UUM_Accn2674 Inventory of the James Reston, Jr. papers, 1977-2012 Reston (James, Jr.) papers Finding aid created by Betsey Welland Manuscripts Division, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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ACCN 2674 Reston, James, Jr., 1941- James Reston, Jr. papers 1977-2012 0.25 linear feet 2 folders 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. Collection materials are in English.

Donor has maintained ownership of original correspondence.

 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.)

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."

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Donated by James Reston, Jr. in 2012.

Processed by Betsey Welland in 2014 and 2019.

 Reston, James, Jr., 1941- --Correspondence Brodie, Fawn McKay, 1915-1981--Correspondence Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 Literature Correspondence