Journalism

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

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Many folders include correspondence, published essays, research, and other materials as noted.

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, Writings, documents Fowler’s career as a journalist. Subseries are World War II, Vietnam War, Humor, John Connally Assassination Attempt, Crime and Safety, and Boating. Each subseries contains clippings and columns by Fowler, including his “Vietnam Diary,” a special insert for the Dallas Morning News on February 27, 1966. Other items of note include articles on journalist Ernie Pyle, clippings documenting Fowler’s trip to Vietnam with Texas businessman H. Ross Perot,...

Series Description From the Series: The second series, Writings, documents Fowler’s career as a journalist. Subseries are World War II, Vietnam War, Humor, John Connally Assassination Attempt, Crime and Safety, and Boating. Each subseries contains clippings and columns by Fowler, including his “Vietnam Diary,” a special insert for the Dallas Morning News on February 27, 1966. Other items of note include articles on journalist Ernie Pyle, clippings documenting Fowler’s trip to Vietnam with Texas businessman H. Ross Perot,...

Abstract

Journalist and chili enthusiast Wick Fowler (1909-1972) was born Homer Thomas Wilson Fowler in Big Sandy, Texas and grew up in Victoria, Texas. The Wick Fowler papers span 1944-1991 (bulk dates: 1944-1945, 1965-1978) and document Fowler’s journalism work as well as the Chili Appreciation Society International and Fowler’s 2-Alarm Chili product.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...