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Reflections on Bill Wittliff and “The Collections”

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I came to The Wittliff in October 2011, and most of my days since that time have begun with a call from Bill Wittliff. After he and Sally received honorary doctorates from Texas State In 2014, I’d always greet him with “Doctor, good morning,” and he’d reply in kind. Bill loved to check in and …

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Vintage Keystone: Sam Shepard archives illuminate the arc of creation

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(originally published Fall 2005) Editor’s note: This article has been slightly updated to reflect that Sam Shepard passed away in 2017. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Academy Award®-nominated actor Sam Shepard was not normally thought of as a “Southwesterner,” yet an extraordinary collection of his archives is held in the Wittliff Collections. “Sam is of the …

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