Typed Manuscript: Incomplete, pp. 272-602., 01/01/1975-12/31/1975

File — Box: 5, Folder: 1

Identifier: 89823

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

01/01/1975-12/31/1975

Collection-level Access Restrictions

Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Extent

From the Collection: 22 Cubic Feet (22 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains pages 292-602 from an incomplete typed manuscript for Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre's novel on India's successful movement for political independence from Great Britain and later partition of the country into present-day India and Pakistan, entitled Freedom at Midnight. Editorial corrections throughout.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

FREEDOM AT MIDNIGHT - INCOMPLETE TYPED MANUSCRIPT, 272-602, ND: Other Types

COLLINS, LARRY & DOM LAPIERRE - FREEDOM AT MIDN, INCOMPL TMS, ND: Other Types

LAPIERRE, DOM & LARRY COLLINS - FREEDOM AT MIDN, INCOMPL TMS, ND: Other Types