Research Notes: Volume 5., 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: 47.75 Linear Feet (22 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Container Summary
Contains volume 5 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 Public Records Office, London, England, concerning D-Day, Fortitude and Starkey deception plans, German reactions to the Normandy invasion, and other material related to the Nazi occupation of France and the French Resistance movement. [Note: There is a break in sequence of the research folders. Folder 4 is missing.]
Subjects and Associated Physical Materials
COLLINS, LARRY - FALL RES NOTES, VOL 5: Typescript
FALL FROM GRACE - LC RES NOTES RE, VOL 5: Typescript
DECEPTION PLANS, WW II - FALL RES NOTES RE FORTITUDE, VOL 5: Typescript
DECEPTION PLANS, WW II - FALL RES NOTES RE STARKEY, VOL 5: Typescript
FRANCE, WORLD II - FALL RES NOTES RE NAZI OCCUPATION, VOL 5: Typescript
FRANCE, WORLD II - FALL RES NOTES RE RESISTANCE, VOL 5: Typescript
WORLD WAR II, FRANCE - FALL RES NOTES RE NAZI OCCUPATION, VOL 5: Typescript
WORLD WAR II, FRANCE - FALL RES NOTES RE RESISTANCE, VOL 5: Typescript
GERMAN MILI, WW II - FALL RES NOTES RE OCCUPATION FRANCE, VOL 5: Typescript
WORLD WAR II, GERMAN MILI - FALL RES NOTES RE OCCUP FRANCE, VOL 5: Typescript
PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE, LONDON - FALL RES NOTES RE DECEPTION PLANS, 5: Typescript
WORLD WAR II, DECEPTION PLANS- FALL RES NOTES RE FORTITUDE, VOL 5: Typescript
WORLD WAR II, DECEPTION PLANS- FALL RES NOTES RE STARKEY, VOL 5: Typescript
NORMANDY LANDINGS - FALL RES NOTES RE GERMAN RXN, VOL 5: 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