III. Literary Productions,1923-1958, 1923-1958

Manuscript material in handwritten and typescript form, notes and note cards, publishers' proofs and reprints, correspondence, ephemeral printed material, research materials including transcriptions and translations of archival documents, and photographs make up Castañeda's files relating to his literary productions.

Manuscripts by Castañeda includes drafts of published works; unpublished and incomplete works; public addresses; occasionally, printed versions of essays; publishers' galleys; and associated notes and correspondence. The subseries include Essays, Addresses, and Incomplete Manuscripts; a subseries devoted entirely to Our Catholic Heritage in Texas; and Miscellaneous and Unidentified Items. Castañeda did not sign all his works, and his files included some writings by other authors, which were separated to the series of Collected Materials. Though the works in the first subseries all appear to be by Castañeda, it is possible that the following list includes unsigned works by others. Our Catholic Heritage in Texasis a large subseries, with many drafts, in some cases, for each volume. Included in this subseries are some research materials used for volume VII of the work. The Miscellaneous and Unidentified Manuscripts includes a number of short manuscripts in outline form, which may be notes for papers, addresses, classroom lectures, or possibly are research notes. In 1943, when Castañeda was working for the Fair Employment Practices Commission, the Texas Historical Commission of the Knights of Columbus employed Rev. Raymond J. Clancy to write the volume. The papers include some material created by Clancy before leaving the project in 1946, as well as notes and correspondence created by Rev. James P. Gibbons, Castañeda's editor during preparation of the volume.