Spring 1956 news article by Frankie Waits about Caro Brown and her Pullitzer Prize-winning story. The article details how Brown came across the story and her experiences since. The article also mentions the death of her 7-year old son at the beginning of the investigation.
Partial letter to Caro Brown from Texas Attorney General John Shepperd. Shepperd's letter praises Brown's tenacity and perseverance in continuing to report on the political corruption in Duval County. The letter mentions the threats that Brown and her daughter have faced, and the death of Brown's younger son. Only the 1st page of the letter is available.
Letter to Tom Fite from Columbia University's Pulitzer Prize committee, notifying him that his nomination of Caro Brown for the Pulitzer Prize in journalism has been received. The committee will meet in April 1955 to choose the winner.
Letter to Caro Brown from Grayson Kirk, the president of Columbia University, to notify her that she won the Pulitzer Prize for "distinguished local reporting on a deadline."
Letter to Caro Brown from a reporter at the Dallas Morning News, congratulating her on winning the Pulitzer Prize. The reporter's signature is illegible but it is someone that knows Caro personally.
Letter to Caro Brown from Pearl Neas at Southwestern University, congratulating her on winning the Pulitzer prize and inviting her to come speak with new journalism students in the fall.
Letter from Caro Brown to Walter Adams at Reader's Digest. Brown is responding to a previous letter from Adams about the possibility of turning her Pullitzer Prize-winning reporting on Duval into a story for the magazine. It appears that Adams initially approached Brown about the story. She states that she's not a reporter anymore since she became a grandmother but that she may return if events in Duval County start "boiling over again."
Letter to Caro Brown from Watt Adams at Reader's Digest. Adams is responding to a previous letter from Brown about the possibility of turning her Pullitzer Prize-winning reporting on Duval into a story for the magazine. Adams states that he can't make any promises but he is interested in what she is proposing and asks her to submit a rough sketch of the story first, or the story in full if she's sure.
Letter to Caro Brown from Calvin Bowden, thanking her sending him newspaper clippings. He states that he needed them to gain insight into "this man." The man in question is not named but he is involved in a current appeals hearing.
Letter from Caro Brown to Maurine (no last name). Mentions that she is sending materials to Maurine but says that she doens't have much as she didn't save any clippings and the newspaper where she worked burned down in 1966. she inquires about Maurine's new school year and says that Duval is quiet because most of the citizenry is "in the pen or under indictment." She briefly discusses her introduction to the reporting that gained her the Pullitzer Prize and how fast and tense that period was and how unprepared she felt.
Letter from Caro Brown to Maurine (no last name). Brown mentions sending copies (not specified) to Maurine for a project they are working on as well as Brown's own work on an autobiography. She says that the "cobwebs of 22 years begin to fall away" but no specific time frame is given.
Letter to Caro Brown from a New York Times reporter working from the Los Anegeles Bureau. The sender seems to have sent something to Caro and thanks for her for her "great help."
Cartoon of a little girl and a little boy playing. the little girl has an alarm clock around her neck and she's telling the boy "It's mom's idea, when the alarm goes off I gotta git home for dinner..."
Poem written to Caro Brown by an unknown author on the occasion of her winning the Pullitzer Prize for Outstanding Journalistic Achievement for her reporting on political corruption in Duval County, TX.
Telegram from John Ben Shepperd to Caro Brown to congratulate her on receiving the Pullitzer Prize for Outstanding Journalistic Achievement for her reporting on political corruption in Duval County, TX.
