Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

All items included in the collection are personal papers or artifacts from Michael Rodriguez’s literary career.

Series Description From the Series:

This series contains documents pertaining to Flynn’s novels North to Yesterday, In the House of Our Lord, and The Last Klick. Also included in this series are materials related to Flynn’s published memoir A Personal War in Vietnam. Included are various draft typescripts, galleys, and plate proofs.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

All items included in the collection are personal papers or artifacts from Michael Rodriguez’s literary career.

Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: The bulk of the Magazine Series relates to Texas Monthly. Broyles was the founding editor of the magazine and served in that role until 1980. Correspondence, Subject Files, Administrative Records, and Issue Files comprise this series. Correspondence (boxes 15-31) is arranged chronologically, with a few notable exceptions: correspondence between Executive Editor, Greg Curtis and other individuals are separate (box 19), as are query letters sent to Broyles (boxes 20-21), Roar of...

Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: 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...

Sub-Series Description

In 1993, Broyles adapted the Nigel Hamilton novel, J.F.K.: Reckless Youth for television. The mini-series of the same names follows the future president during his formative first thirty years and stars Patrick Dempsey as the young J.F.K. Notebooks, script drafts, and correspondence document Broyles’ work on the teleplay.

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:

This series is comprised of material relating to Flynn’s play Journey to Jefferson. Documents include a typescript draft of the play and various play programs.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

All items included in the collection are personal papers or artifacts from Michael Rodriguez’s literary career.

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,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

All items included in the collection are personal papers or artifacts from Michael Rodriguez’s literary career.

Series Description From the Series:

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.

Freelance Work (boxes 82-84)

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.

Series Description

This series documents Broyles’ leadership and involvement in a number of prominent magazines including Texas Monthly, New West/California, Newsweek, and Cable Guide. There is also material relating to several of Broyles’s magazine freelance projects. The series is arranged by magazine.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

All items included in the collection are personal papers or artifacts from Michael Rodriguez’s literary career.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

All items included in the collection are personal papers or artifacts from Michael Rodriguez’s literary career.

Series Description From the Series:

¼ inch reel-to-reel tapes

Series Description From the Series:

There are six photos in all in this series. There are two photos of Michael Rodriguez in Vietnam. The next photo is a photo of Rodriguez by Scott Schrader. The next two photos are color photos taken in Vietnam. The final photo is a photo of the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial in Washington D.C.

Scope and Contents

Includes memory of Fowler, page 22

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

All items included in the collection are personal papers or artifacts from Michael Rodriguez’s literary career.