James Reston, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2674
Scope and Contents
The James Reston, Jr. papers consists of photocopied letters written between Reston and Fawn Brodie discussing their individual work and research regarding Richard Nixon. Also included in the collection is an article by Reston entitled "The Mormon Excommunication of Fawn Brodie: Why Banishing the Famous Biographer Reverberates 65 Years Later."
Dates
- 1977-2012
Creator
- Reston, James, Jr., 1941- (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical Note
James Reston, Jr. was an assistant to U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall (1964–1965) and served in the U.S. Army (1965–1968) as an intelligence officer. He was a lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina (1971–81). Reston is a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington D.C. and has been a fellow at the American Academy in Rome and a scholar in residence at the Library of Congress.
Reston is the author of 13 books, three plays, and numerous articles in national magazines. His works of both fiction and non-fiction cover mostly historical and political topics. He was awarded the Prix Italia and the Dupont-Columbia Award for his 1983 90-minute radio documentary on National Public Radio, "Father Cares: the Last of Jonestown." He is also author of Galileo: A Life, The Last Apocalypse, and Warriors of God. His latest work, The Accidental Victim, is a non-fiction book about John F. Kennedy's assassination which argues that Texas Governor John Connally was Lee Harvey Oswald's intended victim.
Reston's articles have appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Time, The New York Times Magazine, George, Esquire, American Theatre, Playboy, and Rolling Stone.
(This biographical note was taken from the biographical sketch available on Wikipedia.)
Reston is the author of 13 books, three plays, and numerous articles in national magazines. His works of both fiction and non-fiction cover mostly historical and political topics. He was awarded the Prix Italia and the Dupont-Columbia Award for his 1983 90-minute radio documentary on National Public Radio, "Father Cares: the Last of Jonestown." He is also author of Galileo: A Life, The Last Apocalypse, and Warriors of God. His latest work, The Accidental Victim, is a non-fiction book about John F. Kennedy's assassination which argues that Texas Governor John Connally was Lee Harvey Oswald's intended victim.
Reston's articles have appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Time, The New York Times Magazine, George, Esquire, American Theatre, Playboy, and Rolling Stone.
(This biographical note was taken from the biographical sketch available on Wikipedia.)
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (2 folders)
Abstract
The James Reston, Jr. papers (1977-2012) consists of photocopied letters written between Reston and Fawn Brodie discussing their individual work and research regarding Richard Nixon. Also included in the collection is an article by Reston entitled "The Mormon Excommunication of Fawn Brodie: Why Banishing the Famous Biographer Reverberates 65 Years Later." Reston is the author of 13 books, three plays, and numerous articles in national magazines. His works of both fiction and non-fiction cover mostly historical and political topics.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by James Reston, Jr. in 2012.
Existence and Location of Originals
Donor has maintained ownership of original correspondence.
Processing Information
Processed by Betsey Welland in 2014 and 2019.
- Brodie, Fawn McKay, 1915-1981 -- Correspondence
- Correspondence
- Literature
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Reston, James, Jr., 1941- -- Correspondence
Creator
- Reston, James, Jr., 1941- (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the James Reston, Jr. papers, 1977-2012
- Author
- Finding aid created by Betsey Welland
- Date
- © 2014 (last modified: 2019)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
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Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
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295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu