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C. J. Box papers, 1988-2022
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Box, C. J.
- Title
- C. J. Box papers
- Dates
- 1988-2022 (inclusive)Date of CollectionDate of Collection
- Quantity
- 34.52 cubic ft. (40 boxes) + 4.39 GB
- Collection Number
- 13000
- Summary
- The collection contains manuscripts and other files relating to the professional writing career of C. J. Box.
- Repository
-
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu - Access Restrictions
-
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Charles James Box was a native of Wyoming and a writer of popular fiction. While working as a journalist and in the tourism business, Box wrote his first book Open Season, which was published in 2001. Open Season was the first of several books by Box that featured the character of Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett. In 2008, his stand-alone novel Blue Heaven won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Mystery Novel in 2009. Box's books have won several awards, and have been published in over twenty-five languages.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The bulk of the C. J. Box papers consist of manuscript drafts, reviews, and promotional materials related to Box’s published novels. Other materials in the collection include screenplay drafts, newspaper columns and magazine articles by Box, research files, interviews, and correspondence.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
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Restrictions on Use
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Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, C. J. Box papers, Collection 13000, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Related Materials
There are no known other archival collections created by C. J. Box at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from C. J. Box from 2010-2022.
Processing Note
The collection was processed by Matt Francis in November 2010, Emily Christopherson in February 2012, and updated by Krist Jessup in January 2018 and Jamie J. Greene in August 2020 and March 2024.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I. Manuscript drafts, 1988-2010Return to Top
Arranged alphabetically by file name. Contains manuscript drafts of Box's novels with edits, as well as screenplay drafts based on unpublished Box novels.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Book drafts - Below Zero
|
2008 |
| 7 | 1-5 | Book drafts - Big Game
|
2004 |
| 7 | 6-9 | Book drafts - Blood Trail
|
2007 |
| 1 | 2-7 | Book drafts - Blue Heaven
|
2004-2006 |
| 7 | 7-14 | Book drafts - Blue Heaven
|
2004-2005 |
| 7 | 15 | Book drafts - Cold Wind
|
2010 |
| 8 | 1 | Book drafts - Dead Meat
|
2003 |
| 1 | 8 | Book drafts - Free Fire
|
2006 |
| 2 | 1-2 | Book drafts - Free Fire
|
2006-2007 |
| 2 | 3-5 | Book drafts - In Plain Sight (Hiding in Plain
Sight/Ranch Gothic) |
2005 |
| 8 | 2-4 | Book drafts - In Plain Sight (Hide in Plain
Sight/Ranch Gothic) |
2005 |
| 2 | 6 | Book drafts - Nowhere to Run (Rampart
Mountain) |
2009 |
| 8 | 12-19 | Book drafts - Nowhere to Run
|
2009-2010 |
| 9 | 1-3 | Book drafts - Open Season
|
2001 |
| 9 | 4-7 | Book drafts - Out of Range
|
2004 |
| 2 | 7 | Book drafts - Savage Run
|
2001 |
| 10 | 1-15 | Book drafts - Savage Run
|
2001-2003 |
| Digital | ahcdm_13000_002 | Book drafts - Savage Run (3.5" floppy
disk) |
2001 May 16 |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 8 | Book drafts - A Sense of Place
|
1992 |
| 3 | 1 | Book drafts - A Sense of Place
|
1992 |
| 8 | 5-11 | Book drafts - Three Weeks To Say Goodbye (Judge
Knott) |
2007 |
| 9 | 8-14 | Book drafts - Trophy Hunt
|
2003-2004 |
| 9 | 15 | Book drafts - Wanton Destruction
|
2003 |
| 3 | 2 | Book drafts - Wild Fields
|
1988 |
| 3 | 3-7 | Book drafts - Winterkill
|
2002 |
| 4 | 1-2 | Book drafts - Winterkill
|
2002 |
| 4 | 3 | Screenplay drafts - Cowpunk (by H. T. Spetnagel,
based on an unpublished novel by C. J. Box) |
1989 |
| 4 | 4 | Screenplay drafts - Headgear (by H. T. Spetnagel,
based on an unpublished novel by C. J. Box) |
1988 |
| 4 | 5 | Screenplay drafts - Joe Pickett |
undated |
| 4 | 6 | Screenplay drafts - Wild Fields
|
1989 |
Series II. Professional and personal files, 1990-2011Return to Top
Arranged alphabetically by file name. Primarily contains reviews and promotional materials related to Box's novels and interviews with Box. Also contains other press related to Box, some research files, and correspondence.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 13 | 61st Annual One-Shot Antelope Hunt bandanna |
2004 | |
| 12 | Book - The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
(uncorrected book proof) |
1995 | |
| Folder | |||
| 11 | 30 | Book jackets |
undated |
| 13 | Buttons (promotional) |
undated | |
| Folder | |||
| 4 | 7 | Correspondence - family |
1990 |
| 4 | 8 | Correspondence - professional |
2007-2010 |
| 11 | 18 | Interview - American Cowboy
|
2008 |
| 11 | 19 | Interview - America Journal (in German) |
2008 |
| 11 | 20 | Interview - Crimespree Magazine
|
2009 |
| 11 | 21 | Interview - Great Lakes Airlines' Peaks &
Plains
|
2006 |
| 4 | 9 | Interview - Hugh Hewitt Show (DVD-R) |
2010 |
| 13 | Interview - "C.J. Box visits school, discusses writing" in
Lander Journal
|
2009 | |
| Folder | |||
| 11 | 22 | Interview - L'ours Polar (in French) |
2009 |
| 11 | 23 | Interview - Mystery News
|
2003 |
| 11 | 24 | Interview - Mystery Scene
|
2007 |
| 4 | 10 | Interview - NPR, All Things Considered - Open Season
(Audio Cassette) |
2001 |
| 11 | 25 | Interview - Rocky Mountain Writer
|
2007 |
| 11 | 26 | Interview - University of Denver
Magazine
|
2009 |
| 11 | 27 | Interview - Wyoming Homes and Living
Magazine
|
2003 |
| 11 | 28 | Interview - Wyoming Library Roundup
|
2006 |
| 4 | 11 | Interview - Wyoming Local News, CNN Headline News
(DVD-R) |
2001, 2003 |
| Digital | ahcdm_13000_003 | Interview - Wyoming Portraits, show #608 (CD) |
2014 |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 12 | Interview - Wyoming Public Radio (Audio Cassette) |
2001 |
| Digital | ahcdm_13000_004 | Interview - Wyoming Public Radio: Wyoming Stories (CD) |
2013 |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 31 | Interview - Wyoming Signatures with Chuck Box - UWTV
(VHS) |
undated |
| 9 | 18 | Miscellaneous |
2003-2010 |
| 4 | 13 | Notes - The Birth of Joe Pickett |
undated |
| 4 | 14 | Photographs - C. J. Box |
undated |
| 11 | 16 | Press - Box's books banned in school library |
2004 |
| 11 | 15 | Press - C.J. Box |
2003-2011 |
| 11 | 17 | Press - in French |
2007-2008 |
| 4 | 15 | Printed materials - appearances |
2009 |
| 11 | 29 | Printed materials - awards - Edgar Allan Poe Award |
2009 |
| 4 | 16 | Printed materials - award nominations |
2010 |
| 4 | 17 | Printed materials - miscellaneous on C. J. Box |
2009 |
| 4 | 18 | Printed materials - promotional |
circa 2009-2010 |
| 13 | RMFW Writer of the Year ribbon |
2007 | |
| Folder | |||
| 4 | 18 | Research files - cattle killings |
2009 |
| 4 | 20 | Research files - F. G. Burnett |
undated |
| 4 | 21 | Research files - Yellowstone "Zone of Death," |
circa 2005-2006 |
| 5 | 1 | Research files - Yellowstone "Zone of Death," |
circa 2005-2006 |
| 5 | 2 | Reviews and promotion - Below Zero
|
2009 |
| 11 | 1 | Reviews and promotion - Below Zero
|
2009 |
| 5 | 3 | Reviews and promotion - Blood Trail
|
2008 |
| 11 | 2 | Reviews and promotion - Blood Trail
|
2008 |
| 11 | 3 | Reviews and promotion - Blue Heaven
|
2008 |
| 11 | 4 | Reviews and promotion - C.J. Box box set |
2011 |
| 5 | 4 | Reviews and promotion - Free Fire
|
2007 |
| 11 | 5-6 | Reviews and promotion - Free Fire
|
2007 |
| 5 | 5 | Reviews and promotion - French Translations of In Plain
Sight and Free Fire
|
2009-2010 |
| 11 | 7 | Reviews and promotion - general |
undated |
| 5 | 6 | Reviews and promotion - Hook, Line, and
Sinister
|
2010 |
| 5 | 7 | Reviews and promotion - In Plain Sight
|
2006 |
| 11 | 8 | Reviews and promotion - In Plain Sight
|
2006 |
| 5 | 8 | Reviews and promotion - Nowhere to Run
|
2010 |
| 11 | 9 | Reviews and promotion - Nowhere to Run
|
2010 |
| 5 | 9-11 | Reviews and promotion - Open Season
|
2001 |
| 5 | 12 | Reviews and promotion - Out of Range
|
2005 |
| 11 | 10 | Reviews and promotion - Out of Range
|
2007 |
| 5 | 13-14 | Reviews and promotion - Savage Run
|
2002 |
| 6 | 1 | Reviews and promotion - Savage Run
|
2002 |
| 11 | 11 | Reviews and promotion - Savage Run
|
2002 |
| 13 | Reviews and promotion - Savage Run
|
undated | |
| Folder | |||
| 6 | 2 | Reviews and promotion - Three Weeks to Say
Goodbye
|
2009-2010 |
| 11 | 12 | Reviews and promotion - Three Weeks To Say
Goodbye
|
2009 |
| 6 | 3 | Reviews and promotion - Trophy Hunt
|
2004 |
| 11 | 13 | Reviews and promotion - Trophy Hunt
|
2004 |
| 13 | Reviews and promotion - Trophy Hunt
|
undated | |
| Folder | |||
| 6 | 4-5 | Reviews and promotion - Winterkill
|
2003 |
| 11 | 14 | Reviews and promotion - Winterkill
|
undated |
| Digital | ahcdm_13000_001 | Website capture - CJ Box |
September 1, 2011 |
Series III. Published works, 1992-2011Return to Top
Arranged alphabetically by file name. Contains published books, newspaper columns, and magazine articles written by Box, including foreign translations of many of his novels.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 12 | Book - Cold Wind (signed copy) |
2011 | |
| 12 | Book - foreign translations of various Box novels |
2003-2010 | |
| Folder | |||
| 6 | 6 | Book - Montana, Wyoming, & Idaho: Travel
Smart,
|
1998 |
| 12 | Book - Reader's Digest Select Editions (includes
Blue Heaven) |
2007 | |
| 12 | Book - Three Weeks To Say Goodbye
|
2009 | |
| Folder | |||
| 9 | 16 | Magazine article - "Pro & Con: The Advantages of Outlining"
in The Writer's Guide to Fiction
|
2008 |
| 9 | 17 | Magazine article - "Outlining: Why I Love It" in The
Writer
|
2003 |
| 6 | 7-8 | Newspaper columns - Daily Times (Rawlins,
WY) |
1992-1998 |
| 6 | 9 | Newspaper columns - Wyoming State Journal (Lander,
WY) |
1995 |
Additional Container ListsReturn to Top
The American Heritage Center is in the process of converting its older container lists to a more accessible format. These links are to container lists for boxes 14-40.
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 14-26 | ||
| 27 | ||
| 28-32 | ||
| 33 | ||
| 33 | ||
| 34-36 | ||
| 37-38 | ||
| Folder | ||
| Digital | ahcdm_13000_005 | |
| 39-40 and Digital | ahcdm_13000_006-007 | |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- American fiction--21st century.
- Mystery fiction--21st century.
- Pickett, Joe (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
- Western fiction--21st century.
Geographical Names
- Wyoming--Fiction.
Occupations
- Authors.
Processed by Matt Francis in November 2010 and Emily Christopherson in February 2012
2012
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