Interviews: Subject Files, Operation Nachson, Background., 1948 - 1969
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the research and subject files, interview tapes, including transcripts, and related material of the noted writer and journalist Larry Collins. Included in this collection are the materials for Collins' five collaborative works with French journalist and writer Dominique Lapierre, as well as the three novels he authored alone. The collection has been arranged chronologically according to the dates of publication for his works. The collectins holds material related to all of Collins' nine books, excluding his compilations of Lord Louis Mountbatten's papers.
Dates
- 1948 - 1969
Collection-level Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 22 Cubic Feet (22 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Container Summary
Contains the typed notes taken from the interviews and research conducted by Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre and their staff related to background material on the 1948 Jewish military effort to open the road to Jerusalem code-named Operation Nachson, in both French and English.
Subjects and Associated Physical Materials
O JERUSALEM - INTRVWS & RES RE OPERATION NACHSON, BACKGROUND, 1948: Typescript
OPERATION NACHSON, 1948 - O JERU INTRVWS & RES RE BKGRD, 1948: Typescript
ARAB-ISRAELI WAR, 1948 - O JERU INTRVWS & RES RE OPER NACHSON, BKGD: Typescript
JERUSALEM - O JERU INTRVWS & RES RE OPER NACHSON, BKGRD, 1948-69: Typescript
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu