A Guide to the Charles McDowell Papers, 1944-2004 McDowell, Charles, Papers, 1944-2004 44427

A Guide to the Charles McDowell Papers, 1944-2004

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Accession Number 44427

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Repository

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Accession Number

44427

Title

Charles McDowell Papers, 1944-2004

Physical Description

17 cubic feet (36 boxes)

Language

English

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Preferred Citation

Charles McDowell Papers, 1944-2004. Accession 44427. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Ann McDowell, Alexandria.

Biographical Information

Charles Rice McDowell, Jr. was born in Danville, Kentucky on 24 June 1926. He is the son of Charles Rice McDowell, Sr. (1895-1968) and Catherine Frazier Feland (1904-1986). When he was young, the family moved to Lexington, Virginia, where the elder McDowell was a professor of law at Washington and Lee University. The younger McDowell was a student there, where he majored in English, and graduated in 1948. He then attended the Columbia University School of Journalism, and graduated the following year.

McDowell then moved to Richmond Virginia, and joined the staff of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, where he would remain his entire career, retiring in 1998. He covered local news, and was then assigned to the State Capitol, where he reported on the Virginia General Assembly and state politics. In 1954, McDowell began to write a syndicated column which appeared 3-4 times per week, and would span the remainder of his career. He was assigned to Washington, D.C. in 1965, and he relocated to Alexandria. McDowell wrote three books: "Campaign Fever," which was a journal of the 1964 presidential election, and two collections of humor columns entitled "One Thing After Another" (1960) and "What Did You Have in Mind?" (1963). He was also a panelist on PBS's "Washington Week in Review" for 18 years, beginning in 1978, and he was a writer, narrator, and host for other PBS programs, including "Summer of Judgement: The Watergate Hearings," "Richmond Memories," and "For the Record." McDowell also provided voice-overs for the productions "The Civil War" and "Baseball" by Ken Burns.

McDowell was inducted in the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame in 1988, and awarded the Fourth Estate Award by the National Press Club in 1996. He married Ann Rice of Ashland, Virginia. McDowell died on 5 November 2010.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1944-2004, of Charles McDowell (1926-2010) of Alexandria, Virginia, documenting his career as a reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, panelist on the PBS program "Washington Week in Review," and other journalistic activities. Includes columns, correspondence and subject files, books, and videotapes.

Contents List

Series I. Columns, 1946-1998 .

Boxes 1-9

Extent: 9 boxes.

The collection contains photocopies of McDowell's column which appeared in the Richmond Times-Dispatch from 1954 until his retirement in 1998. The columns appeared 3-4 times per week, and were also syndicated by Media General News Service and the Scripps Howard News Service and appeared in other newspapers across the country. The earliest columns were titled "Charles McDowell Today" and "Capital Sidelights." McDowell wrote on a wide variety of topics of local, state, and national interest, including politics, history, personal news, society and popular culture, weather, and sports. Recurring fictional characters appeared in the column over the many years it ran, namely McDowell's relative Aunt Gertrude, his neighbor Mr. Bumbleton, Reliable Source, and Alfred the Capitol Square Squirrel. McDowell's columns were laced with satirical musings and political punditry. There are no copies of the column for the years 1986 to 1997, but there is an index which includes the title of the column, paper in which it appeared, date, and page number. This series also includes early articles written by McDowell while he was a student at Washington and Lee University entitled "Reporter-at-Large," and as a sports reporter for the Roanoke Times entitled "Time For Sports."

Chronological.

Box 1 Folder 1-14
3 November 1958-31 December 1962 .
Box 2 Folder 1-15
1 January 1963-30 June 1966 .
Box 3 Folder 1-12
1 July 1966-31 December 1970 .
Box 4 Folder 1-12
1 January 1971-31 December 1973 .
Box 5 Folder 1-13
1 January 1974-25 December 1977 .
Box 6 Folder 1-13
1977-1980 .
Box 7 Folder 1-12
1981-1998 .
Box 7 Folder 13-14
Columns - Editorial Page .
Box 8 Folder 1-2
Columns - February, Seasons, Holidays .
Box 8 Folder 3
Columns - Free Lance, 1950's .
Box 8 Folder 4
Columns to Reprint (Maybe) .
Box 8 Folder 5
Good Columns .
Box 8 Folder 6-7
Op-Ed Columns, 1958-1959 .
Box 8 Folder 8
Original Proposal for Column and Test Columns .
Box 8 Folder 9
Roanoke Times Columns ("Time for Sports") .
Box 8 Folder 10-13
Sunday Columns, 1954-1959 .
Box 9 Folder 1
Sunday Columns, 1959 .
Box 9 Folder 2
Sunday Columns, 1960 .
Box 9 Folder 3
Washington and Lee Columns .

Series II. Correspondence and Subject Files, 1944-2004 .

Boxes 10-34

Extent: 25 boxes.

The correspondence contains letters written by readers of McDowell's column, and those who viewed his appearances on the PBS program "Washington Week in Review" and other programs. The correspondence includes reactions, both for and against, to McDowell's writings and viewpoints. There are also congratulatory letters relating to the many awards he received and upon his retirement in 1998, as well as invitations to make appearances and speeches, ideas for future columns, and resumes from prospective journalists. There is also correspondence between McDowell and literary agents and magazine editors.

The subject files contain a wide variety of materials relating to McDowell's nearly 40 years as a journalist and author. There are manuscript drafts and free-lance articles for various publications, reviews, publicity, and correspondence relating to books he wrote, including "One Thing After Another" (1960), "What Did You Have in Mind?" (1963), and "Campaign Fever" (1965). There is background information for his articles, columns, and speeches, especially on the subjects of Congress, television and political conventions, elections, inaugurations, and campaign finance reform.

McDowell did voice-overs for the Ken Burns productions, "The Civil War" (1990) and "Baseball" (1994), and the collection contains articles and reviews, notes, correspondence, clippings, and screening and final scripts. He also was a host on the program "For the Record," which aired on Central Virginia Public Television, which was devoted to public policy, politics, and history. The collection includes drafts of questions McDowell posed to his guests, working files, and background biographical information. Videotapes of some of the programs are also included in the collection. McDowell also a narrated the 1983 program on Watergate called, "Summer of Judgment: The Watergate Hearings," which was a production of WETA in Washington, DC. There are reviews, viewer mail, and a transcript of the program.

The subject files also include biographical information, copies of his daily news articles and special feature stories for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, get well cards, Gridiron Club dinner programs, speeches, scripts, clippings, and membership lists, information on the visit of Nikita Khrushchev to the United States in 1959, photographs, programs, speech notes and drafts, as well as information relating to his work with Paul Duke (1926-2005), and with the Virginia congressional campaign of Andrew McCutcheon.

Alphabetical.

Box 10 Folder 1
Academy Road House .
Box 10 Folder 2
Atlantic - Ideas, Correspondence, etc. .
Box 10 Folder 3
Atlantic - New Hampshire Primary, 1967 .
Box 10 Folder 4
Atlantic - Television and the Convention, 1968 .
Box 10 Folder 5
Atlantic - Virginia Politics, 1969 .
Box 10 Folder 6
Automobile .
Box 10 Folder 7-9
"Baseball" by Ken Burns .
Box 10 Folder 10-12
"Baseball" by Ken Burns - Final Script .
Box 10 Folder 13-14
"Baseball" by Ken Burns - Screenings .
Box 11 Folder 1-2
"Baseball" by Ken Burns - Screenings .
Box 11 Folder 3
Biographical Information, Citations, etc. .
Box 11 Folder 4
Bolivia Trip, 1992 .
Box 11 Folder 5
Book Project - "One Thing After Another" .
Box 11 Folder 6-7
Book Reviews .
Box 11 Folder 8
Bourbon .
Box 11 Folder 9
Mr. Bumbleton .
Box 11 Folder 10
"Campaign Fever" - Letters to Morrow .
Box 11 Folder 11-12
"Campaign Fever" - Reviews and Publicity .
Box 11 Folder 13
Campaign Finance Material for Speeches .
Box 11 Folder 14
Campaign Finance Reform .
Box 11 Folder 15
Campaign Reform .
Box 11 Folder 16
Capitol Building .
Box 12 Folder 1
Census .
Box 12 Folder 2
Center for the Book .
Box 35
Certificates .
Box 12 Folder 3
Chestnut Blight .
Box 12 Folder 4
Cigarettes - Health .
Box 12 Folder 5
Cities .
Box 12 Folder 6
Civil Rights .
Box 12 Folder 7
"The Civil War" by Ken Burns .
Box 12 Folder 8-9
"The Civil War" by Ken Burns - Reviews, Artifacts, etc. .
Box 12 Folder 10
Civil War - Speech Notes .
Box 12 Folder 11
Clinton and the Press, 1992 .
Box 12 Folder 12
Clinton Impeachment .
Box 12 Folder 13
Clippings, Drafts, Notes, 2001 .
Box 12 Folder 14
Columbia School of Journalism 50th Class Reunion, 1999 .
Box 13 Folder 1
Congress, 89th .
Box 13 Folder 2
Congress, 90th .
Box 13 Folder 3
"The Congress" by Ken Burns, 1989 .
Box 13 Folder 4
Consular Treaty .
Box 13 Folder 5
Conventions, 1952, 1992 .
Box 13 Folder 6
Conventions, 1960 .
Box 13 Folder 7
Conventions, 1968 .
Box 13 Folder 8
Conventions, 1984 .
Box 13 Folder 9
Conventions, 1996 .
Box 13 Folder 10
Correspondence, 1989 .
Box 13 Folder 11
Correspondence, 1990 .
Box 13 Folder 12
Correspondence, 1991 .
Box 13 Folder 13-16
Correspondence, 1992 .
Box 13 Folder 17-18
Correspondence, 1993 .
Box 14 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1993 .
Box 14 Folder 2
Correspondence, 1994 .
Box 14 Folder 3-5
Correspondence, 1998 .
Box 14 Folder 6-7
Correspondence, 1998-1999 .
Box 14 Folder 8-11
Correspondence, 1999 .
Box 14 Folder 12
Correspondence, 2000 .
Box 14 Folder 13
Correspondence, 2001-2002 .
Box 14 Folder 14
Correspondence, 2003-2004 .
Box 15 Folder 1-3
Correspondence - Agents, Magazines, etc. .
Box 15 Folder 4
Crab Derby, 1962 .
Box 15 Folder 5
D.A.R. Convention .
Box 15 Folder 6-7
Daily Stories, 1950-1951 .
Box 15 Folder 8
Daily Stories, 1952 .
Box 15 Folder 9
Daily Stories, 1953 .
Box 15 Folder 10-11
Daily Stories #4, 1954-1957 .
Box 15 Folder 12
Danville (KY) Progress Report, 2001 .
Box 15 Folder 13
Debt Limit .
Box 15 Folder 14
Democratic Convention, 1952 .
Box 15 Folder 15
Democratic Convention, 1968 .
Box 16 Folder 1
Democratic National Convention - Columns, 1956 .
Box 16 Folder 2
Democratic Primary, 1969 .
Box 16 Folder 3
Democrats - Virginia .
Box 16 Folder 4
Dial - Twilight of a Presidency, 1984 .
Box 16 Folder 5
Drug Hearings, 1970 .
Box 16 Folder 6-7
Duke, Paul .
Box 16 Folder 8
Eisenhower .
Box 16 Folder 9
Elk (Bellwood) .
Box 16 Folder 10
Ephraim McDowell Foundation .
Box 16 Folder 11
Ethics .
Box 16 Folder 12
Facts, Statistics, etc. .
Box 16 Folder 13-14
Fairfax County - History, Geography, News, etc. .
Box 16 Folder 15
Fat Albert (School Bus) .
Box 16 Folder 16
Federal Grants - Virginia .
Box 16 Folder 17
Fiction Project .
Box 16 Folder 18-20
File "X" (Notes, Family Material, Correspondence, etc.) .
Box 16 Folder 21
File "Y" .
Box 17 Folder 1
Filibuster, 1965 .
Box 17 Folder 2
Finnegan the Fire Chief .
Box 17 Folder 3
Fishback Lecture - Washington and Lee, .
Box 17 Folder 4
Flamingo Column .
Box 17 Folder 5
Flamingo Folklore .
Box 17 Folder 6
Flugelman-606 .
Box 17 Folder 7
"For the Record" .
Box 17 Folder 8
"For the Record" - Julian Bond .
Box 17 Folder 9
"For the Record" - Lee Hamilton .
Box 17 Folder 10-11
"For the Record" - Linwood Holton .
Box 17 Folder 12
"For the Record" - Jim Jones (Bad Blood) .
Box 17 Folder 13
"For the Record" - Gale Mattox .
Box 17 Folder 14
"For the Record" - Bobby Muller .
Box 17 Folder 15
"For the Record" - Timothy Naftali .
Box 17 Folder 16
"For the Record" - Kevin Phillips (The Cousins' Wars) .
Box 17 Folder 17
"For the Record" - John Sununu .
Box 17 Folder 18
"For the Record" - Kathryn Thornton .
Box 17 Folder 19
"For the Record" - Stansfield Turner .
Box 17 Folder 20
"For the Record" - Lech Walesa .
Box 17 Folder 21
"For the Record" - John Warner .
Box 17 Folder 22
"For the Record" - Margaret Warner .
Box 18 Folder 1
"For the Record" - Lowell Weicker .
Box 18 Folder 2
"For the Record" - Philip Zelikow .
Box 18 Folder 3
"For the Record" - Running File (Business, Planning, etc.) .
Box 18 Folder 4
Fourth Estate Award - Speeches, Letters, Clips, 1996 .
Box 18 Folder 5
Henry Fowler .
Box 18 Folder 5
Fowler, Henry .
Box 18 Folder 6
Frazier, Emery L. .
Box 18 Folder 7
Funny Stories for Speeches .
Box 18 Folder 8
General Assembly, 1952 .
Box 18 Folder 9
General Motors and its Detective (Ralph Nader), 1966 .
Box 18 Folder 10-13
Get Well Letters, 1999 .
Box 18 Folder 14
Glaser, Lewis - Quill Pens .
Box 18 Folder 15
Glassboro Summit, June 1967 .
Box 18 Folder 16
G.O.P. - Chicago, 1952 .
Box 19 Folder 1
G.O.P. Convention, 1996 .
Box 19 Folder 2
Gridiron Club Artifacts .
Box 19 Folder 3-6
Gridiron Club Dinner, 1999 .
Box 19 Folder 7
Gridiron Club Dinner, 2000 .
Box 19 Folder 8
Gridiron Club Dinner, 2001 .
Box 19 Folder 9-10
Gridiron Club Dinner (and Hawaii Speech), 2002 .
Box 19 Folder 11
Gridiron Club Dinners, 2003-2004 .
Box 19 Folder 12-14
Gridiron Club 100th Anniversary, 1985 .
Box 20 Folder 1
Gridiron Club Photographs .
Box 20 Folder 2
Gridiron Speeches (Reagan, Gore, Clinton, etc.) .
Box 20 Folder 3
Gun Control Bill, 1968 .
Box 20 Folder 4
Hardy, Porter, Jr. (Member of Congress) .
Box 20 Folder 5
Harvard Lecture, 16 December 1986 .
Box 20 Folder 6
Hawaii, 1997 (and earlier) .
Box 20 Folder 7-8
Hawaii, 2000 (Cancelled) .
Box 20 Folder 9
Hawaii, 2001 .
Box 20 Folder 10
Hawaii, 2002 .
Box 20 Folder 11
Highways and Toll Roads .
Box 20 Folder 12-13
Holton, Linwood .
Box 20 Folder 14
Humor and Politics .
Box 20 Folder 15
Hunger .
Box 20 Folder 16
Hunting Creek Affair, 1968 .
Box 20 Folder 17
Huntley Meadows .
Box 21 Folder 1
Inaugurations .
Box 21 Folder 2
Inaugurations - PBS Documentary, 1992 .
Box 21 Folder 3
"The James: Revolutionary River" .
Box 21 Folder 4
Johnson, Lyndon B. .
Box 21 Folder 5
Kennedy, Robert .
Box 21 Folder 6-7
Khrushchev Trip to U.S., 1959 .
Box 21 Folder 8-9
Last Wagon West .
Box 21 Folder 10
Lawyers Title News .
Box 21 Folder 11
Letters To and From Congress .
Box 21 Folder 12
Lexington .
Box 21 Folder 13
Lexington (McCrum) .
Box 21 Folder 14
"Littlest Bunny" - Haynie and McDowell .
Box 21 Folder 15
Magazine By-Lines .
Box 21 Folder 16
Magazine Stories .
Box 21 Folder 17
Mansfield, Mike .
Box 21 Folder 18
Manuscripts and Drafts .
Box 21 Folder 19
Markers .
Box 21 Folder 20
Martinsville Seven .
Box 21 Folder 21
Massive Resistance (Latimer History) .
Box 22 Folder 1-2
McCutcheon Campaign, 1968 .
Box 22 Folder 3
McDowell, Catherine .
Box 22 Folder 4
Media General - Phone Directory .
Box 22 Folder 5
Media General Washington Bureau (Doster Memos) .
Box 22 Folder 6
Medicare .
Box 22 Folder 7
Memorabilia .
Box 22 Folder 8
Meredith, Henry .
Box 22 Folder 9
Moon (Space Exploration) .
Box 22 Folder 10
Morrow Correspondence - "Campaign Fever" .
Box 22 Folder 11
Morrow Publicity .
Box 22 Folder 12
The Names People Elect, 1975 .
Box 22 Folder 13
"New Towns" - WETA, 1986 .
Box 22 Folder 14-15
News and Features, 1965-1966 .
Box 22 Folder 16-17
News and Features, 1967 .
Box 22 Folder 18-19
News and Features, 1968 .
Box 23 Folder 1-2
News and Features, 1969 .
Box 23 Folder 3-4
News and Features, 1970 .
Box 23 Folder 5
News and Features, January 1971-May 1972 .
Box 23 Folder 6
News and Features, June-December 1972 .
Box 23 Folder 7
News and Features, 1973 .
Box 23 Folder 8
News and Features, 1974-1975 .
Box 23 Folder 9
News and Features, 1976 .
Box 23 Folder 10
News and Features Stories - Conventions, etc. 1970's .
Box 23 Folder 11
News-Leader Biographies .
Box 23 Folder 12-13
Newsweek .
Box 24 Folder 1
Newsweek Ad for "Washington Week in Review," 25 March 1991 .
Box 24 Folder 2
Nixon, Richard M. .
Box 24 Folder 3
"No Higher Honor: Linwood Holton" .
Box 24 Folder 4
Northern Virginia Politics .
Box 24 Folder 5
Notes for President .
Box 24 Folder 6
"Nuclear War: A Guide to Armageddon," 1982 .
Box 24 Folder 7
Numbers - Richmond and Hopewell (Gambling) .
Box 24 Folder 8
Nuts (Publications, Mail, Organizations, etc.) .
Box 24 Folder 9
Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) - Sargent Shriver .
Box 24 Folder 10
Old Speech Notes, 1961-1966 .
Box 24 Folder 11
Oliver Hill .
Box 24 Folder 12-13
Outside Pieces - Free Lance .
Box 24 Folder 14
"Packaging American Wars" - Roanoke TV, 1982 .
Box 24 Folder 15
Pennies and Dollar Coin .
Box 25 Folder 1-4
Personal Artifacts, 1981-1985 .
Box 25 Folder 5
Personal Relics, etc. .
Box 25 Folder 6
Photographs .
Box 25 Folder 7
Plants .
Box 25 Folder 8
Politicians (Speech Topic) .
Box 25 Folder 9
Politics, 1960 .
Box 25 Folder 10
Politics, 1992 .
Box 25 Folder 11
Politics Poop .
Box 25 Folder 12
Pollard, Fred G. .
Box 25 Folder 13
Pollution - Ecology .
Box 25 Folder 14
Post Reprints .
Box 25 Folder 15
Poverty - Food Programs .
Box 25 Folder 16
Powell, Lewis F. .
Box 25 Folder 17
"Power Battle" Series, 1949 .
Box 25 Folder 18-19
Power Companies - Utilities .
Box 25 Folder 20-21
Presidential Campaign, 1968 .
Box 26 Folder 1-2
Presidential Campaign, 1968 .
Box 26 Folder 3
Presidential Campaign, 2000 .
Box 26 Folder 4
Presidential Campaign - Clippings, 2000 .
Box 26 Folder 5
Presidential Humor .
Box 26 Folder 6
Press Conferences .
Box 26 Folder 7-8
Press - Dinners 1968 .
Box 26 Folder 9
Press Passes .
Box 26 Folder 10
Project - People's "Papers" .
Box 26 Folder 11
P.T.A. .
Box 26 Folder 12
Public Broadcasting .
Box 26 Folder 13
Public Housing Series, 1949 .
Box 26 Folder 14
Puns in Newspapers .
Box 26 Folder 15
Puzzles .
Box 26 Folder 16
Quotes and Anecdotes .
Box 26 Folder 17
Racoons .
Box 26 Folder 18
Rawlings, George C., Jr. .
Box 26 Folder 19
Reagan, Ronald .
Box 26 Folder 20
Reapportionment .
Box 26 Folder 21
Redistricting .
Box 26 Folder 22
Republican Convention, 1980 .
Box 27 Folder 1
Republican Convention, 1988 .
Box 27 Folder 2
Republican Right .
Box 27 Folder 3
Republicans - Virginia .
Box 27 Folder 4
Retirement .
Box 27 Folder 5
Retirement - Clippings .
Box 27 Folder 6
Retirement, July 1998 .
Box 27 Folder 7
Richmond .
Box 27 Folder 8
"Richmond Memories" .
Box 27 Folder 9
Richmond Newspaper Guild .
Box 27 Folder 10
Roads .
Box 27 Folder 11
Robb, Chuck - Clippings .
Box 27 Folder 12
Robertson, A. Willis .
Box 27 Folder 13
Rockefeller, Nelson .
Box 27 Folder 14
Rockwell, George Lincoln - Nazi .
Box 27 Folder 15
Rogallo Kite .
Box 27 Folder 16
Romney, George .
Box 27 Folder 17
Rural Virginia .
Box 27 Folder 18
Sabato Analysis - 1994 U.S. Senate Election .
Box 27 Folder 19
Safe Deposit Box .
Box 27 Folder 20
Satterfield, David E. III .
Box 27 Folder 21
Section IV Light .
Box 27 Folder 22
Section IV News Background .
Box 27 Folder 23
Selected Clips .
Box 27 Folder 24
Sigma Delta Chi .
Box 27 Folder 25
Smith, Howard W. .
Box 27 Folder 26
Smoking .
Box 28 Folder 1
Social Security .
Box 28 Folder 2
Sold and Dead Pile .
Box 28 Folder 3
Speech - "A Good Word for Politicians" - UVA, 1985 .
Box 28 Folder 4
Speech - Arizona Senior Academy, 2000 .
Box 28 Folder 5
Speech in the Dark, 1983 .
Box 28 Folder 6
Speech Material .
Box 28 Folder 7
Speech Notes and Drafts, 1997-1998 .
Box 28 Folder 8
Speech Notes and Drafts, 2000-2001 .
Box 28 Folder 9
Speech Prep - Recent Texts, 1997-1999 .
Box 28 Folder 10
Speech Prep - Statistics, Quotes, Jokes, etc. .
Box 28 Folder 11
Speech Schedule and Texts, 1998-2001 .
Box 28 Folder 12
Speeches, 1995 .
Box 28 Folder 13
Speeches, 1996-1997 .
Box 28 Folder 14
Speeches, 1998 .
Box 29 Folder 1-3
Speeches, 1999-2000 .
Box 29 Folder 4
Speeches, 2000-2001 .
Box 29 Folder 5
Speeches, 2001 .
Box 29 Folder 6-9
Spong, William B. .
Box 29 Folder 10
State of the World Global Conference, 1993 .
Box 29 Folder 11
Stationary .
Box 29 Folder 12-13
"Summer of Judgment: The Watergate Hearings" .
Box 29 Folder 14
"Summer of Judgment: The Watergate Hearings" - Reviews, Mail .
Box 30 Folder 1-2
"Summer of Judgment: The Watergate Hearings" - Transcript .
Box 30 Folder 3
Sunday Magazine .
Box 30 Folder 4
Supreme Court .
Box 30 Folder 5-7
Sympathy Letters - Death of Catherine F. McDowell, 1986 .
Box 30 Folder 8
Tax Cut Issue - Clippings, 1999 .
Box 30 Folder 9
Tax Sharing .
Box 30 Folder 10-12
Television and Politics .
Box 30 Folder 13
Thanksgiving .
Box 30 Folder 14
Three Characters from Lexington .
Box 30 Folder 15
Times-Dispatch and Television .
Box 31 Folder 1
Tornado of 1951 .
Box 31 Folder 2
Train Wreck - R.F. & P., 1970 .
Box 31 Folder 3
Tuck, Gov. Bill .
Box 31 Folder 4
Un-American Activities Committee .
Box 31 Folder 5
Uncle Billy .
Box 31 Folder 6
VEPCO .
Box 31 Folder 7
Veterans Administration .
Box 31 Folder 8
Vice-President, 1968 .
Box 31 Folder 9
Vietnam .
Box 31 Folder 10
Virginia Museum .
Box 31 Folder 11
Virginia Politics .
Box 31 Folder 12
Voting Rights .
Box 31 Folder 13
Wallace, George C. .
Box 31 Folder 14
Warren Commission .
Box 31 Folder 15
Washington, D.C. - Tourism, Monuments, etc. .
Box 31 Folder 16
"Washington Week in Review" - Anniversaries .
Box 31 Folder 17
"Washington Week in Review" at 1992 Political Conventions .
Box 32 Folder 1-5
"Washington Week in Review" - Mail, 1982 .
Box 32 Folder 6-12
"Washington Week in Review" - Mail, 1987 .
Box 33 Folder 1-7
"Washington Week in Review" - Mail, 1989 .
Box 33 Folder 8-11
"Washington Week in Review" - Mail, 1990 .
Box 33 Folder 12-13
"Washington Week in Review" - Mail, 1992 .
Box 34 Folder 1-4
"Washington Week in Review" - Mail, 1992 .
Box 34 Folder 5
"Washington Week in Review" - Mail, 1995-1996 .
Box 34 Folder 6
Washingtonian - William C. Battle, 1969 .
Box 34 Folder 7
Washingtonian - Howell vs. Godwin, 1973 .
Box 34 Folder 8
Washingtonian - The Political History of Virginia, 1977 .
Box 34 Folder 9
Washingtonian - TV, Politics, 1986 .
Box 34 Folder 10
Washingtonian - Article of Charles McDowell, 2000 .
Box 34 Folder 11
Watergate Revisited - WETA, 1994 .
Box 34 Folder 12
Watergate (Sam Ervin) .
Box 34 Folder 13
WETA Channel 26 .
Box 34 Folder 14
White House "Insiders" .
Box 34 Folder 15
Whitehurst, G. William .
Box 34 Folder 16
Wilson Wyatt Narration - Louisville PBS, 1994 .
Box 34 Folder 17
Wiretapping - Fairfax Chief Durrer .
Box 34 Folder 18
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Advisory Council .
Box 34 Folder 19
World Bank .
Box 34 Folder 20-21
Writing - Tips, Pointers, etc. .
Box 34 Folder 22
Young, Stephen M. .
Box 34 Folder 23
Zoo .

Series III. Books and Videotapes .

Boxes 35-36

Extent: 2 boxes.

The collection contains numerous books presented to McDowell that contain inscriptions by the authors.

Videotapes in the collection include many of McDowell's appearances on "For the Record," as well as programs which he narrated, including "Summer of Judgment: The Watergate Hearings," "The James: Revolutionary River," and "Richmond Memories." There are also taped interviews with McDowell, speeches, and other appearances.

Box 35
Red Barber. 1947: When All Hell Broke Loose in Baseball. (De Capo Press, 1982) .
Box 35
Harry F. Byrd, Jr. Double Trouble: Vignettes from a Life in Politics and Newspapering (Harrisonburg, Va.: RR Donnelley and Sons, 2007) .
Box 35
Bruce Chadwick. The Reel Civil War: Mythmaking in American Film. (New York: Knopf, 2001) .
Box 35
Paul Duke, ed. Beyond Reagan: The Politics of Upheaval. (New York: Warner Books, 1986) .
Box 35
Kent M. Keith. Anyway: The Paradoxical Commandments. (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2001) .
Box 35
C. Brian Kelly. Best Little Stories from the White House. (Charlottesville, Va: Montpelier Publishing, 1992) .
Box 35
Florence Selden Peple. The Red and White Secret. (Richmond, Va.: Garrett & Massie, 1931) .
Box 35
A.J.G. Priest. Old Hilarity. (Charlottesville, Va.: The Michie Company, 1965) .
Box 35
William W. Pusey III. Washington and Lee University in Fiction. (1988) .
Box 35
Parke Shepherd Rouse, Jr. [Collected Stories, 1997?] .
Box 35
William D. Rouse. Plucked Again! (Writers Club Press, 2000) .
Box 36
Cassette - David Broder, Julie Johnson, and Charles McDowell. "Election, '96: Let the Games Begin." Ford Hall Forum, Faneuil Hall, Boston, 3 November 1995 .
Box 36
Cassette - Toast to Hugh Haynie, Society of Professional Journalists, 26 June 1996 .
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Videotape - Gridiron Club Dinner (Beta), 1982 .
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Videotape - "Summer of Judgment: The Watergate Hearings" (Two Copies) 1983 .
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Videotape - "Outlook," Demo, Potomac Television Productions, Inc., Washington, DC, 1983 .
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Videotape - Gridiron Club Dinner (Beta), 1984 .
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Videotape - "Free Speech and Advertising - Who Draws the Line?" Institute for Democratic Communication, Boston University, 1987 .
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Videotape - Charles McDowell Being Inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame, 1988 .
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Videotape - Centre College, Danville, KY Graduation, 1989 .
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Videotape - "The James: Revolutionary River," 1990 .
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Videotape - "Rally Behind the Virginians" with Charles McDowell (Program on land conservation/preservation), 1994 .
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Videotape - "Washington Journal," Charles McDowell Interview, C-SPAN, 4 September 1995 .
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Videotape - "Former Offenders: Breaking the Cycle of Violence," Across the River with Hedrick Smith, WETA, October 1995 .
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Videotape - "Richmond Memories" WCVE, 1995 .
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Videotape - "For the Record: Charles McDowell," Interview by Ken Thompson, 18 October 1996 .
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Videotape - "Virginia Vote '96 with Paul Duke" WCVE/WHTJ, 24 October 1996 .
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Videotape - "More Richmond Memories" WCVE, 1996 .
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Videotape - "For the Record: Margaret Warner," 10 October 1997 .
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Videotape - Charles McDowell and Shelby Foote, Fredericksburg Form, University of Mary Washington, 28 October 1997 .
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Videotape - "For the Record: Linwood Holton" Part I, 28 November 1997 .
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Videotape - "For the Record: Linwood Holton" Part II, 19 December 1997 .
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Videotape - "For the Record: Stansfield Turner," 23 January 1998 .
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Videotape - "For the Record: Gale Mattox," 27 February 1998 .
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Videotape - "For the Record: Julian Bond," 24 April 1998 .
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Videotape - "For the Record: Lowell Weicker," 27 April 1998 .
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Videotape - "For the Record: Lee Hamilton," 26 June 1998 .
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Videotape - "For the Record: Kathryn Thornton," 25 September 1998 .
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Videotape - "For the Record: Lech Walesa," 16 October 1998 .
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Videotape - "For the Record: John Sununu," 21 November 1998 .
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Videotape - "Richmond Memories: School Days" WCVE, 1998 .
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Videotape - "For the Record: Timothy Naftali," 8 January 1999 .
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Videotape - "For the Record: Bobby Muller," 12 February 1999 .
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Videotape - "For the Record: Philip D. Zelikow," 26 March 1999 .
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Videotape - "For the Record: Jim Jones," 9 April 1999 .
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Videotape - Washington and Lee 250th Anniversary National Day of Celebration Television Special, 1 May 1999 .
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Videotape - Washington and Lee 250th Anniversary Cruise, 1999 .
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Videotape - "For the Record: Charles McDowell" Interview by Charles Sydnor, 24 March 2000 .
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Videotape - "The Great Campaign of 1960." Off Center Productions and WETA, 30 October 2000 .
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Videotape - "Judy Garland: The Concert Years" (1985); Candidate Bill Clinton at Georgetown University, 23 October 1991; Miscellaneous Clips; "The Civil War: Episode Three" (clip); Dan Quayle on the Rush Limbaugh Show; Wimbledon Coverage. .