James E. Brodhead papers

James E. Brodhead papers, 1935-1985

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Brodhead, James E.
Title: James E. Brodhead papers
Dates: 1935-1985 (inclusive)
Date of CollectionDate of Collection
Quantity: 18.93 cubic ft. (43 boxes)
Collection Number: 07389
Summary: The papers of James E. Brodhead, a journalist for "Time" magazine and an actor.
Repository: American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions: Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

James Easton Brodhead (1932-2012) was a character actor who worked in various motion picture, television, and theatre productions. From 1950-1963, Brodhead appeared in numerous stage and live television productions. In 1963, Brodhead changed careers and became a journalist with "Time" magazine from 1963-1969, covering various stories including the assassination of Robert Kennedy and the ensuing trial of Sirhan Sirhan. He then left "Time" to write a book on "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In," and worked as a public relations account executive for a short time. In 1971, he returned to acting full-time, appearing in "The Apple Dumpling Gang," "The Strongest Man in the World," "Kotch," "Mame," and "General Hospital," among many other motion picture, television, and theatre productions.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Contains personal and professional files relating to James E. Brodhead’s career as both an actor and a journalist. Includes correspondence, subject and manuscript files from his stint as a writer for "Time" magazine and other organizations, scripts for productions of which he was a part, and photographs of Brodhead primarily depicting him in his various motion picture, television, and theatre productions.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, James E. Brodhead papers, 07389, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by James E. Brodhead at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from James E. Brodhead in 1978 and 1985.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Emily Christopherson in June 2013.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Personal and professional files, 1935-1985Return to Top

Arranged alphabetically. Contains professional files related both to Brodhead’s work as an actor and as a journalist. Includes correspondence, production files, notes, subject files, manuscripts, and press releases and clippings on Brodhead. Prominent topics on which he wrote include Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination and the following Sirhan Sirhan trial, and Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. A few personal files are also present.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
1	Advertisements	circa 1975
36	Advertisements and broadsides for motion pictures	1977
42	Advertisements and broadsides for motion pictures	1977
1	Agreements and contracts	1953-1976
3	American Society of Civil Engineers - Dallas Branch presentation	1972
1	Biographical information - Arthur Hammer	undated
1	Biographical information - James Brodhead	circa 1971-1976
1	Biographical information - Neely Reynolds	undated
1	Booklets and brochures	1947-1973
1	Cards - membership, identification, business, and greeting	circa 1951-1954
41	Cassette tape - Brodhead speech to the International Thesbian Society	1984
4-5	Correspondence	1935-1979
38-39	Correspondence	1977-1982
39	Correspondence - Gene Gressley	1978-1981
1	Costume plots	1975-1976
1	Directories	1964
1	Expense accounts - Jim Mahoney & Associates, Inc.	1973-1974
1	Expense accounts - Time Incorporated	1964-1969
1	Invitations	circa 1968-1971
1	Lists	circa 1964-1974
1	Manuscripts - Arizona's London Bridge	undated
1	Manuscripts - A Cover About Ideas	1964
1	Manuscripts - Design in Detroit	1964
1	Manuscripts - In Praise of Owls	1978
1	Manuscripts - The Jurors	1969
1	Manuscripts - Night in the Tombs	1975
1	Manuscripts - Richter Sardonicus	1970
39-40	Manuscripts - Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In materials	1968-1972
1	Manuscripts - Turn Left Over Grand Canyon, Then Right Over…London Bridge?	1971
1	Manuscripts - A Way Out of the Closet	1971
1	Manuscripts - What Makes a Star, by Pierre Cossettle	undated
3	McCullock Oil Corporation - 2nd quarter report	1972
3	McCullock Oil Corporation - C.V. Wood, Jr.'s remarks at the dedication of the home of the cowboy band	1972
37	Memberships - Actors' Equity Association	1974-1978
37	Memberships - Barter Theatre	undated
37	Memberships - California State Thesbian Conference	1984
39	Memberships - Screen Actors' Guild	1976-1978
1	Memoranda	1963-1976
29	Miscellaneous	circa 1938-1969
2	News releases	1971-1974
2	Notes for Time magazine articles - Arnold (Noy)/Forbis/Keogh/Elson/Pascoe/Wash./Goodpaster	undated
2	Notes for Time magazine articles - Election/Chou/Parsegh/Santo Domingo	undated
2	Notes for Time magazine articles - Gigli/Martin/"Dressing Up"/Higgons/Chandler/Nielsen	undated
2	Notes for Time magazine articles - Merrick II/William Bundy (OPC)/Prince Philip	undated
2	Notes for Time magazine articles - Old Say/Aux. Pol.	undated
2	Notes for Time magazine articles - Prince Philip II	undated
2	Notes for Time magazine articles - salt	undated
2	Notes for Time magazine articles - squash rackets	undated
2	Notes for Time magazine articles - teeners/salt/Moreau (Farrell)	undated
2	Payroll stubs	circa 1963-1971
1	Periodicals - Andover Bulletin	1971 August
2	Periodicals - F.Y.I.	1963, 1966
35	Periodicals - Performing Arts theatre magazine	1969-1985
35	Periodicals - Playbill	1972-1982
35	Periodicals - Schubert Theatre magazine	1973-1975
2	Periodical and newspaper clippings about James Brodhead	1949-1978
2	Periodicals with mentions of James Brodhead	1950-1976
1	Personal - announcements	1963-1968
1	Personal - Confirmation certificate	1946
39	Personal - financial	1980-1982
29	Personal - school work	1949-1954, undated
3	Poems (by Brodhead?)	undated
3	Press folder - Arizona's London Bridge	1971
3	Press folder - Goodyear Presents - International Race of Champions	1973
3	Press folder - Twentieth Annual Television Academy Awards (Emmy Awards)	1968
29	Press releases	circa 1953-1974
37	Production files - The Apple Dumpling Gang	1976
3	Production files - The Apple Dumpling Gang - shooting call sheets	1974
37	Production files - Arsenic and Old Lace	1976
37	Production files - First Monday In October	1979
37	Production files - Kiss Me Kate	1975
37	Production files - Kotch	1971
37	Production files - Leadbelly	1976
37	Production files - Meg	1978
3	Production files - The Strongest Man In the World - shooting call sheets	1974
37	Production files - Zorba	1968
3	Programs	1946-1975
36	Programs	1950-1983
36	Programs - "Sherlock's Last Case" - New Mayfair Theatre	circa 1985
3	Radio broadcasts - civil defense	1954
3	Receipts, statements, and invoices	1938-1975
3	Schedules and itineraries	1966
16	Subject files - Arizona's London Bridge	1970-1971
19	Subject files - chili wars	1971-1976
19	Subject files - first person: New York	1966-1975
19	Subject files - Jamaica-Bermuda	1963-1966
17	Subject files - Judge Walker	1968-1969
19	Subject files - knee-high cannonball	1970
19	Subject files - law school	1972-1974
19	Subject files - Mann tour	1973-1974
20	Subject files - "Meadows of Delight"	1969
20	Subject files - miscellaneous	1967-1968
20	Subject files - new apartment	1964-1967
20	Subject files - old notes and tries	1963-1970
21	Subject files - output (Brodhead's work)	1963-1965
20	Subject files - parking cases	1963-1972
17-18	Subject files - Sirhan Sirhan trial	1969
20	Subject files - tax records	1957-1966
17	Subject files - trial for jury	1969
20	Subject files - Westward Ha!	1967
3	Telegram drafts	1963-1976
3	Teletypes	1964-1969
3	Tickets and ticket stubs	1946-1968
39	Time magazine, Time-Life News Service, Laurence Laurie and Associates forMcCulloch Properties, Inc.	1963-1972
29	Unfiled papers	1966-1974
39	University of California at San Diego - "Mass Media Today" presentation	1970
39	University of Michigan theatre	1951-1962

Series II. Time magazine assignments, 1964-1969Return to Top

Arranged alphabetically by subject. Contains correspondence, notes, and other materials related to Brodhead’s Time magazine assignments. Series is divided into two sub-series: New York Bureau and Los Angeles Bureau.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1. New York Bureau	1964-1967
Box
6	AFTRA strike	1967
6	Air pollution	1966
6	Believables	1967
6	Blackout	1966
6	Capote Ball	1966
6	Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)	1967
6	CERF	1966
6	Clive Davis	1967
6	College drama	1966
6	David Merrick	1966
6	Edit and news service	1964-1966
6	Ethics	1967
7	Ford-Niarchos	1967
7	General ideas	1967
7	George Grotz	1967
7	George-Lynda	1966
7	Grand Old Party (GOP)	1966
7	Hanoi women	1966
7	Henry Luce	1967
7	King and Queen of Sikkim	1966
7	Labor crisis	1967
7	Martin Luther	1967
7	The new cinema	1967
7	New hedonism	1967
7	New York politics	1966
7	Nick the Greek	1966
8	Ombudsman	1966
8	Paper planes	1966-1967
8	Police legal bureau	1967
8	Pollution control	1967
8	Pollution updater	1967
8	Pollution	1967
8	Postal crisis	1966
8	Powell case	1967
9	Queens fire	1967
9	Rent parties	1966
9	Secrets	1966
9	Shand-Milestone	1966
9	Sharon-Jay	1966
9	Squash championship	1966
9	St. John	1966
9	Suggested	1967
9	Surplus clergy	1966
9	Windy judges	1966
9	Wingate	1966
9	Winthrop Rockefeller	1966
9	Youth	1966
	Sub-series 2.Los Angeles Bureau	1967-1969
Box
10	Alexander Scourby	1968
10	Amateur pilots	1967
10	Ann Margret	1967
10	Anthem sprinters	1968
10	Arkansas prison play	1967
10	Batman guest stars	1967
10	The Bee Gees	1968
10	Bill Cole and TV sound	1968
10	Black and white TV	1968
10	Bosley and Clyde	1968
10	CalTech smog	1968
10	Campus music booking	1968
10	The Cannibals	1968
10	Catch My Soul	1968
11	Censorship	1968
11	Chimel and SCOTUS	1968
11	Chuck Barris	1967
11	Clint Eastwood	1967
11	The Crowded Skies	1967
11	Disc jockeys	1967
11	Dolly delay	1968
11	Ed Ames	1967
11	Fat tires	1968
11	Fisher-Stevens	1967
11	Folk singers	1968
11	Fouad Said	1968
11	Gambling	1967
11	Gene Kelly	1967
11	Golf tournaments	1967
11	Harry Ackerman	1968
11	Hayley Mills	1967
12	Hepburn-Ferrer	1967
12	Hollywood letter	1968
12	How to quit smoking	1967
15	Howard Brodie	1968
12	Ingrid Bergman	1968
12	Ivan Tors	1968
12	Jack Cooper	1968
12	Jim Webb	1968
12	John Fink	1967
12	John Wayne	1967
10	Johnny Carson	1967
29	Johnny Carson	1967
12	Kraft - Contextures	1968
12	Lady Madonna	1968
12	Laurel-Hardy cult	1967
12	Line is too busy	1968
12	Location - runaways	1968
12	Mailer	1968
11	Marlene Dietrich	1968
12	Mehta	1968
12	Men's fashions	1967
12	Men's mod styles	1968
12	Mia Farrow	1968
12	Mia's haircut	1967
12	Mills Bros.	1968
13	Motion Picture and TV Relief Fund	1967
13	Movies	1967
13	NATAS	1968
13	Newly pregnant	1967
13	Nixon's humor	1969
13	Nude films	1967
13	Odd casting	1967
13	Oral history	1968
13	Oscar '68	1968
13	Pearl Bailey	1967
13	Pike-Brandon Books/Milestone	1968
13	Prunes' mass	1967
13	Public relations	1967
13	Puerto Vallerta	1967
13	R. Harris benefit	1967
13	Ralph story	1968
13	Rin-Tin-Gin	1967
13	Robert Kennedy assassination	1968
13	Rod Steiger	1968
14	Sandy Dennis	1967
14	Screenwriter pay	1967
14	Silent treatment	1967
14	Sinatra-Gardner	1967
14	Smothers Bros.	1968
14	Soul	1968
14	Student films	1967
15	THC (drug)	1968
15	Theatrical unions	1967
15	Thomas Merton	1968
15	Ticker tube	1968
15	Tiny Tim	1968
15	TV free lancers	1967
15	TV movie museum	1968
15	TV pads movies	1968
15	TV weather	1968
15	Unreported crimes	1968
15	US attorneys	1969
15	What TV should be	1968
15	The Who	1968
15	Who's For Whom	1968
15	Yakima Canutt	1968
15	Young dinosaurs	1969

Series III. Scripts, 1957-1983Return to Top

Arranged alphabetically by title. Contains scripts for motion pictures, television, and theatre productions of which Brodhead was a part.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
28	Abner's Black Limbo (theater)	undated
30	Ace Diamond (television)	1979
27	All's Fair, "The Perfect Evening" (television)	1976
23	The Apple Dumpling Gang (motion picture)	1974
30	Alter Ego	1958
30	The Arrangement	1968
30	Bartleby	undated
23	Basic Training (motion picture)	1973
30	Beau Gentry	undated
30	Benjamin Franklin, part III	1974
28	Black Starlet	undated
30	The Caper	undated
25	Carter Country, "The Physical" (television)	1977
24	Charlie's Angels, "Angels In Chains" (televison)	1976
34	Charlie's Angels, "Toni's Boys" (television)	1980
24	Detective School - One Flight Up, "Ice" (televison)	1979
24	Dog and Cat, "Live Bait" (televison)	1977
28	Dream Play (theater)	1960
30	The Dukes of Hazzard (television)	1983
27	Dupont Show of the Month, "The Browning Version" (television)	1959
27	Dupont Show of the Month, "The Lincoln Murder Case" (television)	1961
31	Falcon Crest (television)	1983
28	Fire of Spring (theater)	1963
31	First Monday In October (motion picture)	1981
23	Forever Fernwood (televison)	1977
31	Frances	1981
26	General Hospital (television)	1978-1979
26	Gibbsville, "How Old, How Young" (television)	1976
31	Good Times (I Got You, Babe)	1966
31	Grammy Salutes Oscar (television special)	1974
27	Hallmark Hall of Fame, "Lisa, Bright and Dark" (television)	1972
31	Hammett	1981
28	Happy Anniversary and Goodbye (starring Lucille Ball)	1974
32	Helter Skelter (television movie)	1976
27	Here's Lucy, "The Big Game" (television)	1973
24	Here's Lucy, "Lucy and Joan Rivers Do Jury Duty" (televison)	1973
28	The Hero	1975
22	Heroes (motion picture)	1977
32	Hizzoner	1978
23	Hizzoner, "Mr. Perfect" (televison)	1978
32	Honda Motor Company	1983
32	Honeybear I Think I Love You	1969
27	Hunter, "The Hit" (television)	1976
32	In Search of the Singing Cowboy	1974
22	It's a Wonderful Life (motion picture)	1977
24	Kill Me If You Can (The Caryl Chessman Story) (televison)	1976
25	Kojak, "Both Sides of the Law" (television)	1975
22	Kotch (motion picture)	1970
26	Kraft Television Theatre, "Sextuplets" (television)	1957
22	Leadbelly (motion picture)	undated
32	Little House on the Prairie, "Blind Justice" (television)	1980
24	Lucille Ball Special (televison)	1977
32	Lucille Ball Television Special	1977
22	Lucky Lady (motion picture)	1974
32	Lucky Stores	1977-1978
23	Mame (motion picture)	1972
24	Man From Atlantis, "Melt Down" (televison)	1977
33	The Man Who Wasn't There	undated
26	Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (television)	1976
26	McMillan and Wife, "Death of a Laird…Birth of a Legend" (television)	1973
28	A Meeting of Minds	1966
28	Meg (theater)	undated
28	A Miracle at the Time	1974-1976
33	Motor Wheel	undated
25	My Luke and I (television)	1977
33	Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back	1973
33	The Pregnant Librarian	undated
33	The Public Eye	1965
25	Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (television)	1969
33	Ruby and Oswald	1977
28	Saint Jack and the Machine (theater)	undated
33	Sargeant Matlovich versus the US Air Force	1977
33	Shell Game	undated
24	Spider-Man, "The Mind Stealers" (televison)	1977
23	Starsky and Hutch (televison)	1975
34	The Stationmaster	undated
23	The Strongest Man In the World (motion picture)	1974
34	Tall Story	undated
28	Tell 'Em Louie Sent Ya: A Consumer Education Film	undated
23	Treasure of Mateacumbe (motion picture)	1975
34	Union Oil Company of California	1983
30	University of Southern California (USC) Cinema Department	1971-1979
34	The Vendors	1970
28	Veranda on the Highway	undated
28	Voice of the Whirlwind (theater)	1959
24	The Waltons, "The Intruders" (televison)	1975
34	Week of the Crystal Night	undated
34	Whisper in the Gloom	1979
34	The Zertigo Diamond Caper	1982
28	Unidentified	undated
34	Unidentified	undated

Series IV. Photographs, 1937-1981Return to Top

Arranged alphabetically. Primarily contains photographs depicting Brodhead and other actors in various motion picture, television, and theatre productions. Some personal photographs of Brodhead are also present. All photographs are black and white unless otherwise noted.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
43	Apple Dumpling Gang (color)	1975
41	Apple Dumpling Gang	1975
41	Arbuckle's Casino	undated
41	Arsenic and Old Lace	1976
41	Barter Theatre	1958
41	Benjamin Franklin: The Ambassador	1974
41	Born Yesterday	1974
41	Detective School	undated
41	Dreamplay	1960
41	First Monday In October	circa 1979-1981
41	From Noon Till Three	1975
41	Gideon's Trumpet	1979
43	Helter Skelter (negatives)	1975
41	Helter Skelter	1975
41	Inherit the Wind	1957
41	James Brodhead	circa 1937-1970
43	James Brodhead (color)	circa 1947-1970
41	Jatoma Players	1951-1954
41	Kiss Me Kate	1975
41	Kotch	1971
43	Leadbelly (color)	1975
41	Leadbelly	1975
41	Stills, negatives and prood sheets	1954-1966
41	Time magazine	1964-1968
42	Tommy and Dick Smothers and Brodhead on a boat in Marina del Rey	1968
41	University of Michigan	1951-1956
43	Various productions (color)	1954-1974
41	Various productions	1954-1974
41	Zorba	undated

Additional Container ListsReturn to Top

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Container(s)	Description
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Actors.
Journalism -- United States.
Journalists.
Motion picture industry -- United States.
Television programs -- United States.
Television scripts.

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