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The McMurtry Collection at the UNT Libraries 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. In addition to manuscripts, the Collection also consists of published first editions, most signed by McMurtry

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Marked by McMurtry as "Draft #2."

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Marked by McMurtry as "Draft #4."

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The final draft, containing the handwritten instructions of Harper & Bros.

Scope and Contents Subject: The funeral. 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...

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Subject: The funeral, incomplete

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Subject: The funeral, incomplete.

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Subejct: The funeral, with extensive handwritten notes and corrections.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The McMurtry Collection at the UNT Libraries 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. In addition to manuscripts, the Collection also consists of published first editions, most signed by McMurtry

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16 pages (4 1/2-page typescript, 11 1/2-page manuscript).

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With handwritten corrections. (2 page 10's).

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The McMurtry Collection at the UNT Libraries 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. In addition to manuscripts, the Collection also consists of published first editions, most signed by McMurtry

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An early, formal and detailed outline.

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Subject: loss of the cattle.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The McMurtry Collection at the UNT Libraries 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. In addition to manuscripts, the Collection also consists of published first editions, most signed by McMurtry

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These two pages are written on the back of mimeographed pages from the first Coexistence Review.

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On back: "Cemetery Ridge Blues," a poem, typed.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The McMurtry Collection at the UNT Libraries 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. In addition to manuscripts, the Collection also consists of published first editions, most signed by McMurtry

Scope and Contents 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...

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13-page typescript, the funeral section attached to the above letter (item #18).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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With Harper & Brothers' handwritten printing instructions.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The McMurtry Collection at the UNT Libraries 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. In addition to manuscripts, the Collection also consists of published first editions, most signed by McMurtry