Typed Notes: Vol. 6, Notes of the Emergency Comt Mtgs., 01/01/1975-12/31/1975

File — Box: 5, Folder: 8

Identifier: 89830

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

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: 47.75 Linear Feet (22 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains volume 6 of the typed notes compiled by Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre and their staff from their research on the period of upheaval that followed Indian independence in August 1947. The notes came from their work with the records of the notes of the Emergency Committee that was established to deal with the Punjab crisis from the first meeting at Government House, New Delhi, on September 6, 1947, to the final meeting on November 28, 1947, in chronological order.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

FREEDOM AT MIDNIGHT - TYP NOTES RE EMERGENCY COMT MTGS, 1947, ND: Typescript

INDIA, EMERGENCY COMT MTGS, 1947 - FREEDOM AT MIDN RES RE NOTES FRM: Typescript

EMERGENCY COMT MTGS, INDIA, 1947 - FREEDOM AT MIDN RES RE NOTES FRM: Typescript

PUNJAB CRISIS, 1947 - FREEDOM AT MIDN NOTES RE EMERG COMT MTGS: Typescript