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Humor

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 137 Collections and/or Records:

John Connally assassination attempt, 1963-1965

 Sub-Series
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,...
Dates: 1963-1965

Last (sixth) Revision of manuscript with needed corrections noted. For Texas State University. “Texas Laughter: A Chronicle of Sixteen Humorists, 1836-2000”

 Item — Box 11, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series: The second series, Manuscript, contains notes related to Schultz’s unpublished book, “Texas laughter: A Chronicle of Sixteen Humorists, 1836-2000.” It includes the original handwritten manuscript, revisions and drafts, drafts of a “postscript” that was not included in the final manuscript, and an incomplete index of the manuscript on note cards. Schultz completed his manuscript draft around 2000 when he first sent it to be reviewed for publication. This series also contains final revised...
Dates: 1995-2003

Letters to Fowler, circa 1945

 File — Box 3, Folder: 4
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,...
Dates: circa 1945

Magazine articles, 1967-1968, 1982

 File — Box 4, Folder: 1
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.

Dates: 1967-1968, 1982

Manuscript , 1995-2003

 Series
Series Description The second series, Manuscript, contains notes related to Schultz’s unpublished book, “Texas laughter: A Chronicle of Sixteen Humorists, 1836-2000.” It includes the original handwritten manuscript, revisions and drafts, drafts of a “postscript” that was not included in the final manuscript, and an incomplete index of the manuscript on note cards. Schultz completed his manuscript draft around 2000 when he first sent it to be reviewed for publication. This series also contains final revised...
Dates: 1995-2003

Manuscript index-incomplete (note cards)

 Item — Box 13
Series Description From the Series: The second series, Manuscript, contains notes related to Schultz’s unpublished book, “Texas laughter: A Chronicle of Sixteen Humorists, 1836-2000.” It includes the original handwritten manuscript, revisions and drafts, drafts of a “postscript” that was not included in the final manuscript, and an incomplete index of the manuscript on note cards. Schultz completed his manuscript draft around 2000 when he first sent it to be reviewed for publication. This series also contains final revised...
Dates: 1995-2003

“McDonalds”, January 1970

 File — Box 6, Folder: 8
Series Description From the Series:

¼ inch reel-to-reel tapes

Dates: January 1970

“Mis amigos hambrientos” cookbook by Allegani Jani Schofield, 1972

 File — Box 5, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Includes memory of Fowler, page 22

Dates: 1972

"MS Bibliography.” A copy of the annotated bibliography section of the bibliography manuscript that was donated along with the books intended to be used as a reference for the original book inventory. This copy appears to be an edited version of the original bibliography manuscript

 Item — Box 11, Folder: 4
Series Description From the Series:

This series contains the annotated bibliography manuscript “The Comic Imagination of Texas, 1836-2000: A Bibliography.” It also contains worksheets for the bibliography and a list compiled by Schultz of the book titles in his Texas humor collection. The bibliography was originally part of the manuscript but was removed to be its own freestanding work around 2002.

Dates: 1995-2002

Newspaper photographs by Fowler, 1966-1969, undated

 File — Box 2, Folder: 12
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,...
Dates: 1966-1969, undated

Newspapers, 1967-1974, 1991

 File — Box 7, Folder: 2
Series Description From the Series:

Various clippings and newspapers collected by Fowler.

Dates: 1967-1974, 1991

Newspapers, 1944-1979, undated

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series:

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

Dates: 1944-1979, undated

Newspapers, 1944 - 1972

 File — Box 1, Folder: 9
Series Description From the Series:

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

Dates: 1944 - 1972

Notecards, undated

 File — Box 2, Folder: 16-17
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,...
Dates: undated

Notes, circa 1945

 File — Box 2, Folder: 5
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,...
Dates: circa 1945

Notes and inauguration invitation, 1963, 1965

 File — Box 5, Folder: 1
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,...
Dates: 1963, 1965

Obituaries, 1972

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series:

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

Dates: Publication: 1972

Original handwritten manuscript. “Texas Laughter: Two Centuries of Texas Humor”

 Item — Box 9, Folder: 4-5
Series Description From the Series: The second series, Manuscript, contains notes related to Schultz’s unpublished book, “Texas laughter: A Chronicle of Sixteen Humorists, 1836-2000.” It includes the original handwritten manuscript, revisions and drafts, drafts of a “postscript” that was not included in the final manuscript, and an incomplete index of the manuscript on note cards. Schultz completed his manuscript draft around 2000 when he first sent it to be reviewed for publication. This series also contains final revised...
Dates: 1995-2003

Other columns, 1963, 1968

 File — Box 2, Folder: 22
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,...
Dates: 1963, 1968

Other newspapers

 File — Box 1, Folder: 4
Series Description From the Series:

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

Dates: Publication: 1972