Research Notes: Volume 2, pt. i., 01/01/1982-12/31/1982
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
- 01/01/1982-12/31/1982
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
Container Summary
Contains volume 2, part i of the typed notes compiled by Larry Collins from the research he conducted for the novel Fall From Grace (c. 1985), also referred to as Projet "La Chatte," at the National Archives, Washington, DC, and the Archives of the German Wehrmacht, Germany, concerning the plans for the Allied invasion of Normandy, the FORTITUDE deception scheme, deception planners notes, as well as German preparations to repel the landings together with their first reactions to the plans.
Subjects and Associated Physical Materials
COLLINS, LARRY - FALL RES NOTES, VOL 2, PT 1: Typescript
FALL FROM GRACE - LC RES NOTES RE, VOL 2, PT 1: Typescript
FORTITUDE DECEPTION - FALL RES NOTES RE, VOL 2, PT 1: Typescript
NAT'L ARCHIVES, WASH, DC - FALL RES NOTES RE FORTITUDE, VOL 2, PT 1: Typescript
ARCHIVES GERMAN WEHRMACHT - FALL RES NOTES RE FORTITUDE, VOL 2, PT 1: Typescript
SOE - FALL RES NOTES RE FORTITUDE, VOL 2, PT 1: Typescript
FORTITUDE DECEPTION - FALL RES NOTES RE, VOL 2, PT 1: Typescript
DECEPTION PLANS, WW II- FALL RES NOTES RE, VOL 2, PT 1: Typescript
WORLD WAR II, DECEPTION PLANS- FALL RES NOTES RE, VOL 2, PT 1: Typescript
WORLD WAR II, NORMANDY INVASION- FALL RES NOTES RE, VOL 2, PT 1: Typescript
NORMANDY LANDINGS - FALL RES NOTES RE ALLIED PLAN, VOL 2, PT 1: Typescript
NORMANDY LANDINGS - FALL RES NOTES RE GERMAN RXN, VOL 2, PT 1: Typescript
GERMAN MILITARY, WW II - FALL RES NOTES RE NORMANDY INVASION, VOL 2, 1: Typescript
ALLIED FORCES, WW II - FALL RES NOTES RE NORMANDY INVASION, VOL 2, 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