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Larry McMurtry Collection
The McMurtry Collection at the UNT Libraries contains McMurtry's early manuscripts, which convey his development as a writer. These include college papers as well as drafts to his early novels, Horseman, Pass By and Leaving Cheyenne, and correspondence. In addition to manuscripts, the Collection also consists of published first editions, most signed by McMurtry.
Manuscript Collection
1. Horseman, Pass By, complete typescript, marked by McMurtry as "Draft #2."
2. Horseman, Pass By, complete typescript, marked by McMurtry as "Draft #4."
3. Horseman, Pass By, complete typescript, the final draft, containing the handwritten instructions of Harper & Bros.
4. Horseman, Pass By, 20-page typescript: a short story -- the funeral.
5. Horseman, Pass By, 23-page typescript: a short story -- the funeral, incomplete.
6. Horseman, Pass By, 4-page typescript: a short story -- the funeral, incomplete.
7. Horseman, Pass By, 17-page typescript: a short story -- the funeral, with extensive handwritten notes and corrections.
Note on items 4-7: Before McMurtry had his first novel clearly in mind, he wrote a short story about the funeral of a young boy's grandfather and submitted it to Dr. Martin Schockley for the requirements in some course. Dr. Schockley noted on that version that it would make a fine last chapter for a novel. That story and Dr. Schockley's note [are] not in [the] collection, but since the funeral was first, McMurtry worried with it more than any other section. See also items 18-22 below.
8. Horseman, Pass By, Chapter X, 11-page typescript.
9. [Horseman, Pass By], "'Grandad's End,' A Section from a Work in Progress," 16 pages (4 1/2-page typescript, 11 1/2-page manuscript).
10. Horseman, Pass By, "Prologue," 11-page typescript, with handwritten corrections. (2 page 10's).
11. Horseman, Pass By, "Prologue," 8-page typescript.
12. Horseman, Pass By, "Outline," 4-page typescript. An early, formal and detailed outline.
13. "Cowman," 13-page typescript: a short story -- loss of the cattle.
14. Horseman, Pass By, "Notes," 3-page manuscript.
15. [Horseman, Pass By], "Outline for the writing on the 7th Sunday," 2-page manuscript. These two pages are written on the back of mimeographed pages from the first Coexistence Review.
16. Horseman, Pass By, "Prologue," 2-page manuscript. On back: "Cemetery Ridge Blues," a poem, typed.
17. Horseman, Pass By, "Fragments, Notes, Segments," 3-page manuscript and fragments.
18. TLS, Margaret L. Hartley to McMurtry, 31 October 1960, 2-page typescript. Hartley was Assistant Editor of Southwest Review. SR accepted an early version of both the Prologue and the funeral section of Horseman, Pass By, but in four years they had neither published this writing nor agreed to revisions submitted by McMurtry. He requested that SR release the funeral section so that he could submit it to Esquire. This letter relinquishes SR's rights to the funeral section and provides a sermonette on publishing ethics.
19. Horseman, Pass By, Chapter XV, "Yes, We'll Gather at the River," 13-page typescript, the funeral section attached to the above letter (item #18).
20. TLS, McMurtry to Rust Hills, 29 October 1960, 1-page typescript. Hills was Fiction Editor of Esquire Magazine. McMurtry is submitting the funeral section and explaining Southwest Review's prior claim. See above items #18-19.
21. TLS, Rust Hills to McMurtry, 13 December 1960, 1-page typescript. Hills rejects the funeral section and thanks him for a favorable review of the Esquire Reader. He also asks McMurtry to send him some short stories.
22. Horseman, Pass By, Chapter XV, "Yes, We'll Gather at the River," 13-page typescript, attached to the above letter (item #21). The typescript, numbered [195]-207, is a different version than the one attached to the SR letter (item #19) and different than the one which finally appeared in Horseman, Pass By.
23. Leaving Cheyenne, complete typescript, with Harper & Brothers' handwritten printing instructions.
24. Leaving Cheyenne, complete galleys.
[Note: Items #25-56 are undergraduate papers.]
25. "An Abridged Autobiography," n.d. [1956], 4-page typescript.
26. "Lear," n.d., 5-page typescript.
27. "Crime & Punishment," 1957, 4-page typescript.
28. "Albert Camus," n.d., 17-page typescript.
29. "On Steinbeck, Okies, and Humanism: A Dialogue between Huckleberry Finn and Henry Adams," 1957, 10-page typescript.
30. On Heart of Midlothian (untitled), n.d., 5-page typescript.
31. "In Memoriam Natty Bumppo," Oct., 1957, 4-page typescript.
32. "The Nonpareil," May, 1957, 5-page typescript.
33. "An Ethical Debut," n.d., 4-page typescript.
34. "No Brighter Star," n.d., 3-page typescript.
35. On James Joyce (untitled), n.d., 3-page typescript.
36. "The Era of the Kelmscott and the Doves, fine Presses Nonpareil, with mention of some of their most Laudable Predecessors and Descendants," n.d., 14-page typescript.
37. "'On the Freedom of Thought and Discuss' Summarized," 3 November 1954, 2-pages typed.
38. "Are Fraternities Worthwhile?" 19 November 1954, 2-page typescript.
39. "What is an Ideal University," 15 October 1954, 2-page typescript.
40. "(With no apologies to Houseman)," November, 1957, 3-page typescript. Poem on Thoreau's Walden Pond.
41. Untitled, n.d., 2-page typescript. An open letter to Thoreau.
42. "Motive and Fulfillment in two novels of Balzac," October, 1957, 3-page typescript.
43. "Human and Divine Justice in Madame Bovary," November, 1957, 3-page typescript.
44. "The Old Wive's Tale, The Man of Property, By Love Possessed: a Comparison," n.d., 8-page typescript.
45. "Theme and Ambiguity in two stories of Conrad," March, 1958. 4-page typescript.
46. "Sailor, Take Warning," n.d., 11-page typescript.
47. "Samuel Butler," n.d., 4-page typescript.
48. "Huysmans' Concept of Man in Nature," n.d., 4-page typescript.
49. "Sinclair Lewis and Babbitt," April, 1957, 6-page typescript.
50. "Paradox and Revolution," March, 1957, 6-page typescript.
51. "Franklin's Autobiography," October, 1957, 4-page typescript.
52. "What if Pearl Wasn't," 12 November, 1957, 4-page typescript.
53. "Dylan Thomas' 'Fern Hill,'" May, 1957, 4-page typescript.
54. "Henry Adams," April, 1957, 6-page typescript.
55. "Huckleberry Finn: An Analysis and Evaluation," March, 1957, 7-page typescript.
56. "The Seventh Cleopatra," n.d., 10-page typescript.
[Coexistence Review]
57. Vol. I, No. 1, "Advance Copy," 25-page mimeograph.
Vol. I, No. 1, Complete published copy, 25-page mimeograph, with cover.
Vol. I, No. 2, Complete published copy, 12-page mimeograph with 1/2-page insert. 6 pages are double-sided. "Manifesto" is signed by Larry McMurtry, Grover Lewis, and John Lewis.
3 copies of cover (same as Vol. I, No. 1) stamped "Vol. I, No. 2."
58. 21 pages of notes, manuscripts, typescripts. 4 pages are double-sided. The original cover art, 1 page.
[Note: Items #59-70 are graduate papers.]
59. "Troilus & Cressida and the War of the Theatre," n.d., 27-page typescript.
60. "Elizabethan Realism: Realistic Prose in England from 1525 to 1610," n.d., 26-page typescript.
61. "The Effectiveness of the Ode to Evening," n.d., 6-page typescript.
62. "The Divine Cloud: Contemplative Mysticism in XIVth Century England," n.d., 32-page typescript.
63. "Some Aspects of Characterization in Two Poems of Social Protest: Wynnere and Wastoure, and Piers in the Plowman," n.d., 14-page typescript.
64. "Narrative and Descriptive Elements in the Lay of Havelock," n.d., 12-page typescript.
65. "Jonson's Feud with the Poetasters," n.d., 19-page typescript.
66. "The Appropriateness of the Troilus Epilogue," n.d., 34-page typescript.
67. "Political Satire in the First Voyage of Gulliver," n.d., 5-page typescript.
68. "The Prose Style of Thomas Nashe," n.d., 22-page typescript.
69. "The Beat Academy," n.d., 29-page typescript. This essay on the literature of the early 50's was printed in Janus, March, 1960. [See item #72 below.]
70. "Ben Jonson's Feud with the Poetasters: 1599-1601," n.d. M.A. thesis at Rice University. With McMurtry's autograph corrections.
[Note: Items #71-72 are student publications.]
71. The Rice Mill, Vol.I No. 1 (Fall 1958) 5-8. Excerpts from Horseman, Pass By (in progress).
72. Janus (March 1960) 11-12; 13-15, 28-31.
11-12: "Notes on the Vassar Miller."
13-15, 28-31: "The Beat Academy." 2 copies.
73. Texas Institute of Letters. 26th Annual Meeting, Dallas, 17 February 1961. Program. McMurtry's acceptance speech. 4-page mimeograph. "One of the very, very few extant copies."
Book Collection
Call Number: Title and Publisher:
PS3563.A319 A85 1972 All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers: A Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972
PS3563.A319 A84 1988 Anything for Billy. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988
PS3563.A319 B84 1991b Buffalo Girls. London: Century, 1991
PS3563.A319 B84 1990 Buffalo Girls: A Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990 (2 copies)
PS3563.A319 C3 1982d Cadillac Jack: A Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982
PS3563.A319 C3 1982c Cadillac Jack: A Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982
PS3563.A319 C3 1982b Cadillac Jack: A Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982
PN1997.C34 M35 1984 Cantrell: Screenplay, Universal City, CA: Marstar Productions, [1984]
PS3563.A319 C66 1997 Comanche Moon: A Novel. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997 (2 copies)
PZ7.M22 Dau 1965b Daughter of the Tejas. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society Publishers, 1965
PZ7.M22 Dau 1965 Daughter of the Tejas. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society Publishers, 1965
PS3563.A319 D4 1983b The Desert Rose: A Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983
PS3563.A319 D4 1983d The Desert Rose: A Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983
PS3563.A319 D8 1999a Duane's Depressed: A Novel. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999 Advance uncorrected reader's proof
PS3563.A319 D8 1999 Duane's Depressed: A Novel. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999 (2 copies)
PS3563.A319 E94 1992 The Evening Star: A Novel. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992
PN1997.F42 M35 1976 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Screenplay. New York, N.Y: Shark Productions, 1976
PN1993.5.U6 M325 1987b Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987
PS3563.A319 F65 2004 c.2 Folly and Glory. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004
PS3563.A319 H67 1961 Horseman, Pass By. New York: Harper, 1961
PN1997.H82 R38 1963 Hud: release dialogue script, Paramount Pictures, [1963]
F391.2 .M25 1968b In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas. Austin: The Encino Press, 1968
GV1834.5 .M34 It's Always We Rambled: An Essay on Rodeo. New York: Frank Hallman, 1974
PS3563.A319 L37 1966 The Last Picture Show. New York: Dial Press, 1966
PS3563.A319 L37 1966b The Last Picture Show. New York: Dial Press, 1966
PS3563.A319 L4 1963 Leaving Cheyenne. New York: Harper & Row, 1963
PS3563.A319 L6 1985 Lonesome Dove: A Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985
PS3563.A319 L6 1985b Lonesome Dove: A Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985
PS3563.A319 M68 1970 Moving On: A Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970
PS3563.A319 Z469 2001a Paradise. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001 Advance uncorrected reader's proof
PS3563.A319 P74 1994 Pretty Boy Floyd: A Novel. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994 (2 copies)
PS3563.A319 S58 1989 Some Can Whistle: A Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989
PS3563.A319 S65 Somebody's Darling. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978
PS3563.A319 S65 1978b Somebody's Darling. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978
PS3563.A319 S7 1993 Streets of Laredo: A Novel. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993
PS3563.A319 T47 1975 Terms of Endearment: A Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975
PS3563.A319 T4718 1976 Terms of Endearment. Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1976 (Spanish)
PS3563.A319 T478 1971 Texas Is Rich in Unredeemed Dreams ..., [Austin, TX]: Encino Press, [1971?] [Broadside - housed in Posters Cabinet]
PS3563.A319 T48 1987 Texasville: A Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987
PN171.F6 T39 1991 Texfake: An Account of the Theft and Forgery of Early Texas Printed Documents. Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1991
PN171.F6 T39 1991b Texfake: An Account of the Theft and Forgery of Early Texas Printed Documents. Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1991
PS3563.A319 Z45 1997 Zeke and Ned: A Novel. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
