Research Notes: Volume 2, pt. ii., 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 ii 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, the archives of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, where a major study on the uses of deception in World War II was undertaken, together with a copy of the study, and translated copies of German texts concerning Col. Baron Aleix von Roenne, head of Foreign Armies West, and the possibility that one of his senior staff officers might have been a British spy.
Subjects and Associated Physical Materials
COLLINS, LARRY - FALL RES NOTES, VOL 2, PT 2: Typescript
FALL FROM GRACE - LC RES NOTES RE, VOL 2, PT 2: Typescript
FORTITUDE DECEPTION - FALL RES NOTES RE, VOL 2, PT 2: Typescript
NAVAL POSTGRAD SCHL, ARCH - FALL RES NOTES RE DECEPTION PLANS VOL 2, 2: Typescript
DECEPTION PLANS, WW II - FALL RES NOTES RE, VOL 2, PT 2: Typescript
WORLD WAR II, DECEPTION PLANS - FALL RES NOTES RE, VOL 2, PT 2: Typescript
NAVAL POSTGRAD SCH - STUDY RE WORLD WAR II DECEPTION PLANS - 2, 2: Typescript
VON ROENNE, ALEXIS - FALL RES NOTES RE GERMAN MILI, VOL 2, PT 2: Typescript
GERMAN MILITARY, WW II - FALL RES NOTES RE DECEPTION PLANS, VOL 2, 2: Typescript
NAT'L ARCHIVES, WASH, DC - FALL RES NOTES RE DECEPTION PLANS, 2, 2: Typescript
DECEPTION PLANS, WW II - FALL RES NOTES RE GERMAN MILI, VOL 2, PT 2: Typescript
DECEPTION PLANS, WW II - NAVAL POSTGRAD SCH STUDY RE, VOL 2, PT 2: 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