Research Notes: Volume 3, pt. i., 01/01/1985-12/31/1985
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
- 01/01/1985-12/31/1985
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: 22 Cubic Feet (22 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
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
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