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bowdenmark Inventory of the Mark Bowden Papers, 1972-2004 Processed by: Ted Holt; machine-readable finding aid created by: Ted Holt David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: Oct. 2009Processed by Ted Holt, Oct. 2009; finding aid encoded by Ted Holt, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, Oct 2009 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the Mark Bowden Papers, 1972-2004 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Bowden, Mark, 1951- Mark Bowden Papers, 1972-2004 Material in English 11.4 Linear Feet 7125 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Author, journalist, screenwriter, and adjunct professor at Loyola College in Maryland. Papers contain research materials for Bowden's book about the Iran hostage crisis (1979-1981), published as Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam (NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006). Materials include interview transcripts with American hostages, Iranian hostage takers, and members of the United States military who were involved in the 1980 rescue attempt. Collection also contains many research files and clippings. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Mark Bowden Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Provenance

The Mark Bowden Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2006.

Processing Information

Processed by Ted Holt, Oct. 2009

Encoded by Ted Holt, Oct. 2009

Accession 2006-0082 is described in this finding aid.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Biographical Note

Chronology List 1951 Born in St. Louis, Missouri 1973 Graduated from Loyola College of Maryland with a B.A. in English Literature 1979-2003 Worked as staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer 1987 Published Doctor Dealer: The Rise and Fall of an All-American Boy and His Multimillion-Dollar Cocaine Empire 1994 Bringing the Heat published 1999 Publication of Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War 2001 Published Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw 2002 Published Our Finest Day : D-Day, June 6, 1944 2002 Publication of Finders Keepers: The Story of a Man Who Found $1 Million 2006 Publication of Road Work : Among Tyrants, Heroes, Rogues, and Beasts 2006 Published Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam

Collection Overview

The Mark Bowden Papers span the dates 1972-2004, and contain research materials for Bowden's book about the Iran hostage crisis (1979-1981), published as Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam (NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006). Materials include transcripts of Bowden's interviews with many dozens of individuals, including American hostages, Iranian hostage takers, and members of the United States military who were involved in the 1980 rescue attempt. Also present in the collection are extensive bound notebooks of press clippings, and many research files. These files contain documents related to the U.S. government's role in the hostage crisis and its relations with Iran, as well as articles by other authors on Iran and the hostage crisis. Specific materials can be found on the CIA, the Department of Defense, and President Carter's administration.

Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.

Bowden, Mark, 1951- Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981--Chronology. Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981--Personal narratives. Hostages--Iran. United States--Foreign relations--Iran. Iran--Foreign relations--United States. United States--Armed Forces--Search and rescue operations. Related Material Tim Wells Papers, 1982-1986: background materials, including oral interviews, relating to Well’s book about the Iran hostage crisis (1979-1981). David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Contents of Collection Interviews Series, 1982-2004 (9 boxes)

Arranged alphabetically by last name. Consists primarily of two periods during which Bowden carried out interviews: 1982-1984 and 2002-2004. Original electronic media have been removed and files have been mounted to a library server; for access to these materials please consult with a reference archivist before coming to use the collection.

1Ahern(2 folders) Alavitabar Asgharzadeh Bani-Sadr Barnes Belk Brooks

[Disk removed.]

Brzezinski Cheney

[Disk removed.]

Cooke

[2 CDs removed.]

Daugherty(Folders 1-3 of 4) 2Daugherty(Folders 1-3 of 4) Dehnamaki Doroski Dwyer

[CD removed.]

Ebtekar Engelmann Farouz Fitch Gallegos German Golocinski(3 folders) Graves 3Hall( 2 folders) Hanson Hashemi, Mohamed

[CD removed]

Hashemi, Taha Hermening Holland Hohman Howland, John Howland, Mike

[Disk removed]

4Hughes Jones Kalp Kashani Kavakebian Kennedy Keough Kirtley Koob Kupke Laingen Lee Lenehan Lewis 5Lijek Limbert(2 folders) Lopez Maazroei Metrinko Mingo Moadikhah Morefield 6Nabari Naiimipoor Needham Nightengale Ode(3 folders) Persinger Pitman Prater Precht Quarles 7Queen Rajaeefar Razavi-Faqih Roeder Rosen Rotundo Royer

[Disk removed]

Savory Schaefer, Jim

[Disk removed.]

Schaefer, Thomas Schatz 8Schoomaker

[2 disks and 1 CD removed.]

Scott

[Disk removed.]

Scurria Sharer Shariatmadari Sharsar Sickman Smith Subic

[Mini Disc removed.]

Tabatabai Taheri Tajzadeh Timm 9Tomseth Turner Uttaro(2 folders) Vaught Walton Yazoi Research and Writings Series, 1972-2004 (9 boxes)

Consists primarily of research materials for the book Guests of the Ayatollah. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

9Abdi, Abbas Bitaraf, Habibollah Bound newspaper articles, 1979 Nov.-1979 Dec. 10Bound newspaper articles, 1979 Dec.-1980 Apr. 11Bound newspaper articles, 1980 Apr.-1980 Aug. 12Bound newspaper articles, 1980 Sept.-1980 Nov. 13Bound newspaper articles, 1980 Dec.-1981 Jan. Buck, Peter, The Iranian Rescue Mission: a Case Study 14Carter, Jimmy

Includes correspondence, handwritten notes, speeches, and Pentagon chronology.

CIA documents, 1981 Clippings, 1979-1981(2 folders) Correspondence, presidential

Includes Jimmy Carter, Rosalyn Carter and then-Governor Bill Clinton.

Current Iran, 2003(3 folders) Daugherty CIA, 1979-1980 Jimmy Carter and the decision to admit the Shah of Iran into the United States: Confustion and Questions Linger, 2003 Desert One(5 folders)

Includes articles, Department of Defense briefing, Iranian report, House hearing testimony and other documents.

15Diplomatic chronology, 1979-1981 Dwyer, Cynthia

Consists of correspondence, poems and a selection from memoir Women Imprisioned in the Kingdom of Mullahs.

Friday prayer, 2003 Sept. 28 Guests of the Ayatollah News articles and embassy files(vols. 1 and 3) Outline, revised Holloway Commission Report, 1980 Aug. 23(2 folders) Hostage photos 16Hostage takers Iran book Iranian propaganda effort after the rescue attempt Iran, the making of U.S. Policy, 1977-1980, NS Archives(2 folders) Khomeini Legal files, Cutler, 1980 Memorandums, 1979-1980 Iran Working Group NSC Brzezinski Mirdamadi, Mohsen Nightengale, Keith, Vignettes 17Operation Credible Sport, 1997, 2004 Oral Histories(bound volume) Graves, John, 1999 Laingen, Bruce, 1993 Morefield, Richard, 1990 Moore, Bert, 1988 Swift, Ann, 1992 Precht, Henry, 2000 Saunders, Harold, 1993 Roeder et al. vs. Iran, transcript, 2001(2 folders) Solt, Barbara, 2002-2004

Includes articles, book reviews and thesis on former Iran hostages.

Spy Den(4 folders) 18Stock footage Video notes White House, 1972-1979

Includes correspondence, memorandums, intelligence assessments and presidential directives.

Wolf, Kendal, Iran Hostage Crisis Rescue Mission: Lessons Learned and Applied or Successes from Failure, 2004 Moayyad, Heshmat, ed. Stories from Iran Parsipur, Shahrmush, Women without Men Digital Material Series (14 items)

Contains electronic files from eight floppy disks, five cds and one mini disc of interviews.

[Electronic files have been mounted to a library server. For access to these materials, please consult with a reference archivist before coming to use the collection.]