Journalism

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

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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.

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...

Sub-Series Description Broyles served as editor-in-chief of New West / California from 1980-1982, and correspondence, administrative files, and issue files document his involvement with the magazine. The correspondence series is arranged alphabetically and includes letters from fellow administrators such as magazine president Ted Siff, as well as many authors including Gary Cartwright, Harry Hurt, III, Larry L. King, Ben Stein, and Richard West. Administrative Files is comprised of meeting files, notes, idea...

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sixteen series: 1) Education, 2) Writing-Newspapers, 3) Writing-Magazine & Freelance, 4) Writing-Monographs, 5) Writing-Unpublished and posthumously published, 6)...

Freelance Work (boxes 82-84) From the Sub-Series:

In addition to his employment at several prominent magazines, Broyles frequently contributed articles to other publications through freelance work. This series includes drafts of articles and correspondence relating to work done for American Heritage, Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, New York Times, Reader’s Digest, Texas Monthly, and U.S. News and World Report.

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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.

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...

Series Description From the Series: The first series includes documents related to varioussiege and standoff incidents. The majority of documents are news releases and articles. Included in this series is the May 13, 1985 siege of the MOVE organization’s house in West Philadelphia that ended in the bombing of the house by police later the same day; the May 17, 1974 LAPD and Symbionese Liberation Army shootout(located in the same file as the MOVE documents); prison riots in Atlanta, Georgia in November 1987and in Talladega,...

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,...

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Various clippings and newspapers collected by Fowler.

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Contains obituaries, newspaper articles on Fowler, and photographic materials.

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Contains obituaries, newspaper articles on Fowler, and photographic materials.

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.

Sub-Series Description Broyles was appointed editor-in-chief of Newsweek from 1982-1984. Correspondence, editorial files, speeches, and subject files document his leadership of this magazine. General correspondence is arranged chronologically, followed by alphabetical correspondence files for individuals such as Jonathan Alter, Katherine Graham, Peter McGrath, Richard West, and George Will. Also within the Newsweek series are speeches Broyles made while serving as editor-in-chief. Included are his remarks at the...

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: 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, ...

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These files contain documents produced by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and its agencies, the FBI and the Hostage Rescue Team (HRT). The bulk of documents are FBI documents, including major event and monitor logs, negotiations between the FBI and Mount Carmel occupants, interviews and statements of those involved in the events, and VHS tapes of Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) recordings of April 19, 1993.

Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

These files contain documents produced by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and its agencies, the FBI and the Hostage Rescue Team (HRT). The bulk of documents are FBI documents, including major event and monitor logs, negotiations between the FBI and Mount Carmel occupants, interviews and statements of those involved in the events, and VHS tapes of Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) recordings of April 19, 1993.