Humor
Found in 137 Collections and/or Records:
The Victoria Advocate, Historical Edition, 1968
Various clippings and newspapers collected by Fowler.
“The World’s Fare” column, 1968, undated
“Towering Texan” column, February 1947 - April 1947
“Tribute to Ernie Pyle” audio reel, undated
Unlabeled, undated
¼ inch reel-to-reel tapes
Unlabeled, undated
¼ inch reel-to-reel tapes
Various, 1968, undated
The Correspondence series is divided into periods, which are World War II, Vietnam, Chili, and family condolences. An exception to this is the Letters to Fowler, found in Writings-World War II, which includes hand-written and typed notes from various colleagues.
“Vietnam Diary”, Dallas Morning News
Vietnam War, 1965 - 1970
Vietnam War correspondence, 1965 - 1972
The Correspondence series is divided into periods, which are World War II, Vietnam, Chili, and family condolences. An exception to this is the Letters to Fowler, found in Writings-World War II, which includes hand-written and typed notes from various colleagues.
“Wick Fowler’s Famous 2-alarm Chili” packaging, undated
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.
“Worksheets for original bibliography”
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.
Worksheets for original manuscript. Handwritten “Texas Laughter: Two Centuries of Texas Humor”
World War II, 1944-1945, undated
World War II correspondence, 1944-1946, undated
The Correspondence series is divided into periods, which are World War II, Vietnam, Chili, and family condolences. An exception to this is the Letters to Fowler, found in Writings-World War II, which includes hand-written and typed notes from various colleagues.
Writings, 1944 - 1970
Writings on Victoria, Texas, undated
Contains obituaries, newspaper articles on Fowler, and photographic materials.