TABLE OF CONTENTS


Descriptive Summary

Biographical Note

Collection Overview

Restrictions

Online Catalog Headings

Administrative Information

Bibliography

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series I: Writings, 1943-1995

Series II: Printed matter

Series III: Writings of others

Series IV: Correspondence

Series V: Personal papers

Series VI: Scrapbooks

Series VII: Reference files

Series VIII: Photographs

Series IX: Media

Series X: Realia

Guide to the William Manchester Papers, 1934 - 2004


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Descriptive Summary

Repository Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University
Creator Manchester, William, 1934-2004
Title William Manchester Papers
Dates 1934 - 2004
Linear Feet 327
Archival Boxes 470
Abstract William Manchester (1922-2004) was a noted author of eighteen books and dozens of articles. His first book, Disturber of the Peace, was a biography of H.L. Mencken published in 1951. Manchester wrote three novels during the 1950s, after which he published A Rockefeller Family Portrait in 1959, based on a series of magazine articles on John D. Rockefeller and the two generations that followed him. Manchester wrote one more novel before returning to non-fiction in 1962 with Portrait of a President, a study of John F. Kennedy. Manchester suddenly rose to national prominence in 1964 when Jacqueline Kennedy selected him to write the authorized account of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Robert F. Kennedy was also closely associated with the project. Two years later, Mrs. Kennedy sued Manchester to prevent its publication, setting off a controversy that played out on the front pages of newspapers around the world. Following a settlement, The Death of a President was published in 1967. With his reputation established, Manchester steadily published works of non-fiction: The Arms of Krupp (1968) chronicled the German munitions family; The Glory and the Dream (1974) provided an analysis of American history, 1932-1973; Controversy and Other Essays in Journalism (1976) included Manchester's own account of the Death controversy; American Caesar (1978) profiled Gen. Douglas McArthur; Goodbye, Darkness (1980) was Manchester's memoir of his World War II Pacific combat experiences; The Last Lion (1983 and 1988), a two-volume biography of Winston Churchill; and A World Lit Only By Fire (1992), an overview of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Manchester was associated with Wesleyan University for more than 40 years, first as an editor for American Education Publications (the publisher of My Weekly Reader and other periodicals formerly owned by the University) starting in 1955, and later as a writer-in-residence and adjunct professor.
Correspondence, manuscript drafts, proofs, galleys, extensive research and reference materials, photographs, and other documentation relating to Manchester's professional career, his eighteen books and dozens of articles and other writings, and personal affairs, including his college years, awards, speeches, financial and legal matters, the construction of his Middletown house, and travels. Also includes scrapbooks, audio and video tapes and computer files, and realia.
Call Number 1000-169
Location For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff.
Language of Material Material in English

Biographical Note

William Manchester was a well-known figure on the Wesleyan University campus for more than forty years, serving first as an editor of university publications, then as a fellow of the Center of Advanced Studies, later as adjunct professor of history and a writer-in-residence, and, finally, as adjunct professor emeritus. After enjoying modest success writing fiction and nonfiction books in the 1950s, he suddenly rose to national prominence in 1964 when Jacqueline Kennedy selected him to write the authorized account of John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Two years later, she sued him to prevent the publication of The Death of a President, setting off a controversy that played out on the front pages of newspapers around the world. Manchester—protégé of H. L. Mencken, newspaper man, foreign correspondent, and best-selling author—profiled larger-than-life figures, including John F. Kennedy, General Douglas MacArthur, and Winston Churchill, and chronicled contemporary American history.

William Raymond Manchester Jr. was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts on April 1, 1922. His parentage bridged the Mason-Dixon Line; his mother’s family was from Virginia, his father’s family from Massachusetts. They met when his father was recuperating in Norfolk from disabling wounds sustained as a marine during the First World War. In spite of physical handicaps, the senior Manchester was an independent and capable man who became the Western Massachusetts supervisor of public welfare. The father’s expectations had a lasting influence on his eldest son. Manchester Jr. had one brother, Robert, fourteen years younger.

Manchester started school in Attleboro, Massachusetts, continuing in Springfield, Massachusetts after the family moved there. Although not physically strong, he was an active Boy Scout, attaining the rank of Eagle Scout. He attended Springfield Classical High School, where he was active in drama. A natural leader, he directed plays and also acted in them. His writing skills were already evident in his re-working of a play by de Maupassant, The Necklace, to be broadcast on the radio and in his modernization of Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer. He graduated from high school in June, 1940. Manchester entered Massachusetts State College (now known as the University of Massachusetts) in September, 1940. As a freshman, he pledged to the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and was subjected to the usual hazing. His letter to the editor of The Collegian takes issue with that custom, but he joined the following year. In January of Manchester’s freshman year, his father died. Although he was grieving, Manchester returned to college for the spring semester. He tried his hand at poetry and represented Massachusetts State College at a poetry-reading contest in May, 1941. In his sophomore year, he was on the staff of the college literary magazine, The Collegian Quarterly, and became assistant editor in his junior year. He also wrote for the college newspaper, The Collegian. His love of words is evident in a well-worn dictionary given to him in 1941. It traveled with him his whole life; the front endpapers document his various addresses in Amherst, Baltimore, and Middletown. Manchester was an avid football fan, then and in his many years at Wesleyan. The school songs that he obviously enjoyed were reflected later in his books in his use of popular songs to evoke the spirit of the times.

In the summer of 1942, after his sophomore year, Manchester enlisted in the Marines, perhaps as a tribute to his father. His reserve status allowed him to complete his third year of college, but at the end of this time, in July, 1943, he was sent to Dartmouth College for training in the newly-created V-12 program. This program allowed recruits to continue their education while creating a pool of potential officers for the Navy and Marines. (Wesleyan also hosted a V-12 program at that time.) Manchester’s program was completed in November, 1943. From New Hampshire, he went to Parris Island, South Carolina, for boot camp; Quantico, Virginia, for officer candidate school (he was never commissioned); and then to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for an advanced combat intelligence course.

On August 1, 1944, he was shipped out to the Pacific Ocean island of Guadalcanal, where he endured eight more months of training in tropical jungle conditions. On April 1, 1945—-his twenty-third birthday-—he was sent to Okinawa. For the next two months, he witnessed war at its worst. His unit was part of the force that took Sugar Loaf Hill at the end of May. Shortly after that, he was lightly wounded and hospitalized but quickly left the hospital to rejoin his unit. His war journal was eerily predictive. He wrote about how much he looked forward to being back, and yet, "if you keep running the target up, sooner or later it’s going to get hit." He was seriously wounded on June 4, 1945, evacuated to Saipan, and honorably discharged on October 24, 1945. He returned home to his mother in Oklahoma City.

Pursuing his interest in journalism, he took a job as a copy boy at The Daily Oklahoman and quickly became a hospital and police reporter for the newspaper. Although he enjoyed the work, after four months, he decided to return to Massachusetts State College for the spring ’46 semester to finish his degree. In this last semester, he was chosen to be class orator and received a letter of congratulations from the president of the college. He graduated on June 10, 1946. Later that year, he met and became friends with John F. Kennedy durin ghis first campaign in Boston.

The end of college is often a time of false starts and uncertainty. Manchester applied to the school of journalism at Columbia University but was denied admission. He also became engaged to Elinor Palmer, although no wedding date was set. They were never married. Two years later, on March 27, 1948, he married Julia Brown Marshall, to whom he was married for fifty years.

Manchester was accepted in the journalism program at the University of Missouri and moved to Columbia, Missouri, to begin the one-year program. He graduated with a master of journalism degree on August 29, 1947. His thesis was titled, "A Critical Study of the Work of H. L. Mencken as Literary Critic of the Smart Set Magazine, 1908–1914." In the process of writing it, he had met Mencken and the two men had hit it off. Manchester wanted to write Mencken’s biography, Mencken agreed, and the end result was that Manchester moved to Baltimore just after graduation, in September, 1947. Mencken had arranged for him to be a reporter at the Baltimore newspaper, The Sun, so he would have an income while he was writing the biography. According to a letter from Mencken to Manchester’s mother, Manchester fit in well and was well-liked. Mencken was known as a caustic observer, but he wrote a charming letter.

Manchester’s skills as a reporter and a writer led to a series in 1951 on the state of Baltimore’s hospitals. Health care was a topic that had interested Manchester since his Daily Oklahoman days. The in-depth series was reprinted as a pamphlet, Our Hospitals Are Sick. In 1953, Manchester was assigned as foreign correspondent for The Sun to the Middle East, India, and Southeast Asia. He departed on January 23. With his unerring ability to be in the right place at the right time, he happened to be crossing the Atlantic on the same boat as Winston Churchill and was engaged by Reuters to send regular dispatches on the great man during the journey. In February, he met with the president of Egypt, General Muhammad Naguib. In March and April, he covered cities all over India. During this time, he was in correspondence with William Shawn of The New Yorker, who had expressed an interest in publishing some of his writing. Manchester met Adlai Stevenson in India and wrote about their meeting for The New Yorker. Unfortunately, he was rejected.

Manchester continued southeast, covering Burma, Thailand, and Southeast Asia in June. In July, he was taken ill. He received medical care in India but eventually was instructed to come home at the end of the month. He received many letters of sympathy on his illness and congratulations on his excellent reporting. His pieces from this trip were reprinted in the booklet Red Roads to Mandalay. Manchester sent copies of his work to important people he thought would be interested in them. E. M. Forster, for example, thanked him for three articles on India. Such initiative often bore results and it was a habit Manchester maintained throughout his writing career.

Back in the United States, Manchester recuperated during the fall of 1953 and spring of 1954, continued as a reporter for The Sun, and started work on a novel. Later, he would write about the summer of ’54: "It was now becoming difficult to work evenings after a long day, however, and when Mencken offered me a position which would permit me to start my writing day in the afternoon, I quit the paper." For a year, Manchester read to Mencken in the mornings, and worked on his novel in the afternoons.

In the summer of 1955, Manchester was hired by American Education Publications (AEP) to be assistant managing editor of high school periodicals for the Department of School Services and Publications. Wesleyan had acquired AEP, publisher of My Weekly Reader, in 1949. This organization rapidly expanded to produce thirteen school periodicals with a circulation of 16.5 million. Manchester moved to Middletown in June,1955 and was soon promoted from assistant to managing editor. He was responsible for six weekly news reviews, among them Current Events. In 1958, he applied for, and was granted, a Guggenheim Fellowship for the purpose of finishing his fourth novel. This fellowship ran from July, 1959 to July, 1960. In 1959, he was also invited to be one of the first fellows in the Wesleyan Center for Advanced Studies, now known as the Center for the Humanities.

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Appropriately enough, Manchester’s first book was devoted to the life of a writer. Disturber of the Peace: The Life of H. L. Mencken, published in 1951, helped establish Manchester’s reputation as a new talent and was reviewed in major publications across the country. While some reviewers felt that Manchester’s view of Mencken was not entirely objective, many appreciated his research and writing abilities.

Manchester then shifted to fiction, writing four novels in eight years that relied heavily on his real-life experiences. The City of Anger, published in 1953, looked at big-city corruption in a city that resembles Baltimore; Shadow of the Monsoon, published in 1956, drew on his foreign correspondent days in India; Beard the Lion, published in 1958, was a political thriller set in the Middle East; and The Long Gainer, published in 1961, told the story of a political and athletic scandal at a state university. Although they generally received good reviews, these novels were not huge sellers. Today, we can see that they are representative of Manchester’s writing technique: voluminous research, a mastery of detail, and careful writing and revision.

Also in the 1950s, while a full-time employee of the Baltimore Sun and later AEP, Manchester developed a successful freelance career writing magazine articles for such publications as The Nation, Look, The Reporter, and Harper’s. He wrote steadily for Holiday on a wide variety of topics, ranging from a journey down the Connecticut River, to the Spanish American War, to profiles of famous Americans. In 1955, he even tried his hand at drama, adapting City of Anger for a television play called The Takers, starring Ed Begley.

A series of articles on the Rockefellers led to his 1959 book A Rockefeller Family Portrait, and his series of articles profiling President John F. Kennedy led to his 1962 book Portrait of a President. While researching Portrait, Manchester went to the White House to interview JFK. With Portrait of a President completed, Manchester turned to what he thought would be his next book, a history of the Krupp munitions family.

Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963, changed all that. In early 1964, JFK’s widow, Jacqueline Kennedy, decided that an authorized version of the events surrounding her husband’s death should be written. Remembering her husband’s appreciation for Portrait of a President, she wanted to know if Manchester would be willing to take on the project. Later, he would ask, how could he turn down the widow of the fallen president? He had already taken a leave from Wesleyan in early February, 1964, to work on the Krupp book. That project promptly got shelved.

Instead, in March, he headed for Washington, D.C. for meetings to discuss the new book with John F. Kennedy’s brother, Robert. The two reached an agreement covering the scope of the project. No one wished to profit from the national tragedy—Manchester agreed to limit his share of royalties to no more than $40,000 for the book, with the remainder of the profits going to the formation of a Kennedy presidential library. The publisher, Harper & Row, agreed to take only necessary expenses.

Manchester would be granted exclusive access to the Kennedy family, which encouraged all parties to participate in Manchester’s research. Robert F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy would have the right to review the book for publication, which, at that time, was scheduled for 1968, five years after the President was killed. On March 29, 1964, Robert Kennedy released an official announcement, and Manchester immediately embarked on gathering research on what would become The Death of a President.

Manchester left no stone unturned and amassed thousands of pages of research materials. He conducted hundreds of interviews, including sessions with Jacqueline Kennedy and Robert Kennedy. "I approached every person who might shed light upon this complex of events." Manchester later wrote. "I went over every motorcade route, searching for men and women who had been spectators, and in Dallas I walked from Love Field to the overpass, looking for potential sniper’s nests. Every scene described in the book was visited. I crawled over the roof of the Texas School Book Depository and sat in Oswald’s sixth-floor perch. In Washington, Hyannis Port, and elsewhere I studied each pertinent office, embassy, and home—over a hundred of them."

By March, 1966, Manchester had completed a 1,200-page draft. It was, for him, a gut-wrenching experience, but he was proud of his work. He wrote letters to Robert Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy informing them that he had finally finished. Then, he packed an original and four carbon copies of the manuscript in a suitcase, took a bus to New York City, and personally delivered them to his agent and RFK’s office. Robert Kennedy designated two of his close advisors, Edwin Guthman and John Seigenthaler, as reviewers of the manuscript. Harper’s editor, Evan Thomas, read a copy. Manchester also sent a copy to Arthur Schlesinger, who had served President Kennedy. Through the spring and early summer of 1966, manuscript drafts criss-crossed the country. Many cuts were suggested to meet a variety of concerns represented by the different viewpoints of the reviewers.

Manchester began to grow concerned that final agreement would be difficult to reach, and he feared Robert Kennedy might delay approval of publication. Manchester pressed RFK to send definitive word that the publication would go forward, and it finally arrived in the form of a telegram on July 29. At the same time, a draft was agreed upon, and with things apparently buttoned up, the manuscript went out to a half dozen magazines that had expressed interest in serialization. A bidding war developed between Look and Life. Look offered the most money, control of the presentation to Manchester, and perhaps most importantly, RFK felt that Look had been a friend to the Kennedy family, unlike Life. Manchester signed a contract with Look in early August, 1966, giving him the then-record sum of $665,000 for a magazine serialization. Manchester remarked afterwards that the Look money enabled him to pursue whatever projects he wanted for the rest of his life.

Up until this point, Jacqueline Kennedy had been a willing, if distant, participant in the process, but the announcement of the Look serialization seemed to disturb her. She had not read the book, and, in fact, she had been advised by Manchester and others that she shouldn’t because she would find it too upsetting. Her sense, perhaps, had been that the book would get written, published, and then sit on a shelf somewhere. Apparently, she found the idea that Manchester would receive $665,000 and that the book would be serialized and available to millions of readers to be upsetting; at least, that wasn’t what she had in mind when she initiated the project.

This was a real surprise to Manchester, his editor, his agent, Robert Kennedy, and RFK’s advisors. Richard Goodwin, another former President Kennedy man, was brought in as Mrs. Kennedy’s representative, and he and Manchester attempted to appease Mrs. Kennedy. It was not until the three met in Hyannis Port in early September that Manchester realized how Mrs. Kennedy truly felt about the serialization. Nonetheless, through September and October, 1966, the parties dug in: Look and Harper insisted they had valid contracts, Manchester believed he had RFK’s approval to go forward, and Mrs. Kennedy believed that the serialization should be cancelled.

The tortuous work on the book and serialization continued into November. Galleys from Harper and Look were produced and gone over by the parties. Harper and Manchester agreed on a publication date of April,1967 and in a concession to Mrs. Kennedy, Look cut back its planned seven-part series to four, commencing in January, 1967. Manchester diligently argued, edited, argued, re-edited, and edited again, trying to maintain the integrity of his work while meeting the demands of reviewers he viewed as unnecessary and unreasonable.

Still, Jacqueline Kennedy and her attorneys sent letters stating that her approval had not been forthcoming, which was required for publication, and without it, nothing could be published. Mrs. Kennedy asserted that certain passages relating to her and her children were simply too personal. Among them, subsequently detailed by a New York Times reporter, were a description of her at the dressing table, looking for wrinkles and musing about Dallas blondes; references to blood, brains, and skull in the president’s car; a conversation in which she compared her love for her children with her love for her husband; and her daughter’s reaction to learning of the death of her father.

The parties were unable to reach an accommodation. On December 16, 1966, Mrs. Kennedy filed a lawsuit to prevent the publication of the book she had asked be written. This was a huge story, and Manchester was now a real, if reluctant, celebrity. Headlines updated each new event in the saga.

In the end, the suit was resolved rather simply: Mrs. Kennedy came up with a list of items she wanted removed from the book, and Manchester complied, indicating that while the material was interesting, it was inconsequential to his historical narrative and amounted to a very small portion of the text. On January 16, 1967, a settlement was reached. Further, final edits were made; Look published its serialization and Harper & Row published its book on schedule.

Within a year, The Death of a President sold more than a million copies through bookstores and the Book-of-the-Month Club, and Look reported circulation in excess of two million issues. Foreign translations of the book and magazine and newspaper serializations brought Manchester’s work to millions of more readers around the globe.

As one might imagine, there was much discussion about who won and lost the battle of the book. Polls indicated that Mrs. Kennedy’s image had suffered. Some pundits agreed with Manchester, who felt that he had withstood an attack on his integrity and that of his book. Others felt he had caved in to pressure. Books were quickly published that chronicled the event. But what is clear is that a vast reading public had finally discovered Manchester’s work, and from then on, it eagerly turned each of his subsequent books into best sellers.

The settlement agreement signed among Manchester, his publishers, and Mrs. Kennedy ordered that all of Manchester’s writing related to the book, the interviews with Mrs. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, and certain other materials must be sealed for a period of 100 years from January 16, 1967. However, a good deal of the Death of a President papers are open and remain a very rich resource not only on the events surrounding the assassination and its aftermath, but on the turbulent, emotional process of writing the book and getting it published.

Manchester would return to writing about John F. Kennedy in the course of his career. In 1975, he published a collection of magazine articles with a new, seventy-page essay called, "Controversy," in which he recounted the saga of the Death of a President publication. In 1983, on the occasion of the twentieth commemoration of the president’s death, he wrote One Brief Shining Moment, a celebration of John F. Kennedy’s life.

Manchester unapologetically carried his devotion to JFK throughout his later life. In 1968, he worked for Robert Kennedy’s presidential campaign. That same year, it was announced that The Death of a President earned $750,000 for the new Kennedy Library. Mrs. Kennedy wrote him a warm letter which Manchester found profoundly moving. All was forgiven, and over the next twenty-five years, he attended Kennedy family marriages, celebrations, and memorials.

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In September, 1962, Manchester wrote to Harry Scions of Holiday, "I’ve completed my reconnaissance through the Krupp material and I’ll be most happy to do the series." This series was published in five monthly installments between October, 1964, and February, 1965. The book, The Arms of Krupp, which ran to almost 1,000 pages, was not published until 1968 due to the writing and publication of The Death of a President. Work on this history of the German arms manufacturing dynasty was a welcome respite from the Kennedy controversy. Krupp allowed Manchester to draw on his skills as a newspaperman to do interviews and ferret out documents in libraries and archives.

Although he had been consumed with the Kennedy controversy and the writing of Krupp, the social upheavals of the 1960s affected Manchester deeply. His next work was The Glory and the Dream, published in 1974, an attempt to synthesize the changes the United States had gone through in the forty years between 1932 and 1972. The book was well-received, although some criticized it for being too long. One reviewer called it "a great hippopotamus of a book."

Having grappled with the quicksand of the ’60s, Manchester was on firm ground again with his next book, American Caesar, about General Douglas MacArthur, published in 1978. World War II was, understandably, a constant theme in Manchester’s works, and this book came close to home in its discussion of the Pacific theater. Caesar also follows a pattern of fascination with iconic and powerful men: Mencken, the Rockefellers, the Krupps, Kennedy, and now MacArthur. Caesar was a success. It was generally considered to be a balanced and well-researched portrait of a complex man.

Writing extensively about the war in the Pacific led Manchester to an interest in re-visiting his own past there. In a letter to his agent, in 1978 he wrote, "Like the killer returning to the scene of his crime—the analogy is not inexact—I want to revisit the Pacific battlefields of World War II. My purpose is not nostalgic. Time can never blur my jagged memories of those years. How can one feel nostalgic about terror? My motive is very different. It is an inquiry into one of the most fascinating aspects of our national character: the yearning to find meaning in the ashes of our youthful past."Life agreed to finance the trip and publish his story of a tour of the WWII battlefields in the Pacific in which he described how they had changed. The account appeared in the May, 1979 issue. Goodbye, Darkness, the memoir that grew from this experience, was published in 1980.

Manchester began work on his next project, The Last Lion (the Churchill series that was inspired perhaps by a chance meeting with the British statesman during a shipboard transatlantic crossing in 195) in April, 1980. The size and scope of this project was monumental and threatened, at times, to overwhelm its creator, along with the hardworking assistants, editors, and copy-editors who worked with him. Between 1980 and 1987, drafts were written, edited, and the first two Churchill books, Visions of Glory and Alone, were published. As always, Manchester was meticulous about his choice of words; his ability to evoke a setting never failed him. However, it was getting increasingly difficult for him to create a coherent story line. His notes on his attempts at the third and final volume of the series, Defender of the Realm, make a poignant commentary:

Finished Alone December 31, 1987
Began organizing Realm notes August 1989
Began outlining Realm December 1991
Began writing Realm April 1992
Scrapped 70,000 words October 1992
Reorganizing Realm notes to April 1993
Total block & deep depression
April–August 1993
Returned to Realm August 1993

For the next eight years he struggled in declining health to complete Defender of the Realm. Finally, in August of 2001, he announced that he was not able to finish it. He died on June 2, 2004.

The last book that Manchester published had nothing to do with Churchill or even the twentieth century. It was a slim volume about the Middle Ages titled A World Lit Only by Fire, published in 1992. Like many of his preceding books, it was a best seller. As he said in his author’s note, "Actually, at the outset I had no intention of writing it at all. In the late summer of 1989, while toiling over another manuscript—the last volume of a biography of Winston Spencer Churchill—I fell ill. After several months in and out of hospitals, I emerged cured but feeble, too weak to cope with my vast accumulation of Churchill documents. Medical advice was to shelve that work temporarily and head south for a long convalescence. I took it."

By any measure, the life of William Manchester was a rich and creative one. He wrote eighteen books, many of them best sellers, several of them translated into multiple languages. He wrote countless magazine articles and was much sought after as a speaker and literary expert. He traveled the world and met powerful and interesting people. He received a Guggenheim fellowship and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He was awarded six honorary doctorates, including one from Wesleyan in May, 2002. Wesleyan was his home for more than forty years. He was a writer in residence, a member of the history department faculty, and an avid supporter of Olin Memorial Library. It was a successful partnership.

Chronology List

1922 April 1 Born in Attleboro, MA. Parents: William Raymond and Sallie Thompson Manchester
1922 May 22 Julia Brown Marshall Manchester born
1934 Manchester family moves to Springfield, MA
1940 Graduates from Classical High School in Springfield
1940 Enters Massachusetts State College (later University of Massachusetts)
1942 July 2 Enlists in U.S. Marine Corp.
1943 April 1 Serves on Okinawa
1944 June 4 Severely wounded on Okinawa's Oruku peninsula
1946 Meets John F. Kennedy while he is campaigning for Congress in Boston
1946 Receives B.A. from Massachusetts State College
1946 Works for The Daily Oklahoman
1947 Receives M.A. from University of Missouri
1947 June 2 Meets H. L. Mencken
1947 September With Mencken's help, starts work at The Evening Sun in Baltimore
1948 March 27 Marries Julia, a Sun staffer from Baltimore
1951 Disturber of the Peace published
1953 Works as foreign correspondent for The Sun
1953 The City of Anger published
1954 Leaves The Sun to become confidential personal secretary to H. L. Mencken
1955 July 1 Joins American Educational Publications' Department of School Service and Publications as assistant managing editor of high school periodicals. (Welseyan University owned AEP.)
1955 August Adaptation of The City of Anger called "The Takers" written by WM is presented on Goodyear Television Theater on CBS
1956 Shadow of the Monsoon published
1958 Beard the Lion published
1959 Wins a Guggenheim Fellowship and is made a resident fellow of the Center for Advanced Studies at Wesleyan, a post he would hold for many years
1959 A Rockefeller Family Portrait published
1961 The Long Gainer published
1962 Portrait of a President published
1963 In Germany researching Krupp family
1963 November 22 John F. Kennedy is assassinated
1954 Feb 5 Pierre Salinger calls to ask WM if he will write book on the assassination of John F. Kennedy
1964 Takes indefinite leave from American Educational Publications to write what will become The Death of a President
1964 April 7 Meets Jacqueline Kennedy
1964 May 4 First interview with Jacqueline Kennedy
1964-1965 Conducts research in Washington, Hyannisport, Dallas, and Connecticut
1965 November 26 Enters a hospital suffering from exhaustion, stays in bed for 12 days. On the 13th day, he arranges to have a doctor's vacant office put at his disposal and spends the next eight weeks there working on the book. He stays in the hospital to avoid phone calls and distractions.
1966 March 25 Finishes writing The Death of a President. Manchester delivers 4 copies of the manuscript to his publisher, his agent, and Robert Kennedy in New York.
1966 During reviews by pre-publication readers, title is changed from "The Death of Lancer" to "The Death of a President"
1966 summer-fall Discussion among Evan Thomas (Harper editor) and representatives of Robert Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy over revisions to the manuscript
1966 December 16 Jacqueline Kennedy sues Manchester to prevent publication
1967 January 16 Settlement reached among Mrs. Kennedy, Manchester, and his publisher
1967 February 12 Appears on Meet the Press
1967 April 7 The Death of a President published
1967 Wins Dag Hammarskjold Prize for literary merit
1967 Builds new house on Pine Street in Middletown, CT
1967 Quoted in The Hartford Courant that he has received 6,000 letters
1968 The Arms of Krupp published
1968-69 Lecturer in English at Wesleyan
1974 The Glory and the Dream published
1974-2004 Writer in residence at Wesleyan
1976 Controversy and Other Essays in Journalism published
1978 American Caesar published
1979 American Caesar nominated for a National Book Award
1979-1992 Serves as Wesleyan University Adjunct Professor of History
1980 American Caesar nominated for an American Book Award
1980 Goodbye, Darkness published
1981 Goodbye, Darkness is nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in general non-fiction.
1981 Receives Wesleyan's James L. McConaughy Jr. Memorial Award for distinguished writing
1983 The Last Lion: William Spencer Churchill, Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 published
1984 On Brief Shining Moment published
1988 The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Alone 1932-1940 published
1989 In Our Time: The World As Seen by Magnum Photographers published
1992 A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance published
1992 Named Adjunct Professor of History Emeritus
1998 Julia Manchester dies in Middletown, CT
2002 Receives National Humanities Medal
2004 June 1 Dies in Middletown, CT

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Collection Overview

Collection Arrangement

Series I: Writings
Series II: Printed matter
Series III: Writings of others
Series IV: Correspondence
Series V: Personal papers
Series VI: Scrapbooks
Series VII: Reference files
Series VIII: Photographs
Series IX: Media
Series X: Realia

As much as possible, the original folder titles have been maintained. In the container list below, these titles have been transcribed as accurately as possible. There is not a distinction made between the original folder titles and those provided by the processors.

Series I: Writings

Papers related to each of Manchester's 18 books are listed alphabetically in the subseries, Books. Generally, the papers contain correspondence, research and reference materials, manuscript drafts, a fair copy (which Manchester referred to as his first typed clean copy, although there were often drafts which followed the fair copy), a setting copy, galleys, publicity materials, and occasionally fan mail. All other writings of Manchester, including articles, short stories, unpublished or unrealized projects, and dramas, are listed alphabetically in the subseries, Other writings.

Manchester’s working style was unique and he generally applied it from book to book, starting at the beginning with Disturber of the Peace. As he did research, he kept typed notes on each source. Books generally have a series of key documents, called "docs," that are listed in an index and individually numbered, usually in red. These documents number from fewer than 100 for Krupp to more than 600 for the Churchill biography The Last Lion. Beyond the docs there is generally much more reference material.

When he was ready to start mapping out the book, he made what he called "long notes" from his notes. In a memo to his new secretary in 1996, he described a long note as "two 8 ½ x 11 pages pasted together end to end. Each Long Note (LN) bears, pasted to it, strips of paper with information, or quotations, or the like." Long notes were stapled and taped into numbered gatherings Manchester called "clumps" of about fifty pages each. To streamline things, Manchester used codes, and sometimes his codes had codes. In some case, the right side of the strips on the clumps contained a code for the source of the text. The left side had the code for a subject or category. Codes were also sometimes used to outline the chapter topics. An outline was written from clumps; the clump page had a number in top center to keep it in sequence. With the invention of the highlighter, Manchester added the dimension of color to his coding. His codes and outlines bore witness to the complexity of the material.

Material related to The Death of a President has been processed and described at the item level. Please note the restrictions above; in short, all manuscript drafts and galleys, plus papers related to the individuals described above, have been restricted. The container lists those materials which have been restricted. Correspondence and other papers that fall within the restrictions have been removed from folders and marked with a separation sheet. Although some of the papers have been restricted, there is still a wealth of material related to the writing of the book, the drawn efforts to get it published, and Mrs. Kennedy's lawsuit. Transcripts of interviews with over 200 people serve as an oral history of the events surrounding JFK's assassination. There is much primary source material in the hundreds of documents Manchester amassed. Note: In his files, Manchester frequently used the abbreviations, "DOAP" and "TDOAP," when referring to this book.

Material related to all volumes of the The Last Lion is arranged together. Manchester initially performed all of the research and contemplated a two-volume set. A third volume was planned after work had commenced on the first two. There is a good deal of overlap in research materials and outlines reflecting Manchester's changing approach to the work.

For published versions of Manchester's works, see Series II: Printed matter.

Series II. Printed matter

This series contains materials which have been formally published, such as magazines, pamphlets, and the like. Published works written by Manchester are found in the subseries, Writings by Manchester. Otherwise, materials will be found in the three subseries, Serials, Newspapers, and Other publications. Here may be found such items as a 1963 Dallas Yellow Pages phone book, articles written by Manchester's friends, magazine accounts of the Death of a President controversy, and reviews of Manchester's books. The materials are arranged alphabetically by the title of the publication or serial.

For additional published materials, see Series VI: Scrapbooks.

Series III: Writings of others

This series contains, for the most part, the unpublished writings of others, such as manuscript, drafts, and proofs. Of note is a script of "The Arrangement" by Elia Kazan annotated by Manchester. It is arranged alphabetically by writer's name, or if it is not known, the title of the work.

Series IV: Correspondence

Although there is a specific series called Correspondence, it should be noted that correspondence is found throughout the collection. Correspondence in Series IV consists of correspondence files maintained separately from projects and other categories, such as awards, financial papers, legal papers, and so on. There is much parallel and overlapping correspondence as well; the thorough researcher will need to consult a variety of subseries to be sure that all potential sources have been tapped. Correspondence maintained by topic or correspondent, such as Little Brown, has been arranged by topic in the subseries, Aphabetical. All loose correspondence has been placed in the subseries, Chronological. The subseries, Correspondence, bulk 1966-1969, contains much Death of a President fan mail, but also business and personal correspondence. Manchester employed three different administrative assistants who maintained runs of correspondence, and that order has been preserved. He also was given correspondence which had been maintained at the office of his agent, Don Congdon of the Harold Matson Co., that is found in the subseries, Harold Matson Co. Manchester also had several separate, overlapping files of correspondence relating to the Kennedy family, and that has been consolidated in its own subseries. The last subseries in Series IV: Correspondence contains two letters from noted spy "Kim" Philby.

As mentioned, to see all correspondence related to a topic, one should consider all subseries in Series IV: Correpsondence for possible sources. For example, to research the Kennedy controversy, one should inspect the alphabetical subseries, the years 1966-67 in the chronological subseries, the Correspondence bulk 1966-69 subseries, the Harold Marson Co. subseries, and the Kennedy family subseries. Additional correspondence will be found in Series I: Writings in the Death of a President files.

Series V: Personal papers

Series V: Personal papers fall into several large subseries and a variety of small ones. The subseries, Early records, contains papers related to Manchester's childhood, education, and United States Marine Corps service. The subseries, Awards and honors, contains materials related to his honorary degrees and other awards. The subseries, Baltimore Sunpapers, relates to Manchester's employment from 1947-54 and includes documentation of his foreign correspondent experience. Manchester's innocuous FBI file is found in the subseries, Federal Bureau of Investigation. The subseries, Financial, includes royalty statements, correspondence, business matters, and records related to banking, investments, and taxes. The folders labeled General contain a wide variety of notes and emphemeral material. The subseries, Legal, has papers related to lawsuits (except for the Jacqueline Kennedy lawsuit, which is found in Series I: Writings The Death of a President), contracts, and other topics. The subseries, Office files, contains the files that were found in file cabinets in Manchester's office at the time of his death, and have been preserved in their original order. The subseries, Speeches, contains copies of talks, speeches, and other occasions at which Manchester delivered remarks. (In the cases of remarks delivered in conjunction with honorary degrees, the remarks will be found in the subseries, Awards and honors.) The subseries, 316 Pine St. files, contains files kept at Manchester's home, and their integrity has been maintained. The subseries, Wesleyan University, contains a variety of documents, memoranda, and other records related to Manchester's long association with the university.

There are many smaller subseries and folder titles also found in Series V: Personal papers including papers that relate to the Assassination Records Review Board, the construction and maintenance of Manchester's 316 Pine St. house, his travels, calendars and datebooks, and other topics.

Series VI: Scrapbooks

Articles, clippings, photographs, book covers, and similar materials are found in the scrapbooks. Topics covered include articles written by Manchester, book reviews, coverage of Manchester in the news, and profiles and biographical information.

Series VII: Reference files

General topical files of interest to Manchester are found in Series VII: Reference files. These materials were not associated with any particular book or project and have been brought together and arranged by Library of Congress subject heading.

Series VIII: Photographs

Generally, photographs found within the papers have been removed. A separation sheet will note when a photograph has been transferred to Series VIII. Subseries follow the same arrangement as the above series. Thus, if a photograph was removed from Series I: Writings, then it will be found in the subseries, Writings. Otherwise, photographs have been arranged chronologically. See also the oversize photographs.

Series IX: Media

Series IX: Media contains audio and micro cassettes, videocassettes, floppy disks, and all associated materials. Manchester's research interviews and recorded versions of his books are found here. There are no media materials related to The Death of a President, except for a Dictabelt apparently containing dictation Manchester made in the office of his agent in September, 1966. Materials have not been reviewed and identification is taken from the labeling found on the item.

Series X: Realia

Three-dimensional objects such as mementoes, awards, wallets and wallet cards, keys, military paraphernalia, hats, and a variety of other objects are briefly described.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

No restrictions, except for certain materials related to The Death of a President. A 1967 judgment and decree defines such material as:

"(1) the Manuscript; (2) any writing of which Manchester is the author which ever was, or was intended by him to be, part of any version of Manchester's proposed work of which the Manuscript is one version; (3) written notes made by Manchester personally in the course of preparation of the Manuscript during the period March 26, 1964 through April 15, 1966 of interviews or conversations between Manchester and any member of the plaintiff's [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was the plaintiff] family (which term, as used in this Judgment and Decree, shall include the family of the late President John F. Kennedy) or members of her household (which term, as used in this Judgment and Decree, shall mean and include all persons at any time prior to April 15, 1966 in the personal employ of the plaintiff or the late President John F. Kennedy and those who served at any time during the administration of the late President John F. Kennedy as members of the White House household staff, such as maids, butlers, valets, gardeners, nurses and all others performing essentially personal or household services for the President and his family, or as personal secretaries, or as members of the Secret Service or White House police attached, in whole or part, to the President or members of his family personally); (4) tapes or other voice recordings, furnished to or possessed by Manchester, of plaintiff or members of her family or members of her household, and all copies, excerpts, fragments, transcripts, abstracts and summaries of any of the foregoing; (5) letters or written communications from the late President to plaintiff, from plaintiff to the late President, and between and among the plaintiff, the late President, any members of her family and any member of her household, and all copies, abstracts and summaries of any of the foregoing; (6) the items mentioned in the subdivisions (4) and (5) hereof shall be limited to such items therein described as were furnished to, or obtained by, Manchester during the period March 26, 1964 through April 15, 1966." [Complete judgment and decree found in box 56 folders 33-34]

Additionally,

"The undersigned hereby agree that they shall treat as if they are 'material', subject to the provisions of the Judgment and Decree, all notes of interviews, letters or other communications of the following: Robert S. McNamara Kenneth P. O'Donnell David Powers Pierre Salinger occurring during the period March 26, 1964 to April 15, 1966, which concern the actions, conduct or statements of Mrs. John F. Kennedy or her children during the period November 22, 1963 through November 30, 1963." [Signed Jacqueline B. Kennedy; William Manchester; Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. by Cass Canfield. Box 56 folder 30.]

This material is restricted until 2067 January 17. The container list below details some of the material that is restricted; otherwise, separation sheets will be found in the papers.

Copyright Notice

Copyright for Official University records is held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

American Education Publications.
Audiotapes.
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Drafts.
Floppy disks.
Galley proofs.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
Krupp family.
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1960.
Manchester, William, 1922-2004.
Middle Ages.
Notebooks.
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994.
Photographs.
Realia.
Renaissance.
Rockefeller family.
Rockefeller, John D. (John Davidson), 1839-1937.
Rockefeller, John D. (John Davidson), 1874-1960.
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Aldrich), 1908-1979.
Scrapbooks.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
United States--History--1933-45.
United States--History--1945-
United States. Marine Corps--Biography.
Videotapes.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Faculty.
World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

William Manchester Papers, Collection #1000-169, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Bequest of William Manchester, 2004.

Processing Information

Processed by Leith Johnson and Jennifer Miglus, February 2009

Encoded by Leith Johnson and Jennifer Miglus, February 2009

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Bibliography

Books written by William Manchester:

American Caesar. Boston: Little Brown, 1978.
Arms of Krupp, The. Boston: Little, Brown, 1968.
Beard the Lion. New York: M.S. Mill, 1958.
City of Anger, The. New York: Ballantine Books, 1953.
Controversy. Boston: Little, Brown, 1976.
Death of a President, The. New York: Harper & Row, 1967.
Disturber of the Peace. New York: Harper, 1951.
Glory and the Dream, The. Boston: Little, Brown, 1974
Goodbye, Darkness. Boston: Little, Brown, 1980.
In Our Time. New York: American Federation of Arts in association with Norton, 1989.
Last Lion, The: William Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983
Last Lion, The: William Spencer Churchill: Alone. Boston: Little, Brown, 1988.
Long Gainer, The. Boston: Little, Brown, 1961.
One Brief Shining Moment. Boston: Little, Brown, 1984.
Portrait of a President. Boston: Little, Brown, 1962.
Rockefeller Family Portrait, A. Boston: Little, Brown, 1959.
Shadow of the Monsoon. New York: Doubleday, 1956.
World Lit Only By Fire, A. Boston: Little, Brown, 1992.

Selected articles and other writings of William Manchester (articles written for The Daily Oklahoman and The Sunpapers not included):

"Act of Conscience, An." Good Housekeeping, Nov. 1968.
"All the News-and Then Some." The Reader's Digest, Dec. 1959.
"American Caesar." The Reader's Digest, July 1979.
"Anatomy of a Novelist." The Wesleyan University Alumnus, Aug. 1960.
"Anatomy of a Novelist." Our Times, Nov. 9, 1960.
"Another Bloody Country Gone West." MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History 9 (1997, Winter).
"At Home with Churchill." The Illustrated London News, May, 1987.
"Berkshire Hills, The." Holiday, Aug. 1961.
"Birthday Bouquets for H. L. Mencken." The Nation, Sept. 12, 1952.
"Byrd Machine, The." Harper's, Nov. 1952.
"Captain of the Gate." Leadership South Africa 7 (1988).
"Case of Luella Mundel, The." Harper's, May 1952.
"Censors are Cooking Mother Goose, The." The Democratic Digest, June 1954.
"Churchill at Home." Leadership South Africa 6 (1987).
"Day in the Life of Winston Churchill, A." The Reader's Digest, Nov., 1987.
"Death of a President, The-Part 1." Look, Jan. 24, 1967.
"Death of a President, The-Part 2." Look, Feb. 7, 1967.
"Death of a President, The-Part 3." Look, Feb. 21, 1967.
"Death of a President, The-Part 4." Look, March 7, 1967.
"Department of Defense, The-Tenth in a Series." Holiday, May 1963.
"Department of the Treasury, The-Second of a Series." Holiday, Feb. 1962.
"Enemy of the People, An?." The Nation, Aug. 9, 1952.
"First World War, The." Holiday, Nov. 1962.
"Founding Grandfather, The." The New York Times Magazine, Oct. 6, 1974.
"Great Bank Holiday, The." Holiday, Feb. 1960.
"Great Vivisection Dog Fight, The." Look, June 6, 1950.
"H. L. Mencken at Seventy-Five." Saturday Review, Sept. 10, 1955.
"H. L. Mencken in Person." Horizon, Sept. 1980.
"House of Krupp, The, Part 1." Holiday, Oct. 1964.
"House of Krupp, The, Part 2." Holiday, Nov. 1964.
"House of Krupp, The, Part 3." Holiday, Dec. 1964.
"House of Krupp, The, Part 4." Holiday, Jan. 1965.
"House of Krupp, The, Part 5." Holiday, Feb. 1965.
"In Defense of Snobs." Esquire, Dec. 1962.
"John F. Kennedy: A Man Alone." Our Times, Sept. 19, 1962.
"John F. Kennedy: Portrait of a President-Part One." Holiday, Apr. 1962.
"John F. Kennedy: Portrait of a President-Part Two." Holiday, May 1962.
"John F. Kennedy: Portrait of a President-Part Three." Holiday, June 1962.
"Kennedy Family." Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th ed., 1974.
"Krupp." Look, Aug. 6, 1968.
"Life Along the Connecticut." Holiday, June 1963.
"Life and Times of a Slum Landlord, The." The Reporter, Nov. 15, 1956.
"Lion Caged, The." American Heritage, Feb.-March, 1987.
"Louisville Cashes in on Culture." Harper's, Aug. 1955.
"Louisville Cashes in on Culture." The Reader's Digest, Oct. 1955.
"Louisville, Belle of Kentucky." Holiday, Jun 1957.
"Manchester on Leadership." Modern Maturity, Oct.-Nov., 1988.
"Maryland's Historic Capital." Holiday, June 1958.
"Mencken and the Mercury." Harper's, Aug. 1950.
"Mencken and the Twenties." Harper's, July 1950.
"Money, Bears, and Bulls-A Look at Wall Street." Holiday, March 1964.
"Monster on the Loose." 21, Oct. 1951.
"Murder Tour of New England." Holiday, May 1961.
"Nelson Rockefeller's Moral Heritage." Harper's, May 1959.
"Okinawa: The Bloodiest Battle of All." In The Dolphin Reader, compiled by Douglas Hunt. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
"Okinawa: The Bloodiest Battle of All." In Subject and Strategy, Paul A. Escholtz and Alfred F. Rosa. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990.
"Our Hospitals are Sick." Baltimore Sunpapers, 1951.
"Our Teenage Drug Addicts." The Freeman, June 4, 1951.
"Our War in the Pacific." Holiday, Nov. 1960.
"Paris Embassy, The." Holiday, March 1969.
"Private Life of H. L. Mencken, The." Gardens, Houses, and People, Nov. 1950.
"Record Run." he Saturday Evening Post, Apr. 13, 1957 [short story].
"Reflections on Egalitarianism." National Review, March 22, 1985.
"Rock Bottom in America." New York, Aug. 5, 1974.
"Small Loans Play a Vital Role in Our Economy." The Democratic Digest, July, 1954.
"Spanish-American War, The." Holiday, Sept. 1961 30:3.
"Structured Exposition." Connecticut English Journal, Spring 1977 8:2.
"Then." The New York Times Magazine, Nov. 4, 1973.
"There Are Limits to Charity." Trustee, Apr. 1972.
"There Is No Conspiracy." Trustee, July 1952.
"Thirty-Six per Cent Interest-And 'No Que$tions Asked.'" The Reporter, Apr. 13, 1954.
"Three Misspent Lives." Esquire, Oct. 1968.
"Three Yellow Tickets." Decade of Short Stories, 1947.
"Times, The: The World's Greatest Newspaper." Holiday, Oct. 1959.
"Treasury, The: Inside the Nation's Vaults." Sky, Sept. 1976.
"Tribal American, The." Holiday, July 1962.
"Undaunted by Odds." MHW: The Quarterly Journal of Military History Spring 10 (1998).
"United States Marines, The." Holiday, Nov. 1957.
"Walking With Destiny: An Extract from The Last Lion." Leadership South Africa 7 (1988).
"Walter Reuther-Part I." Holiday, Nov. 1959.
"Walter Reuther-Part II." Holiday, Dec. 1959.
"William Manchester's Own Story." Look, Apr. 4, 1967.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Series I: Writings, 1943-1995
Books
American Caesar
Correspondence
Box Folder
1 1 1975 Oct-Dec
2 1976 Jan-Dec
3 1977 Mar-Dec
4 1978 Jan-Mar
5 1978 Apr-Jun
6 1978 Jul
7 1978 Aug-Dec
8 1979 Feb-Jul
9 1979 Dec - 1980 Jan and undated
10 Conkovich, Stephen, 1979 Nov
Research materials
Box Folder
1 11 Bibliographies
12 Carmichael: The Ninety Days
13 Carmichael: The Ninety Days
Box Folder
2 1 Clippings 1939-1977
2 Department of Defense Directory, 1962
3-4 Gunther: The Riddle of MacArthur
5-6 Higgins: Korea and the Fall of MacArthur
7-8 Lang: MacArthur Day in Chicago
Box Folder
3 1 Liberation of the Philippines
2 Maps
3 NYT Index, 1951
4 NYT Index, 1952
5 NYT Index, 1953
6 NYT Index, 1954
7 NYT Index, 1955
8 NYT Index, 1956
9 NYT Index, 1957
10 NYT Index, 1958
11 NYT Index, 1959
12 NYT Index, 1960
13 NYT Index, 1961
14 NYT Index, 1962
15 NYT Index, 1963
16 NYT Index, 1971
17 Research materials
18-19 Rovere: The General and the President
Documents
Box Folder
3 20 Index of documents
21 1-30
Box Folder
4 1 31-60
2 61-90
3 91-120
4 121-150
5 151-180
6 181-210
7 211-240
8 241-270
9 271-300
10 301-330
Box Folder
5 1 331-362
2 363-386
Research notes
Box Folder
5 3 Index
4 James: The Years of MacArthur, Vol. I
5 Eyre - Borton
6 Baldwin - Brereton
7 pp. 1-81
8 pp. 82-184
9 pp. 185-298
10 pp. 299-389
11 pp. 390-521
Box Folder
6 1 pp. 522-619
2 pp. 620-718
3 pp. 718-824
4 pp. 825-921
5 pp. 922-1031
6 pp. 1032-1199
7 pp. 1200-1231
8 pp. 1232-1336
9 Interviews
10 Research notes 1976 Jan and undated
11 Notebook 1976 Apr
12 Docs 1-84
13 Docs 85-177A
14 Docs 178-248
15 Docs 249-328
16 Docs 1-60 [duplicates]
17 Charts
Box Folder
7 1 Codes and indexes ca. 1976
2 General
3 MacArthur miscellaneous
4 Outlines, ca. 1976
Box
356-361 Clumps
Original draft
Box Folder
7 5 Front matter
6 Preamble
7 Prologue
8 Reveille, 1880-1917
9 First Call, 1917-1918
10 Order Arms, 1919-1935
11 To the Colors, 1935-1941
12 Retreat, 1941-1942
13 The Green War, 1942-1944
Box Folder
8 1 At High Port, 1944-1945
2 Last Post, 1945-1950
3 Sunset Gun, 1950-1951
4 Recall, 1951
5 Taps, 1951-1964
6 Working notes
7 Miscellaneous notes from scrapbox
Fair copy
Box Folder
8 8 Prologue: The First General MacArthur
9 One: Reveille
10 Two: First Call
11 Three: Order Arms
12 Four: To the Colors
Box Folder
9 1 Five: Retreat
2 Six: The Green War
3 Seven: At High Port
4 Eight: Last Post
5 Nine: Sunset Gun
6 Ten: Recall
7 Eleven: Taps
Box Folder
10 1 Acknowledgments/bibliography
2 Bibliography
3 Bibliography
4 Chapter notes
5 Chapter notes
6 Chapter notes [alternate version]
7 Copy editing, 1978 Feb-Apr
8 Endpapers [2 copies]
9 Preamble: Reveille [2 copies]
10 Revisions, 1978 Mar and undated
11 Specimen pages, 1978 Mar
12 Setting copy, 1978 Apr
Box Folder
11 1-5 Setting copy, 1978 Apr
Box Folder
12 1-5 Setting copy, 1978 Apr
6 Author's file set
Box Folder
13 1-6 Author's file set
7 Post galley material, 1978
8 Last Caesar file, 1978-1979
9 Australian serialization, 1978 Dec - 1979 Jan
10 Press kit
11 Photo booklets [two copies]
12 Promotion and reviews, 1978 Jul-Oct
13 Remarks at dedication of MacArthur Square, 1978 Jul-Dec
14 Miniseries reviews, 1985 Mar
Box
433 Oversize
The Arms of Krupp
Correspondence
Box Folder
14 1 1951 Jul-1963 Mar
2 1963 Apr-Aug
3 1963 Sep-1966 Sep
4 1967 Jan-Jun
5 1967 Jul-Dec
6 1968 Jan-Jun
7 1968 Jul-Sep
8 1968 Oct-Dec
9 1969 Jan-1970 Jul and undated
10 Empty envelopes, bulk 1963
11 Kaufman, 1969 Jan-1971 Feb
12 Interviewees, 1963
13 Die firma Krupp, 1962-63, 1967
Research materials
Box Folder
15 1-8 Research materials
Box Folder
16 1-6 Research materials
Box Folder
17 1 Research materials
2-5 Alfred Krupp Briefe
6-7 Ferencz Brief
8 German passports
9 Maps
Box Folder
18 1 Krupp clippings 1959 Mar-1972 Jan
Documents
Box Folder
18 2 Index of Docs / Codes
3 1-20
4 21-40
5 41-60
6 61-80
7 81-82
Krupp notes
Box Folder
18 8 A: Letters
9 B, Pam, C, P, Docs
10 Europe: May
11 Europe: June
12 From Jim Bell
13 Menne
14 Muhlen
Box Folder
19 1 N.D.
2 P, B, Pam.
3 Pounds
4 U.S.A. Interviews
5 Von Klass
6 Young
Research notes
Box Folder
19 7 Research notebook - 0
8 Research notebook - I
9 Research notebook - II
10 Research notebook - III-IV
11 Research notebook - IV
12-13 Research notes
Box Folder
20 1-2 Research notes
3 Indexes and outlining
4-11 Outlines of material which has been written
12 Translated passages
Box
362-364 Clumps
Holiday, 1964-65
Box Folder
20 13 First draft: installment I
14 First draft: installment II
15 First draft: installment III
16 First draft: installment IV
17 First draft: installment V
18 Draft: installment I
19 Draft: installment II
20 Draft: installment III
21 Draft: installment IV
22 Draft: installment V
Original draft
Box Folder
20 23 Front matter
24 Notes
Box Folder
21 1 Prologue
2 Chapter I
3 Chapter II
4 Chapter III
5 Chapter IV
6 Chapter V
7 Chapter VI
8 Chapter VII
9 Chapter VIII
10 Chapter IX
11 Chapter X
12 Chapter XI
13 Chapter XII
14 Chapter XIII
15 Chapter XIV
16 Chapter XV
17 Chapter XVI
18 Chapter XVII
Box Folder
22 1 Chapter XVIII
2 Chapter XIX
3 Chapter XX
4 Chapter XXI
5 Chapter XXII
6 Chapter XXIII
7 Chapter XXIV
8 Chapter XXV
9 Chapter XXVI
10 Chapter XXVII
11 Chapter XXVIII
12 Chapter XXIX
13 Chapter XXX
14 Chapter XXXI
15 Chapter XXXII
Box Folder
23 1 Chapter XXXIII
2 Epilogue
3 Appendices
4 Sources
5 Extra memeos for CAS visit 12/21
Fair copy, 1968 Feb
Box Folder
23 6-10 Copy 1
Box Folder
24 1-6 Copy 1
Box Folder
25 1-6 Copy 2
Box Folder
26 1-5 Copy 2
6-7 Annotated
Box Folder
27 1-7 Annotated
Box Folder
28 1-4 Annotated
5-7 Addendum to bibliography, 1968 Apr
8 Front matter
9 Epilogue (see epoligue file in cabinet)
10 Appendices
11 Questions
12 Chronology
13 Inserts
14-15 Sources
Box Folder
29 1 Revisions, Krupp
2 Revisions, live file
3-4 Revisions - dormant file (and last Krupp material)
5 Corrections, 1968-69
6-7 Front and back matter, 1968 Apr-May
8-10 Setting copy
Box Folder
30 1-6 Setting copy
Box Folder
31 1-5 Setting copy
6 Proof - vol I
Box Folder
32 1 Proof - vol II
2 Proof - vol III
3 Proof - vol I
4 Proof - vol II
5 Proof - vol III
Box
365 Galleys
Box Folder
32 6 Book News: Little, Brown & Co. [1968?]
Look, 1968
Box Folder
32 7 Article based on Krupp book, 1968 Jan
Box Folder
33 1 Article based on Krupp book, 1968 Apr-Jun
2-4 Photocopy of book with edits
5 Photocopy of portions of book
6 Materials returned by agent
7 Screenplay treatment: Notes and correspondence, 1969 Mar-May
8 Screenplay treatment: First draft, 1969 Mar
9-10 Screenplay treatment, 1969 May
Box
434 Oversize
Beard the Lion, 1958
Box Folder
34 1-2 Research and correspondence
3-5 Notes and outlines
6 Notebook
7 Notebook
8 Clippings
9-20 Draft
City of Anger, 1953
Box Folder
35 1-5 Correspondence
6 Review letters from prominent individuals
7 Plot summary
8 Clippings
9-12 Research notes
13-14 Background materials
15-26 Draft
Box Folder
36 1-14 Draft
15-18 Fair copy
Box
366 Proofs
Box Folder
36 19 Galleys
20 Dust jacket
Box Folder
37 1 Reviews
2 1967 ed.
3-7 1985 ed.
Controversy and Other Essays in Journalism
Box Folder
37 8-10 Correspondence, 1969, 1975-76
11-13 Drafts and notes
"Controversy"
Box Folder
37 14-21 Research material
Box Folder
38 1-5 Research material
6 "William Manchester's Own Story"
7 151st annual report, Harper & Row, 1968
8 "Manchester Unexpurgated," Commentary, 1967 Jul
Box
470 Restricted research material
Box
367 Clumps
Box Folder
38 9-12 First draft
13-15 Fair copy
16 "The Spanish-American War"
17 "The First World War"
18 "The Island War"
19-20 "Corps d'Elite"
21-22 "The Department of Defense"
23-27 "The Man Who Couldn't Speak Japanese"
28 "The Great Bank Holiday"
29 "Wall Street"
30-31 "The Treasury Department"
32 "Loan Sharks"
33 "Slum Landlords"
34 "The Tribal American"
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39 1 "Murder Tour of New England"
2 "Life Along the Connecticut"
3 "The Berkshire Hills"
4 "The New York Times"
5 "An Act of Conscience"
6-9 "A Slight Case of McCarthyism"
10 "Our Embassy in Paris"
11-16 "Cairo After Farouk"
17-20 "Adlai in Defeat"
21 "Walter Reuther"
22 "The Founding Grandfather"
23-24 "My Old Man"
25 "In Defense of Snobs"
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39 26 Front matter
27 "Controversy"
28 "The Spanish-American War"
29 "The Great War"
30 "The Island War"
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40 1 "Corps d'Elite"
2 "The Man Who Couldn't Speak Japanese"
3 "The Pentagon"
4 "Wall Street"
5 "The Treasury Department"
6 "The Great Bank Holiday"
7 "Loan Shark"
8 "Slumlord"
9 "The Founding Grandfather"
10 "The Tribal American"
11 "Lower the Star-Spangled Banner"
12 "A Murder Tour of New England"
13 "Life Along the Connecticut"
14 "The Berkshire Hills"
15 "The New York Times"
16 "An Act of Conscience"
17 "A Slight Case of McCarthyism"
18 "Our Embassy in Paris"
19 "In Defense of Snobs"
20 "Adlai in Defeat"
21 "Cairo After Farouk"
22 "Walter Reuther"
23 "Kevin Phillips and the Shrinking Republican Minority"
24 "The Pumpkin Papers in the Transcripts"
25 "My Old Man: The Last Days of H.L. Mencken"
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40 26 Introduction
27 "The Pentagon"
28 "Wall Street"
29 "Loan Shark"
30 "Lower the Star-Spangled Banner"
31 "A Murder Tour of New England"
32 "Life Along the Connecticut River"
33 "The Berkshire Hills"
34 "An Act of Conscience"
35 "Our Embassy in Paris"
36 "Kevin Phillips and the Shrinking Republican Minority"
37 "The Pumpkin Papers in the Transcripts"
38 Index
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41 1-4 Setting copy
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366 Galleys
The Death of a President
Research
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42 1-2 Interviews and sources, 1964
3-4 Index of interviews (alphabetical), 1965
5-6 Index of interviews (chronological), 1965
Alphabetical and chronological indexes are not comprehensive of all interviews conducted.
Interview transcripts, numbered set 1
These files consist primarily of transcripts of interviews. Other files contain document transcriptions or summaries and the personal observations of WM. Restricted materials have been removed.
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57 Lincoln, Evelyn, p. A-1-9 [restricted], 1964 Apr 1
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42 7 Greenfield, James, p. 1, 1964 Apr 1
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57 Gallagher, Mary, p. 2-8 [restricted], 1964 Apr 2
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42 8 Douglas, William O., p. 9-10, 1964 Apr 2
9 Douglas, Joan, p. 11-14, 1964 Apr 3
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57 Lincoln, Evelyn, and Mary Gallagher, p. 15-17 [restricted], 1964 Apr 3
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42 10 Yarborough, Ralph, p. 18-22, 1964 Apr 6
11 Rusk, Dean, p. 23-25, 1964 Apr 6
12 Powers, David, p. 26-30b, 1964 Apr 8
13 Duke, Angier Biddle, p. 31-38, 1964 Apr 8
14 Holborn, Fred, p. 39-43, 1964 Apr 9
15 Misc, p. 44, 1964 Apr 9
16 Bundy, McGeorge, p. 45-46, 1964 Aug 9
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57 Burkley, George, p. 47-51 [restricted], 1964 Apr 10
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42 17 McCone, John, p. 52-55, 1964 Apr 10
18 Ball, George, p. 56-59, 1964 Apr 10
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57 Tuckerman, Nancy, p. 60-64 [restricted] , 1964 Apr 13
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42 19 Smith, Merriman, p. 65, 1964 Apr 14
20 Burkley, George, R.O. Canada, and Robert Weare, p. 66-72, 1964 Apr 14
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57 Kennedy, Edward, p. 73-76 [restricted], 1964 Apr 14
Lincoln, Evelyn, p. 77-78 [restricted], 1964 Apr 15
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42 21 Dugan, Ralph, p. 79-82, 1964 Apr 15
22 Thomas, Albert, p. 83-88, 1964 Apr 16
23 Baker, Russell, p. 89, 1964 Apr 15
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57 Kennedy, Ethel, p. 90-93 [restricted], 1964 Apr 17
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42 24 Bradlee, Ben, p. 94-97, 1964 Apr 17
25 Alphand, Nicole, p. 98-102, 1964 Apr 17
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57 Turnure, Pamela, p. 103-07 [restricted], 1964 Apr 17
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42 26 Clifton, Chester, p. 108-19, 1964 Apr 21
27 White, Byron, and M.K. McHugh, p. 120-23, 1964 Apr 22
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57 West, J.B., p. 124-28 [restricted], 1964 Apr 23
Burkley, George, p. 129 [restricted], 1964 Apr 23
Gallagher, Mary, p. 130 [restricted], 1964 Apr 23
Hirsch, Jacqueline, p. 131 [restricted], 1964 Apr 23
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42 28 Hallett, Oliver, p. 132-33, 1964 Apr 23
29 Hallett, Joan, p. 134, 1964 Apr 23
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57 Kennedy, Joan, p. 135-37 [restricted], 1964 Apr 23
Misc. and Maude Shaw, p. 144 [restricted], 1964 Apr 24
Parates, Providentia, p. 145-47 [restricted], 1964 Apr 24
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42 30 Walsh, John, p. 148-50, 1964 Apr 27
31 Stoughton, Cecil, p. 151-57, 1964 Apr 27
32 Walton, Bill, p. 158-65, 1964 Apr 27
33 Posen, Walter and Elizabeth, p. 166-71, 1964 Apr 28
34 Whele, Philip, p. 172-78, 1964 Apr 29
35 Swindal, James, p. 179-85, 1964 Apr 29
36 Miller, Paul, and John Metzler, p. 186-94, 1964 Apr 30
37 General interviews, Fort Meyer: Walter Bishop, Donald Sawtelle, Allen Eldredge, William Malcolm, Thomas Setterberg, Arthur Carlson, Samuel Byrd, and Walter Bishop, p. 196-214, 1964 Apr 30
38 Shepherd, Tazwell and Mrs. Tazwell, p. 215-21, 1964 May 1
39 Kilduff, Malcolm, p. 222-233, 1964 May 2
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57 Gallagher, Mary, p. 234 [restricted], 1964 May 2
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42 40 Guthman, Edwin and Jo Ann, p. 235-39, 1964 May 3
41 Bartlett, Charles and Martha, p. 240-242, 1964 May 3
42 Goodwin, Richard, p. 243-46, 1964 May 4
43 O'Brien, Lawrence, and Kenneth O'Donnell, p. 247-54 1964 May 4
44 Fay, Paul, p. 255-57, 1964 May 5
45 Taylor, Maxwell, p. 258-61, 1964 May 5
46 Ormsby-Gore, David, p. 262-68, 1964 May 6
47 McHugh, Godfrey, p. 269-280, 1964 May 6
48 Deputy of Charles Walton, p. 281, 1964 May 7
49 Thomas, George, p. 282-85, 1964 May 7
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57 Bryant, Traphes, p. 286 [restricted], undated
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42 50 Misc. notes based on JBK's files and envelopes marked "funeral," p. 287-89, undated
51 Sweig, Martin, p. 290, 1964 May 14
52 McCormack, John, p. 291-92, 1964 May 14
53 Boggs, Hale, p. 293-94, 1964 May 14
54 Baskin, Robert, and misc. (Mary Gallagher), p. 295-99, 1964 May 15
55 McNally, Jack, p. 300-04, 1964 May 15
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57 Novello, Angela, p. 305 [restricted], 1964 May 15
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42 56 Nemuth, Ed, p. 306, 1964 May 18
57 Gawler, Joseph, and Joseph Hagan, p. 307-11, 1964 May 18
58 Thompson, Llewelyn, p. 312-13, 1964 May 20
59 Langle, Dr, p. 314, undated
60 Clark, Keith, p. 315-16, 1964 May 20
61 Hackett, David, p. 317-21, 1964 May 25
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57 Auchincloss, Janet, p. 322-28 [restricted], 1964 May 21
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42 62 Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, p. 329-34, 1964 May 22
63 Reed, James, p. 335-37, 1964 May 22
64 Ormsby-Gore, David, handwritten letter to RFK, p. 338, 1963 Nov 22
65 McNamara, Robert, p. 339-343, 1964 May 25
66 Baldridge, Letitia, p. 344-45, 1964 May 25
67 McNally, George, p. 346-50, 1964 May 25
68 Mansfield, Mike, p. 351-53, 1964 May 27
69 Harriman, Averell, p. 354-57, 1964 May 27
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57 Luce, Diane, p. 358 [restricted], 1964 May 28
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42 70 Brinkley, David, p. 359-61, 1964 May 10
71 Schlesinger, Arthur, journal, p. 362-69, 1963 Nov 22-28
72 Schlesinger, Arthur, p. 370-74, 1964 May 29
73 Cater, Douglass, p. 375, 1964 May 29
74 Gawler, Joseph, p. 376, 1964 Jun 1
75 Weare, Robert, p. 377, 1964 Jun 1
76 Morgenthau, Robert, p. 378, 1964 Jun 1
77 Bradlee, Ben and Toni, p. 379-82, 1964 Jun 1
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57 Girodano, Joseph, p. 383-87 [restricted], 1964 Jun 2
Warner, Jack, p. 388 [restricted], 1964 Jun 2
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42 78 Bundy, McGeorge, p. 389, 1964 Jun 2
79 Johnson, Alexis, p. 390-92, 1964 Jun 2
80 Hoover, J. Edgar, p. 393-96, 1964 Jun 4
81 O'Brien, Lawrence, and Kenneth O'Donnell, p. 397-400, 1964 Jun 4
82 Reardon, Timothy, p. 401-04, 1964 Jun 4
83 Katzenbach, Nicholas, p. 405-07, 1964 Jun 4
84 Valenti, Jack, p. 408-13, 1964 Jun 5
85 Gewirtzman, Milton, notes, p. 414, 1963 Nov 23
86 Gewirtzman, Milton, p. 415-19, 1964 Jun 8
87 Misc., George McNally, Michael Cook, WM observations re: drive from Andrews Field to Washington, D.C., p. 420, undated
88 Ayres, Joseph, p. 421-26, 1964 Jun 9
89 Ross, Barney, p. 427-30, 1964 Jun 9
90 Carpenter, Elizabeth, Bess Abell, and Mary Gallagher, p. 431-38, 1964 Jun 10
91 McMurrey, Mrs. Robert "Candy," p. 439, 1964 Jun 10
92 Guthman, Edwin, p. 440, 1964 Jun 10
93 Fehmer, Marie, p. 441-47, 1964 Jun 11
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57 Radziwill, Stanislaus, p. 458-51 [restricted], 1964 Jun 11
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42 94 Gawler, Joseph, and United States Naval Observatory, p. 452, 1964 Jun 16
95 Brooks, Jack and Charlotte, p. 453-55, 1964 Jun 17
96 NBC report, p. 456-465, 1963 Nov 22-25
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57 Smith, Jean Kennedy, p. 466-471 [restricted], 1964 Jun 16
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42 97 Addresses, p. 472-73, undated
98 Testimony and depositions [Warren Commission], p. 474-76, undated
99 Mellon, Bunny, p. 477-484, inserts, 1964 Jun 19
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57 West, J.B., p. 485 [restricted], 1964 Jun 23
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42 100 Reedy, George, p. 486-89, 1964 Jun 23
101 Macy, John, p. 490-93, 1964 Jun 15
102 Markham, Dean, p. 494-99, 1964 Jun 24
103 Goldberg, Arthur, p. 500-03, 1964 Jun 34
104 Gonzalez, Henry, p. 504-12, 1964 Jun 25
105 Hannan, Philip, p. 513-516, 1964 Jun 25
106 Wilson, Frank, p. 517-18, 1964 Jun 25
107 Wirtz, Willard, p. 519-21, 1964 Jun 26
108 Fowler, Henry, p. 522-24, 1964 Jun 26
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43 1 Galbraith, John Kenneth, p. 477-80, 1964 Jul 11
2 Cushing, Richard Cardinal, p. 481-83, 1964 Jul 13
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57 RFK, Patricia Lawford, Ethel Kennedy, JBK, and Ann Gargan, p. 484-88 [restricted], 1964 Jul 19-21
Dallas, Rita, and Joseph Gargan, p. 489-91 [restricted], 1964 Jul 20
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43 3 Sorensen, Theodore, p. 492-98, 1964 Jul 20
4 Carter, Cliff, p. 499-500, 1964 Jul 23
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57 Smith, Steven, p. 501-02 [restricted], 1964 Jul 27
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43 5 O'Donnell, Kenneth, p. 503, 1964 Aug 6
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57 Gallagher, Mary, p. 504 [restricted], 1964 Aug 6
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43 6 JBK files for November, December 1963, p. 505-09, 1963 Nov-Dec
7 Testimony and documents of the presidential [Warren] commission, p. 510-39, 1964 Jun 27, 29-30, Aug 5
8 McGrory, Mary, p. 540-44, 1964 Aug 9
9 Metzler, John, p. 545, 1964 Aug 10
10 Powers, David, p. 546, 1964 Aug 10
11 Riedel, Richard, p. 547-48, 1964 Aug 10
12 Carroll, Bernard, p. 549-50, 1964 Aug 11
13 Powers, David, memorandum, p. 551-53, 1963 Nov 22-23
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57 Orlando, Mary Ann, p. 554 [restricted], 1964 Aug 12
Shriver, Sargent, p. 555-58 [restricted], 1964 Aug 12
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43 14 Dillon, C. Douglas, p. 559-65, 1964 Aug 14
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57 Ficklin, Charles, p. 566-68 [restricted], 1964 Aug 14
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43 15 Office of the Attorney General, p. 569, 1964 Aug 14
16 Kuhn, John, blessing, and Burrell Peterson, p. 570, 1963 Nov 23, 1964 Aug 17
17 Freeman, Orville, notes, p. 571-74, insert, 1963 Nov 22-25
18 "The Torch is Passed," p. 575-77 d
19 Four Days notes, p. 578, undated
20 English, Joseph, p. 579-82, 1964 Aug 18
21 Thomas, Albert, p. 583, 1964 Aug 19
22 Hughes, Thomas, to Clark, Ramsey, p. 584-85, 1963 Nov 27
23 Vogelsinger, Sue, p. 586, 1964 Aug 20
24 Camp, Christine, p. 587, 1964 Aug 20
25 Salinger, Pierre, p. 588-91, 1964 Aug 20
26 Peters, Henry, p. 592, 1964 Aug 21
27 Carpenter, Frank, p. 593, 1964 Aug 21
28 Clifton, Chester, p. 594, 1964 Aug 21
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57 West, J.B., p. 595 [restricted], 1964 Aug 25
Shriver, Sargent, p. 596-601 [restricted], 1964 Aug 8
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43 29 Secretary of Walter Rostow, Oscar Huber, Forrest Sorrels, Marguerite Oswald, and Frank Carpenter letter, p. 602, 1964 Aug 24, 26
30 Wetzel, Ethel, p. 603, undated
31 Schulz, Robert, p. 604-05, 1964 Aug 27
32 Eisenhower, Dwight D., p. 606-11, 1964 Aug 27
33 Thompson, James, p. 612, 1964 Aug 28
34 Heintz, Marie, p. 613, 1964 Aug 28
35 Salinger, Pierre, highlights of notes, p. 614, undated
36 Secretary to Dean Rusk, p. 615, 1964 Aug 28
37 Galbraith, John Kenneth, journal excerpts, p. 616-618, 1963 Nov 26
38 McGraw, Thomas, p. 619, 1964 Sep 1
39 Dallas News files, p. 620-624, 1958-63
40 WM observations, p. 625-27, undated
41 Skelton, Byron, p. 628-33, 1964 Sep 14
42 Skelton, Ruth, p. 634, 1964 Sep 11
43 Auston American files, p. 635-36, 1963 Nov 23
44 Gorham, Dean, p. 637, 1964 Sep 15
45 Christian, George, p. 638, 1964 Sep 15
46 Connally, John, p. 639-45, 1964 Sep 16
47 Rodriguez, Mr., p. 646-50, 1964 Sep 16
48 Glasgow, Thurman, p. 651-52, 1964 Sep 17
49 Welch, B, p. 653, 1964 Sep 17
50 WM observations re: flying into Houston. p. 654, undated
51 Hooper, Wesley, p. 655-58, 1964 Sep 18
52 Bryant, Jack, p. 659, 1964 Sep 18
53 Peck, Max, p. 660-61, 1964 Sep 18
54 Martin, Harry, p. 662, 1964 Sep 18
55 WM observations re: Fort Worth, p. 663, undated
56 Walker, W, p. 664, 1964 Sep 18
57 Saccu, Peter, p. 665, 1964 Sep 18
58 Oswald, Margarite, p. 666-71, 1964 Sep 18
59 WM observations re: Dallas, p. 672-73, 1964 Sep 19
60 Huber, Oscar, p. 674-77, 1964 Sep 20
61 Oneals Yellow Pages advertisement, p. 678, undated
62 Frazier, Wesley, p. 679, 1964 Sep 19
63 Truly, Roy, p. 680-82, 1964 Sep 21
64 Lovelady, Billy, p. 683, 1964 Sep 21
65 Zapruder, Abraham, p. 684-85, 1964 Sep 21
66 Rogers, Lillian, p. 686, 1964 Sep 21
67 Landregan, Steve, and Charles Jack Price, p. 687-89, 1964 Sep 21
68 Rose, Earl, p. 690, 1964 Sep 21
69 Ward, Theran, p. 691-92, 1964 Sep 25
70 Examination of Parkland Memorial Hospital with Steve Landregan, p. 693-94, 1964 Sep 21
71 Cain, Thomas, p. 695, 1964 Sep 21
72 WM observations re: Texas School Book Depository, p. 696, 1964 Sep 21
73 Hughes, Sarah, p. 697-98, 1964 Sep 19
74 Clark of the FBI and Evan Thomas, p. 699, 1964 Sep 24
75 Connally, Nell, p. 700-03, 1964 Sep 30
76 Sanders, H. Barefoot, p. 704-12, 1964 Sep 22
77 Paine, Ruth and Michael, p. 713-17, 1964 Sep 20
78 WM observations re: Dallas, p. 718, 1964 Sep 21
79 Whaley, William, p. 719-21, 1964 Sep 23
80 Sawyer, Herbert, p. 722-24, 1964 Sep 23
81 Batchelor, Charles, p. 725, 1964 Sep 23
82 WM observations re: Dallas, p. 726, undated
83 Fischer, Ronald, p. 727-28, 1964 Sep 23
84 Dallas Times-Herald files, p. 729-30, 1963
85 Lehrer, Jim, p. 731, 1964 Sep 23
86 Krueger, Jack, p. 732, 1964 Sep 23
87 Jacks, Hurchel, p. 733, 1964 Sep 23
88 Brennan, Howard, p. 734-36, 1964 Sep 23
89 Anderson, Andy, p. 737, 1964 Sep 24
90 Dealey, Ted and Joe Dealey, p. 738-40, 1964 Sep 25
91 WM observations, p. 741, undated
92 Curry, Jesse, and J.W. Fritz, p. 742-44 1964 Sep 23
93 Oneal, Vernon, p. 745-48, 1964 Sep 25
94 Bullion, J. Waddy, p. 749, 1964 Sep 19
95 Goldberg, Irving, p. 750, 1964 Sep 24
96 Sawyer, Herbert, p. 751, 1964 Sep 24
97 Hosty, James, p. 752, 1964 Sep 24
98 Lewis, Hal, p. 753, 1964 Sep 24
99 Dallas News library, p. 754, 1964 Sep 24
100 Teague, Olin, p. 755, 1964 Sep 26
101 Johnson, Mrs. J. Lee, p. 756, 1964 Sep 19
102 Dugger, Robert, p. 757-59, 1964 Sep 22
103 Lehrer, Jim, p. 760-61, 1964 Sep 23
104 Hunt, H.L., p. 762, 1964 Sep 25
105 Walker, Edward, p. 763, 1964 Sep 25
106 Greene, A.C., p. 764-66, 1964 Sep 25
107 Misc. notes, p. 767-68, 1964 Sep 26
108 Andres, Dave, p. 769, 1964 Sep 26
109 Sanders, H. Barefoot, p. 770-71, 1964 Sep 26
110 Texas Observer, p. 772-73, 1963 Nov 29
111 Hughes, Sarah, "The president is sworn in," p. 774, undated
112 Poppill, Paul, p. 775, 1964 Oct 5
113 Buchwald, Art, p. 776, 1964 Oct 5
114 Carpenter, Elizabeth, p. 777, 1964 Oct 5
115 McNally, George, p. 778, 1964 Oct 5
116 Sidey, Hugh, p. 779-81, 1964 Oct 5
117 Sorrels, Forrest, p. 782-88, 1964 Sep 24
118 Lehrer, Jim, p. 789, 1964 Oct 8
119 Cretian, Paul, p. 790, 1964 Oct 8
120 Deloach, Deek, p. 791, 1964 Oct 8
121 Harding, Warren, p. 792-93, 1964 Oct 8
122 Holmes, William, p. 794, 1964 Oct 8
123 The Zapruder film, p. 745, 1964 Oct 9
124 Kelley, Thomas, p. 796, 1964 Oct 9
125 Peterson, Burrell, p. 797, 1964 Oct 9
126 Lippmann, Walter, p. 798, 1964 Oct 10
127 Abushch, Helen, p. 799, 1964 Oct 12
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44 1 Lawson, Winston, from the testimony of, p. 800-01, undated
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57 Shriver, Eunice, p. 802-05 [restricted], 1964 Oct 19
Shriver, Eunice, p. 806 [restricted], 1964 Nov 2
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44 2 Powers, David, p. 808, 1964 Oct 21
3 Warren, Earl, p. 807-10, 1964 Nov 3
4 Sylvester, Art, p. 811, 1964 Nov 5
5 Oswald, Robert, p. 812-13, 1964 Nov 5
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57 O'Leary, John, p. 811-13 [restricted], 1964 Nov 10
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44 6 Yarborough, Ralph, p. 814-19, 1964 Nov 11
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57 Kellerman, Roy, p. 820-27 [restricted], 1964 Nov 17
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44 7 Peterson, Burrell, p. 828, 1964 Nov 17
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57 Youngblood, Rufus, p. 829-34 [restricted], 1964 Nov 17
Foster, Bob, p. 835-39 [restricted], 1964 Nov 18
Hill, Clinton, p. 840-48 [restricted], 1964 Nov 11
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44 8 Peterson, Burrell, and Jack Warner, p. 849 1964 Nov 18
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57 Greer, Bill, p. 850-52 [restricted], 1964 Nov 19
Johns, Lem, p. 853-58 [restricted], 1964 Nov 19
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44 9 Louisville Courier Journal correspondent, p. 859, 1964 Nov 18
10 O'Donnell, Kenneth, from the Texas trip folder of, p. 860-61, 1963 Nov 23
11 Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, and Kenneth O'Donnell, p. 862, 1964 Nov 23
12 Bruno, Gerry, p. 863-67, 1964 Dec 1
13 Bruno, Gerry, p. 868, 1964 Dec 14, 17
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57 Behn, Gerald, p. 869-871 [restricted], 1964 Dec 18
Wells, Thomas, p. 872-79 [restricted], 1964 Dec 18
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44 14 Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, and Kenneth O'Donnell, p. 880, 1964 Nov 23
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57 Roberts, Emory, p. 881-84 [restricted], 1964 Dec 4
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44 15 Humphrey, Hubert, p. 885, 1965 Mar 16
Interview transcripts, numbered set 2
These files consist primarily of transcripts of interviews. Other files contain document transcriptions or summaries and the personal observations of WM. Restricted materials have been removed.
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57 Lincoln, Evelyn, p. A-1-9 [restricted], 1964 Apr 1
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44 16 Greenfield, James, p. 1, 1964 Apr 1
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57 Gallagher, Mary, p. 2-8 [restricted], 1964 Apr 2
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44 17 Douglas, William O., p. 9-10, 1964 Apr 2
18 Douglas, Joan, p. 11-14, 1964 Apr 3
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57 Lincoln, Evelyn, and Mary Gallagher, p. 15-17 [restricted], 1964 Apr 3
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44 19 Yarborough, Ralph, p. 18-22, 1964 Apr 6
20 Rusk, Dean, p. 23-25, 1964 Apr 6
21 Powers, David, p. 26-30b, 1964 Apr 8
22 Duke, Angier Biddle, p. 31-38, 1964 Apr 8
23 Holborn, Fred, p. 39-43, 1964 Apr 9
24 Misc, p. 44, 1964 Apr 9
25 Bundy, McGeorge, p. 45-46, 1964 Aug 9
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57 Burkley, George, p. 47-51 [restricted], 1964 Apr 10
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44 26 McCone, John, p. 52-55, 1964 Apr 10
27 Ball, George, p. 56-59, 1964 Apr 10
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57 Tuckerman, Nancy, p. 60-64 [restricted], 1964 Apr 13
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44 28 Smith, Merriman, p. 65, 1964 Apr 14
29 Burkley, George, R.O. Canada, and Robert Weare, p. 66-72, 1964 Apr 14
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57 Kennedy, Edward, p. 73-76 [restricted], 1964 Apr 14
Lincoln, Evelyn, p. 77-78 [restricted], 1964 Apr 15
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44 30 Dugan, Ralph, p. 79-82, 1964 Apr 15
31 Thomas, Albert, p. 83-88, 1964 Apr 16
32 Baker, Russell, p. 89, 1964 Apr 15
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57 Kennedy, Ethel, p. 90-93 [restricted], 1964 Apr 17
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44 33 Bradlee, Ben, p. 94-97, 1964 Apr 17
34 Alphand, Nicole, p. 98-102, 1964 Apr 17
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57 Turnure, Pamela, p. 103-07 [restricted], 1964 Apr 17
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44 35 Clifton, Chester, p. 108-19, 1964 Apr 21
36 White, Byron, and M.K. McHugh, p. 120-23, 1964 Apr 22
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57 West, J.B., p. 124-28 [restricted], 1964 Apr 23
Burkley, George, p. 129 [restricted], 1964 Apr 23
Gallagher, Mary, p. 130 [restricted], 1964 Apr 23
Hirsch, Jacqueline, p. 131 [restricted], 1964 Apr 23
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44 37 Hallett, Oliver, p. 132-33, 1964 Apr 23
38 Hallett, Joan, p. 134, 1964 Apr 23
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57 Kennedy, Joan, p. 135-37 [restricted], 1964 Apr 23
Misc. and Maude Shaw, p. 144 [restricted], 1964 Apr 24
Parates, Providentia, p. 145-47 [restricted], 1964 Apr 24
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44 39 Walsh, John, p. 148-50, 1964 Apr 27
40 Stoughton, Cecil, p. 151-57, 1964 Apr 27
41 Walton, Bill, p. 158-65, 1964 Apr 27
42 Posen, Walter and Elizabeth, p. 166-71, 1964 Apr 28
43 Whele, Philip, p. 172-78, 1964 Apr 29
44 Swindal, James, p. 179-85, 1964 Apr 29
45 Miller, Paul, and John Metzler, p. 186-94, 1964 Apr 30
46 General interviews, Fort Meyer: Walter Bishop, Donald Sawtelle, Allen Eldredge, William Malcolm, Thomas Setterberg, Arthur Carlson, Samuel Byrd, and Walter Bishop, p. 196-214, 1964 Apr 30
47 Shepherd, Tazwell and Mrs. Tazwell, p. 215-21, 1964 May 1
48 Kilduff, Malcolm, p. 222-233, 1964 May 2
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57 Gallagher, Mary, p. 234 [restricted], 1964 May 2
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44 49 Guthman, Edwin, and Jo Ann, p. 235-39, 1964 May 3
50 Bartlett, Charles and Martha, p. 240-242, 1964 May 3
51 Goodwin, Richard, p. 243-46, 1964 May 4
52 O'Brien, Lawrence, and Kenneth O'Donnell, p. 247-54 1964 May 4
53 Fay, Paul, p. 255-57, 1964 May 5
54 Taylor, Maxwell, p. 258-61, 1964 May 5
55 Ormsby-Gore, David, p. 262-68, 1964 May 6
56 McHugh, Godfrey, p. 269-280, 1964 May 6
57 Deputy of Charles Walton, p. 281, 1964 May 7
58 Thomas, George, p. 282-85, 1964 May 7
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57 Bryant, Traphes, p. 286 [restricted], undated
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44 59 Misc. notes based on JBK's files and envelopes marked "funeral," p. 287-89, undated
60 Sweig, Martin, p. 290, 1964 May 14
61 McCormack, John, p. 291-92, 1964 May 14
62 Boggs, Hale, p. 293-94, 1964 May 14
63 Baskin, Robert, Misc., (Mary Gallagher), p. 295-99, 1964 May 15
64 McNally, Jack, p. 300-04, 1964 May 15
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57 Novello, Angela, p. 305 [restricted], 1964 May 15
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44 65 Nemuth, Ed, p. 306, 1964 May 18
66 Gawler, Joseph, and Joseph Hagan, p. 307-11, 1964 May 18
67 Thompson, Llewelyn, p. 312-13, 1964 May 20
68 Langle, Dr, p. 314, undated
69 Clark, Keith, p. 315-16, 1964 May 20
70 Hackett, David, p. 317-21, 1964 May 25
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57 Auchincloss, Janet, p. 322-28, additional page [restricted], 1964 May 21
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44 71 Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, p. 329-34, 1964 May 22
72 Reed, James, p. 335-37, 1964 May 22
73 Ormsby-Gore, David, handwritten letter to RFK, p. 338, 1963 Nov 22
74 McNamara, Robert, p. 339-343, 1964 May 25
75 Baldridge, Letitia, p. 344-45, 1964 May 25
76 McNally, George, p. 346-50, 1964 May 25
77 Mansfield, Mike, p. 351-53, 1964 May 27
78 Harriman, Averell, p. 354-57, 1964 May 27
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57 Luce, Diane, p. 358 [restricted], 1964 May 28
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44 79 Brinkley, David, p. 359-61, 1964 May 10
80 Schlesinger, Arthur, journal, p. 362-69, 1963 Nov 22-28
81 Schlesinger, Arthur, p. 370-74, 1964 May 29
82 Cater, Douglass, p. 375, 1964 May 29
83 Gawler, Joseph, p. 376, 1964 Jun 1
84 Weare, Robert, p. 377, 1964 Jun 1
85 Morgenthau, Robert, p. 378, 1964 Jun 1
86 Bradlee, Ben, and Toni, p. 379-82, 1964 Jun 1
87 Girodano, Joseph, p. 383-87, 1964 Jun 2
88 Warner, Jack, p. 388, 1964 Jun 2
89 Bundy, McGeorge, p. 389, 1964 Jun 2
90 Johnson, Alexis, p. 390-92, 1964 Jun 2
91 Hoover, J. Edgar, p. 393-96, 1964 Jun 4
92 O'Brien, Lawrence, and Kenneth O'Donnell, p. 397-400, 1964 Jun 4
93 Reardon, Timothy, p. 401-04, 1964 Jun 4
94 Katzenbach, Nicholas, p. 405-07, 1964 Jun 4
95 Valenti, Jack, p. 408-13, 1964 Jun 5
96 Gewirtzman, Milton, notes, p. 414, 1963 Nov 23
97 Gewirtzman, Milton, p. 415-19, 1964 Jun 8
98 Misc., George McNally, Michael Cook, and WM observations re: drive from Andrews Field to Washington, D.C., p. 420, undated
99 Ayres, Joseph, p. 421-26, 1964 Jun 9
100 Ross, Barney, p. 427-30, 1964 Jun 9
101 Carpenter, Elizabeth, Bess Abell, and Mary Gallagher, p. 431-38, 1964 Jun 10
102 McMurrey, Mrs. Robert "Candy," p. 439, 1964 Jun 10
103 Guthman, Edwin, p. 440, 1964 Jun 10
104 Fehmer, Marie, p. 441-47, 1964 Jun 11
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57 Radziwill, Stanislaus, p. 458-51 [restricted], 1964 Jun 11
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44 105 Gawler, Joseph, and United States Naval Observatory, p. 452, 1964 Jun 16
106 Brooks, Jack and Charlotte, p. 453-55, 1964 Jun 17
107 NBC report, p. 456-465, 1963 Nov 22-25
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57 Smith, Jean Kennedy, p. 466-471 [restricted], 1964 Jun 16
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44 108 Addresses, p. 472-73, undated
109 Testimony and depositions [Warren Commission], p. 474-76, undated
110 Mellon, Bunny, p. 477-484, inserts, 1964 Jun 19
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57 West, J.B., p. 485 [restricted], 1964 Jun 23
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44 111 Reedy, George, p. 486-89, 1964 Jun 23
112 Macy, John, p. 490-93, 1964 Jun 15
113 Markham, Dean, p. 494-99, 1964 Jun 24
114 Goldberg, Arthur, p. 500-03, 1964 Jun 34
115 Gonzalez, Henry, p. 504-12, 1964 Jun 25
116 Hannan, Philip, p. 513-516, 1964 Jun 25
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45 1 Wilson, Frank, p. 517-18, 1964 Jun 25
2 Wirtz, Willard, p. 519-21, 1964 Jun 26
3 Fowler, Henry, p. 522-24, 1964 Jun 26
4 Galbraith, John Kenneth, p. 477-80, 1964 Jul 11
5 Cushing, Richard Cardinal, p. 481-83, 1964 Jul 13
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57 RFK, Patricia Lawford, Ethel Kennedy, JBK, and Ann Gargan, p. 484-88 [restricted], 1964 Jul 19-21
Dallas, Rita, and Joseph Gargan, p. 489-91 [restricted], 1964 Jul 20
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45 6 Sorensen, Theodore, p. 492-98, 1964 Jul 20
7 Carter, Cliff, p. 499-500, 1964 Jul 23
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57 Smith, Steven, p. 501-02 [restricted], 1964 Jul 27
O'Donnell, Kenneth, p. 503. [missing from this set; see numbered set 1] 1964 Aug 6
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57 Gallagher, Mary, p. 504 [restricted], 1964 Aug 6
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45 8 JBK files for November, December 1963, p. 505-09, 1963 Nov-Dec
9 Testimony and documents of the presidential [Warren] commission, p. 510-39, 1964 Jun 27, 29-30, Aug 5
10 McGrory, Mary, p. 540-44, 1964 Aug 9
11 Metzler, John, p. 545, 1964 Aug 10
12 Powers, David, p. 546, 1964 Aug 10
13 Riedel, Richard, p. 547-48, 1964 Aug 10
14 Carroll, Bernard, p. 549-50, 1964 Aug 11
15 Powers, David, memorandum, p. 551-53, 1963 Nov 22-23
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57 Orlando, Mary Ann, p. 554 [restricted], 1964 Aug 12
Shriver, Sargent, p. 555-58 [restricted], 1964 Aug 12
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45 16 Dillon, C. Douglas, p. 559-65, 1964 Aug 14
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57 Ficklin, Charles, p. 566-68 [restricted], 1964 Aug 14
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45 17 Office of the Attorney General, p. 569, 1964 Aug 14
18 Kuhn, John, blessing, and Burrell Peterson, p. 570, 1963 Nov 23, 1964 Aug 17
19 Freeman, Orville, notes, p. 571-74, 1963 Nov 22-25
20 "The Torch is Passed," p. 575-77 d
21 Four Days notes, p. 578, undated
22 English, Joseph, p. 579-82, 1964 Aug 18
23 Thomas, Albert, p. 583, 1964 Aug 19
24 Hughes, Thomas, to Clark, Ramsey, p. 584-85, 1963 Nov 27
25 Vogelsinger, Sue, p. 586, 1964 Aug 20
26 Camp, Christine, p. 587, 1964 Aug 20
27 Salinger, Pierre, p. 588-91, 1964 Aug 20
28 Peters, Henry, p. 592, 1964 Aug 21
29 Carpenter, Frank, p. 593, 1964 Aug 21
30 Clifton, Chester, p. 594, 1964 Aug 21
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57 West, J.B., p. 595 [restricted], 1964 Aug 25
Shriver, Sargent, p. 596-601 [restricted], 1964 Aug 8
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45 31 Secretary of Walter Rostow, Oscar Huber, Forrest Sorrels, Marguerite Oswald, and Frank Carpenter letter, p. 602, 1964 Aug 24, 26
32 Wetzel, Ethel, p. 603, undated
33 Schulz, Robert, p. 604-05, 1964 Aug 27
34 Eisenhower, Dwight D., p. 606-11, 1964 Aug 27
35 Thompson, James, p. 612, 1964 Aug 28
36 Heintz, Marie, p. 613, 1964 Aug 28
37 Salinger, Pierre, highlights of notes, p. 614, undated
38 Secretary to Dean Rusk, p. 615, 1964 Aug 28
39 Galbraith, John Kenneth, journal excerpts, p. 616-618, 1963 Nov 26
40 McGraw, Thomas, p. 619, 1964 Sep 1
41 Dallas News files, p. 620-624, 1958-63
42 WM observations, p. 625-27, undated
43 Skelton, Byron, p. 628-33, 1964 Sep 14
44 Skelton, Ruth, p. 634, 1964 Sep 11
45 Austin American files, p. 635-36, 1963 Nov 23
46 Gorham, Dean, p. 637, 1964 Sep 15
47 Christian, George, p. 638, 1964 Sep 15
48 Connally, John, p. 639-45, 1964 Sep 16
49 Rodriguez, Mr., p. 646-50, 1964 Sep 16
50 Glasgow, Thurman, p. 651-52, 1964 Sep 17
51 Welch, B, p. 653, 1964 Sep 17
52 WM observations re: flying into Houston, p. 654, undated
53 Hooper, Wesley, p. 655-58, 1964 Sep 18
54 Bryant, Jack, p. 659, 1964 Sep 18
55 Peck, Max, p. 660-61, 1964 Sep 18
56 Martin, Harry, p. 662, 1964 Sep 18
57 WM observations re: Fort Worth, p. 663, undated
58 Walker, W, p. 664, 1964 Sep 18
59 Saccu, Peter, p. 665, 1964 Sep 18
60 Oswald, Margarite, p. 666-71, 1964 Sep 18
61 WM observations re: Dallas, p. 672-73, 1964 Sep 19
62 Huber, Oscar, p. 674-77, 1964 Sep 20
63 Oneals Yellow Pages advertisement, p. 678, undated
64 Frazier, Wesley, p. 679, 1964 Sep 19
65 Truly, Roy, p. 680-82, 1964 Sep 21
66 Lovelady, Billy, p. 683, 1964 Sep 21
67 Zapruder, Abraham, p. 684-85, 1964 Sep 21
68 Rogers, Lillian, p. 686, 1964 Sep 21
69 Landregan, Steve, and Charles Jack Price, p. 687-89, 1964 Sep 21
70 Rose, Earl, p. 690, 1964 Sep 21
71 Ward, Theran, p. 691-92, 1964 Sep 25
72 Examination of Parkland Memorial Hospital with Steve Landregan, p. 693-94, 1964 Sep 21
73 Cain, Thomas, p. 695, 1964 Sep 21
74 WM observations re: Texas School Book Depository, p. 696, 1964 Sep 21
75 Hughes, Sarah, p. 697-98, 1964 Sep 19
76 Clark of the FBI and Evan Thomas, p. 699, 1964 Sep 24
77 Connally, Nell, p. 700-03, 1964 Sep 30
78 Sanders, H. Barefoot, p. 704-12, 1964 Sep 22
79 Paine, Ruth and Michael, p. 713-17, 1964 Sep 20
80 WM observations re: Dallas, p. 718, 1964 Sep 21
81 Whaley, William, p. 719-21, 1964 Sep 23
82 Sawyer, Herbert, p. 722-24, 1964 Sep 23
83 Batchelor, Charles, p. 725, 1964 Sep 23
84 WM observations re: Dallas, p. 726, undated
85 Fischer, Ronald, p. 727-28, 1964 Sep 23
86 Dallas Times-Herald files, p. 729-30, 1963
87 Lehrer, Jim, p. 731, 1964 Sep 23
88 Krueger, Jack, p. 732, 1964 Sep 23
89 Jacks, Hurchel, p. 733, 1964 Sep 23
90 Brennan, Howard, p. 734-36, 1964 Sep 23
91 Anderson, Andy, p. 737, 1964 Sep 24
92 Dealey, Ted, and Joe Dealey, p. 738-40, 1964 Sep 25
93 WM observations, p. 741, undated
94 Curry, Jesse, and J.W. Fritz, p. 742-44 1964 Sep 23
95 Oneal, Vernon, p. 745-48, 1964 Sep 25
96 Bullion, J. Waddy, p. 749, 1964 Sep 19
97 Goldberg, Irving, p. 750, 1964 Sep 24
98 Sawyer, Herbert, p. 751, 1964 Sep 24
99 Hosty, James, p. 752, 1964 Sep 24
100 Lewis, Hal, p. 753, 1964 Sep 24
101 Dallas News library, p. 754, 1964 Sep 24
102 Teague, Olin, p. 755, 1964 Sep 26
103 Thompson, Mrs. J. Lee, p. 756, 1964 Sep 19
104 Dugger, Robert, p. 757-59, 1964 Sep 22
105 Lehrer, Jim, p. 760-61, 1964 Sep 23
106 Hunt, H.L., p. 762, 1964 Sep 25
107 Walker, Edward, p. 763, 1964 Sep 25
108 Greene, A.C., p. 764-66, 1964 Sep 25
109 Misc. notes, p. 767-68, 1964 Sep 26
110 Andres, Dave, p. 769, 1964 Sep 26
111 Sanders, H. Barefoot, p. 770-71, 1964 Sep 26
112 Texas Observer, p. 772-73, 1963 Nov 29
113 Hughes, Sarah, "The president is sworn in," p. 774, undated
114 Poppill, Paul, p. 775, 1964 Oct 5
115 Buchwald, Art, p. 776, 1964 Oct 5
116 Carpenter, Elizabeth, p. 777, 1964 Oct 5
117 McNally, George, p. 778, 1964 Oct 5
118 Sidey, Hugh, p. 779-81, 1964 Oct 5
119 Sorrels, Forrest, p. 782-88, 1964 Sep 24
120 Lehrer, Jim, p. 789, 1964 Oct 8
121 Cretian, Paul, p. 790, 1964 Oct 8
122 Deloach, Deek, p. 791, 1964 Oct 8
123 Harding, Warren, p. 792-93, 1964 Oct 8
124 Holmes, William, p. 794, 1964 Oct 8
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46 1 The Zapruder film, p. 745, 1964 Oct 9
2 Kelley, Thomas, p. 796, 1964 Oct 9
3 Peterson, Burrell, p. 797, 1964 Oct 9
4 Lippmann, Walter, p. 798, 1964 Oct 10
5 Abushch, Helen, p. 799, 1964 Oct 12
6 Lawson, Winston, from the testimony of, p. 800-01, undated
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57 Shriver, Eunice, p. 802-05 [restricted], 1964 Oct 19
Shriver, Eunice, p. 806 [restricted], 1964 Nov 2
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46 7 Powers, David, p. 808, 1964 Oct 21
8 Warren, Earl, p. 807-10, 1964 Nov 3
9 Sylvester, Art, p. 811, 1964 Nov 5
10 Oswald, Robert, p. 812-13, 1964 Nov 5
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57 O'Leary, John, p. 811-13 [restricted], 1964 Nov 10
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46 11 Yarborough, Ralph, p. 814-19, 1964 Nov 11
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57 Kellerman, Roy, p. 820-27 [restricted], 1964 Nov 17
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46 12 Peterson, Burrell, p. 828, 1964 Nov 17
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57 Youngblood, Rufus, p. 829-34 [restricted], 1964 Nov 17
Foster, Bob, p. 835-39 [restricted], 1964 Nov 18
Hill, Clinton, p. 840-48 [restricted], 1964 Nov 11
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46 13 Peterson, Burrell, and Jack Warner, p. 849 1964 Nov 18
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57 Greer, Bill, p. 850-52 [restricted], 1964 Nov 19
Johns, Lem, p. 853-58 [restricted], 1964 Nov 19
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46 14 Louisville Courier Journal correspondent, p. 859, 1964 Nov 18
15 O'Donnell, Kenneth, from the Texas trip folder of, p. 860-61, 1963 Nov 23
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, and Kenneth O'Donnell, p. 862. [missing from this set; see numbered set 1] 1964 Nov 23
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46 16 Bruno, Gerry, p. 863-67, 1964 Dec 1
17 Bruno, Gerry, p. 863, 1964 Dec 14, 17
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57 Behn, Gerald, p. 864-66 [restricted], 1964 Dec 18
Wells, Thomas, p. 867-74 [restricted], 1964 Dec 18
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, and Kenneth O'Donnell, p. 880. [missing from this set; see numbered set 1] 1964 Nov 23
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57 Roberts, Emory, p. 868-71 [restricted], 1964 Dec 4
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46 18 Humphrey, Hubert, p. 875, 1965 Mar 16
Interview transcripts, p. 807-75, originals
These files relate to the numbered sets above and the unnumbered files which follow. Page numbers are not consistent with the numbered sets. Restricted materials have been removed.
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46 19 Key to pages 807-75, undated
20 Warren, Earl, p. 807-08, 1964 Nov 3
21 Sylvester, Art, p. 811, 1964 Nov 5
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57 O'Leary, John, p. 811-13 [restricted], 1964 Nov 10
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46 22 Oswald, Robert, p. 812-13, 1964 Nov 11
23 Yarborough, Ralph, p. 814-19, 1964 Nov 11
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57 Kellerman, Roy, p. 820-27 [restricted], 1964 Nov 17
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46 24 Peterson, Burrell, p. 828, 1964 Nov 17
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57 Youngblood, Rufus, p. 829-34 [restricted], 1964 Nov 17
Foster, Bob, p. 835-39 [restricted], 1964 Nov 18
Hill, Clinton, p. 840-48 [restricted], 1964 Nov 11
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46 25 Peterson, Burrell, and Jack Warner, p. 849 1964 Nov 18
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57 Greer, Bill, p. 850-52 [restricted], 1964 Nov 19
Johns, Lem, p. 853-58 [restricted], 1964 Nov 19
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46 26 Louisville Courier Journal correspondent, p. 859, 1964 Nov 18
27 O'Donnell, Kenneth, from the Texas trip folder of, p. 860-61, 1963 Nov 23
28 Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, and Kenneth O'Donnell, p. 862, 1964 Nov 23
29 Bruno, Gerry, p. 863-67, 1964 Dec 1
30 Bruno, Gerry, p. 863, 1964 Dec 14, 17
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57 Behn, Gerald, p. 864-66 [restricted], 1964 Dec 18
Wells, Thomas, p. 867-74 [restricted], 1964 Dec 18
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58 Roberts, Emory, p. 868-71 [restricted], 1964 Dec 4
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46 31 WM examination of Dallas coffin, p. 872, 1964 Nov 4
32 Duke, Robin, p. 873, 1964 Nov 16
33 Chambers, W.W, p. 874, 1964 Nov 23
34 Humphrey, Hubert, p. 875, 1965 Mar 16
Interview transcripts
These transcripts are related to the numbered sets above, but were not numbered and were filed seperately from numbered sets. The interviews were conducted during the same general time period as the numbered sets and may contain addenda to the numbered interviews. Restricted materials have been removed.
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46 35 Bellino, Carmine, 1964 Jun 5
36 Canada, R.O., Bethesda Naval Hospital elevators pace-off, [1964] Apr 15
37 Chambers, W. W., 1964 Nov 23
38 Cretian, Paul, [1964?] Apr 22
39 Duke, Robin, 1964 Nov 16
40 Gawler, Joseph, [1964?] May 19
41 Gewirtzman, Milton, and RFK, 1964 May 15-16
42 Holborn, Fred, 1964 Sep 8
43 Johnson, Lady Bird, 1964 Jun 15
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58 JBK [restricted], 1964 Apr 7
JBK. Tape 1 [restricted], 1964 May 4
JBK. Tape 2 [restricted], 1964 May 4
JBK [restricted], 1964 May 4
Additional notes on JBK interview [restricted], 1964 May 5
JBK. Tape 3 [restricted], 1964 May 7
JBK. Tape 4 [restricted], 1964 May 7
Misc. and JBK afterthoughts [restricted], 1964 May 6, 8
RFK. Tape 1 [restricted], 1964 May 16
RFK [restricted], 1965 Jan 12
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46 44 McHugh, Mrs. M.K., 1964 Nov 4
45 Salinger, Pierre, 1964 Aug 26
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58 Shaw, Maude [restricted], 1964 May 18
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46 46 Stewart, Mrs. Potter, 1964 Apr 16
47 Warren, Earl, 1964 May 18
Additional interviews
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46 48 Bailey, John, and Jack Warner, 1965 Jun 7
49 Carpenter, Elizabeth, 1965 Jun 7
50 Dailey, Marilyn, 1965 Aug 4
51 Fulbright, J. William, 1965 Jun 15
52 Hanson, Lewis, 1965 Jun 7
53 Kelley, Bernard, undated
54 MacNeil, Robert, 1965 Jun 15
55 Paine, Ruth, 1965 Jan 13
56 Roberts, Charles, undated
57 Rostow, Elspeth, and Lee Williams, 1965 Jun 14-15
58 Underwood, Martin, undated
59 White, Theodore, Michael Cook, and John Metzler, 1965 Jun 21
Notebooks
Contain WM's handwritten notes of interviews. Restricted.
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59 1964 Apr 4, 6, 21
1964 Apr 8-9, 21
1964 Apr 10-15, Jun 26
1964 Apr 22-28, May 1-2
1964 Apr 29-30
1964 May 2, 4-6
1964 May 14-15, 18, 20-21
1964 May 22, 25-29, Jun 1-2
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60 1964 Jun 4-5, 8-11
1964 Jun 15, 17-19, 23-25
1964 Jul 11, 13, 19-20, 27, Aug 6, 14, 18
1964 Aug 12, 20, 25, 28
1964 Sep 14-18, 20-22
1964 Sep 18, 20, 22-25
1964 Oct 10, 19, Nov 3, 17-19, Dec 1, 4, 17
1965 Jan 12
1965 Mar 16, Apr 26, Jun 8
Interview notes
Contain WM's handwritten notes of interviews.
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46 60 Baldridge, Letitia, 1964 May 25
61 Boggs, Hale, 1964 May 14
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58 Bruno, Jerry [restricted], 1964 Dec 14
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46 62 Bullion, J.W., 1964 Sep 19
63 Cabell, Earle, 1964 May 14
64 Carpenter, Frank, 1964 Apr 21
65 Carroll, Bernard, 1964 Aug 11
66 Carter, Cliff, 1964 Jul 23
67 Clark, Keith, 1964 May 20
68 Connally, Nellie, 1964 Sep 30
69 Cretian, Paul, [1964 Oct 8?]
70 Dallas News, 1963
71 Dugger, Robert, 1964 Sep 22
72 Duke, Angier, 1964 Jun 3
73 Gewirtzman, Milton, undated
74 Goldberg, Irving, 1964 Sep 24
75 Greene, A.C., 1964 Sep 25
76 Harding, Warren, 1964 Oct 8
77 Holmes, William, 1964 Oct 8
78 Hughes, Sarah, 1964 Sep 19
79 Hunt, H.L., 1964 Sep 25
80 Johnson, U. Alexis, 1964 Jun 3
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58 JBK notes [restricted], 1964 May 8
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46 81 JBK files, 1963
82 Kinney, Sam, 1965 Feb 19
83 Lehrer, Jim, 1964 Sep 23
84 Lewis, Hal and Dallas News notes, 1964 Sep 24
85 McGrory, Mary, 1964 Aug 9
86 McMurrey, Mrs. Robert "Candy," 1964 Jun 10
87 Morganthau, Robert, 1964 Jun 1
88 Naval Observatory notes, 1964 Jun 16
89 Nemuth, Edward, 1964 May 18
90 O'Leary, John, 1964 Nov 10
91 Oswald, Robert, 1964 Nov 14
92 Powers, David, 1964 Aug 10
93 Presidential Commission, undated
94 Riedel, Richard, 1964 Aug 10
95 Ross, Barney, 1964 Jun 9
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58 Shaw, Maude [restricted], 1964 May 18
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46 96 Sorrels, Forrest, 1964 Sep 24
97 Sylvester, Arthur, [1964 Nov 5?]
98 Teague, Owen, 1964 Sep 29
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58 Thomas, George [restricted], 1964 May 7
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46 99 Thompson, Mrs. J. Lee, 1964 Sep 19
100 Walker, Edwin, 1964 Sep 25
101 Ward, Theran, 1964 Sep 21
102 Weare, Robert, 1964 Jun 1
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58 Wells, Thomas [restricted], 1964 Dec 18
West, J.B. [restricted], 1964 Jun 23
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46 103 Yarborough, Ralph, 1964 Nov 11
104 Interview notes, 1964-65
Contains lists, reminders, unidentified interview transcripts notes, and related material.
Documents
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47 1 Index of documents, 1965
2 Index of published sources, 1965
3 Index of unpublished documents, 1965
The above three indexes correspond to the listed documents in The Death of a President. In some cases, photocopies of the documents missing from this list will be found in the subseries, "Photocopies of documents," below.
1 +. Planning for Texas
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47 4 Document #2, Scedule, 1963 Nov 14
5 Document #3, Breakfast memorandum, undated
6 Document #4, Pierre Salinger, President's schedule, 1963 Nov 20
7