Journalism

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: 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sixteen series: 1) Education, 2) Writing-Newspapers, 3) Writing-Magazine & Freelance, 4) Writing-Monographs, 5) Writing-Unpublished and posthumously published, 6)...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 largest series, Chili, documents the chili cook-off in Terlingua, the Chili Appreciation Society International, and Wick Fowler’s 2-Alarm Chili product, and contains articles and clippings, a scrapbook, promotional materials, photographic materials, and artifacts. Note that the while the scrapbook largely contains Chili-related clippings, awards, posters, advertisements, and a draft by Fowler, it also contains articles by Fowler on World War II, the Vietnam War, crime, and boating.

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series: 1) Education, 2) Writing-Newspapers, 3) Writing-Magazine & Freelance, 4) Writing-Monographs, 5) Writing-Unpublished and posthumously published, 6)...

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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...

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Materials on grants and radio scripts that were not accepted, as well as an article pitch and letters of reference for awards.

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.

Series Description From the Series: The fifth series consists of documents on lawsuit srelated to the events at Waco. Included in this series are documents on civil litigations, the McNamara media leak charge, David T. Hardy vs. FBI and ATF, Fifth Estate Productions, Inc. vs. Michael J. McNulty, the Bill Johnston lawsuit,and the 2000 civil trial. The “Waco-Depositions/Depo Excerpts” folder related to the 2000 civil trial includes eight 3 ½-inch floppy disks that are supposed to have copies of the documents within the...

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, ...

Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: This series contains records requested by Lee Hancock under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a folder on the protocol for a FLIR imagery trial by Vector Data Systems, and the United States General Accounting Office report on military assistance during the standoff. Also included in this series is the briefing of Dr. Igor Smirnov, recorded on VHS,on the possibility of using Russian psychotherapeutics to encourage the Branch Davidians to surrender at Mount Carmel. A viewing copy on DVD...

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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.

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Includes family audio-visual materials, and university coursework.

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: 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.

Series Description From the Series:

This series contains research materials, notes, scripts, and correspondence for a number of film projects that have not been produced. Arranged alphabetically by working title, these projects include: “Baa Baa Black Sheep”, “Earth Angel” (a.k.a. “Huey and the War Lover”), “Hard Rock: There Are No limits,” “R&R,” “Terrible Beauty: Stories From a War,” and an untitled baseball project.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Materials on grants and radio scripts that were not accepted, as well as an article pitch and letters of reference for awards.