Research Notes: Volume 3, pt. i., 01/01/1985-12/31/1985

File — Box: 12, Folder: 5

Identifier: 90145

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

01/01/1985-12/31/1985

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 3, part i of the typed notes and photocopies 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 University of Nanterre's World War II reference library concerning details of life under the Nazi occupation and the French Resistance, an Abwehr intercept concerning the famous Verlaine couplet "Les Sanglots longs des violins," together with a description of Winston Churchill's underground war room following a visit by Collins.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

COLLINS, LARRY - FALL RES NOTES, VOL 3, PT 1: Typescript

FALL FROM GRACE - LC RES NOTES RE, VOL 3, PT 1: Typescript

FRANCE, WORLD WAR II - FALL RES NOTES RE NAZI OCCUPATION, VOL 3, PT 1: Typescript

WORLD WAR II, FRANCE - FALL RES NOTES RE NAZI OCCUPATION, VOL 3, PT 1: Typescript

DECEPTION PLANS, WW II- FALL RES NOTES RE, VOL 3, PT 1: Typescript

DECEPTION PLANS, WW II- FALL RES NOTES RE FRENCH RESISTNCE, VOL 3, 1: Typescript

GERMAN MILI, WW II - FALL RES NOTES RE ABWEHR INTERCEPT, VOL 3, 1: Typescript

ABWEHR INTERCEPT - FALL RES NOTES RE GERMAN MILI, WW II, VOL 3, PT 1: Typescript

CHURCHILL, WINSTON - FALL RES NOTES RE WW II WAR ROOM, VOL 3, PT 1: Typescript

LES SANGLOTS LONGS DES VIOLINS - FALL RES NTES RE ABWEHR INTRCPT, 3, 1: Typescript

WORLD WAR II, FRANCE - FALL RES NOTES RE RESISTANCE, VOL 3, PT 1: Typescript

FRANCE, WORLD II - FALL RES NOTES RE RESISTANCE, VOL 3, PT 1: Typescript

FRENCH RESISTANCE - FALL RES NOTES RE, VOL 3, PT 1: Typescript

GERMAN MILI, WW II - FALL RES NOTES RE OCCUPATION FRANCE, VOL 3, PT 1: Typescript

WORLD WAR II, GERMAN MILI - FALL RES NOTES RE OCCUP FRANCE, 3, 1: Typescript