Interviews: Tony Avirgan (Transcript)., 03/05/1990-03/05/1990

File — Box: 17, Folder: 90

Identifier: 90595

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

03/05/1990-03/05/1990

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

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains a copy of the transcript for the first interview conducted by Larry Collins with Tony Avirgan, a free-lance journalist and cameraman based out of Costa Rica, during his research for the investigative novel Black Eagles (1995), regarding his knowledge of the role played by John Hull, an American farmer with vast holdings in Costa Rica, who allowed the CIA to use one of his farms as a base for the contra operation.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BLACK EAGLES - INTRVW TRANSC W/ AVIRGAN, TONY, 1991: Typescript

COLLINS, LARRY - BLACK INTRVW TRANSC W/ AVIRGAN, TONY, 1991: Typescript

AVIRGAN, TONY - BLACK INTRVW TRANSC W/ LC, 1991: Typescript

HULL, JOHN - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ AVIRGAN RE CONTRAS, 1991: Typescript

HULL, JOHN - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ AVIRGAN RE CIA, 1991: Typescript

CIA - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ AVIRGAN RE HULL, 1991: Typescript

CONTRAS - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ AVIRGAN RE HULL, 1991: Typescript

COSTA RICA - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ AVIRGAN RE CONTRA OPER, 1991: Typescript