
- Research on the ship Elissa
- Box-Folder 1.35: Photographs, circa 1990 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.36: Photographs, circa 1986-2000 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.37: Photographs, undated Add to Shelf
- Taken by Tracy Daugherty.
- Box-Folder 1.38: Postcards, Letters and Stickers, 1986-2004 Add to Shelf
- Series 2: Academic Work, 1975-2000 Add to Shelf
- This series contains notebooks and papers from Daugherty’s time at Southern Methodist University as an undergraduate, and at University of Houston as a graduate student. Included are his notes as a student and as an instructor at the University of Houston. After completing his graduate degree, Daugherty applied for jobs at multiple colleges, and this series includes letters and writing samples.
- Box-Folder 2.01: Southern Methodist University Literary Festival, 1975-1980 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.02: Class Notes, 1982 Add to Shelf
- Class notes and papers, course options at the University of Houston for the fall.
- Box-Folder 2.03: Class Notebook, 1983 Add to Shelf
- English 6360 at University of Houston.
- Box-Folder 2.04: Notebook, 1984 Add to Shelf
- Filled with class notes, handouts and assignments.
- Box-Folder 2.05: Notebook, 1984 Add to Shelf
- With class notes, handouts and assignments, Literary Criticism #2.
- Box-Folder 2.06: Class Notebook, 1984 Add to Shelf
- English 7331 at University of Houston.
- Box-Folder 2.07: Class Notebook, 1985 Add to Shelf
- At the University of Houston.
- Box-Folder 2.08: Academic Papers, 1980-1985 Add to Shelf
- Written in graduate school.
- Box-Folder 2.09: Teaching Notebook, 1983-1985 Add to Shelf
- English 2307 at University of Houston.
- Box-Folder 2.10: Teaching Notebook, 1985 Add to Shelf
- English 3202 at University of Houston.
- Box-Folder 2.11: Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- From the University of Houston.
- Box-Folder 2.12: Article, 1986 Add to Shelf
- On the University of Houston writing program.
- Box-Folder 2.13: Job Letters, 1985-1986 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.14: Writing Samples, 1986 Add to Shelf
- Sent to Oregon State University while applying for a teaching position.
- Box-Folder 2.15: Professional Periodicals, 1986-2000 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.49: University Forms, 1985 Add to Shelf
- University of Houston registration and academic record, and a certification of submission or completed thesis or dissertation.
- Series 3: Administrative Work, 1985-2018 Add to Shelf
- This series consists of documents pertaining to the organization and planning in the Oregon State University Writing program. It ranges from correspondence between the university and Tracy Daugherty when he first gained a position in the department to the creation of the MFA program. Also included are resumes, Guggenheim Fellowship papers, and information on events Daugherty was involved in or organized.
- Box-Folder 2.16: MLA Job Listings, 1985 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.17: Correspondence and Transcripts, 1985-1986 Add to Shelf
- For position are Oregon State University
- Box-Folder 2.18: Job Application Materials, 1985-2018 Add to Shelf
- Résumé, Donald Barthelme's letter of recommendation, Statement of Purpose and Curriculum Vitae
- Box-Folder 2.19: Periodic Reviews of Faculty, 1989-1997 Add to Shelf
- Reviews of Tracy Daugherty.
- Box-Folder 2.20: Personnel Information, 1992-1994 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.21: Awards, Programs and Scholarships, 1997-2009 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.22: Sabbatical Letter, 2004-2005 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.23: Guggenheim Fellowship Papers, 2005-2006 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.24: Twenty-Five Year Club, 2012 Add to Shelf
- Photo and certificate.
- Box-Folder 2.25: Contact Information, circa 2005 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.26: Master of the Arts Program at Oregon State University, 1990-1998 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.27: Papers and Applications, 1990-2007 Add to Shelf
- For starting programs are Oregon State University.
- Box-Folder 2.28: Correspondence, 1991-1992 Add to Shelf
- University of Oregon and Oregon State University joint-campus graduate program correspondence.
- Box-Folder 2.29: Handbook, 1997 Add to Shelf
- Handbook for a Masters of the Fine Arts program for writers at Warren Wilson College.
- Box-Folder 2.30: Master of the Fine Arts Program Documents, 2001-2002 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.31: Master of the Fine Arts Program Documents, 2003-2004 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.32: "OSU Creative Writing: A Lot for a Little", circa 2005 Add to Shelf
- The Master of Fine Arts program's accomplishments and request for increased funding.
- Box-Folder 2.33: Programmatic Materials, 1996-2005 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.34: Four-Credit Conversion Project, 2006-2008 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.35: Strategic Plan Draft, 2008 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.36: Strategic Plan Draft for Graduate School, 2012 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.37: Event Information, 1989 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.38: Magic Barrel, 1998-2005 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.39: Visiting Writer Series, 1989-1993 Add to Shelf
- Correspondence, program descriptions and budget.
- Box-Folder 2.40: Correspondence, 1990-2002 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.41: Correspondence, 2007 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.42: College of Liberal Arts Restructuring, 2007 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.43: Academic Calendar, 2007-2008 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.44: Eileen Pollack, 2003 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.45: Anita Helle, 2008 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.46: Evan Gottlieb, 2008 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.47: Student Mentoring Articles, 2003-2006 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.48: "Fight to Save the SMU Press", 2010-2011 Add to Shelf
- Series 4: Class Materials, 1985-2012 Add to Shelf
- This series includes teaching materials assembled during Daugherty's time at Oregon State University. Daugherty taught many of the same courses and these materials reflect the evolution of his course assignments, reference materials, and grading style. Also included in are graduate students’ practicums for Writing 224 and Writing 121.
- Box-Folder 3.01: Writing 104, 1997 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.02: English 104, circa 1987 Add to Shelf
- Modernism notes.
- Box-Folder 3.03: English 104, circa 2000 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.04: English 212, 1985 Add to Shelf
- Reference research.
- Box-Folder 3.05-3.06: English 212, 1988-2003 Add to Shelf
- Materials and research, 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 3.07: English 212, 2000-2003 Add to Shelf
- Artemio Cruz.
- Box-Folder 3.08: English 212, 2003 Add to Shelf
- Literature of Latin America.
- Box-Folder 3.09: English 212, 2004 Add to Shelf
- Literature of the Americas and student papers.
- Box-Folder 3.10: English 212, circa 2004 Add to Shelf
- Machado de Assis.
- Box-Folder 3.11: English 212, undated Add to Shelf
- Latin American Literature lecture notes.
- Box-Folder 3.12: Writing 224, 2009 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.13: English 280, 1987 Add to Shelf
- Vietnam of American Literature.
- Box-Folder 3.14-3.15: English 319, 1987-2012 Add to Shelf
- American novel survey, 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 3.16: English 319, 2003 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.17: English 319, 2012 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.18: Writing 324, 2003 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.19: Writing 324, 2003-2005 Add to Shelf
- Short story writing.
- Box-Folder 3.20: Writing 324, circa 2004 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.21: English 335, 1986 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.22: Foreign Languages 380, 2000-2004 Add to Shelf
- Pedro Páramo.
- Box-Folder 3.23: Foreign Languages, circa 2000 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.24: Foreign Languages, circa 2008 Add to Shelf
- Class papers.
- Box-Folder 3.25: Writing 424/524, 2011 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.26-3.28: English 450/550, 2000-2001 Add to Shelf
- Ralph Ellison, 3 folders.
- Box-Folder 3.29: English 454/554, 1986-2011 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.30: English 454/554, 1998 Add to Shelf
- "Paradise as After"
- Box-Folder 3.31: English 454/554, 1998 Add to Shelf
- "Stories of Caligari".
- Box-Folder 3.32-4.03: English 454/554, 1998-2003 Add to Shelf
- Reference research, Donald Barthelme, 5 folders.
- Box-Folder 4.05: English 454/554, 2004 Add to Shelf
- 2 of 2.
- Box-Folder 4.06: English 454/554, 2006 Add to Shelf
- Donald Barthelme.
- Box-Folder 4.07: English 454/554, 2007-2011 Add to Shelf
- Class papers and lecture notes.
- Box-Folder 4.08-4.09: English 454/554, 2011 Add to Shelf
- 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 4.10: English 454/554, 2011-2012 Add to Shelf
- Student papers.
- Box-Folder 4.11: English 454/554, undated Add to Shelf
- Project and exam papers.
- Box-Folder 4.12: English 454/554, undated Add to Shelf
- Reference research, Beckett.
- Box-Folder 4.13-4.14: English 454/554, undated Add to Shelf
- Reference research, Berryman, 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 4.15: English 464, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 4.16: English 475, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 4.17: Various Student Syllabi, 2005 Add to Shelf
- From Writing 121 instructors.
- Box-Folder 4.18: Writing 224 Practicums and Materials, 1999-2008 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 4.19: The South Atlantic Quarterly, 2005 Add to Shelf
- Volume 84 Number 01.
- Box-Folder 4.20: Reference Research, circa 1998 Add to Shelf
- Dead Father
- Box-Folder 4.21: Reference Research, 1999 Add to Shelf
- Buffalo Bayou, Houston with articles and notes.
- Box-Folder 4.22: Reference Research, circa 2000 Add to Shelf
- "The Shadow Before, Williams Rollins".
- Box-Folder 4.23: Reference Research, undated Add to Shelf
- "Gathering Storm, Myra Page (Gastronian)".
- Box-Folder 4.24: Reference Research, undated Add to Shelf
- "Poorest of Americans; the Mexican Americans of the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas".
- Box-Folder 4.25: Research Notes, 2007-2008 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 4.26: Various Syllabi and Schedules, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 4.27: Class Notes, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 4.28-4.29: Upton Sinclair, undated Add to Shelf
- 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 5.01: Reference Research, undated Add to Shelf
- Meridel Le Sueur
- Box-Folder 5.02: Reference Research, undated Add to Shelf
- Tambo and Bones.
- Box-Folder 5.03: Reference Research, undated Add to Shelf
- "Millhands and Preachers: A Study of Gastonia".
- Box-Folder 5.04: Reference Research, undated Add to Shelf
- "From Tobacco Road to Route 66".
- Box-Folder 5.05-5.06: Manuscript, undated Add to Shelf
- Degenerate by George Williams, 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 5.07: Reference Research, undated Add to Shelf
- "A New Partisan View".
- Box-Folder 5.08: Reference Research, undated Add to Shelf
- "Proletarian Literature".
- Box-Folder 5.09: Reference Research, undated Add to Shelf
- On Mike Gold.
- Box-Folder 5.10: Reference Research, undated Add to Shelf
- "The Federal Writers' Project".
- Box-Folder 5.11: Reference Research, undated Add to Shelf
- "Essays on Literature and Politics, 1932-1972".
- Box-Folder 5.12: Various Papers, 1992-1997 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 5.13: Class Handouts for Writing Workshops, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 5.14-5.15: Handouts and Readings, undated Add to Shelf
- 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 5.16-5.19: Various Reference Research Documents, undated Add to Shelf
- 4 folders.
- Series 5: Writing Files, 1933-2018 Add to Shelf
- This series centers on Tracy Daugherty’s published works. The bulk of this series is dedicated to biographies on Donald Barthelme, Joseph Heller, and Joan Didion, but also includes materials related to the other fourteen other works Daugherty has written. Included is research and editorial correspondence, drafts, and writing notes.
- Sub-Series 1: Desire Provoked, 1985-2000 Add to Shelf
- This sub-series contains all of Tracy Daugherty’s work pertaining to his first novel Desire Provoked, published in 1986. This book was originally Daugherty’s thesis for his Ph.D. at the University of Houston. Included in the sub-series are his drafts, annotations from different editors and Donald Barthelme, and the final thesis.
- Box-Folder 6.01: Correspondence, 1985-1986 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 6.02: Correspondence, 1985-1987 Add to Shelf
- Editorial and publishing.
- Box-Folder 6.03: Drafts, undated Add to Shelf
- With editorial notes and incomplete.
- Box-Folder 6.04-6.05: Draft and Editorial Notes from Donald Barthelme, undated Add to Shelf
- 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 6.06-6.07: Draft with Editorial Notes, undated Add to Shelf
- Full text, out of order, 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 6.08-6.09: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Full text, 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 6.10-6.11: Draft with Editorial Notes, undated Add to Shelf
- Full text, 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 6.12: Reviews, 1986-1987 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 6.13: Publicity and Reviews, 1986-2000 Add to Shelf
- Sub-Series 2: Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme, 1933-2009 Add to Shelf
- Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme, published in 2009, is centered around Daugherty’s past professor and mentor from the University of Houston. This sub-series contains all of the research, correspondence, notes, and drafts surrounding this book. Among the correspondence is Daugherty’s conversations with Barthelme’s family, friends, and colleagues. Also included are multiple annotated drafts and revisions as Daugherty's strived to perfect his first biography.
- Box-Folder 7.01: Research Materials, 1933-2004 Add to Shelf
- "The Cliché Expert".
- Box-Folder 7.02: Research Materials, 1954-2006 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 7.03: Research Materials, 1964-1967 Add to Shelf
- "Callagari" reviews.
- Box-Folder 7.04-7.09: Research Materials, 1965-1989 Add to Shelf
- From the University of Houston Special Collections and Archive, 6 folders.
- Box-Folder 7.10: Research Materials, 1968 Add to Shelf
- "Amateurs".
- Box-Folder 7.11-7.12: Research Materials, 1967-2006 Add to Shelf
- Notes, drafts, forms and correspondence on Barthelme's "Snow White", 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 7.13: Research Materials, 1969-1978 Add to Shelf
- Barthelme's correspondence with various people.
- Box-Folder 7.14: Research Materials, 1970-2007 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 7.15: Research Materials, 1973-2005 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 7.16: Research Materials, 1977-2007 Add to Shelf
- Saul Bellow.
- Box-Folder 7.17-7.18: Research Materials, 1988 Add to Shelf
- "The Psychoanalytic Issue in the Short Stories of Donald Barthelme", 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 7.19: Research Materials, 1989-2006 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 7.20: Research Materials, 2002-2009 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 7.21: Research Materials, 2004-2006 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 7.22: Research Materials, 2005 Add to Shelf
- Articles by Flaubert, Eliot, Herodiate, Bucknall.
- Box-Folder 7.23: Research Materials, 2005 Add to Shelf
- "West Side (110 W. 6th St.)".
- Box-Folder 7.24: Research Materials, 2005 Add to Shelf
- "The Pill".
- Box-Folder 7.25: Research Materials, 2007 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 8.01: Research Materials, 2007-2008 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 8.02: Research Materials, circa 2008 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 8.03: Research Materials, undated Add to Shelf
- Early Barthelme essay with annotations.
- Box-Folder 8.04: Research Materials, undated Add to Shelf
- "Sadness in the City of Churches: Texas, Religion and the Education of Donald Barthelme".
- Box-Folder 8.05: Research Materials, undated Add to Shelf
- From the University of Houston Libraries.
- Box-Folder 8.06: Research Materials, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 8.07: Correspondence, 2000-2009 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 8.08: Correspondence, 2001-2005 Add to Shelf
- Includes articles and handwritten notes.
- Box-Folder 8.09: Correspondence, 2004-2008 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 8.10: Correspondence, 2005-2007 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 8.11: Correspondence, 2006-2008 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 8.12: Notebook, circa 2004 Add to Shelf
- With notes and various documents.
- Box-Folder 8.13: Notebook, 2004 Add to Shelf
- With notes and various documents.
- Box-Folder 8.14: Pages from Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- Handwritten research notes.
- Box-Folder 8.15: Notebooks, undated Add to Shelf
- Two small notebooks with handwritten notes for book and a notecard.
- Box-Folder 8.16: Publication and Editorial Correspondence, 2006-2007 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 8.17: Editorial Correspondence, 2007 Add to Shelf
- For short stories.
- Box-Folder 8.18: Editorial Correspondence, 2008 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 8.19: Draft Notes, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 8.20: Essays and Drafts, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 8.21: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Of chapters 1-10.
- Box-Folder 8.22: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Of chapters 12-24.
- Box-Folder 8.23: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Of chapters 23-28.
- Box-Folder 8.24-8.27: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Annotated, 4 folders.
- Box-Folder 8.28-9.02: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Annotated, 4 folders.
- Box-Folder 9.03-9.06: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Not annotated, 4 folders.
- Box-Folder 9.07-9.11: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- 5 folders.
- Box-Folder 9.12: Events and Publicity, 2006-2008 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 9.13-9.17: Reviews, 2009 Add to Shelf
- 5 folders.
- Sub-Series 3: Just One Catch: A Biography of Joseph Heller, 1936-2011 Add to Shelf
- This sub-series holds all of the documents pertaining to Tracy Daugherty’s second biography Just One Catch: A Biography of Joseph Heller, published in 2011. Included in it are detailed correspondence with Heller’s daughter, Erica Heller, multiple documents pertaining to Joseph Heller’s service in WWII, and drafts of the book itself.
- Box-Folder 10.01: Research Materials, 1936-2009 Add to Shelf
- Joseph Heller's archived documents.
- Box-Folder 10.02-10.04: Research Materials, 1943-2009 Add to Shelf
- Various, 3 folders.
- Box-Folder 10.05: Research Materials, 1959-2009 Add to Shelf
- Joseph Heller's archived documents.
- Box-Folder 10.06: Research Materials, 2004-2005 Add to Shelf
- "Faith Sale".
- Box-Folder 10.07: Research Materials, 2005 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 10.08-10.11: Research Materials, 2009-2010 Add to Shelf
- 4 folders.
- Box-Folder 10.12: Research Materials, 2010 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 10.13: Research Materials, 2010-2011 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 10.14: Correspondence, 2015 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 10.15: Correspondence, 2009 Add to Shelf
- Ryan Wepler.
- Box-Folder 10.16: Correspondence, 2009-2010 Add to Shelf
- Erica Heller.
- Box-Folder 10.17: Correspondence, 2009-2010 Add to Shelf
- With various people.
- Box-Folder 10.18: Correspondence, 2009-2010 Add to Shelf
- With various people.
- Box-Folder 10.19: Correspondence, 2009-2010 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 10.20: Research and Correspondence, 2010 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 10.21: Notepad, 2009 Add to Shelf
- "Pad #1".
- Box-Folder 10.22: Notepad, 2009 Add to Shelf
- "Pad #2".
- Box-Folder 10.23: Notepad, 2009 Add to Shelf
- "Pad #3".
- Box-Folder 10.24: Notebook, 2009 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 10.25: Notebook, 2010 Add to Shelf
- With handwritten notes and various papers.
- Box-Folder 10.26: Notebook, circa 2009-2010 Add to Shelf
- With handwritten notes.
- Box-Folder 10.27: Notes, undated Add to Shelf
- Handwritten.
- Box-Folder 10.28: Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- "Bern" notebook.
- Box-Folder 10.29: Notes, Undated Add to Shelf
- Handwritten research notes.
- Box-Folder 11.01: Notepad, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 11.02: Editorial and Publishing Correspondence, 2010 Add to Shelf
- Includes photo permissions and editorial notes.
- Box-Folder 11.03: Editorial and Publishing Correspondence, 2010 Add to Shelf
- Includes a permissions agreement with St. Martin's Press, a book proposal, and editorial comments.
- Box-Folder 11.04: Editorial Correspondence, 2011 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 11.05-11.08: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Annotated, 4 folders.
- Box-Folder 11.09-11.13: Proof and Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- 5 folders.
- Box-Folder 11.14-11.17: Reviews, 2011 Add to Shelf
- 4 folders.
- Sub-Series 4: The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion, 1955-2018 Add to Shelf
- The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion was published in 2015 and is one of Tracy Daugherty’s most well-known works. This sub-series contains many copies of Joan Didion’s article in Vogue and research on her past works of literature. Also included are editorial notes, correspondence with many of Didion’s colleagues and a vast amount of research on the the writer’s family.
- Box-Folder 11.18: Research Materials, 1955-1958 Add to Shelf
- "Didion Letters and Peggy La Violette." This folder has been scanned and is available upon request.
- Box-Folder 11.19: Research Materials, 1962-2013 Add to Shelf
- "Parmental." This folder has been scanned and is available upon request.
- Box-Folder 11.20: Research Materials, 1964-1998 Add to Shelf
- Various, file folder handwritten notes.
- Box-Folder 11.21: Research Materials, 1967-1977 Add to Shelf
- "Mary Branch Letters".
- Box-Folder 11.22: Research Materials, 1968-2013 Add to Shelf
- "Davidson Sara - JD Stories".
- Box-Folder 11.23: Research Materials, 1969-2013 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 11.24: Research Materials, 1970-1991 Add to Shelf
- "Malibu Anecdotes".
- Box-Folder 11.25: Research Materials, 1970-2014 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 11.26: Research Materials, 1971-2013 Add to Shelf
- "Grover Lewis Letters".
- Box-Folder 12.01: Research Materials, 1972 Add to Shelf
- "Pacific Radio in - 70s".
- Box-Folder 12.02: Research Materials, 1973-2013 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 12.03: Research Materials, 1974-1992 Add to Shelf
- From Wallace Literary Agency Records.
- Box-Folder 12.04: Research Materials, 1975-2011 Add to Shelf
- "Democracy 1984".
- Box-Folder 12.05: Research Materials, 1974-2008 Add to Shelf
- "Susanna Moore Papers".
- Box-Folder 12.06: Research Materials, 1977 Add to Shelf
- "Profile 1977 - Chicago Tribune".
- Box-Folder 12.07: Research Materials, 1979-2013 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 12.08: Research Materials, 1984-2013 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 12.09: Research Materials, 1996-2013 Add to Shelf
- "Hollywood Dinner Parties and JD".
- Box-Folder 12.10: Research Materials, 2003-2013 Add to Shelf
- "Dunne papers".
- Box-Folder 12.11: Research Materials, 2006 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 12.12: Research Materials, 2009 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 12.13: Research Materials, 2011 Add to Shelf
- "R.W. Radio int.".
- Box-Folder 12.14: Research Materials, 2011 Add to Shelf
- "1996 Dunne, Paris Review screenwriting int."
- Box-Folder 12.15: Research Materials, 2011 Add to Shelf
- "1995 Dunne Profiles".
- Box-Folder 12.16: Research Materials, 2011 Add to Shelf
- "J.G. Dunne '97".
- Box-Folder 12.17: Research Materials, 2011 Add to Shelf
- "JG Dunne, 1994".
- Box-Folder 12.18: Research Materials, 2011 Add to Shelf
- "2001 U Cal int re: political figure".
- Box-Folder 12.19: Research Materials, 2011 Add to Shelf
- "B.N. Int - WA Post".
- Box-Folder 12.20: Research Materials, 2011 Add to Shelf
- "2005 - profile".
- Box-Folder 12.21: Research Materials, 2011 Add to Shelf
- "JD - int. transcript 2011".
- Box-Folder 12.22: Research Materials, 2012 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 12.23: Research Materials, 2012 Add to Shelf
- "Int: Believer, Dec 2011".
- Box-Folder 12.24: Research Materials, 2012 Add to Shelf
- "SF Post 9/11".
- Box-Folder 12.25: Research Materials, 2012 Add to Shelf
- "Didion int. - re: where from". This folder has been scanned and is available upon request.
- Box-Folder 12.26: Research Materials, 2012 Add to Shelf
- "Profile - Telegraph Oct 2011".
- Box-Folder 12.27: Research Materials, 2012 Add to Shelf
- "Didion Int. - politics (2001)".
- Box-Folder 12.28: Research Materials, 2013 Add to Shelf
- "Obolensky Phone Talk".
- Box-Folder 12.29: Research Materials, 2013 Add to Shelf
- English 554 student projects on Joan Didion.
- Box-Folder 12.30: Research Materials, 2013 Add to Shelf
- "Misc."
- Box-Folder 12.31: Research Materials, 2013 Add to Shelf
- "LA Times, 2005".
- Box-Folder 12.32: Research Materials, 2018 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 12.33: Research Materials, undated Add to Shelf
- Includes various notes, maps of Sacramento and articles.
- Box-Folder 12.34: Research Materials, undated Add to Shelf
- "Play It as It Lays." This folder has been scanned and is available upon request.
- Box-Folder 12.35: Research Materials, undated Add to Shelf
- True Confessions screenplay.
- Box-Folder 12.36: Correspondence, 2011-2012 Add to Shelf
- Various. This folder has been scanned and is available upon request.
- Box-Folder 12.37: Correspondence, 2012-2013 Add to Shelf
- Various. This folder has been scanned and is available upon request.
- Box-Folder 12.38: Correspondence, 2013 Add to Shelf
- Various. This folder has been scanned and is available upon request.
- Box-Folder 12.39: Correspondence, 2013-2014 Add to Shelf
- With Sean Day.
- Box-Folder 12.40: Notepad, circa 2012 Add to Shelf
- With handwritten notes and papers.
- Box-Folder 12.41: Notebook, 2013 Add to Shelf
- With handwritten notes and papers.
- Box-Folder 12.42: Notepad, 2013 Add to Shelf
- For Joan Didion Archives Collection and loose papers.
- Box-Folder 12.43: Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- Contains research notes.
- Box-Folder 12.44: Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- Contains handwritten notes.
- Box-Folder 12.45: Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- With handwritten notes and quotes for biography.
- Box-Folder 12.46: Notebooks, undated Add to Shelf
- Two notebooks with notes for the biography.
- Box-Folder 12.47: Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- Contains notes and loose papers.
- Box-Folder 12.48: Notebooks, undated Add to Shelf
- Two notebooks with quotes and notes for biography.
- Box-Folder 12.49: Notebooks, undated Add to Shelf
- Contains contact information and notes.
- Box-Folder 13.01: Notebook, 2013 Add to Shelf
- Contains a timeline of Joan Didion's life and other notes. This folder has been scanned and is available upon request.
- Box-Folder 19.02: Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- Contains articles and correspondence.
- Box-Folder 13.02: Book Proposal, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 13.03: Editorial and Publishing Correspondence, 2014-2015 Add to Shelf
- Permissions, editorial notes and invoices.
- Box-Folder 13.04: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Pages 1-170, annotated.
- Box-Folder 13.05-13.08: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Annotated, 4 folders.
- Box-Folder 13.09-13.12: Reviews and Responses, 2016-2016 Add to Shelf
- 4 folders.
- Sub-Series 5: Leaving the Gay Place: Billy Lee Brammer and the Great Society, 2014-2016 Add to Shelf
- This sub-series is comprised on information pertaining to Leaving the Gay Place: Billy Lee Brammer and the Great Society, a novel published in 2019 that is centered around the life of Billy Lee Brammer. In it is editorial correspondence, a draft of the novel under a different name, and notes on the life of Brammer.
- Box-Folder 13.13: Research Materials, 2016 Add to Shelf
- On the Civil Rights Act of 1957
- Box-Folder 13.14: Research Materials, 2014-2015 Add to Shelf
- "Nadine and Shelby".
- Box-Folder 13.15: Research Materials, 2014-2016 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 13.16: Research Materials, 2015 Add to Shelf
- "Madeline Villatoro".
- Box-Folder 13.17-13.18: Research Materials, 2016 Add to Shelf
- Southwestern Writer's Collection, 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 13.19: Research Materials, undated Add to Shelf
- Handwritten notes, possibly for the order of the novel.
- Box-Folder 13.20: Correspondence, 2014-2016 Add to Shelf
- Various people.
- Box-Folder 13.21-14.03: Notebooks, 2014-2016 Add to Shelf
- Contains research notes, 4 folders.
- Box-Folder 14.04-14.05: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- "I Love You But I'm Alone: Billy Lee Brammer and the Great Society", 2 folders.
- Sub-Series 6: What Falls Away: A Novel, 1993-2001 Add to Shelf
- Published in 1996, What Falls Away was Tracy Daugherty’s second novel of his career. This sub-series hold many of Daugherty’s editorial and publishing correspondence during the writing process along with the reviews that came after being printed.
- Box-Folder 14.06: Editorial and Publishing Correspondence, 1993-2001 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 14.07-14.08: Publicity and Reviews, 1994-1998 Add to Shelf
- 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 14.09: Promotions and Reviews, 1996 Add to Shelf
- Sub-Series 7: The Woman in the Oil Field, 1987-1999 Add to Shelf
- The Woman in the Oil Field is a collection of fictional short stories pertaining to twentieth century America. Included are multiple drafts of the various short stories such as “Assailiable Character” and “The Observatory”. This sub-series also contains notes for the short story “Akhmatova's Notebook” and reviews for the full text.
- Box-Folder 14.10: Notebook, 1987 Add to Shelf
- For Anna Akhmatova in St. Petersburg.
- Box-Folder 14.11-14.12: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Assailable Character, 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 14.13: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Draft of The Observatory typed and written in the notebook.
- Box-Folder 14.14: Drafts, undated Add to Shelf
- Various drafts of The Observatory.
- Box-Folder 14.15: Publicity and Reviews, 1996-1999 Add to Shelf
- Sub-Series 8: The Boy Orator, 1998-1999 Add to Shelf
- This sub-series consists mostly of the publicity and reviews surrounding Daugherty’s novel The Boy Orator. This text was the author’s third novel, published in 1999. Also in this sub-series is, what appears to be, an adaptation of the novel into a play titled “The Uncanny Evening”
- Box-Folder 14.16: An Uncanny Evening, undated Add to Shelf
- Plays and adaptation of the novel.
- Box-Folder 14.17: Publicity and Reviews, 1998-1999 Add to Shelf
- Sub-Series 9: It Takes a Worried Man, 2001-2005 Add to Shelf
- It Takes a Worried Man, published in 2002, is Tracy Daugherty’s first collection of short stories of the twenty-first century. This sub-series includes one the drafts with proof edits for the book along with publicity and reviews after the novel was published.
- Box-Folder 12.18-12.19: Draft, 2001 Add to Shelf
- Contains proof edits, 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 12.20: Publicity and Reviews, 2002-2005 Add to Shelf
- Sub-Series 10: Five Shades of Shadow, 1995-2010 Add to Shelf
- Published in 2003, Five Shades of Shadow tells the story of the Oklahoma City bombing from the point of views of the survivors. Included is the research materials, editorial correspondence,a draft of the text and the publicity and reviews that came after its release.
- Box-Folder 14.21: Research Materials, 1995-1996 Add to Shelf
- Interview transcripts.
- Box-Folder 14.22: Editorial and Publishing Correspondence, 2000-2002 Add to Shelf
- Contains some permissions.
- Box-Folder 14.23-14.24: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 14.25: Publicity and Reviews, 2002-2010 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 14.26: Reviews, undated Add to Shelf
- Sub-Series 11: Axeman's Jazz, 2001-2005 Add to Shelf
- Daugherty’s Axeman’s Jazz, published in 2003 was his fourth novel. This collections hold the editorial correspondence pertaining to the novel along with the reviews from when it was first printed.
- Box-Folder 14.27: Editorial Correspondence, 2001-2002 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 14.28: Editorial Correspondence, 2002 Add to Shelf
- Contains revisions.
- Box-Folder 14.29: Publicity and Reviews, 2003-2005 Add to Shelf
- Sub-Series 12: Late in the Standoff, 2002-2008 Add to Shelf
- This sub-series holds the materials pertaining to the Daugherty’s collection of stories Late in the Standoff, published in 2005. Included are drafts and correspondence for the stories “City Codes” and “Lamplighter” along with the book’s reviews.
- Box-Folder 14.30: Draft and Publishing Correspondence, 2002 Add to Shelf
- For City Codes
- Box-Folder 14.31: Draft and Correspondence, 2004-2008 Add to Shelf
- For Lamplighter.
- Box-Folder 14.32: Reviews, 2005 Add to Shelf
- Sub-Series 13: One Day the Wind Changed, 2007-2013 Add to Shelf
- One Day the Wind Changed is a collection of sixteen stories published in 2010. This sub-series contains a draft for the short story “Shopping with Girls” along with publicity and reviews of the full-text.
- Box-Folder 15.01: Draft, 2007 Add to Shelf
- Shopping with the Girls
- Box-Folder 15.02: Publicity and Reviews, 2010-2013 Add to Shelf
- Sub-Series 14: Empire of the Dead, 2014-2015 Add to Shelf
- Published in 2014, Empire of the Dead is a series of five interconnected short stories. Included are a draft of the entire text along with some reviews.
- Box-Folder 15.03-15.04: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 15.05-15.06: Reviews, 2014-2015 Add to Shelf
- 2 folders.
- Sub-Series 15: American Originals, 2016 Add to Shelf
- This sub-series hold the materials pertaining to the book American Originals published in 2016. Included is a full-draft of the collections short stories and novella along with some editorial correspondence that occurred during the writing process.
- Box-Folder 15.07-15.08: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Full text, 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 15.09: Editorial Correspondence, 2016 Add to Shelf
- Sub-Series 16: Let Us Build A City, 2017 Add to Shelf
- Let Us Build a City, published in 2017, is considered by some as a sort of memoir in which Tracy Daugherty discusses writing, art and life. This sub-series contains the promotion and reviews surrounding the text.
- Box-Folder 15.10: Promotion and Reviews, 2017 Add to Shelf
- Sub-Series 17: Dante and the Early Astronomer: Science, Adventure and a Victorian Woman Who Open the Heavens, 2009 Add to Shelf
- This sub-series is comprised of materials pertaining to Dante and the Early Astronomer: Science, Adventure, and a Victorian Woman Who Opened the Heavens, published in 2018. Included is an annotated draft of the full-text along with reviews.
- Box-Folder 15.11-15.12: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Annotated, 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 15.13: Reviews, 2009 Add to Shelf
- Sub-Series 18: Various Writings and Materials, 1983-2017 Add to Shelf
- This sub-series contains various research materials, correspondence, drafts, notebooks and reviews that Daugherty worked on over the years. Included are multiple folders in regards to a work called the “Angel Archivist” that is speculated to be the beginning parts of American Originals. This sub-series also holds most of the materials pertaining to the writing process of “Low Rider,” the story that Tracy Daugherty had printed in The New Yorker. These drafts range from Daugherty’s time at the University of Houston to later pieces written while in Corvallis.
- Box-Folder 15.14: Research Materials, 1967-2006 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 15.15: Research Materials, 2005-2007 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 15.16: Research Materials, undated Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 15.17: Correspondence, 1991-2015 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 15.18: Correspondence, 2001-2012 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 15.19: Editorial and Publishing Correspondence, 1986-2007 Add to Shelf
- Various.
- Box-Folder 15.20: Book Contracts, 1995-2018 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 15.21: Editorial Correspondence, 2009-2016 Add to Shelf
- Various editing notes and reader reports.
- Box-Folder 15.22: "Harrup" Notebook, 1984 Add to Shelf
- Part one, pages 1-63.
- Box-Folder 15.23: "Harrup" Notebook, 1984 Add to Shelf
- Part two, pages 64-123.
- Box-Folder 15.24: "Harrup" Notebook, 1984 Add to Shelf
- Part three, pages 127-183.
- Box-Folder 15.25: "Harrup" Notebook, 1984 Add to Shelf
- Part four, pages 184-263.
- Box-Folder 15.26: "Harrup" Notebook, 1984 Add to Shelf
- "Harrup: Notebook 1", pages 1-58.
- Box-Folder 15.27: "Harrup" Notebook, 1984 Add to Shelf
- "Harrup: Notebook 2", pages 59-130.
- Box-Folder 15.28: "Harrup" Notebook, 1984 Add to Shelf
- "Harrup: Notebook 3", pages 131-216.
- Box-Folder 15.29: "Harrup" Notebook, 1984 Add to Shelf
- "Harrup: Notebook 4", pages 217-296 and other papers.
- Box-Folder 15.30: "Harrup" Notebook, 1984 Add to Shelf
- "Harrup: Notebook 5", pages 297-338.
- Box-Folder 15.31: "Festival of Dismantlement" Notebook, 1986 Add to Shelf
- Written second draft.
- Box-Folder 16.01: "Festival of Dismantlement" Notebook, 1987 Add to Shelf
- Written third draft, pages 1-181.
- Box-Folder 16.02: "Festival of Dismantlement" Notebook, 1987 Add to Shelf
- Written fourth draft, pages 1-54.
- Box-Folder 16.03: "Festival of Dismantlement" Notebook, 1987 Add to Shelf
- Written fourth draft, pages 55-124.
- Box-Folder 16.04: "Festival of Dismantlement" Notebook, 1987 Add to Shelf
- Written fourth draft, pages 125-190.
- Box-Folder 16.05: "Festival of Dismantlement" Notebook, 1987 Add to Shelf
- Written fourth draft, pages 191-260.
- Box-Folder 16.06: "Festival of Dismantlement" Notebook, 1987 Add to Shelf
- Written fourth draft, pages 261-328.
- Box-Folder 16.07: "Festival of Dismantlement" Notebook, 1987 Add to Shelf
- Written fourth draft, pages 329-374.
- Box-Folder 16.08: "Festival of Dismantlement" Drafts, 1986-1988 Add to Shelf
- Various excerpts, arranged as pages 1-21, 1-19 and 4-57.
- Box-Folder 16.09: "Festival of Dismantlement" Drafts, circa 1986-1988 Add to Shelf
- Various excerpts in original order.
- Box-Folder 16.10-16.11: "Festival of Dismantlement" Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Annotated, 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 16.12-16.13: "Low Rider" Draft, 1990 Add to Shelf
- 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 16.14: "Low Rider" Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 16.15: "Low Rider" Manuscript and Correspondence, 1990 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 16.16: "Low Rider" Editorial and Publishing Correspondence, 1987-1989 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 16.17: Low Rider, 1987 Add to Shelf
- "First published short story (New Yorker)", in magazine.
- Box-Folder 16.18: "An Evening Meal" Drafts, 2011 Add to Shelf
- A collection of poems.
- Box-Folder 16.19: "Sweet Water" Screenplay, circa 2016 Add to Shelf
- Based on a short story in American Originals.
- Box-Folder 16.20: "Not My Father's Clown" Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 16.21-16.25: "The Angel Archivist" Notebook and Papers, undated Add to Shelf
- Papers removed from notebook and placed in other folders, 5 folders.
- Box-Folder 17.01: "Toledo I" Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- Written draft, some papers removed from back of notebook and placed in a separate folder.
- Box-Folder 17.02: "Toledo I" Papers, undated Add to Shelf
- Removed from notebook in box-folder 17.01.
- Box-Folder 17.03: "Toledo II" Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- Written draft, \ papers removed from the back of notebook and placed in a separate folder.
- Box-Folder 17.04: "Toledo II" Papers, undated Add to Shelf
- Removed from the back of notebook in box-folder 17.03.
- Box-Folder 17.05-17.06: "The Magnitudes" Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 17.07-17.08: "The Last One Home" Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 17.09: "The Street of Listeners" Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Annotated.
- Box-Folder 17.10: "148 Charles Street" Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Annotated.
- Box-Folder 17.11: "Mangua" Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Includes a personal note to his parents.
- Box-Folder 17.12: "Magpiety" Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Annotated. This item has been digitized and is available upon request.
- Box-Folder 17.13: "Play Chains" Draft and Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- Various drafts both typed and written.
- Box-Folder 17.14: "Orfeas Oyster" Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 17.15: Notebook, 1987 Add to Shelf
- Contains various drafts and notes, some papers removed and placed in a separate folder.
- Box-Folder 17.16: Papers from Notebook, 1987 Add to Shelf
- Papers pulled from notebook in box-folder 17.15, contains drafts, notes and fliers.
- Box-Folder 17.17: "Early Poems" Drafts, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 17.18: Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- Contains notes for various stories.
- Box-Folder 17.19: Notebook, undated Add to Shelf
- Contains various drafts and papers.
- Box-Folder 17.20: Drafts and Revisions, undated Add to Shelf
- Handwritten.
- Box-Folder 17.21: Draft, undated Add to Shelf
- Handwritten, not titled.
- Box-Folder 17.22: Various Drafts, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 17.23: Various Drafts, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 17.24: Various Drafts, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 17.25: Various Drafts, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 17.26-17.27: Various Rough Drafts, undated Add to Shelf
- 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 18.01-18.02: Various Drafts, undated Add to Shelf
- Some not titled, 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 18.03: Notebook, 1984 Add to Shelf
- "Part 1", pages 1-44 with typed draft.
- Box-Folder 18.04: Notebook, 1984 Add to Shelf
- "Part 2" with handwritten notes
- Box-Folder 19.01: Writing Contracts, 1987-2007 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 18.05: Complied Reviews, 2004 Add to Shelf
- Reviews from multiple books and interviews
- Box-Folder 18.06: Interviews and Profiles, 1983-2017 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 18.07-18.08: Interviews and Profiles, 1989-2009 Add to Shelf
- 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 18.09-18.10: Interviews and Profiles, 1998-2017 Add to Shelf
- 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 18.11: Interviews and Profiles, 2001-2017 Add to Shelf
- Of various people.
- Box-Folder 21.01: Book Covers, 1986-2012 Add to Shelf
- Covers for Desire Provoked, What Falls Away, The Woman in the Oil Field, Five Shades of Shadow, Axeman's Jazz, It Takes a Worried Man, Late in the Standoff and One Day the Wind Changed.
- Sub-Series 19: Final Publications, 1986-2017 Add to Shelf
- This sub-series holds a copy of each of Tracy Daugherty’s books that he has written during his career. Included is Desire Provoked, The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion, and others.
- Box-Item 20.01: Desire Provoked, 1986 Add to Shelf
- Published by Random House.
- Box-Item 20.02: Desire Provoked, 1986 Add to Shelf
- Published by Jonathan Cape LTD.
- Box-Item 20.03: What Falls Away, 1996 Add to Shelf
- Published by W.W. Norton & Company.
- Box-Item 20.04: The Woman in the Oil Field, 1996 Add to Shelf
- Published by Southern Methodist University Press.
- Box-Item 20.05: The Boy Orator, 1999 Add to Shelf
- Published by Southern Methodist University Press.
- Box-Item 20.06: It Takes a Worried Man, 2002 Add to Shelf
- Published by Southern Methodist University Press.
- Box-Item 20.07: Five Shades of Shadow, 2003 Add to Shelf
- Published by University of Nebraska Press.
- Box-Item 20.08: Axeman's Jazz, 2003 Add to Shelf
- Published by Southern Methodist University Press.
- Box-Item 20.09: Late in the Standoff, 2005 Add to Shelf
- Published by Southern Methodist University Press.
- Box-Item 20.10: Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme, 2009 Add to Shelf
- Published by St. Martin's Press.
- Box-Item 20.11: One Day the Wind Changed, 2010 Add to Shelf
- Published by Southern Methodist University Press.
- Box-Item 20.12: Just One Catch: A Biography of Joseph Heller, 2011 Add to Shelf
- Published by St. Martin's Press.
- Box-Item 20.13: The Empire of the Dead, 2014 Add to Shelf
- Published by John Hopkins University Press.
- Box-Item 20.14: The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion, 2015 Add to Shelf
- Published by St. Martin's Press.
- Box-Item 20.15: American Originals, 2016 Add to Shelf
- Published by Texas Review Press.
- Box-Item 20.16: Let Us Build a City, 2017 Add to Shelf
- Published by the University of Georgia Press.
- Series 6: Events and Awards, 1981-2017 Add to Shelf
- This series contains the many awards Daugherty received and events he attended. Many of the events focus on book promotion or writing workshops. His awards include the Oregon Book Award and the Guggenheim Fellowship.
- Box-Folder 18.12: Texas Literary Festival, 1986-2000 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 18.13: Assorted Events and Awards from the 1980s, 1981-1989 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 18.14-18.15: Assorted Events and Awards from the 1990s, 1990-1999 Add to Shelf
- 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 18.16-18.17: Assorted Events and Awards from the 2000s, 2000-2009 Add to Shelf
- 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 18.18: Guggenheim Fellowship, 2006-2007 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 18.19: The Magic Barrel, 2007 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 18.20: Texas Book Festival, 2009 Add to Shelf
- Correspondence and papers.
- Box-Folder 18.21-18.22: Assorted Events and Awards from the 2010s, 2010-2015 Add to Shelf
- 2 folders.
- Box-Folder 18.23: Speech Notes, undated Add to Shelf
- On Brazilian literature.
- Box-Folder 18.24: Posters and Fliers, undated Add to Shelf
- For assorted events
- Box-Folder 18.25: Literary Workshop Handouts, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 18.26: An Uncanny Evening Script, undated Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 21.02: Posters, 2011-2013 Add to Shelf