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Research File: Arab Preparations., 05/06/1968-07/01/1969

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Identifier: 89714

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

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

  • 05/06/1968-07/01/1969

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 Arab civilian and military preparations for the period before the partition of Palestine through the eve of the mandate's end, for O Jerusalem, in both and English.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

O JERUSALEM - INTRVWS & RES RE ARAB PREPARATIONS, 1968-69: Typescript

PALESTINE, PARTITION - O JERU INTRVWS & RES RE ARAB PREP, 1968-69: Typescript

ARAB PREPARATIONS - O JERU INTRVWS & RES RE PARTITN, 1968-69: Typescript

ARAB-ISRAELI WAR, 1948 - O JERU INTRVWS & RES RE ARAB PREP, 1968-69: Typescript

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

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