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Box 14

 Container

Contains 40 Results:

Correspondence and 'Coin of Contraband'

 Box — Box: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1946-1988

Research for 'Coin of Contraband': letters and government documents regarding a bracelet seized by customs from Countess Simone M. de Lapre; and photos of bracelet and Countess de Lapre, 1957-1963

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1957-1963

Research for 'Coin of Contraband': photos of Al Scharff and miscellaneous unidentified

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1946-1988

Research for 'Coin of Contraband': photos of items seized by U.S. Customs and letter detailing items seized, 1961

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1961

Research for 'Coin of Contraband': photos of items seized by U.S. Customs, and an article from 'The American Weekly' about diamond smuggling, 1949

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1949

Letters and articles by and about Al Scharff, Houston Crime Commission, 1964

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1964

Photographs: 'Coin of Contraband' autograph party, including photo of Roark and Al Scharff displaying an opium pipe, Houston, 1964; First Creative Arts Festival, Houston, 1947; Roark in unidentified photos from a play; and his daughter’s wedding photo

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1946-1988

Photographs from Al Scharff of himself and undercover operations from Arizona, California, and Mexico, 1910-1936

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1910-1936

Book jackets: photo of jacket for 'Drill a Crooked Hole' and copy of jacket for 'Should the Wind Be Fair'

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1946-1988

Historical ideas and materials - research notes, photos and articles, mostly related to Texas and Caribbean history (handwritten, photocopies)

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1946-1988

Historical ideas and materials - news clippings and articles, mostly related to Texas history

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1946-1988

Governor Clements Committee membership cards, Clements’ inauguration invitation, poems (not authored by Roark), notes, and photo of the ship "Carthagenian", 1967, 1981-1987

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1967, 1981-1987

'Literary Guild Review' for 'Wings' and Little, Brown and Co. book catalog, 1946

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1946

'Chinquapin', volume 1, no.1, 1976

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1976

'The Humble Way' magazine, 1954

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1954

Naylor Company, Southwest Book Publishers’ catalog, 1962

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1962

Census records for 1900, tax receipts and minutes of Rock Spring Church meeting (photocopy), 1973; and Historical Association invitations, programs, miscellaneous poems, and brochures

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1946-1988

Cards, postcards and photos of landscapes and buildings, 1977

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1977

Program and certificates of completion for the International Association of Personnel in Employment Security (IAPES) Conference at SFASU, 1979

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1979

Historical articles about the Old Stone Fort, James McSwill, newsletters, personal papers, and warranty deed, mostly belonging to Mrs. Roark

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection spans Roark's writing career from 1943 until his death in 1985 and contains galley proofs and original handwritten and typed manuscripts of many of his books, newspaper articles, and other writings, including unpublished material. Also included are Roark's research notes and materials, and promotional material for the movies based on his novels Wake of the Red Witch, and Fair Wind to Java....
Dates: 1946-1988