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* Indicates from the collection of Alan V. Miller

  Abbott, Teddy "Blue". We pointed them north: recollections of a cowpuncher / Teddy "Blue" Abbott. Chicago, IL: Lakeside Press, 1991. 395 p.

* Abernethy, F.E. "The elusive Emily D. West, folksong's fabled ‘Yellow Rose of Texas'." p.319-329. In 2001: a Texas folklore odyssey / Francis Edward Abernethy, editor ; Shannon R. Thompson, assistant editor. Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 2001. 354 p.

According to Sam Houston, during the battle of San Jacinto, the Mexican General Santana was "closeted" in his tent with a mulatto indentured servant, named Emily West. "The Yellow Rose of Texas," first published in 1858, was a minstrel song sung by black-faced men. The women mentioned in the song is not the same Emily West / Emily Morgan.

  Abernethy, F. E. J. Frank Dobie / F. E. Abernethy. Austin, TX: Steck-Valughn, 1967. 52 p. (Southern writers series, no.1)

* Abernethy, F. E. "Longino Guerrero's corrido on J. Frank Dobie." p.197-200. In Corners of Texas. Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy ; Carolyn Fiedler Satterwhite, assistant editor. Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 1993. 295 p.

Lonnie Guerrero's 1965 corrido (song) is published in Spanish and English.

  Abernethy, Francis Edward. Singin' Texas / F. E. Abernethy. Dallas, TX: E-Heart Press, 1983.

  Across the great divide: cultures of masculinity in the American West. Edited by Matthew Basso, Laura McCall and Dee Garceau. New York: Routledge, 2000.

See: "cross-dressing cowboys."

"Hello: dropping you a line from West Texas Hope you're not surprised." Chicago: Curteich, 1939. D-5655 Distributors: Amarillo, TX.: McCormick Co.

  Acuff, Roy; Neely, William. Roy Acuff's Nashville: the life and good times of country music / Roy Acuff and William Neely. New York: Perigee Books, 1983. 208 p. Ill. Little content.

  Adams, James Barton. Breezy western verse / James Barton Adams. Denver, CO: Post Printing Co., 1889.

See: "At a cowboy dance" p.103-104.

* Adams, Julie. "Earth: sky." El Palacio (Santa Fe, NM). 35 (3/4): 32, July 19-26, 1933. Reprinted in issue 35(17/18): 159, October 25 – November 1, 1933.

* Adams, Julie. "In the hills / Mountain cry." El Palacio (Santa Fe, NM). 35(17/18): 160, October 25 – November 1, 1933.

* Adams, Julie. "Man with frowning brow." El Palacio (Santa Fe, NM). 35(3/4): 31, July 19-26, 1933.

* Adams, Julie. "River song / Mountain cry." El Palacio (Santa Fe, NM). 35(3/4): 23, July 19-26, 1933. 2 Poems. "River song" was reprinted in issue 35(17/18): 158, October 25 – November 1, 1933.

  Adams, Ramon (1889-1976). The Adam's 150: a checklist of 150 most important books on western outlaws and lawyers / Ramon Adams. Austin, TX: Jenkins Pub., 1976. 91 p.

  Adams, Ramon F. The best of the American cowboy / Ramon Adams. Illustrated by Nick Eggenhofer. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1957. 289 p.

  Adams, Ramon F. Burs under the saddle: a second look at books and histories of the West / Ramon Adams. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961.

* Adams, Ramon F. "Charlie Russell was more than an artist." Persimmon Hill. 2(2): 8-15, [1972]. On Russell's unpublished poems.

  Adams, Ramon F. The cowboy dictionary: the chin jaw words and whing-ding ways of the American West / Ramon Adams. New York : Perigee Books, 1993; New York: Berkley, 1994. 355 p.

"W6LRD Leonard Leyrer 567 Sanchez St. San Francisco, Cal." San Francisco, CA: [W6LRD], c1936.

   Adams, Ramon F. More burs under the saddle: books and histories of the West / Ramon F. Adams. Foreword by Wayne Gard. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1979.

*  Adams, Ramon F. More burs under the saddle: books and histories of the West / Ramon F. Adams. Forewords by Wayne Gard and William W. Savage, Jr. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989, c1979. 182 p. First paperback printing.

* Adams, Ramon F. The rampaging herd: a bibliography of books and pamphlets on men and events in the cattle industry / Ramon Adams. Cleveland, OH: John T. Zubal, 1982, c1959. 463 p. Reprint of 1959 issue, with permission of University of Oklahoma Press.

See: Lomax, John Avery.

"W7JID: Lovell, Wyoming." Lovell,, WY: [W7JID], c1948.

  Adams, Ramon F. "Singin' cowboy." Southwest Review. 31: 170-173, 1946.

* Adams, Ramon F. Six-guns and saddle leather: bibliography of books and pamphlets of western outlaws and gunmen / Ramon Adams. New edition, rev. and enlarged. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, c1954. 426 p.

  Adams, Ramon F. Six-guns and saddle leather: bibliography of books and pamphlets of western outlaws and gunmen / Ramon Adams. New edition, rev. and enlarged. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1969, c1946.

  Adams, Ramon F. Six-guns and saddle leather: bibliography of books and pamphlets of western outlaws and gunmen / Ramon Adams. New York: Dover, 1998. 426 p.

  Adams, Ramon F. Western words: a dictionary of the American West / Ramon Adams. New edition, rev. and enlarged. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968, c1946.

  Adams, Ramon F. Western words: a dictionary of the range, cow camp and trail / Ramon Adams. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1944.

"Lots of queer sights in the West." Denver, CO: N. N. Tammen, [1908]. 981

  Adams, Walter. The dead lie down / Walter Adams. Dallas, TX: Kaleidograph Press, 1934.

* Agay, Denes. Best loved songs of the American people / Denes Agay. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1975. 403 p.

See: "Red River Valley," "The cowboy's lament," "Home on the range," "The yellow rose of Texas."

  Agatha, Mary. Texas prose writing / Mary Agatha. Dallas, TX: Banks Upshaw, 1936.

  Agnew, Franklin H. The lay of a summer's day / Franklin H. Agnew. Los Angeles, CA: Faun Press, 1933.

"W9SAZ: Rolland L. Barnes, OP." Boulder, CO: Rolland L. Barnes, [1946].

* Ainsworth, Ed. The cowboy in art / Edward Ainsworth. New York: Bonanza Books, 1968. 242 p.

See: "A heritage of western songs" p.42, John W. Hilton's "The last bonanza," and Emil (Aim) Morhardt's "My ranch."

  Albertini, Virgil R. "Annual bibliography of studies in Western American literature." Western American Literature. 29(4): 305-322, 1995.

  Alderson, William L. "The days of '49: reprise." Northwest Folklore. 1: 5-10, 1965.

  Alderson, William L. "On the Wobby 'Casey Jones' and other songs." California Folklore Quarterly. 1: 373-376, 1942.

* Aldridge, Reginald. Ranch notes in Kansas, Colorado, the Indian Territory and Northern Texas / Reginald Aldridge. London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1884. 227 p. Ill.

Signed by the author; two reviews pasted in. Songs material on p.159, sung to "Pirates of Penzance."

  Alexander, Kent. Legends of the old West: trailblazers, desperadoes, wranglers, and yard-spinners / Kent Alexander. New York: Friedman, 1994.

"It beats everything." "It beats everything How people will borrow trouble When they might just as well Borrow something worth while." New York: Bergman, [1912]. Series 6110

* "Alice Corbin: an appreciation." Edited by Witter Bynner and Oliver LaFarge. The New Mexico Quarterly Review. 19(1): 34-79, Spring 1949.

Contributions from Bynner, George Dillon, John Gould Fletcher, Carl Sandburg, Padraic Colum, Ruth Laughlin, Haniel Long, Spud Johnson, and La Farge.

   Allan, Francis D. Allan's Lone Star ballads: a collection of southern patriotic songs, made during Confederate times / Francis D. Allan. Galveston, TX: J.D. Sawyer, 1874.

* Allan, Francis D. Allan's Lone Star ballads: a collection of southern patriotic songs, made during Confederate times. Compiled and revised by Francis D. Allan. New York: Lenox Hill Pub. Co.(Burt Franklin), 1970. 200 p. Reprint of 1874 edition.

  Allen, Bob. "Roy Acuff on exhibit." Journal of Country Music. 10(1): 40-46, 1985. "I never was a sissy or a pretty boy."

  Allen, John Houghton. Song to Randado / John Houghton Allen. Dallas, TX: Kaleidograph Press, 1935.

"K9BQW: Lansing, Illinois, U.S.A." Lansing, IL: G.J. (Pappy) Dixon, [c1958].

* Allen, Jules V. (1883- ). Cowboy lore / Jules Verne Allen. Illustrated by Ralph J. Pereida. San Antonio, TX: Naylor Printing, 1933. 3^rd printing. 165 p.

Jules Verne Allen "The Singing Cowboy"; see: "Songs of the range" p.63-165.

  Allen, Jules V. Cowboy lore / Jules Verne Allen. Illustrated by Ralph J. Pereida. San Antonio, TX: Naylor Printing, 1971, 1950, c1933. 165 p.

See: "Songs of the range" p.63-165.

   Allen, Jules V. Cowboy songs sung by Longhorn Luke and His Cowboys / Jules Verne Allen. San Antonio, TX: Clegg Company, 193-. Sponsored by the Republic Portland Cement Company.

* Allen, Maurice (Mauritius). Mixed cargo / Maurice Allen. San Diego, CA: The Torrey Pine Press, 1931. 175 p. Inscribed to Willard E. Hawkins

* Allen, Steve. Wry on the rocks / Steve Allen. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1956. 177 p.

See: "Desert poppies" and "Carlsbad Caverns"; little content.

"I have an aim in life." "I have an aim in life: I want to make my mark In this old world." New York: Bergman, [1912]. Series 6109

  "Along the Colorado trail." Adapted by Carl Sandburg, new words and arrangement by Lee Hays. New York: Folkways Music Publishers, 1950.

  Alverson, Margaret Blake. Sixty years of California song / Margaret Blake Alverson. Oakland, CA: M. V. Alverson, 1913.

  Aly, Lucile F. John G. Neidhardt: a critical biography / Lucile F. Aly. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1977. 307 p. (Melville studies in American culture, vol.7)

See chapter 3 "The beginnings: the song of Hugh Glass, 1912-1915. "Their relationship [between Hugh Glass and the younger Jamie], modeled on the Platonic, has elements of the adoptive father-son, with hero-worship on Jamie's side, protectiveness on Hugh's. Neidhardt does not skirt the homosexual implications inevitably put on the friendship by cynics in the party ... The friendship belongs to the faithful-friends tradition necessary to the theme of betrayal, and the authenticity of the love controls the destiny of both men."

  Aly, Lucile. "John G. Neidhardt as speaker and reader." PhD dissertation. University of Missouri, 1959.

* Aly, Lucile F. "The word-sender: John G. Neidhardt and his audiences." Quarterly Journal of Speech. 43(2): 151-154, April 1957.

  Aly, Lucile F. "Trappers and Indians -- Neihardt's short stories." p.72-84. In A sender of words: essays in memory of John G. Neihardt. Edited by Vine Deloria, Jr. Salt Lake City, UT; Chicago, IL: Howe Brothers, 1984.

  America in the Southwest. Edited by T.M. Pearce and Telfair Hendon. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1933. 346 p.

"I'd go to the North Pole." "I'd go to the North Pole for this, But I don't have to." New York: Bergman, 1912. 6203

* American ballads: naughty, ribald and classic. Compiled by Charles O'Brien Kennedy with the assistance of David Jordan. New York: Red Seal Books; Gold Metal Books (Fawcett Publications), 1952. 285 p.

See: "Bury me not on the lone prairie" p.115; "Roy Bean" p.115; "The lily of the West" p.143; "Root hog or die" p.144; "Frankie and Johnnie" p.147; "The Oregon trail" p.189; "Out where the West begins" p.224; "The death of Jesse James" p.240; "The end of the trail" p.242; "The men of the Alamo" p.268.

  American ballads and folk songs. Compiled by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax. With foreword by George Lyman Kittredge. New York: Macmillan, 1934. 625 p. 16th printing, 1962.

See: "Cowboy songs", p.375-418.

  The American cowboy. Edited by Lonn Taylor and Ingred Maar. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, American Folklife Center, 1983.

  American Cowboy Poet Magazine. Eagle, Idaho. c1993-

* American cowboy songs. Edited by Hugo Frey. Enlarged edition. New York: Robbins Music, 1936. 96 p.

  American popular songs from the Revolutionary War to the present. Edited by David Ewen. New York: Random House, 1966.

* America singing: a yearly book of verse. Edited by Loring Eugene Williams. Cleveland, OH: America Singing, [1935]. Signed by Edeth Harrington, a contributor from Colorado. 96 p. “This book is dedicated to the poets of our great Northwest.”

  Ames, Russell. The story of American folk song / Russell Ames. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1955.

"Whoa! Stopping to say - Hello!" Busy person's correspondence card: check items desired. [U.S.A.]: np, [c1952]. 314 / K4212

* Andrus, Karl; Andrus, Milton. Give 'em more rope / Karl Andrus and Milton Andrus. Las Animas, CO: Las Animas Leader, 1937. [14 p.]  

  Angell, Ruth Speer. "Background of some Texas cowboy songs." M.A. thesis, Columbia University, 1937.

* Annual bibliography of studies in Western American literature. Edited by Thomas Austenfeld. Springfield, MO: Drury College, [1995].

* Anthology of poetry by Oklahoma writers. Guthrie, OK: Co-operative Publishing, 1935. 153 p. Includes poems by Charity Ellis and inscribed by her.

  Appelgate, Frank G. Indian stories from the pueblos / Frank G. Appelgate. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, 1932.

* Archer, Lou Ella. Canyon shadows / Lou Ella Archer. Illustrated by Lillian Wilhelm Smith. Los Angeles, CA: Times-Mirror Press, 1931. 33 p.

Contents: Temple of Sinawava; Court of the patriarchs; Quiet roads; Dusk; Zion Canyon; The narrows; To an artist; Bryce Canyon; Dawn at Bryce Canyon; The silent city; The phantom cave; To a cliff dwilling; From Grand Canyon Lodge; The Temple of the Sun; Toreva; Walnut Canyon cliff dwellings; Seven Palms; Shadow of the hill; Kin-do-clish; El Morro; The desert after rain; Puyé; Pecos; Montezuma's castle; Apache Trail.

  Archer, Lou Ella. Sonnets of the southwest / Lou Ella Archer. Los Angeles, CA: Times-Mirror Press, 1930. 33 p.

  Archer, Lou Ella. Sonnets of the southwest / Lou Ella Archer. 2nd ed. Illustrated by George Egbert Burr. Los Angeles, CA: Times-Mirror Press, 1931. 33 p.

* Arizona brags. Collected by Oren Arnold; illustrated by Leigh St. John. Phoenix, AR: Bargeo Press, 1947. [48 p.]

See poems: Minnie J. Hardy "Arizona"; Edgar Kennison "Night in Arizona"; C.O. Brown "Arizona ... 4000 BC"; Ernest Douglas "Belle of Bumble Bee."

"I can sure throw the bull." C.T. Time Saver Comics. Chicago: Curt Teich and Co., [c1952]. (C.T. Art-Colortone) C-790

  Arizona in literature. Edited by Mary G. Boyer. Glendale, CA: A.H. Clark, 1934.

  The Arkansas traveller's songster. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1863.

  Armstrong, Ruth W. "Voice of the southwest." Arizona Highways. July 1953, p.30-33.

  Arnold, Oren; Hale, J.P. Hot irons: heraldry of the range / Oren Arnold and J.P. Hale. New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1972, c1940.

"Rough & ready, sober & steady, dat`s me sure." New York: Bergman, 1912. 6204 Wall 6204

 * Ashley, Carlos. That spotted sow and other hill country ballads / Carlos Ashley. Illustrated by Harold D. Bugbee. Austin, TX; Steck Co., 1949, c1941. 63 p.

  Austin, Mary Hunter (1868-1934). The American rhythm / Mary Austin. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1923.

See biography by Ester F. Lanigan.

  Austin, Mary. The children sing in the far West / Mary Austin. New York; Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. 167 p.

  Austin, Mary. Earth horizon / Mary Austin. New York; Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1932. 381 p.

"Believe me, these are the bare (bear) facts." Time Saver Easy Correspondence Card. Milwaukee, WI: E.C. Kroop Co., [c1936]. 15381W62

* Austin, Mary. Literary America, 1903-1934: the Mary Austin letters. Edited by T.M. Pearce. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1979. 296 p. (Contributions in women's studies, n.5)

See: "V - Early Santa Fe interests" p.169-216.

  Austin, Mary. "Litany for New Mexico." Poetry nd

  Austin, Mary; Muir, John. Writing the Western landscape / Mary Austin and John Muir. Edited by Ann Zwinger. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1994.

  Autry, Gene; Herskowitz, Mickey. Back in the saddle again / Gene Autry and Mickey Herskowitz. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978.

  Autry, Gene. Rhymes of the range / Gene Autry. New York: np, 1933.

  Averitte, Ruth. Cowboy over Kiska / Ruth Averitte. Dallas, TX: Avalon Press, [1945]. [46 p.]

  Averitte, Ruth. Salute to dawn / Ruth Averitte. Dallas, TX: Tardy, 1936.

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