Journalism

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This series includes notes, drafts, and correspondence for a play titled Boot (early working title, “Blown Away: A Play in Two Acts.”) The play takes place in a bunker in Vietnam and focuses on three marines: Crockett, Dupree, and Mills, joined by a new recruit they nickname “Boot.” The plot follows the young men as they try to cope with the realities of war.

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Materials are organized by the work and arranged chronologically. Contents and size of materials for each book vary widely. The largest series, Trust Me and Down By the River, contain large amounts of research files. Street Signs Chicago contains correspondence between Bowden and the Houlberg-Kreinberg family.

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Manuscripts, media, and some correspondence.

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Manuscripts, media, and some correspondence.

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Subject files, audio-visual materials, and notebooks. Note that research is included with publications, where possible.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Folders are grouped by publication and arranged chronologically. Folders vary widely in content and extent. Some folders contain only the published article, while others include correspondence, notes, research, drafts, and proofs, to varying degrees. The bulk of materials can be found in the Arizona Highways (mainly published articles), City Magazine, Harper's, ...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This addition to the Charles Bowden archives includes complete manuscripts of Café Blood Some of the Dead are Still Breathing: Living in the Future, Exodus, Trinity, Inferno, Dreamland: The Way Out of Juarez, Fire In The Earth, Miss Sinaloa, Bowden Reader, Torch Song, and other articles featured in G. Q. Magazine and National Geographic. Other materials include a complete file of his book, magazine, and movie contracts; tax information; hand-written reporting notebooks; research and...

Series Description From the Series: The second series consists of media coverage of the Branch Davidian standoff near Waco and the events that followed. Within this series are three sub-series: Lee Hancock Articles, Other Media Coverage, and Press Releases. The Lee Hancock Articles sub-series contains clippings and photocopies of articles written by Lee Hancock for the Dallas Morning News along with a few articles written by others. The Other Media Coverage sub-series consists of news coverage...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Materials are organized by the work and arranged chronologically. Contents and size of materials for each book vary widely. The largest series, Trust Me and Down By the River, contain large amounts of research files. Street Signs Chicago contains correspondence between Bowden and the Houlberg-Kreinberg family.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Materials are organized by the work and arranged chronologically. Contents and size of materials for each book vary widely. The largest series, Trust Me and Down By the River, contain large amounts of research files. Street Signs Chicago contains correspondence between Bowden and the Houlberg-Kreinberg family.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Materials are organized by the work and arranged chronologically. Contents and size of materials for each book vary widely. The largest series, Trust Me and Down By the River, contain large amounts of research files. Street Signs Chicago contains correspondence between Bowden and the Houlberg-Kreinberg family.

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Materials in this series were previously restricted. They include one posthumously published work, The Red Caddy, and several monograph-length and shorter pieces. Also included is poetry and research for the Guggenheim Fellowship and research on Native American history.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers of literary journalist Charles Bowden document his prolific career covering topics including the Arizona desert and environmental protection, corruption in politics, and drugs and violence along the U.S.­–Mexico border, especially in Juárez. The collection measures 50 linear feet, and is arranged into the following sixteen series: 1) Education, 2) Writing-Newspapers, 3) Writing-Magazine & Freelance, 4) Writing-Monographs, 5) Writing-Unpublished and posthumously published, 6)...

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The papers of literary journalist, Charles Bowden, documents his prolific career covering topics ranging from nature to the turbulent U.S./Mexican border.

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Charles "Chuck" Bowden (1945-2014), literary journalist, was born outside of Chicago and raised in Tucson, Arizona, where he lived until 2009. He passed away in 2014. The papers of Charles Bowden document his prolific career covering topics including nature, political corruption, and the turbulent U.S. ­– Mexico border region.

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Manuscripts, media, and some correspondence.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers of literary journalist Charles Bowden document his prolific career covering topics including the Arizona desert and environmental protection, corruption in politics, and drugs and violence along the U.S.­–Mexico border, especially in Juárez. The collection measures 50 linear feet, and is arranged into the following sixteen series: 1) Education, 2) Writing-Newspapers, 3) Writing-Magazine & Freelance, 4) Writing-Monographs, 5) Writing-Unpublished and posthumously published, 6)...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Materials are organized by the work and arranged chronologically. Contents and size of materials for each book vary widely. The largest series, Trust Me and Down By the River, contain large amounts of research files. Street Signs Chicago contains correspondence between Bowden and the Houlberg-Kreinberg family.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Materials are organized by the work and arranged chronologically. Contents and size of materials for each book vary widely. The largest series, Trust Me and Down By the River, contain large amounts of research files. Street Signs Chicago contains correspondence between Bowden and the Houlberg-Kreinberg family.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This addition to the Charles Bowden archives includes complete manuscripts of Café Blood Some of the Dead are Still Breathing: Living in the Future, Exodus, Trinity, Inferno, Dreamland: The Way Out of Juarez, Fire In The Earth, Miss Sinaloa, Bowden Reader, Torch Song, and other articles featured in G. Q. Magazine and National Geographic. Other materials include a complete file of his book, magazine, and movie contracts; tax information; hand-written reporting notebooks; research and...