Research Files: Volume 1, Book Excerpts., 01/01/1980-12/31/1980
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
- 01/01/1980-12/31/1980
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
Container Summary
Contains volume one of the typed notes prepared by Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre and their staff taken from the secondary sources they consulted in their research for The Fifth Horseman, also referred to as the Valentino Project. Ruth First, Libya: The Elusive Revolution (Baltimore: Penguin, 1974). John McPhee, The Curve of Binding Energy (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1974). Current News (3/3/1977). Patrick Seale and Maureen McConville, The Hilton Assignment (New York: Praeger, 1973). Civil Defense Preparedness Agency, Instructions and Drills.
Subjects and Associated Physical Materials
FIFTH HORSEMAN, THE - BOOK EXCERPTS - RES NOTES, VOL 1: Other Types
LIBYA: THE ELUSIVE REVOLUTION - BY RUTH FIRST - FIFTH HORSE BK EXC, 1: Typescript
FIRST, RUTH - LIBYA: THE ELUSIVE REVOLUTION - FIFTH HORSEMAN BK EXC, 1: Typescript
CURVE OF BINDING ENERGY - JOHN MCPHEE - FIFTH HORSE BK EXC, 1: Typescript
MCPHEE, JOHN - CURVE BINDING ENERGY - FIFTH HORSE BK EXC, 1: Typescript
CURRENT NEWS (3/3/1977) - RE US FOR POL - FIFTH HORSE BK EXC, 1: Typescript
HILTON ASSIGNMENT - SEALE & MCCONVILLE - FIFTH HORSE BK EXC, 1: Typescript
SEALE, PATRICK, ET AL - HILTON ASSIGNMENT - 5 HORSE BK EXC, 1: Typescript
MCCONVILLE, MAUREEN, ET AL - HILTON ASSIGNMENT - 5 HORSE BK EXC, 1: Typescript
CIVIL DEFENSE PREPAREDNESS AGENY - MANUAL - 5 HORSE BK EXC, 1: Typescript
LOS ALAMOS 1943-1945 ... - FIFTH HORSE BK EXC, 1: Typescript
VALENTINO PROJECT - SEE ENTRIES FOR THE FIFTH HORSEMAN: Xerox
BOOK EXCERPTS - FIFTH - LIBYA: THE ELUSIVE REVOLUTION BY RUTH FIRST, 1: Typescript
BOOK EXCERPTS - FIFTH - CURVE OF BINDING ENERGY BY JOHN MCPHEE, 1: Typescript
BOOK EXCERPTS - FIFTH - CURRENT NEWS ARTICLES, 1: Typescript
BOOK EXCERPTS - FIFTH - HILTON ASSIGNMENT BY SEALE & MCCONVILLE, 1: Typescript
BOOK EXCERPTS - FIFTH - CIVIL DEFENSE PREPAREDNESS AGENCY, 1: 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