File Folder 7: SOE., 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 file folder 7 of the typed notes, photocopies, and related material compiled by Larry Collins during his research for Fall From Grace (c. 1985), also referred to as Projet "La Chatte," regarding the meeting between officials of the Special Operations Executive, London (SOE) and Winston Churchill in the late spring of 1943 regarding the operation of the Prosper network and Henri Dericourt's betrayal.
Subjects and Associated Physical Materials
FALL FROM GRACE - LC FILE FOL 7 RE SOE, PROSPER: Typescript
COLLINS, LARRY - FALL FILE FOL 7 RE SOE, PROSPER: Typescript
SPECIAL OPER EXEC (SOE) - FALL FILE FOL 7 NOTES RE PROSPER: Typescript
WORLD WAR II, ESPIONAGE - FALL FILE FOL 7 RE SOE, PROSPER: Typescript
ESPIONAGE, WW II - FALL FILE FOL 7 RE SOE, PROSPER: Typescript
PROSPER - FALL FILE FOL 7 RE SOE-CHURCHILL 1943 MTG: Typescript
CHURCHILL, WINSTON - FALL FILE FOL 7 RE SOE 1943 MTG ON PROSPER: Typescript
DERICOURT, HENRI - FALL FILE FOL 7 RE SOE, PROSPER BETRAYAL: 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