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Manuscripts

DeGolyer Library has over 2,500 separate manuscript collections, from single letters to large corporate archives, containing an estimated 2 million items. Significant areas of focus include western Americana, business and railroad history, literary studies, and women’s studies. Noteworthy collections include: 

Western Americana 

• Papers of John Kingsbury, trader in Santa Fe 
• The diary of from Civil War Texas 
• The letter book of General William Jackson Palmer, treasurer of the Kansas Pacific Railroad 
• The John N. Rowe and B.B. Barr Collection of Texas manuscripts and documents 

Business  

• Papers of , focused on the oil industry 
• Archives from and , a locomotive builder 
• Records related to , a capitalist and railroad builder 
• Materials from the , a railroad holding company 
• Papers of Stanley Marcus, , and   

Politics 

• Texas Congressmen and  
• , former mayor of Dallas 
• Correspondence in the Stanley Marcus papers, including letters to and from major Democratic Party figures 

Literature 

• Pulitzer Prize–winning authors Paul Horgan and  
• , book reviewer 
• , author and critic 
• , the dean of Texas sportswriters 

Archives of Women of the Southwest

The documents the historical experience of women in Dallas and Texas, and beyond to Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and the Spanish Borderlands. Established in 1993 as part of DeGolyer Library, the Archives holds collections that are important to researchers seeking to understand and document women’s roles in shaping the history of our time and the issues of the day.

The Archives of Women of the Southwest has over 200 collections that document women who settled in or traveled through the West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and 20th and 21st century women who influenced women’s roles in society and shaped the culture, arts, business, social issues, law, and politics in Texas and the Southwest.

Collections include the papers of activists, politicians, business leaders, women in healthcare, and the arts as well as a number of women’s clubs and organizations. Material includes letters, diaries, journals, speeches, photographs, scrapbooks, periodicals, oral histories, and print, audio, and video materials.

Oral History

The Ronald Davis Oral History Collection on the Performing Arts includes interviews with writers, directors, actors, producers, singers, composers, and vaudeville and burlesque performers. DeGolyer Library holds the interview transcripts. A guide to the collection is available.