Bill Minutaglio Papers
Award-winning writer
Minutaglio's books include: First Son: George W. Bush & The Bush Family
Dynasty, 1999 (reissued in a new, expanded
edition in 2001), City on Fire: The Explosion That Devastated A
Texas Town and Ignited A Historic Legal Battle, 2003, The President's
Counselor: The Rise To Power of Alberto Gonzales, 2006 (published in
a Spanish-language edition
Minutaglio's work is included in these anthologies: Literary Austin,
edited by Don Graham; Merchants of Misery: How Corporate America Profits
From Poverty; November 22: The Day Remembered; The Day JFK Died; Echoes of
Texas Football: The Greatest Stories Ever Told. He is co-author of The
Hidden City, about a community where Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald
lived. He is co-author of Locker Room Mojo, about the nature of superstition
in sports.
Minutaglio worked for the Abilene Reporter-News, San Antonio Express-News
and Houston Chronicle. He spent 18 years at The Dallas Morning
News. He covered strife in Central America, the Soviet Union and the
Philippines. He traveled with the Sandinistas, reported on the tearing down
of the Berlin Wall and filed stories about the end of the Marcos regime in
Manila. He was a national correspondent for The Sporting News and
TALK, where he worked for editor Tina Brown.
His work has appeared in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Esquire,
Outside, Details, Los Angeles Times, New York Times and Scotland
on Sunday. He has written encyclopedia entries for Encarta and
World Book on George W. Bush and others. He and Julian Bond were
asked to write essays for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution commemorating
the assassination of President Kennedy.
He has been interviewed by Brian Williams, Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, Katie
Couric, Dan Rather, Judy Woodruff, Bernard Shaw, Charlie Rose and Terry Gross.
He has been on “The Today Show” and NPR's "Fresh Air,”
“Talk of the Nation” and other programs. His Bush biography was
called "excellent" by The New York Review of Books and
The New Republic. His biography of Gonzales was called "fascinating"
by The New York Times, "chilling" by the San Francisco
Chronicle and “brilliant” by the San Antonio Express-News.
The Washington Post said City on Fire was "a remarkable re-creation...a
terrific nonfiction work that has the narrative force of an adventure novel."
The Baltimore Sun compared his writing to that of Tom Wolfe and Hunter
Thompson. His biography of Bush has been published in China. City On Fire
was optioned by actor Tom Cruise.
His work has been recognized by The National Association of Black Journalists,
National Conference of Christians and Jews, University of Missouri, and National
Headliners. His work has been listed in three editions of the Best American
Sports Writing anthologies.
Minutaglio taught Narrative Story Telling at the University of Texas and has
lectured at Northwestern University, Johns Hopkins University, St. Edward's
University and Concordia University. He has a B.A. from Columbia College and
an M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He studied
for a year at the Columbia University School of International Affairs. He
interned at the United Nations and worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture
monitoring free food programs in inner-city neighborhoods in New York City.
He is a Clinical Professor in the Journalism Department at the University
of Texas at Austin.
For more information about Bill
Minutaglio visit his website at: www.billminutaglio.com
Listed below is an archival inventory
of the Bill Minutaglio holdings. Please note that access to unprocessed materials
is granted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the Archivist
for details about access to the Bill Minutaglio Collection.
Bill Minutaglio
Accession 2007-019
Material consists of research, correspondence,
manuscripts, and other editorial material for MinutaglioÕs book about the
Attorney General during the George W. Bush administration titled The
PresidentÕs Counselor: The Rise to Power of Alberto Gonzales. Included are memorandums from Gonzales
to Bush, biographical information on Gonzales such as his military records,
transcripts of interviews, and numerous news clippings and other information
used in gathering facts for the book.
Original titles are in quotation marks.
Box # 828 folder
1
ÒDeath PenaltyÓ – memorandums to
Governor Bush from Gonzales (part 1 of 2).
Box # 828 folder
2
ÒDeath PenaltyÓ – memorandums to
Governor Bush from Gonzales (part 2 of 2).
Box # 828 folder
3
[Death penalty, binder II] –
memorandums to Governor Bush from Gonzales (part 1 of 2).
Box # 828 folder
4
[Death penalty, binder II] – memorandums
to Governor Bush from Gonzales (part 2 of 2).
Box # 828 folder
5
[binder III, no title] – interview
transcripts and correspondence (part 1 of 3).
Box # 828 folder
6
[binder III, no title] – interview
transcripts and correspondence (part 2 of 3).
Box # 828 folder
7
[binder III, no title] – interview
transcripts and correspondence (part 3 of 3).
Box # 828 folder
8
Ò2000Ó – research material consisting
of opinions written by Justice Gonzales, printouts of newspaper articles from
the internet, and transcripts (part 1 of 2).
Box # 828 folder
9
Ò2000Ó – research material consisting
of opinions written by Justice Gonzales, printouts of newspaper articles from
the internet, and transcripts (part 2 of 2).
Box # 828 folder
10
Ò1998-1999Ó - research material consisting of
printouts of newspaper articles from the internet, and transcripts.
Box # 828 folder
11
Ò1955Ó - research material consisting of
articles from The Handbook of Texas
Online and a photocopy of Mexicans in
Houston by Margarita Melville (part 1 of 2).
Box # 828 folder
12
Ò1955Ó - research material consisting of
articles from Historic Houston and a
photocopy of Hispanics in Houston and
Harris County edited by Dr. Dorothy Caram and others (part 2 of 2).
Box # 828 folder
13
ÒOctober 2001- December 2001Ó –
research material consisting mainly of printouts of newspaper articles from the
internet (part 1 of 2).
Box # 828 folder
14
ÒOctober 2001- December 2001Ó –
research material consisting mainly of printouts of newspaper articles from the
internet (part 2 of 2).
Box # 828 folder
15
ÒJanuary – March 2001Ó – research
material consisting mainly of printouts of newspaper articles from the
internet.
Box # 828 folder
16
ÒJanuary – May 2002Ó - research material consisting mainly of
printouts of newspaper articles from the internet(part 1 of 2).
Box # 828 folder
17
ÒJanuary – May 2002Ó - research material consisting mainly of
printouts of newspaper articles from the internet(part 2 of 2).
Box # 829 folder
1
ÒBios/friends cont.ÕdÓ – transcripts of
interviews and information and articles printed out from the internet.
Box # 829 folder
2
ÒImages/PhotosÓ – digital printouts,
one photo of Gonzales with group of judges, negatives, and correspondence.
Box # 829 folder
3
ÒAlberto Gonzales Research & InterviewsÓ – material is
grouped in the following sections: Òinterview listsÓ, Òe-trafficÓ, Òbackground/clipsÓ,
ÒQ&A transcriptsÓ and Òcomplete source listÓ.
Box # 829 folder
4
ÒMilitaryÓ – military records for
GonzalesÕ service in the Air Force and records from the US Air Force Academy.
Box # 829 folder
5
ÒSpeechesÓ – transcripts of remarks by
Gonzales.
Box # 829 folder
6
ÒFoesÓ – research material consisting
mainly of printouts of newspaper articles and other information from the
internet.
Box # 829 folder
7
ÒHarper Collins CorrespondenceÓ –
information and correspondence relating to the publishing of the book.
Box # 829 folder
8
ÒLatino Reaction & StatsÓ –
research material consisting mainly of printouts of newspaper articles from the
internet and the Houston Chronicle
from August 17, 2005.
Box # 829 folder
9
ÒTasia Scolinos/wiretapÓ – newspaper
clippings, hand written notes, and the February 27, 2006 issue of The New Yorker with Cheney and Bush on
the cover.
Box # 829 folder
10
ÒDOJ BudgetÓ – Department of Justice
Strategic Plan 2003-2008, part I.
Box # 829 folder
11
ÒInventory Execution files – general
correspondenceÓ – inventory list of the execution files of Governor Bush
from the Texas Archival Resources Online.
Box # 829 folder
12
ÒDraftsÓ – drafts and correspondence.
Box # 829 folder
13
ÒBushÓ – transcript of BushÕs remarks
during Hispanic Heritage Month event, October 14, 2005 and printouts of news
articles from the internet.
Box # 829 folder
14
ÒBoilerplate BiographiesÓ – research
material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles and other resources
from the internet.
Box # 829 folder
15
ÒGOA ReportÓ – 2001 Presidential
Transition Report, June 2002.
Box # 829 folder
16
ÒFOIA & emails to AGÓ – article
about Gonzales and the documents requested through the Freedom of Information
Act which were highly redacted, correspondence, and emails with questions for
Gonzales to answer for the book.
Box # 829 folder
17
ÒSpeeches as Attorney GeneralÓ –
transcripts of GonzalesÕ speeches.
Box # 829 folder
18
[Research material, untitled] – copies
of documents reproduced from the holdings of the Texas State Archives including
confidential memorandums and correspondence (part 1 of 2).
Box # 829 folder
19
[Research material, untitled] – copies
of documents reproduced from the holdings of the Texas State Archives including
confidential memorandums and correspondence (part 2 of 2).
Box # 829 folder
20
ÒJan. 05Ó – research material consisting
mainly of printouts of news articles and other resources from the internet.
Box # 830 folder
1
ÒJune 2001 –
Sept. 2001Ó - research material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles
and other resources from the internet.
Box # 830 folder
2
ÒJan. 2005Ó
- research material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles and other
resources from the internet.
Box # 830 folder
3
ÒMay 2002 –
Sept. 2002Ó - research material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles
and other resources from the internet.
Box # 830 folder
4
ÒFeb. 2004 –
April 2004Ó - research material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles
and other resources from the internet.
Box # 830 folder
5
ÒJan. 2003 –
Feb. 2003Ó - research material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles
and other resources from the internet.
Box # 830 folder
6
ÒSept. 2002 –
Dec. 2002Ó - research material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles
and other resources from the internet.
Box # 830 folder
7
ÒMay 2004Ó -
research material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles and other
resources from the internet.
Box # 830 folder
8
ÒAug. 2003 –
Dec. 2003Ó - research material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles
and other resources from the internet.
Box # 830 folder
9
ÒMar. 2003 –
July 2003Ó - research material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles
and other resources from the internet.
Box # 830 folder
10
ÒNov. 12 –
Nov. 30, 2004Ó - research material consisting mainly of printouts of news
articles and other resources from the internet.
Box # 830 folder
11
ÒFeb. –
March 2005Ó - research material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles
and other resources from the internet.
Box # 830 folder
12
ÒJune 2004Ó
- research material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles and other
resources from the internet.
Box # 830 folder
13
ÒNov. – Dec. 2004Ó - research material consisting
mainly of printouts of news articles and other resources from the internet.
Box # 831 folder
1
ÒJuly 2004 – Nov. 2004Ó - research
material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles and other resources
from the internet (part 1 of 2).
Box # 831 folder
2
ÒJuly 2004 –
Nov. 2004Ó - research material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles
and other resources from the internet (part 2 of 2).
Box # 831 folder
3
ÒApril 2001 –
June 2001Ó - research material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles
and other resources from the internet.
Box # 831 folder
4
ÒHigh school
& RiceÓ – research relating to locating and interviewing classmates of
Gonzales.
Box # 831 folder
5
ÒHuman
Rights background ERÓ – material from the group Human Rights First including background papers on Gonzales,
material from the confirmation hearings, and a flowchart of GonzalesÕ role in
setting torture policy.
Box # 831 folder
6
ÒSept. 2005 –
Dec. 2005Õ - research material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles
covering the Supreme Court and torture policy.
Box # 831 folder
7
ÒVarious
articlesÓ - research material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles
and other resources from the internet.
Box # 831 folder
8
ÒJune –
August 2005Ó - research material consisting mainly of printouts of news
articles
and other
resources from the internet.
Box # 831 folder
9
[untitled
research material] - research material from April and May 2005, consisting
mainly of printouts of news articles and other resources from the internet.
Box # 831 folder
10
ÒBetoÓ –
binder of information on Gonzales compiled by Becky Chavarr’a-Ch‡irez.
Box # 831 folder
11
ÒSon of
alcoholic, wife, children, siblingsÓ – hand written notes,
correspondence, material from the internet and other resources covering births
and deaths in the Gonzales family.
Box # 831 folder
12
ÒHarvardÓ –
transcripts from interviews with classmates of Gonzales, and general
information on the university.
Box # 831 folder
13
ÒVinson
& ElkinsÓ – information on law firm that employed Gonzales for 13
years.
Box # 831 folder
14
ÒReligionÓ –
articles about religion, transcript of interview of Gonzales, and correspondence.
Box # 831 folder
15
ÒTorture/Terror
memosÓ – news articles printed from the internet from several sources and
photocopies from the Justice Department of memorandums between Bush and
Gonzales.
Box # 831 folder
16
ÒApril 4,
2001 judiciary com. hearingÓ – transcript of hearing, April 5, 2001.
Box # 831 folder
17
Ò2005
confirmation hearingsÓ – transcripts of hearing, January 2, 2005 and news
articles printed from the internet from several sources.
Box # 831 folder
18
ÒContactsÓ –
includes hand written notes, lists of persons to interview for book,
correspondence, and other research material consisting mainly of printouts of
news articles and other resources from the internet.
Box # 831 folder
19
ÒPolitical
donors 1999-2000Ó – report of campaign money raised by Justice Gonzales
from filings with the Texas Ethics Commission, and an article from ÒBush WatchÓ.
Box # 831 folder
20
ÒAG
Confirmation testimonyÓ – transcripts of hearing January 26, 2005 and of
testimony from Orin Hatch, Douglas Johnson, and others.
Box # 831 folder
21
ÒVarious
articlesÓ - research material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles
and other resources from the internet (part 1 of 2).
Box # 832 folder
1
ÒVarious
articlesÓ - research material consisting mainly of printouts of news articles
and other resources from the internet (part 2 of 2).
Box # 832 folder
2
ÒOutline/source list handwrittenÓ –
spiral bound notebook with handwritten notes.
Box # 832 folder
3
ÒWork in progress 9-10Ó – drafts of
chapters 9 and 10.
Box # 832 folder
4
ÒWork in progress 11-14Ó – drafts of
chapters 11 through 14.
Box # 832 folder
5
ÒAdditional essentialsÓ – research
material includes photocopy of
de-classified pre-9/11 intelligence memo from August 2, 2001,
transcripts from hearings, and printouts of news articles and other resources
from the internet.
Box # 832 folder
6
ÒThe ProposalÓ – proposal for book
about Gonzales.
Box # 832 folder
7
ÒEditorÕs galleyÓ – galley with notes.
Box # 832 folder
8
ÒAuthorÕs working ms.Ó – manuscript of
book.
Box # 832 folder
9
ÒWork in progress 1-4Ó – drafts of
chapters 1 through 4.
Box # 832 folder
10
ÒWork in progress 5-8Ó – drafts of
chapters 5 through 8.
Box # 832 folder
11
ÒWorking galleyÓ – galley with notes
and revisions.
Box # 833 folder
1
ÒChapter 15 – galleyÓ – draft
with notes and revisions.
Box # 833 folder
2
ÒTexas Observer Book ExceptÓ – July 28,
2006 issue of The Texas Observer
featuring an excerpt from The PresidentÕs
Counselor.
Box # 833 folder
3
ÒDeadline ChangedÓ – correspondence
relating to change in deadline to December 15, 2005.
Box # 833 folder
4
ÒGalley -3/26/06Ó – galley of entire
book.
Box # 833 folder
5
ÒAuthorÕs changesÓ – manuscript of book
with notes and revisions.