Partial inventory of the Peter Mellini papers

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Title: Peter Mellini papers
Date (inclusive): 1888-2005
Collection Number: 2010C2
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 3 manuscript boxes, 4 card file boxes (2.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, and notes relating to Sir Eldon Gorst, British consul general in Egypt, used as research material for the book by Peter Mellini, Sir Eldon Gorst: The Overshadowed Proconsul (Stanford, 1977); and sound recordings of interviews of Theodore "Dutch" J. Van Kirk and Bernie Badler, American airmen during World War II, relating to American aerial operations in Europe and to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. Includes ration books and other World War II miscellanea.
Creator: Mellini, Peter
Creator: Van Kirk, Theodore J.
Creator: Badler, Bernie
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives between 2009 and 2011, with increments received in 2015 and 2016.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Peter Mellini papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

American historian.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, writings, and notes relating to Sir Eldon Gorst, British consul general in Egypt, used as research material for the book by Peter Mellini, Sir Eldon Gorst: The Overshadowed Proconsul (Stanford, 1977); and sound recordings of interviews of Theodore "Dutch" J. Van Kirk and Bernie Badler, American airmen during World War II, relating to American aerial operations in Europe and to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. Includes ration books and other World War II miscellanea.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan
Audiotapes
Diplomats -- Great Britain
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
Atomic bomb
Egypt -- History -- British occupation, 1882-1936
United States. Army Air Forces
Gorst, Eldon, Sir, 1861-1911

 

Sound recordings 2000-2005

Scope and Contents note

Bernard (Bernie) Badler was a B-24 Liberator pilot in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk was a navigator in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and was the navigator for the Enola Gay when it dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
box 1

Interview of Bernie Badler by Mellini 2005 March 17

Physical Description: 1.0 sound_cassettes

Access

Use copy reference number: 2010c2_a_0013283
box 1

Interview of Bernie Badler by Mellini 2005 May 16-17

Physical Description: 1.0 sound_cassettes

Access

Use copy reference number: 2010c2_a_0013287

Scope and Contents note

At the beginning of the recording, Mellini notes it is the second tape in a continuing interview. It is not clear if this recording is a continuation of the 17 March 2005 interview noted above, or if this recording is missing its first part.
box 1

Interview of "Dutch" Van Kirk by Mellini 2005 January 31-February 5

Physical Description: 1.0 sound_cassettes

Access

Use copy reference number: 2010c2_a_0013282

Scope and Contents note

This recording is a one-on-one interview with Van Kirk about the dropping of the atomic bomb.
box 1

"Dutch" Van Kirk recounting the dropping of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima 2000 October 4

Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes

Access

Use copy reference number: 2010c2_a_0013266

Scope and Contents note

The navigator of the Enola Gay speaks to Mellini's class about the dropping of the atomic bomb.
box 1

"Dutch" Van Kirk recounting the dropping of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima 2001 October 3

Physical Description: 2.0 sound_cassettes

Access

Use copy reference number: 2010c2_a_0013275

Scope and Contents note

The navigator of the Enola Gay speaks to Mellini's class about the dropping of the atomic bomb.
box 1

Ration books and other World War II collected materials

 

Incremental materials 2016

Arrangement

These materials have been maintained in their original order.

Scope and Contents

Research files and notes on index cards pertaining to Mellini's 1971 Stanford History Ph.D. thesis "Sir Eldon Gorst and British Imperial Policy in Egypt, 1907-191l" and his 1977 publication, "Sir Eldon Gorst: The Overshadowed Proconsul." Mellini's notes indicate that notes include material on the British role in Egypt during their occupation from 1882 on, information the social life of the "upper classes" in Cairo and the British elites at the turn of the century, information on the secret services in Egypt, and on relations with the Egyptian Khedives and Sultans sourced from Foreign Office files and the Archives of the Times.
box 2

Research files

box 3

Index cards

box 4

Index cards

box 5

Index cards

box 6

Index cards

box 7

Index cards