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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
Copyright InformationThe researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Preferred Citation
Preferred CitationItem Description, Box Number, Folder Number, James E. Brodhead papers, 07389, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Related Materials
Related MaterialsThere are no known other archival collections created by James E. Brodhead at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition InformationThis material was received from James E. Brodhead in 1978 and 1985.
Processing Note
Processing InformationThe 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 |
---|---|
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Actors.
- Journalism -- United States.
- Journalists.
- Motion picture industry -- United States.
- Television programs -- United States.
- Television scripts.
Personal Names
- Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 -- Assassination.
- Sirhan, Sirhan Bishara, 1944-
Titles within the Collection
- Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-in (Television program)