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There are also exploratory notes, step outlines, cast and set lists, rehearsal and shooting schedules, correspondence, publicity, and reviews. In additon, there is material relating to ideas and proposals for books, motion pictures, and televison by Hamner that were not produced or published. This series also includes information on Walton's Mountain Museum, located in Hamner's hometown of Schuyler, Virginia. This series is organized alphabetically by name of the work. Complete bound sets of final scripts for  Apple's Way  and  The Waltons  are located in Special Collections.\n","The collection contains books in hard copy that were written by Hamner, including  The Avocado Drive Zoo, Fifty Roads to Town, Generous Women, Good Night John-Boy, The Homecoming, Odette: A Goose of Toulouse, Spencer's Mountain,  and  You Can't Get There From Here.  There are foreign language versions of some of the works. Also, there are copies of books in which Hamner contributed stories or essays. 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