Guide to the Robert E. Conot papers M2047

Emma Frothingham

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

November 2024

Green Library

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Stanford 94305-6064

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Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Robert E. Conot papers

Identifier/Call Number: M2047

Identifier/Call Number: 19261

Physical Description: 87 Linear Feet 182 boxes [167 manuscript boxes, 1 carton, 11 flat boxes, 1 card box, 2 map folders]

Physical Description: 2 floppy disk(s) (5.25 inch)

Physical Description: .001 gigabyte(s)

Date: 1950s-1990s

Abstract: Manuscripts, correspondence, and research files from the career of author and journalist Robert E. Conot, spanning the latter half of the twentieth century. Topics covered in Conot's writing include the Watts Riots, the history of Detroit, Thomas A. Edison, and the Nuremberg Trials.

Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36 hours in advance.

Language of Material: English .

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Digital files are closed until processed. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual and born-digial materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy. Box 77 is restricted until 2044.

Conditions Governing Use

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was given by Eric and Gigi Conot to Stanford University, Special Collections in December 2014.

Biographical / Historical

Robert Conot (1929-2011) was an American journalist, historian, and writer. He was born Robert Ernst Spielmann in Vienna, Austria, to Isidore Spielmann and Ottilie Reiniger. At age nine, he was evacuated to England as part of the Kindertransport evacuation of Jewish children. His father died in Theresienstadt concentration camp and his mother died in Auschwitz. After two years in England, he was sent to live with his mother's cousin in New Orleans, Louisiana. Conot graduated from Stanford University with a degree in journalism in 1952 and began working at a San Gabriel Valley newspaper and Billboard magazine. During the late 1950s, he changed his last name to "Conot" to address concerns about anti-Semitism.

After the 1967 publication of Rivers of Blood, Years of Darkness, an account of the Watts riots based on interviews with eyewitnesses and in-depth research on Los Angeles in the years leading up to the riots, Conot was appointed to President Lyndon B. Johnson's National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. As part of the Commission, Conot contributed to the historical section of the final report and researched unrest related to race in various cities across the United States. His work on the Commission led him to Detroit, Michigan, which became the topic for his next book, titled American Odyssey (1974). His time in Detroit resulted in an interest in Thomas Alva Edison, who had spent his formative years in the city and surrounding area. Conot was the first researcher granted access to Edison's archives and published A Streak of Luck in 1979. Conot then embarked on a project to write an account of the Nuremberg Trials. His account, Justice at Nuremberg, was published in 1983. After many years contributing to the Los Angeles Times, Conot joined the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service as an editor in 1989. He remained there until his retirement in 2009.

Scope and Contents

The collection covers the professional writing career of Robert E. Conot, spanning from the 1950s through the 1990s. The majority of the collection covers Conot's two novels, four non-fiction works, and his research on riots for the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders during the late 1960s. Topics covered in Conot's books include the Watts Riots, the history of Detroit, Thomas A. Edison, and the Nuremberg Trials. The series on Conot's published works are generally made up of manuscript drafts and research files. For each book, there are multiple versions of the manuscript at different stages of the writing and editing process. Conot's research files include photocopies of primary resources, notes from interviews, annotated texts, newspaper clippings, and Conot's own notes on topics. In addition to his published works, the collection also includes a number of Conot's unpublished short stories, screen plays, and preliminary research for books that never materialized–including material on electrical engineer William J. Hammer.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in 12 series:

I. Ministers of Vengeance novel
II. Rivers of Blood, Years of Darkness book
III. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders research
IV. The Nuremberg Gift novel
V. American Odyssey book
VI. A Streak of Luck book
VII. William J. Hammer research
VIII. Justice at Nuremberg book
IX. Journalism
X. Other Writing
XI. Biographical Material
XII. Assorted Audiovisual and Born-Digital Media

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Robert E. Conot papers (M2047). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Related Materials

Most of Conot's published books can be checked out from Stanford University Libraries.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Lynching -- Fiction

Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965

African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History

Riots -- United States

Riots -- Newark (N.J.)

Riots -- Michigan -- Detroit

Politics and culture

Civil rights demonstrations -- United States

Right-wing extremists -- United States -- History -- 20th century

World War, 1938-1945 -- Germany -- Fiction

Michigan -- Detroit

Urbanization -- United States

Education -- Research.

Inventors

Electric lighting, Incandescent

Collectors and collecting

Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949

Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities

National socialism

Journalism -- Editing

Legislation -- United States -- 1980s

Race riots -- California

Conot, Robert E.

Hart, Brooke Leopold

United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders

Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931

Hammer, William Joseph, 1858-1934

King, Rodney, 1965-2012

Los Angeles Times

Billboard Publications, Inc.

Series 1. Ministers of Vengeance novel 1964

Scope and Contents

Series 1 focuses on Conot's first book, Ministers of Vengeance, published in 1964. The book is a fictional account of the 1933 kidnapping and murder of Brooke Hart and the lynching of Thomas Harold Thurmond and John M. Holmes in San Jose, California. The series is primarily drafts and typescripts of the novel at various stages of editing. There are also some research and publicity materials, including reviews of the book.

Arrangement

Note that the final version of the novel was divided into four parts. Most drafts included in this series are identified by the part.

Box 1, folder 1-3

Original manuscript

Box 1, folder 4

Handwritten manuscript of Part IV

Box 1, folder 5

Early version with 'Marge's notes'

Box 2, folder 1-2

Second draft with corrections (Part I)

Box 2, folder 3-5

Second draft (Part II)

Box 2, folder 6

Second draft (Part III - pgs. 382-550)

Box 3, folder 1

Second draft (Part III - pgs. 551-709)

Box 3, folder 2-3

Second draft (Part IV)

Box 3, folder 4-5

Manuscript with edits (Part I)

Box 4, folder 1-2

Manuscript with edits (Part II)

Box 4, folder 3-4

Manuscript with edits (Part III)

Box 4, folder 5-6

Manuscript with edits (Part IV)

Box 5, folder 1-2

Final typescript (Part I. The Snatch)

Box 5, folder 3

Final typescript (Part II. The Ransom)

Box 6, folder 1

Final typescript (Part II. The Ransom)

Box 6, folder 2-3

Final typescript (Part III. Confession)

Box 6, folder 4

Final typescript (Part IV. Dance Macabre)

Box 7, folder 1-3

Carbon copies

Box 8, folder 1

Galley editing

Box 7, folder 4

Notes & outline

Box 7, folder 5

Book jacket

Box 7, folder 6

Promotional material

Box 8, folder 2

Reviews

Box 7, folder 7

Research sources & notes

Box 7, folder 8

Correspondence with Lippincott (publisher) lawyers

Box 7, folder 9

Slides of locations referenced

Box 7, folder 10

Miscellaneous

[Audio Recordings] Drafts read aloud

Box 176, Item 1

Ministers of Vengeance Reel VII (Part II. Ransom - Reel 4) c. 1964

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Box 176, Item 2

Ministers of Vengeance Reel VIII (Part III. Confession - Reel 1) c. 1964

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Series 2. Rivers of Blood, Years of Darkness book 1967

Scope and Contents

Series 2 focuses on Conot's second book, Rivers of Blood, Years of Darkness, published in 1967. The book is an in-depth account of the 1965 Watts Riots, as well as the socio-economic circumstances in Watts and Los Angeles leading up to the riots and immediately following. Materials include drafts and typescripts; Conot's topical research files; reviews of the book; and newspapers covering the riots. Conot's research files for this project were organized by topic and include a number of newspaper clippings, research from the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots led by John A. McCone, and Conot's own notes. Of particular note in this series is Conot's hour-by-hour timeline of the days around the riots.

Arrangement

The series is arranged into three sub-series. The first covers Conot's drafts and other publication information; the second consists of Conot's topical research files; and the third consists of other research materials.

Manuscript & Publication Files

Box 9, folder 1

Early notes and edits

Box 9, folder 2

Outlines and early chapter draft

Box 9, folder 3-5

Original manuscript draft

Box 9, folder 6

Typescript with edits

Box 10, folder 1-4

Typescript with edits (incl. page numbers)

Box 10, folder 5-6

Typescript with edits from Bantam Books (Ch. 1-37)

Box 11, folder 1-2

Typescript with edits from Bantam Books (Ch. 38-end)

Box 8, folder 3

Galley - author's proof with edits May 1967

Box 8, folder 4

Galley - unmarked proof

Box 8, folder 5

Galley - revised proof

Box 11, folder 3

Screenplay draft

Box 8, folder 6

Screenplay - draft with edits

Box 11, folder 4-5

Publicity & promotion

Box 11, folder 6

Bantam Books correspondence re: lawsuits and threats

Box 11, Item 7

Hardcover edition (William Morrow & Co. Inc.) 1968

Box 11, Item 8

Paperback edition (Bantam Books) 1967

Box 22, folder 1

Book jacket (William Morrow & Co.)

Box 22, folder 2-7

Reviews 1967-1969

Box 22, folder 8-10

Watts anniversary articles (interviews, research, drafts) 1974

Box 22, folder 11

Watts anniversary articles 1980s

Topical Research Files

Scope and Contents

Conot's topical research files are arranged alphabetically with his original titles and notations maintained. Abbreviations are spelled out where possible. Conot included last names in many folder titles in reference to people he talked to about a subject. An index to the topical files is included in the first folder of Box 12. Files contain a mix of Conot's notes, newspaper clippings, and other documents. Many of the files cover the research and report of the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots, led by John A. McCone. Conot marked these files with the name 'McCone'.

Box 12, folder 1

Index Listing

Box 12, folder 2

Achievement - Individual

Box 12, folder 3

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Box 12, folder 4

Agencies - Poverty (McCone)

Box 12, folder 5

Agencies - State & Local

Box 12, folder 6

Anti-Poverty War

Box 12, folder 7

Area Conditions

Box 12, folder 8

Armed Forces

Box 12, folder 9

Attitudes - Polls & Surveys

Box 12, folder 10

Backlash

Box 12, folder 11

Bias

Box 12, folder 12

Black Nationalism

Box 12, folder 13

Black Power

Box 12, folder 14

Bootstrap, Operation

Box 12, folder 15

Boycotts

Box 12, folder 16

BPA [Budget per Annum]

Box 12, folder 17

Bradley [Thomas] & Ware [Claude]

Box 12, folder 18

Brazien [Wesley] - Urban League

Box 12, folder 19

Buggs [John] & Human Rights Commission Reports

Box 12, folder 20

Buggs, John

Box 12, folder 21

Business - Economy

Box 12, folder 22

Business (McCone) - Riot Area

Box 12, folder 23

Churches

Box 12, folder 24

Cities - Migration

Box 12, folder 25

Cities - Other

Box 12, folder 26

Civil Rights

Box 12, folder 27

Civil Rights (McCone) - H.V.B. Rookins, Houston, Crenshaw Neighbors

Box 12, folder 28

Civil Rights (McCone) - National

Box 12, folder 29

Columns / Newspaper Clippings

Box 12, folder 30

Commentary - Editorial

Box 12, folder 31

Comments - Riot

Box 12, folder 32

Commercial Practices (McCone) - Harvey Claybrook

Box 12, folder 33

Community Relations - Police Brutality

Box 13, folder 1

Community Relations - Riots

Box 13, folder 2

Council

Box 13, folder 3

County Agencies (McCone) - Frandel, Opal Jones, McClellan

Box 13, folder 4

Courts & Justice

Box 13, folder 5

Crime

Box 13, folder 6

Deadwyler, Leonard

Box 13, folder 7

District Attorney (McCone)

Box 13, folder 8

Education

Box 13, folder 9

Eyewitnesses - Civilians (McCone)

Box 13, folder 10

Eyewitnesses - Police

Box 13, folder 11

Families

Box 13, folder 12

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - On Riots

Box 13, folder 13

Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC)

Box 13, folder 14

Fire & Police Research Association of Los Angeles (FIPO)

Box 13, folder 15

Fire Department - Riots

Box 13, folder 16

Firsts

Box 13, folder 17

Frye Trial - Gaines

Box 13, folder 18

Guns

Box 13, folder 19

Hannon, Mike (Ed Cray)

Box 14, folder 1

Hard Core Unemployment & Poverty in LA

Box 14, folder 2

Hartsfield, Arnett Jr.

Box 14, folder 3

Hate Actions - Anti-Negro

Box 14, folder 4

Health & Hospitals

Box 14, folder 5

Herald-Dispatch (Politicians)

Box 14, folder 6

Herald-Dispatch (Bombing)

Box 14, folder 7

Historical

Box 14, folder 8

Highway Patrol

Box 14, folder 9

Housing

Box 14, folder 10

Human Relations Commission (HRC) - Ulysses S. Prince

Box 14, folder 11

Human Relations - Catholic Council (Sue Welch)

Box 14, folder 12

Humor & Sidelights

Box 14, folder 13

Independent Analysis (McCone) - Loren Miller

Box 14, folder 14

Injured Persons

Box 14, folder 15

Inquests

Box 14, folder 16

Investigations - City & State

Box 14, folder 17

Jewel [Howard] Report - US Civil [Rights Commission Special Law Enforcement]

Box 14, folder 18

Jews

Box 14, folder 19

Jobs

Box 14, folder 20

Jobs - Civil Service (McCone)

Box 14, folder 21

Jobs - Psychological - Silber [James R.]

Box 14, folder 22

Jordan - Bull Session, Townsed [Richard], Amstead [Bill]

Box 14, folder 23

Juveniles

Box 14, folder 24

Labor

Box 14, folder 25

Law - Malone [Stanley], Moten [Morgan]

Box 14, folder 26

Leaders, Indigenous

Box 14, folder 27

Legal Problems - Roscoe Canoll

Box 14, folder 28

Letters

Box 14, folder 29

Liberal Action

Box 14, folder 30

Living - Area

Box 14, folder 31

Los Angeles Police Department

Box 14, folder 32

Lloyd, Charles

Box 14, folder 33

Los Angeles - HRC - [Statistics]

Box 14, folder 34

Ludlow - Shooting Trial

Box 14, folder 35

Margolis, Carl

Box 15, folder 1

McClellan [Harold C.] - C of C Merit Employmen

Box 15, folder 2-4

McCone

Box 15, folder 5

Mexican-Americans (McCone)

Box 15, folder 6

Miscellaneous Studies (McCone)

Box 15, folder 7

Mothers Anonymous

Box 15, folder 8

Muslims

Box 15, folder 9-10

National Guard

Box 15, folder 11

Negro-Negro Relations

Box 15, folder 12

Negro-White Relations

Box 15, folder 13

Observations, Independent (McCone) - Welch, Williams, Wing

Box 15, folder 14

Opportunity

Box 15, folder 15

Parker [Police Chief William H.]

Box 15, folder 16

Police

Box 15, folder 17

Police Brutality

Box 15, folder 18

Police-Citizen Relations

Box 16, folder 1

Police - Citizen Disturbances

Box 16, folder 2

Police Department

Box 16, folder 3

Police - Edelen, German [A.C.]

Box 16, folder 4

Police Personnel (McCone)

Box 16, folder 5

Political - Negros

Box 16, folder 6

Politicians - Local (McCone)

Box 16, folder 7

Politics

Box 16, folder 8

Poverty

Box 16, folder 9

Probation Camp

Box 16, folder 10

Probation - Group Guidance - Merola

Box 16, folder 11

Probation - Juveniles

Box 16, folder 12

Probation Officers - Serrato, Collier [Al], Burks

Box 16, folder 13

Projects

Box 16, folder 14

Projects - Other Cities (McCone)

Box 16, folder 15

Psychology - Bob Bailey

Box 16, folder 16

Racketeering

Box 16, folder 17

Reese, Ralph

Box 16, folder 18

Reparations

Box 16, folder 19

Resident - Attitudes

Box 16, folder 20

Reviews of 'Burn, Baby, Burn'

Box 16, folder 21

Riot Chronology (McCone)

Box 16, folder 22

Riot - Compton, Venice

Box 16, folder 23

Riot - Follow-up

Box 16, folder 24

Riots - Left

Box 17, folder 1

Sanders, Stan

Box 17, folder 2

Schools - Superintendent Crowther [Jack P.] (McCone) - Dean Adams, Claude Ware, Robert Norris

Box 17, folder 3

Services

Box 17, folder 4

Skippy

Box 17, folder 5

Society

Box 17, folder 6

The South

Box 17, folder 7

South-Central Welfare Planning Council

Box 17, folder 8

Spanish Harlem

Box 17, folder 9

State Officials (McCone)

Box 17, folder 10

State Dept. Explanation

Box 17, folder 11

Statistics (Ward, Nelson, Governor Brown)

Box 17, folder 12

Status - Comparative

Box 17, folder 13

Stud Committee - Improve Watts

Box 17, folder 14

Transportation (McCone)

Box 17, folder 15-16

Trials

Box 17, folder 17

U.S. Griggs - Projects - Tom Owen

Box 17, folder 18

Vietnam

Box 17, folder 19

Voting

Box 17, folder 20-23

Watts

Box 17, folder 24

Welfare

Box 17, folder 25

Westminster

Box 17, folder 26

Yorty, Samuel W. (Mayor)

Additional Research Materials

Box 18, folder 1-7

Herald-Dispatch newspapers 1961-1966

Box 18, folder 8

Oversize magazines

Box 19, folder 1-8

Riot newspaper coverage [day-by-day] August 1965

Box 19, folder 9-10

Reports - LA schools

Box 19, folder 11

Reports - Model Cities

Box 20, folder 1

Reports - Los Angeles Police Department

Box 20, folder 2

Reports - Housing

Box 20, folder 3-6

Reports - Greater Los Angeles Community Action Agency (GLACAA)

Box 20, folder 7

Reports - Los Angeles Riot Study

Box 21, folder 1

Reports - Robert M. Fogelson on the McCone Commission Report

Box 21, folder 2

Reports - Social Services

Box 21, folder 3

Reports - Miscellaneous

Box 21, folder 4-5

Census & demographics research 1960s

Box 21, folder 6

Conot's writings on LAPD

Box 21, folder 7

Conot's writings & notes

Box 21, folder 8

Miscellaneous research materials

Box 23

Hour-by-hour timelines compiled by Conot

Physical Description: Timeline is approx. 25 feet long. It has been cut into shorter sections (approx one per day) which are rolled.

Box 24, folder 1

Maps of Los Angeles

Audio Recordings

Box 176, Item 3

Watts Riots - National Guard [1 of 4] c. 1965

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 176, Item 4

Watts Riots - National Guard [2 of 4] c.1965

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 176, Item 5

Watts Riots - National Guard [3 of 4] c.1965

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 176, Item 6

Watts Riots - National Guard [4 of 4] c.1965

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 176, Item 7

Watts School Discussion c. 1960s

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Series 3. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders research 1967-1969

Scope and Contents

Series 3 contains materials from Conot's time working on the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, also known as the Kerner Commission. Conot served as a consultant on the historical narrative sections of the report, as well as looking into the background and circumstances of riots related to race and economic conditions during the summer of 1967 held in various American cities. The series contains drafts of sections and reports written by Conot; memoranda and notes from members of the commission; proceeding transcripts from the Commission's official hearings; general research files on protests, riots, and the political climate of the 1960s; and research files specific to the cities profiled in the report. The city-specific files include socio-economic profiles; chronologies; interviews with residents, officials, and riot participants; newspapers; and various reports produced by cities and states.

Arrangement

The series is arranged into three sub-series. The first covers the reports produced by the Commission and Conot's contributions; the second includes general research on the political climate of the summer of 1967 and reports presented to the Commission to support their work; and the third covers research, interviews, and reports on riots in specific cities around the United States that were profiled as part of the Commission's work.

Writing & Administrative Documents

Box 25

Proceedings transcripts August 1967

Box 26

Proceedings transcripts September 1967

Box 27

Proceedings transcripts October 1967

Box 28, folder 1-4

Proceedings transcripts October - November 1967

Box 28, folder 5

Interim report outline

Box 28, folder 6

Interim report - introduction Summer 1967

Box 29, folder 1

Interim report - 'Violence in the Cities: A Historical View" draft

Box 29, folder 2

Interim report - 'Conspiracy & Organized Activity'

Box 29, folder 3

Interim report - 'Recommendations for Administration of Justice under Emergency Conditions'

Box 29, folder 4

Interim report - 'Public Safety' draft

Box 29, folder 5

Interim report - notes of draft sections by Harold R. Isaacs

Box 29, folder 6

Preliminary Program Recommendations Concerning Jobs and Employment, Welfare and Income Maintenance, Housing, and Education (incl. Office of Research review) 1968

Box 29, folder 7

Second Revised Version of Paper on Short Term Domestic Program Options November 1967

Box 29, folder 8-11

Report drafts - Ch. 9: Organized Activity and Incitement to Violence

Box 29, folder 12

'Riot Profile : The Police Reaction' written by Conot

Box 30, folder 1

'A Case Study on the Influence of Incitement on Psychological Perceptions in Urban Violence' section written by Conot

Box 30, folder 2

'A Short Narrative History, Profile, and Analysis of the Events of the Summer of 1967' section written by Conot

Box 30, folder 3

Conot drafts of sections (I. A Short Narrative History; II. The Riot Profile; III. Analysis)

Box 32, folder 1

Conot's section drafts

Box 30, folder 4-6

Commission memos September 1967-March 1968

Box 30, folder 7

Commission memos by/about Conot

Box 30, folder 8

Commission meeting minutes

Box 30, folder 9

Library of Congress legislative reference service file on 'civil disorder'

Box 30, folder 10

Bibliography

Box 31, folder 7

'The Negro in American Cities - A Selected and Annotated Bibliography' prepared for the Commission by Dorothy B. Porter 1967

Box 31, folder 1-2

Conferences & speeches 1968

Box 31, folder 4

Statistics - appendix to 'Patterns of Disorder'

Box 31, folder 5

Miscellaneous Administrative Material

Box 31, folder 6

Riot Photographs

Box 32, folder 2-3

Conot's research notes re: Commission

Box 32, folder 4

Commission addresses & contacts

Box 32, folder 5

Probability models & analysis

Box 32, folder 6

Tentative pricing of recommendations by the NACCD

Box 32, folder 7

Commission witnesses

Box 32, folder 8

Horgan investigations

Box 32, folder 9

Controversy & disagreements

Box 33, folder 1

News clippings re: commission

Box 33, folder 2

Reactions to commission report 1968

Box 33, folder 3

'Urban Poverty in Historical Perspective : The Case of the United States' paper presented by Conot at UCLA May 1975

Box 33, folder 4

Kerner Report anniversary 1988

Box 31, folder 3

Kerner Commission Report 25th Anniversary Symposium 1993

General Research

Box 176, Item 8

[NACCD Research Files] Commission Transcripts re: Cambridge, MD, read by Flick Conot c. 1968

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 31, folder 8

Barry Goldwater presidential campaign

Box 31, folder 9

Black Power conference

Box 33, folder 5

Magazine articles

Box 33, folder 6

News clippings re: politics

Box 33, folder 7

News clippings re: civil rights, riots

Box 33, folder 8

News clippings re: birth control

Box 33, folder 9

News clippings re: communism

Box 33, folder 10

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Box 33, folder 11

Opportunities Industrialization Center

Box 34, folder 1

Rap Brown (SNCC)

Box 34, folder 2-4

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) papers

Box 35

Magazines

Box 36

Reports presented to the Commission (alphabetical by author's last name) : A-L

Box 37

Reports presented to the Commission (alphabetical by author's last name) : L-S

Box 38, folder 1-8

Reports presented to the Commission (alphabetical by author's last name) : S-Z

Box 38, folder 9-10

Reports presented to the Commission : authored by government agencies

Box 38, folder 11

'Cities In Which Racial Disorders Have Occurred This Year' August 1967

Right-Wing Newsletters & Publications

Scope and Contents

As part of his research on the political climate of the United States during the 1960s, Conot subscribed to a number of right-wing publications under the name 'Frank W. Fleckinger'. Some of the publications in this section include Conot's annotations.

Box 39, folder 1

Magazine Articles

Box 39, folder 2

American Opinion

Box 39, folder 3

Christian Anti-Communist Crusade

Box 39, folder 4-5

Citizens' Council of America 1961-1965

Box 39, folder 6

Liberty Lobby / Sons of Liberty

Box 39, folder 7

Western Front

Box 39, folder 8

Miscellaneous mailers

Box 40, folder 1-4

'The Councilor' (Citizens' Council of Louisiana for Americans Everywhere) 1962-1966

Box 40, folder 5-6

The Independent American newsletters 1961-1965

Box 41, folder 1

The Independent American mailings

Box 41, folder 2

National States Rights Party (NSRP)

Box 41, folder 3

The Thunderbolt (NSRP newspaper)

City Reports & Profiles

Box 50, folder 1

Commission's selection of cities to investigate

Box 42, folder 1

Conot's notes on cities

Box 42, folder 2

'City Profiles' section (final)

Box 42, folder 3

'City Profiles' section (rewrite)

Box 42, folder 4

'City Profiles section - commission comments

Box 42, folder 5

New Jersey - socio-economic profiles

Box 42, folder 6

New Jersey - Conot's notes

Box 42, folder 7

New Jersey - commission notes

Box 50, folder 2-3

New Jersey - 'Report for Action' Governor's Select Commission on Civil Disorder February 1968

Box 42, folder 8

New Jersey - name lists & contacts

Box 42, folder 9

New Jersey - racial violence police reports

Box 42, folder 10

New Jersey - newspaper clippings & articles

Box 42, folder 11

New Jersey - Newark - chronology

Box 42, folder 12

New Jersey - Newark - summaries of interviews by field representatives

Box 42, folder 13-14

New Jersey - Newark - interview reports

Box 50, folder 4

New Jersey - Newark - summary of testimony before commission

Box 50, folder 5

New Jersey - Newark - Police-Community Relations Study

Box 43, folder 1

New Jersey - Newark - racial violence police reports

Box 43, folder 2

New Jersey - Newark - visit debriefing

Box 43, folder 3

New Jersey - Newark - Tom Hayden annotated article

Box 43, folder 4

New Jersey - Newark - Louis E. Lomax articles

Box 43, folder 5

New Jersey - Newark - Black organizers & activism

Box 43, folder 6

New Jersey - Newark - additional resources

Box 24, folder 2

New Jersey - Newark - newspaper enlargements

Box 43, folder 7

New Jersey - Paterson - compiled report

Box 43, folder 8

New Jersey - Jersey City - compiled report

Box 43, folder 9

New Jersey - Jersey City - interview reports & notes

Box 44, folder 1

New Jersey - New Brunswick - compiled report

Box 44, folder 2-3

New Jersey - Bridgeton - compiled report

Box 44, folder 4

New Jersey - Bridgeton - interview reports

Box 44, folder 5

New Jersey - Plainfield - chronology

Box 44, folder 6

New Jersey - Plainfield - interview reports

Box 44, folder 7

New Jersey - Plainfield - trip notes

Box 44, folder 8

New Jersey - Elizabeth - chronology

Box 44, folder 9

Detroit, MI - commission notes & memoranda

Box 44, folder 10

Detroit, MI - interview reports (A-G)

Box 45, folder 1

Detroit, MI - interview reports (H-Z)

Box 45, folder 2

Detroit, MI - Bernard Dobranski trip report

Box 45, folder 3

Detroit, MI - follow-up visit

Box 45, folder 4

Detroit, MI - Conot's writing for New York Times on Detroit

Box 45, folder 5

Detroit, MI - Conot's notes

Box 45, folder 6

Detroit, MI - demographics & statistics

Box 45, folder 7

Detroit, MI - riot statistics

Box 45, folder 8

Detroit, MI - deaths & injuries

Box 45, folder 9

Detroit, MI - injury list

Box 45, folder 10

Detroit, MI - damage & arson

Box 45, folder 11

Detroit, MI - riot research papers & studies

Box 46, folder 1

Detroit, MI - Mayor's Office & committees, Jerome P. Cavanagh

Box 46, folder 2

Detroit, MI - State of Michigan's response, Governor George W. Romney

Box 46, folder 3-5

Detroit, MI - police department

Box 46, folder 6

Detroit, MI - fire department

Box 46, folder 7

Detroit, MI - US Army after-action report August 1967

Box 46, folder 8

Detroit, MI - National Guard

Box 46, folder 9

Detroit, MI - snipers

Box 46, folder 10

Detroit, MI - Breakthrough countergroup

Box 47, folder 1

Detroit, MI - television coverage

Box 47, folder 2-3

Detroit, MI - schools

Box 47, folder 4

Detroit, MI - urbanization

Box 47, folder 5

Detroit, MI - urban dynamics

Box 47, folder 6

Detroit, MI - newspaper clippings & articles

Box 24, folder 3

Detroit, MI - newspaper enlargements

Box 24, folder 4

Detroit, MI - maps

Box 48, folder 1

Detroit, MI - assorted primary resources

Box 48, folder 2

Cambridge, MD - socio-economic profile & chronology

Box 48, folder 3

Cambridge, MD - compiled report

Box 48, folder 4

Cambridge, MD - interview reports

Box 48, folder 5

Cambridge, MD - Conot's notes

Box 48, folder 6

Cambridge, MD - newsclippings

Box 176, Item 32

Cambridge, MD - audio of meeting c. 1965

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Box 48, folder 7

Cincinnati, OH - compiled report

Box 50, folder 6

Cincinnati, OH - chronology

Box 50, folder 7

Cincinnati, OH - interview reports

Box 51, folder 1

Cincinnati, OH - fire department

Box 51, folder 2

Cincinnati, OH - police reports

Box 48, folder 8

Cincinnati, OH - newspaper clippings & articles

Box 24, folder 5

Cincinnati, OH - newspaper enlargements

Box 48, folder 9

Cleveland, OH - report on Hough Riots

Box 51, folder 3

Dayton, OH - socio-economic profile

Box 51, folder 4

Dayton, OH - interview reports

Box 51, folder 5

Rockford, IL - socio-economic profile

Box 49, folder 1

Rockford, IL - compiled report

Box 51, folder 6

Grand Rapids, MI - interview reports

Box 49, folder 2

Grand Rapids, MI - assorted reports & notes

Box 49, folder 3

Atlanta, GA - socioeconomic profile & articles

Box 24, folder 5

Atlanta, GA - newspaper enlargements

Box 51, folder 7

Milwaukee, WI - socio-economic profile

Box 51, folder 8-9

Milwaukee, WI - interview reports

Box 52, folder 1

Minneapolis, MN - assorted reports

Box 52, folder 2

New Haven, CT - socio-economic profile

Box 52, folder 3

New Haven, CT - interview reports

Box 52, folder 4

Washington, DC

Box 52, folder 5

Pittsburgh, PA

Box 52, folder 6

New York, NY - Minutemen investigation

Box 52, folder 7

Alabama & Mississippi cities

Box 52, folder 8

Nashville, TN

Box 52, folder 9

Tampa, FL

Box 24, folder 6

Tampa, FL - newspaper enlargements

Box 52, folder 10

Houston, TX

Box 52, folder 11

Tucson & Phoenix, AZ

Series 4. The Nuremberg Gift novel 1968

Scope and Contents

Series 4 contains materials from Conot's second novel, The Nuremberg Gift. The novel was a fictional account of intelligence operations tracking Nazis in the years after World War II. The series contains multiple drafts and versions of the novel, as well as some research materials and notes.

Arrangement

Conot tried out a variety of titles for the novel. Manuscripts are listed in the finding aid under the title Conot labeled his files with, although they are all versions of the same novel.

Box 53, folder 1

Outline draft with edits

Box 53, folder 2

'The Werewolf' outline

Box 53, folder 3

Handwritten manuscript draft

Box 53, folder 4

'The Werewolf' handwritten manuscript

Box 53, folder 5-6

'The Werewolf' typescript with edits and insertions

Box 53, folder 7

'The Werewolf' typescript with copy edits [1 of 2]

Box 54, folder 1

'The Werewolf' typescript with copy edits [2 of 2]

Box 54, folder 2-4

'The Report of Agent Eggart' typescript with insertions

Box 55, folder 1-2

'Glory in the Order of the Devil' manuscript pages with edits

Box 55, folder 3-5

'Glory in the Order of the Devil' revised typescript

Box 56, folder 1-2

'Nuremberg Gift' final typescript

Box 56, folder 3

Misc. manuscript pages

Box 56, folder 4

Typescript with edits - 'discard pages'

Box 56, folder 5

Publication correspondence

Box 54, folder 5

Notes on characters and chapters

Box 54, folder 6

Timelines

Box 54, folder 7

Conot's research notes

Box 54, folder 8

Research - maps

Box 54, folder 9

Research - Stuttgart, Germany

Box 54, folder 10

Research - Allied Occupation of Germany

Box 56, folder 6-7

Danube Affair : research files on intelligence operations post-war

Series 5. American Odyssey book 1974

Scope and Contents

Series 5 contains drafts and research materials for Conot's book, American Odyssey, on the history of Detroit, Michigan. As part of his work on the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorder, Conot had spent some time doing research in Detroit and had formed connections with various city officials. Materials in the series include drafts of the book; bibliographies; extensive notes by Conot on a variety of historical and contemporary Detroit-related topics; and primary resource material about Detroit and wider urbanization issues around the United States, particularly about education.

Arrangement

The series is arranged into three subseries. The first covers manuscript drafts and publication materials; the second includes Conot's notes on Detroit-related topics; and the third contains reports and other primary resource material used by Conot.

Manuscript & Publication Files

Box 57, folder 1-3

Handwritten drafts

Box 57, folder 4-6

Early chapter drafts

Box 58, folder 1-5

Typescript with edits & rearrangements

Box 59, folder 1-9

Chapter drafts with edits (Ch. 1-90)

Box 60, folder 1-5

Chapter drafts with edits (Ch. 91-end)

Box 60, folder 6

Typescript with edits (Part IV)

Box 60, folder 7

'The City and the Tower' page corrections & edits

Box 61, folder 1-4

Assorted drafts, edits, & notes (misc. sections in no particular order)

Box 62, folder 1-5

'The City and the Tower' typescript

Box 62, folder 6

'A Destiny of Power : The American Epoch' typescript (Ch. 1-16)

Box 63, folder 1-2

'A Destiny of Power : The American Epoch' typescript (Ch. 17-34)

Box 63, folder 3

Typescript draft (intro & first 50 pages)

Box 63, folder 4

Typescript draft (Parts I & II)

Box 63, folder 5

Typescript draft (Part II. The Pernicious Prosperity)

Box 63, folder 6

Typescript draft (Part IV. The Epilogue is Prologue)

Box 63, folder 7

Typescript draft (Part IV. Epilogue and Prologue)

Box 63, folder 8

Incomplete typescript with edits (Ch. 1-19)

Box 64, folder 1-2

Incomplete typescript with edits (Ch. 20-50, 117, Part IV)

Box 64, folder 3-5

Typescript with edits (Intro - Ch. 47)

Box 65, folder 1-5

Typescript with edits (Ch. 48-121)

Box 66, folder 1

Typescript with edits (Part IV, chapters unnumbered)

Box 66, folder 2

Typescript with edits (sources, bibliography, back-matter)

Box 66, folder 3-5

Typescript with deletions & edits (Ch. 1-105

Box 67, folder 1

Typescript with deletions & edits (Ch. 106-end)

Box 67, folder 2-4

Typescript with copy edits (Ch. 1-69)

Box 68, folder 1-2

Typescript with copy edits (Ch. 70-98)

Box 68, folder 3-5

Typescript with citation notes (Ch. 1-77)

Box 69, folder 1-4

Typescript with citation notes (Ch. 78-end)

Box 69, folder 5

Typescript carbon copies (pgs. 1-435)

Box 70, folder 1-2

Typescript carbon copies (pgs. 436-end)

Box 70, folder 3

Index drafts

Box 70, folder 4

Front / Back matter drafts

Box 72, folder 1-2

Index draft notes

Box 72, folder 3

Bibliography draft

Box 70, folder 5

'The Hissing City' project proposal for what became 'American Odyssey'

Box 70, folder 6

Editor's notes

Box 72, folder 4

Editorial notes & comments

Box 70, folder 7

Photographs & Images

Box 72, folder 5

Photographs

Box 72, folder 6

Photographs - rights & permissions

Box 70, folder 8

Detroit Speech 1978

Box 70, folder 9

Publicity

Box 72, folder 8

Publicity - advanced galley copies

Box 72, folder 9

Publicity - Detroit newspapers, television, etc.

Box 71, folder 1

Cover mock-ups

Box 71, folder 2

Map drafts

Box 71, folder 3

Photo spreads drafts

Box 87, folder 1

Chart spreads drafts

Box 71, folder 4

Image & Map spreads drafts

Box 72, folder 7

Reviews

Box 73, folder 1

Writing notes

Conot's Research Notes

Box 73, folder 2

General notes

Box 73, folder 3

Detroit

Box 73, folder 4

Michigan history

Box 73, folder 5

Detroit history

Box 73, folder 6

Detroit census

Box 73, folder 7

Detroit Black population

Box 73, folder 8

Economics & industry

Box 74, folder 1

Detroit railroads (incl. Joy family)

Box 74, folder 2

Detroit autos (incl. GM, UAW, stats, investigations)

Box 74, folder 3

Ford (incl. Motors, Foundation, people, photos)

Box 74, folder 4

Henry Ford antisemitic writings in 'The Thunderbolt'

Box 74, folder 5

Biographical notes on Detroit historical figures

Box 74, folder 6

Harold Black

Box 74, folder 7

Norman Drachler

Box 74, folder 7

George Edwards

Box 74, folder 8

Conrad Mallett

Box 74, folder 9

Jansen-Devers family

Box 74, folder 10

City administration

Box 74, folder 11

Detroit government

Box 74, folder 12

Immigration commission

Box 75, folder 1

Jerome Cavanagh (Detroit mayor)

Box 75, folder 2

Cavanagh's staff

Box 75, folder 3

Detroit police

Box 75, folder 4-5

Detroit education & schools

Box 75, folder 6

New Detroit Committee

Box 75, folder 7

Earlier riots 1863, 1943

Box 75, folder 8

Immigrants

Box 75, folder 9

New York Times

Box 76, folder 1

Detroit financials

Box 76, folder 2

Housing commission history

Box 76, folder 3-4

Juvenile court

Box 76, folder 5

Miscellaneous

Research Materials

Box 76, folder 6

Detroit High School Study Commission

Box 76, folder 7

'Racial Distribution of Students & Personnel in the Detroit Public Schools as of Oct. 19, 1967' report by Intergroup Relations Department, Division of School-Community Relations

Box 76, folder 8

Congressman Gary Brown cases

Box 76, folder 9

Labor AFL/CIO

Box 76, folder 10

Total Attack Against Poverty program

Box 76, folder 11

Henry Ford antisemitic writings in 'The Thunderbolt' and other publications

Box 77

Juvenile court files 1950s-1960s

Conditions Governing Access

Restricted until 2044 due to sensitive information about minors.

Box 78, folder 1

Population data

Box 78, folder 2

Budgets

Box 78, folder 3

Labor-government relations

Box 78, folder 4

Regional agency directories

Box 78, folder 5

City of Detroit budget 1968-1968

Box 78, folder 6

Metropolitan Detroit Citizens' Development Authority

Box 78, folder 7

New Detroit, Inc.

Box 78, folder 8

Youth Opportunity Council

Box 78, folder 9

Schools

Box 79, folder 1

School statistics

Box 79, folder 2

Detroit Public Schools Neighborhood Educational Center December 1967

Box 79, folder 3

PRESCAD Citizens' Committee

Box 79, folder 4

Board of Wayne County Auditors 'Audit Report of Project PRESCAD' 1966-1967

Box 79, folder 5

'Minority Report from Citizens' Committee appointed by Wayne County Board of Supervisors to Evaluate Project PRESCAD'

Box 79, folder 6

Detroit City Plan Commission 'Long & Short Range Goals' December 1967

Box 79, folder 7

Michigan County Home Rule Act of 1966

Box 79, folder 8

Wayne County Economic Opportunity Program report July 1967

Box 79, folder 9

'A Study of United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit' October 1968

Box 79, folder 10

'Two NSP Operations' Mayor's Committee for Human Resources Development

Box 80, folder 1-3

Detroit Regional Transportation and Land Use Study (TALUS) 1967-1968

Box 80, folder 4

Mayor's Committee for Human Resources Development Neighborhood Service Program Core Services monthly reports

Box 80, folder 5

MIS narrative reports 1968

Box 80, folder 6

'Response of the Mayor's Committee for Human Resources Development to the Interim Documentation Report of the Committee on the Total Action Against Poverty'

Box 80, folder 7

Special Task Force on Police Recruiting and Hiring reports 1968

Box 80, folder 8

Active Community Team reports

Box 81

Assorted Bound Reports & Publications about Detroit & Michigan

Box 87, folder 2

Detroit Historic Preservation Study map

Box 88

Detroit Land Use maps 1960s

Box 89

Maps of Detroit Public Schools 1965, 1967

Box 71, folder 5

Detroit research - misc. news stories & articles

Box 82, folder 1

Department of Housing & Urban Development

Box 82, folder 2

Philip Brownstein HUD discrimination case

Box 82, folder 3

Robert C. Wood (HUD)

Box 82, folder 4

John W. Gardner / Urban Coalition

Box 82, folder 5

Urban Coalition 'Crisis in Our Cities' campaign

Box 82, folder 6

National Commission on Urban Problems

Box 82, folder 7

Robert A. Levine - 'Poverty & Office of Economic Opportunity' paper draft

Box 82, folder 8

City managers

Box 83, folder 1

National Governors' Conference

Box 83, folder 2-3

Reports - race

Box 83, folder 4

Reports - urbanization

Box 83, folder 5

Reports - grants-in-aid

Box 83, folder 6

Reports - inter-governmental relations

Box 83, folder 7

Reports - US Commission on Civil Rights

Box 83, folder 8

Reports - miscellaneous topics (US)

Box 84, Item 1-15

Reports (bound) - miscellaneous topics (US)

Box 84, folder 16

Research on education - community schools

Box 84, folder 17

Research on education - interviews on inner-city schools in Rochester, NY (US Commission on Civil Rights)

Box 85, folder 1

Research on education - interviews on inner city schools in Rochester, NY & Oakland, CA (US Commission on Civil Rights)

Box 85, folder 2-3

Research on education - Brookings Conference on the Community School December 1968

Box 85, folder 4

Research on education - articles

Box 71, folder 6

Research on education - articles [oversize magazines]

Box 85, folder 5

Harold Howe II speeches 1966

Box 86, folder 1-3

Harold Howe II speeches 1966-1968

Audio Recordings

Box 176, Item 9

[American Odyssey] AAL-Archdiocese Opportunity Program Meeting c. 1970

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 176, Item 10

[American Odyssey] Detroit Special Task Force on Police Recruiting and Hiring Minutes / Trotter Case c. 1970

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 176, Item 15

[American Odyssey] Citizens Development Authority: Demonstration Cities, Detroit, MI c. 1968

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 176, Item 41

[American Odyssey] Archdiocese Opportunity Program Testimony / Detroit Public Works Correspondence 1968

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 178, Item 3

[American Odyssey] Model Cities Program Meeting / George Wallace Presidential Campaign Rally 1968

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Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)

Box 179, Item 40

Recording of Q&A regarding police [Flint?] c. 1968

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Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)

Box 179, Item 41

Breakthrough countergroup c. 1968

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Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)

Series 6. A Streak of Luck book 1979

Scope and Contents

Series 6 contains drafts and research materials for Conot's book, A Streak of Luck, a biography of Thomas Alva Edison. Materials in the series include drafts of the book; research files with photocopies of primary resources and Conot's notes; speeches and correspondence about events celebrating the 100th anniversary of the invention of the incandescent light bulb; and drafts of a screenplay adaptation of the book written in the late 1980s.

Arrangement

The series is arranged into three subseries. The first covers manuscript drafts and publication materials for the book; the second covers the screenplay adaptation; and the third includes the research materials and notes gathered by Conot.

Manuscript & Publication Files

Box 90, folder 1-4

Handwritten draft

Box 90, folder 5

Manuscript comments & notes

Box 91, folder 1-2

Revisions - draft with rearrangements & edits (Ch. 1-11)

Box 91, folder 3-4

Typescript with edits (Ch. 12-43)

Box 91, folder 5

Galleys

Box 92

Galleys

Box 93, folder 1-2

Assorted chapter drafts (Ch. 1-10)

Box 93, folder 3-4

Revisions - typescript with edits (Ch. 1-11)

Box 93, folder 5-6

Typescript with edits & page markings (Ch. 1-17)

Box 94, folder 1-3

Typescript with edits & page markings (Ch. 18-43, end matter)

Box 94, folder 4-6

Typescript with copy edits (Ch. 1-36)

Box 95

Typescript proof with copy edits

Box 96, folder 1-4

Typescript photocopy

Box 96, folder 5

Drafts of source notes, contents, etc.

Box 96, folder 6

Miscellaneous manuscript draft pages

Box 97, folder 1

Edison biography project proposal circa 1975

Box 97, folder 2

Photographs - from Conot's research trips to Edison & Muybridge archives

Box 97, folder 3

Photocopies of images

Box 97, folder 4

Photographs - misc.

Box 97, folder 5-6

Photographs - selections with scale mark-ups

Box 97, folder 7

Illustrations & graphics layout

Box 99, folder 1

Photo pages - drafts with notes

Box 99, folder 2

Graphics pages - drafts of charts, tables, etc.

Box 99, folder 3

Publicity & promotion for book release

Box 99, folder 4

Reviews

Box 97, folder 8

Centennial of Light (T.A. Edison Foundation) - news release & planning

Box 97, folder 9

Review by Conot of 'Tom Edison and His Electric Lighting System' by C.S. Derganc 1978

Box 97, folder 10

'Edison's Development of the Incandescent Light' presentation at Electro/79 IEEE New York April 1978

Box 97, folder 11

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) presentation & correspondence January 1979

Box 99, folder 5

Chautauqua Institution lecture on Edison July 1979

Box 99, folder 6

'Edison Centennial' article in Smithsonian Magazine 1979

Box 97, folder 12

'Edison's Century' presentation at Wescon IEEE San Francisco September 1979

Box 98, folder 1

New Jersey Historical Commission Edison Commemorative Symposium October 1979

Box 98, folder 2

'Edison Remembered : 100 Years of Light' book excerpts October 1979

Box 98, folder 3

'The Inventor as Promoter' article in Technology Magazine 1981

Box 98, folder 4

Edison National Historic Site correspondence

Box 98, folder 5

Conot's notecards

Box 98, folder 6-8

Misc. articles, pamphlets, brochures, documents about Edison 1970s

Box 99, folder 7

Stockton Griffin speech

Box 99, folder 8

Encyclopaedia Britannica entry on Edison 1988

Box 177, Item 2

[A Streak of Luck] First Chapters Read Aloud

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Screenplay Adaptation

Box 98, folder 9

Correspondence with Walt Disney Pictures 1980s

Box 98, folder 10-12

Edison's Streak of Luck screenplay draft by Conot 1980s

Box 98, folder 13-14

Edison screenplay by Larry B. Williams adapted from Conot's book 1989

Box 99, folder 9

Edison Movie/TV show notes

Box 99, folder 10

Screenplay notes / script draft

Box 100, folder 1

Screenplay notes / script draft [continued]

Research Files

Scope and Contents

Conot's topical research files are arranged alphabetically with his original titles and notations maintained. Abbreviations are spelled out where possible.

Box 100, folder 2

Aerial navigation

Box 100, folder 3

Associates

Box 100, folder 4

Automobile

Box 100, folder 5

Batchelor, Charles (inventor)

Box 100, folder 6

Battery

Box 100, folder 7

Bell, Alexander Graham

Box 100, folder 8

Bergman & Co. Electrical Works

Box 100, folder 9

Berliner, Emile (inventor)

Box 100, folder 10-14

Biographies of Edison

Box 100, folder 15

Boston, MA

Box 100, folder 16

Business 1893-1931

Box 101, folder 1

Cement 1896-1917

Box 101, folder 2

Chautauqua

Box 101, folder 3

Contributions

Box 101, folder 4

Dyer, Frank Lewis (lawyer)

Box 101, folder 5

Edison - Auto Trips

Box 101, folder 6

Edison - Boyhood

Box 101, folder 7

Edison - Character

Box 101, folder 8

Edison - Death & Post-[humous]

Box 101, folder 9

Edison - Diary

Box 101, folder 10

Edison Financials

Box 101, folder 11

Edison - General Electric

Box 101, folder 12

Edison - Handwriting Samples

Box 101, folder 13

Edison - Honors

Box 101, folder 14

Edison - Illness

Box 101, folder 15

Edison - Legacy

Box 101, folder 16

Edison - Locations

Box 101, folder 17

Edison - Medicine

Box 101, folder 18

Edison - Mythology

Box 101, folder 19

Edison - Personal

Box 101, folder 20

Edison - Politics

Box 101, folder 21

Edison - Statements

Box 101, folder 22

Edison - Stories

Box 101, folder 23

Edison - Stratford, Ontario

Box 101, folder 24

Edison - United Manufacturing Co.

Box 101, folder 25

Edison - Youth

Box 101, folder 26

Edison Family 1886-1931

Box 101, folder 27

Edison Family - Charles Edison

Box 101, folder 28

Edison Family - Madeleine Edison

Box 101, folder 29

Edison Family - Marion Edison

Box 101, folder 30

Edison Family - Mary Stilwell Edison

Box 101, folder 31

Edison Family - Mina Miller Edison

Box 102, folder 1

Edison Family - Sam Edison

Box 102, folder 2

Edison Family - Theodore Edison

Box 102, folder 3

Edison Family - Thomas A. Edison Jr.

Box 102, folder 4

Edison Family - William Leslie Edison

Box 102, folder 5

Education

Box 102, folder 6

Electric - History

Box 102, folder 7

Electric - A.C. Systems

Box 102, folder 8-10

Electric Light 1878-1908

Box 102, folder 11

Electric Light - Cent. Statistics

Box 102, folder 12

Electric Light - Bamboo Search

Box 102, folder 13

Electric Light - Edison Machine Works

Box 102, folder 14

Electric Light - Isolated Lighting Co.

Box 102, folder 15

Electric Light - Lamp Works

Box 102, folder 16

Electric Light - Litigation

Box 102, folder 17

Electric Light - Misc. Books

Box 102, folder 18

Electric Light - New York

Box 102, folder 19

Electric Light - Patents

Box 102, folder 20

Electric Pen

Box 102, folder 21

Electrocution

Box 102, folder 22

Electromotograph

Box 102, folder 23

Europe 1911

Box 102, folder 24

Exhibitions

Box 102, folder 25

Factories

Box 102, folder 26

Fires

Box 102, folder 27

Ford [Motor Company & Henry Ford]

Box 102, folder 28

Fort Myers, FL

Box 102, folder 29

Friends

Box 103, folder 1-2

General Electric

Box 103, folder 3

Gilliland Family

Box 103, folder 4

Glenmont

Box 103, folder 5

Gould, Jay

Box 103, folder 6

Gouraud, Col. George

Box 103, folder 7

Hutchison, Miller Reese

Box 103, folder 8

Insull, Samuel / Tate, A.O. [Edison's personal secretaries]

Box 103, folder 9

Intelligence Questionnaire

Box 103, folder 10

Invention Royalties

Box 103, folder 11

Jeanette [?]

Box 103, folder 12-13

Jehl, Francis

Box 103, folder 14

Johnson, Edward Hibberd [inventor]

Box 103, folder 15

Jubilee

Box 103, folder 16

Kineto

Box 103, folder 17

Laboratory

Box 103, folder 18

Legal Department

Box 103, folder 19

McCoy, Joseph F.

Box 103, folder 20

Meadowcroft, William H. [Edison's secretary]

Box 103, folder 21

Menlo Park, NJ

Box 103, folder 22

Microphone

Box 103, folder 23

Mimeograph

Box 103, folder 24

Movies

Box 103, folder 25

Navy Consulting Board

Box 103, folder 26

Newark, NJ

Box 104, folder 1

New York, NY

Box 104, folder 2

Ore Milling 1885-1923

Box 104, folder 3

Ore Milling - Dunderland

Box 104, folder 4

Patents

Box 104, folder 5

Personnel

Box 104, folder 6-7

Phonograph 1879-1929

Box 104, folder 8

Phonograph - Europe

Box 104, folder 9

Radio

Box 104, folder 10

Randolph, John

Box 104, folder 11

Reiff, Josiah C. [lawyer]

Box 104, folder 12

Rubber

Box 104, folder 13

Science - Fiction

Box 104, folder 14

Seyfert, Lucy M. & William M.

Box 104, folder 15

Ships & Submarines

Box 104, folder 16

Tasimeter

Box 104, folder 17

Tel-Auto & Quad

Box 104, folder 18

Telegraph

Box 104, folder 19

Telephone

Box 105, folder 1

Tesla, Nikola

Box 105, folder 2

Tomlinson [?]

Box 105, folder 3

Torpedo

Box 105, folder 4

Twain, Mark

Box 105, folder 5

Upton, Francis Robbins [physicist/mathematician]

Box 105, folder 6

Vacuum Preservation

Box 105, folder 7

Villard, Henry [journalist]

Box 105, folder 8

Welch [?]

Box 105, folder 9

Western Union

Box 105, folder 10

Wilber, Zenos F.

Box 105, folder 11

World War I

Box 105, folder 12

X-Ray

Box 105, folder 13

Misc. Primary Resources

Box 105, folder 14

Misc. Notes

Box 105, folder 15

Timelines & Chronologies

Audio Recordings

Box 176, Item 16

[Streak of Luck] Tapes of Earliest Phono Records in Existence 1979

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 176, Item 17

[Streak of Luck] Edison Cylinder Records 1890 c. 1970s

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 176, Item 18

[Streak of Luck] Tour of the Edison Family Home by Theodore Edison c. 1970s

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 176, Item 19

[Streak of Luck] Menlo Park Lab & Edison Machine Works Reminiscences c. 1970s

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Box 177, Item 5

[A Streak of Luck] Tapes of Earliest Phono Records in Existence [Duplicate]

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Box 177, Item 7

[A Streak of Luck] Tour of the Edison Family Home by Theodore Edison / Rerecording of Edison Laboratory c. 1970s

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Series 7. William J. Hammer research 1980s

Biographical / Historical

William Joseph Hammer was born in Cressona, Pennsylvania, on February 26, 1858. After his education as an engineer, he became a laboratory assistant at Thomas Alva Edison's Menlo Park laboratory in 1879. By 1880, he was the first Chief Engineer of the Edison Electric Lamp Company. Hammer traveled throughout Europe and the United States as a representative of Edison and his companies. On a trip to Paris in 1902, Hammer met Pierre and Marie Curie, who introduced him to their work on radioactive substances. A friend of Orville and Wilbur Wright, Hammer was also interested in flight and aviation. He served as a major in the US Army during World War I and later founded the Edison Pioneers, a group of former Edison Laboratory workers and their families. Hammer was an avid collector of many varieties. In addition to collections of light bulbs and other electric inventions from his time with Edison, he collected signed photographs, postcards, scientific books, scientific ephemera, and items related to flight. After Hammer's death in 1934, his collections were acquired by IBM. Hammer married Alice Maude White (1864-1906) in 1894 and had one daughter, Mabel Hammer Assheton (1894-1989).

Scope and Contents

Series 7 contains materials from Conot's research on William J. Hammer, a laboratory assistant to Thomas Edison. Hammer's daughter, Mabel Hammer Assheton, commissioned Conot in 1982 to research and write a biography of her father. The project was abandoned by 1986 with only a draft of the biography completed. The series contains a number of family letters, photographs, and journals given to Conot by Mabel during his research; inventories and photographs of Hammer's extensive scientific collections; documents prepared when Hammer's collections were transferred to IBM in the 1940s; Mabel's own research into her father's life and career; and Conot's correspondence with Mabel, research notes, and drafts of the proposed novel.

Arrangement

The series is arranged into four sub-series. The first contains biographical material on Hammer and files on some of his associates; the second contains family letters, photographs, and journals that were given to Conot by Hammer's daughter; the third covers Hammer's collections; and the fourth contains Conot's research and drafts of the unpublished biography.

William J. Hammer Biographical Materials

Box 106, folder 1

William Joseph Hammer (WJH) biographical data

Box 106, folder 2

WJH biographical info edited by Mabel Hammer Assheton

Box 106, folder 3

WJH awards & honors

Box 106, folder 4

WJH death 1934

Box 107, folder 2

WJH career notes

Box 107, folder 3

WJH writings & experiments

Box 107, folder 4

WJH Army service

Box 107, folder 5

Expert testimonies by WJH

Box 107, folder 6

Business correspondence

Box 107, folder 7

Wright Brothers

Box 107, Item 8

The Wright Brothers by Fred C. Kelly (published by Harcourt, Brace, and Company) 1943

Box 107, Item 9

Radium, and Other Radio-Active Substances; Polonium, Actinium, and Thorium, with a Consideration of Phosphorescent and Fluorescent Substances, the Properties and Applications of Selenium and the Treatment of Disease by the Ultra-Violet Light by WJH (published by D. Van Nostrand Company) 1903

Box 108, folder 1

Beck, James M.

Box 108, folder 2

Curie, Marie & Pierre

Box 108, folder 3

Jehl, Francis

Box 108, folder 4

Sprague, Frank J.

Box 108, folder 5

Upton, Francis R.

Box 108, folder 6

Edison Electric Light Co.

Box 108, folder 7

Europe (Paris Exposition) 1889

Box 108, folder 8

Telegraph

Box 108, folder 9

Electric Railroad

Box 108, folder 10

Electric Light - Europe

Box 108, folder 11

Celebrities

Box 108, folder 12

Museums & Expositions

Box 108, folder 13

Airplanes & Aviation

Box 108, folder 14

Edison Pioneers

Box 108, folder 15

WJH items & documents 1882-1929

Box 108, folder 16

WJH drawings & poems for children

Hammer Family History Documents

Box 106, folder 5

Family history - Hammer Family

Box 106, folder 6

Family history - J.B. Hammer sermons & preaching

Box 106, folder 7

Family history - diary of May Lawton Hammer 1887-1891

Box 106, folder 8

Family history - Edwin Wesley Hammer (WJH's younger brother)

Box 106, folder 9

Family history - diaries & daybooks

Box 106, folder 10

Family history - White Family (WJH's in-laws)

Box 107, folder 1

Family history - Diary of Maude White (WJH's wife)

Box 109

'Personal Pamphlets, Etc. of William J. Hammer' scrapbook 1882-1930

Box 110, folder 1

Correspondence - WJH to Mabel & Maude Hammer 1900-1906

Box 110, folder 2-10

Correspondence - WJH to Mabel Hammer 1907 - June 1914

Box 111, folder 1-9

Correspondence - WJH to Mabel Hammer July 1914 - 1934

Box 111, folder 10

Correspondence - Thomas H. White (WJH's father-in-law) & WJH

Box 111, folder 11

Correspondence - Thomas H. White to Maude (White) Hammer 1890-1906

Box 112, folder 1

Correspondence - Maude (White) Hammer to/from her siblings/family 1891-1906

Box 112, folder 2

Correspondence - Maude (White) Hammer to misc. friends 1898-1902

Box 112, folder 3

Correspondence - Mabel Hammer to WJH 1902-1912

Box 112, folder 4

Correspondence - WJH assorted 1889-1931

Box 112, folder 5

Correspondence - Mabel Hammer to Maude (White) Hammer 1904-1905

Box 112, folder 6

Correspondence - Earl N. Findley to Mabel Hammer Assheton 1930s-1940s

Box 112, folder 7

Correspondence - Mabel Hammer Assheton assorted

Box 112, folder 8

Photographs - WJH

Box 112, folder 9

Photographs - Mabel Hammer (incl. WJH & Maude White Hammer)

Box 112, folder 10

Photographs - Hammer extended family & friends

Box 113

Photographs - WJH (large prints)

Hammer Scientific Collections

Box 112, folder 11

Photographs - Signed Prints

Scope and Contents

Includes signed photographs of Thomas Alva Edison, Hiram S. Maxim, Guglielmo Marconi, Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright, Gutzon Borglum, and Sgt. Alvin C. York.

Box 114, folder 1

Book collection inventory

Box 114, folder 2

Hammer's apartment inventories

Box 114, folder 3

Scientific collection inventory

Box 114, folder 4

Edisonia inventory

Box 114, folder 5

Benjamin Franklin materials inventory

Box 114, folder 6

Autographed letters inventory

Box 114, folder 7

Samuel F.B. Morse materials inventory

Box 114, folder 8

Portraits of scientific men inventory

Box 114, folder 9

Radium material inventory

Box 114, folder 10

Selenium material inventory

Box 114, folder 11

Allesandro Volta materials inventory

Box 114, folder 12

Hammer collection of historic wires & laboratory equipment

Box 114, folder 13

Misc. articles & recipes

Box 115, folder 1

William J. Hammer Collection Inventories (compiled)

Box 115, folder 2

Vintage postcards

Box 115, folder 3

Misc. documents & notes

Box 115, folder 4-6

William J. Hammer Scientific Collection photographs c. 1940s

Box 115, folder 7

Photo reproductions from Hammer's career

Box 116, folder 1

Misc. photos of Hammer collection

Box 116, folder 2

William J. Hammer Collection Illustrated Inventory prepared for IBM by Mabel Hammer Assheton c. 1940s

Box 116, folder 3

H.H. Sheldon "The Story of Radium Told by the Hammer Collection" report for IBM c. 1943-1944

Box 116, folder 4

H.H. Sheldon "The William J. Hammer Collection Concerning Selenium Cells & Their Use" report for IBM c. 1943-1944

Box 116, folder 5

H.H. Sheldon "The Photographic Collection of the Hammer Collection" report for IBM c. 1943-1944

Box 116, folder 6

Correspondence re: use & sale of Hammer collection

Box 116, folder 7

Sale of Hammer Collection to IBM 1940s

Box 116, folder 8-10

WJH biography drafts by Mabel Hammer 1944

Box 117, folder 1-2

WJH biography drafts by Mabel Hammer 1944

Box 117, folder 3

WJH biography by Mabel Hammer - revised c. 1980s

Box 117, folder 4

Miscellaneous

Conot's Research & Writing on Hammer

Box 117, folder 5

Mabel Hammer Assheton (MHA) biographical info

Box 117, folder 6

Correspondence between Conot & MHA 1980s

Box 118, folder 1

Agreement between Conot & MHA 1982

Box 118, folder 2-4

MHA's notes & narratives about WJH

Box 118, folder 5

Conot's notes on WJH

Box 118, folder 6

Conot's notes on MHA

Box 118, folder 7

Notes on Hammer archive boxes & tapes

Box 118, folder 8

Notes on Hammer dates & timeline

Box 118, folder 9

Conot's research notes

Box 118, folder 10

Character / people notes

Box 118, folder 11

Conot's working file when writing stopped (Hammer in Paris)

Box 118, folder 12

Manuscript notes

Box 118, folder 13-14

Manuscript pages

Box 118, folder 15

Manuscript (final version when stopped)

Conot's Audio Notes

Box 178, Item 6

Flight

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Box 178, Item 7

Hammer / Teamsters

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Box 178, Item 8

Hammer File 1/2

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Box 178, Item 9

Hammer

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Box 178, Item 10

Hammer

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Series 8. Justice at Nuremberg book 1983

Scope and Contents

Series 8 contains materials from Conot's book, Justice at Nuremberg, covering the Nuremberg War Crime Trials held in the aftermath of World War II. Much of the series is made up of photocopies of primary and secondary sources with Conot's annotations and notes. Materials include drafts of the book; notes from the International Military Tribunal (IMT) proceedings; notes on archival collections related to the Nuremberg Trials; Conot's notes on interrogations and interviews used in the trials; topical research files with annotated photocopies and notes; recordings of Conot reading aloud from his drafts; and Conot's timelines of World War II and the trials.

Arrangement

The series is arranged into six sub-series. The first contains manuscript drafts and other publication files; the second is made up of annotated copies of the IMT proceedings; the third includes notes from archival collections and other primary sources; the fourth includes Conot's notes on the interrogations of the defendants and other trial participants; the fifth and sixth cover Conot's additional research and notes.

Manuscript & Publication Files

Box 119, folder 1-5

Early draft (mix of handwritten & typed) c. 1979

Box 120, folder 1

Early draft (mix of handwritten & typed) (continued) c. 1979

Box 120, folder 2-3

Early typescript with edits

Box 120, folder 4

Rearrangement draft

Box 121, folder 1-3

Rearrangement draft (continued)

Box 121, folder 4-5

Rough revised draft

Box 122, folder 1

Rough revised draft (continued)

Box 123, folder 1-5

Typescript (Ch. 1-44)

Box 124, folder 1-2

Typescript (Ch. 45-end)

Box 124, folder 3-6

Typescript with edits (intro & diagrams, Ch. 1-32)

Box 125, folder 1-4

Typescript with edits (Ch. 33-end, notes)

Box 125, folder 5

Proof pages (Intro, Part II. Interrogation & Indictment)

Box 125, folder 6

Proof pages (Part III. Prosecution)

Box 126, folder 1

Proof pages (Part IV. Defense)

Box 126, folder 2

Proof pages (Part V. Judgement)

Box 126, folder 3-4

Typescript with copy edits (Parts V & VI)

Box 126, folder 5

Proof pages with edits (end-notes)

Box 126, folder 6

Misc. pages with copy edits

Box 122, folder 2

Plan 2 - revisions (assorted pages)

Box 122, folder 3

'Nuremberg : Trial of Blood & Fire' typescript (first 100 pages with edits)

Box 122, folder 4

Photocopy of typescript with edits (incomplete)

Box 122, folder 5

Notes / outline for parts ii-iv

Box 122, folder 6

'The Judgement of the Final Court' project proposal

Box 122, folder 7

Writing & notes about Pro-German officers in Eastern Europe (not used in final book)

Box 122, folder 8

Bibliography notes

Box 122, folder 9

Citation notes - draft

Box 126, folder 7

Index

Box 126, folder 8

Photos & image requests

Box 122, folder 10

Reviews

Box 126, folder 9

Publicity & press

Box 127, folder 1

Conot speeches on Nuremberg Trials

Box 127, folder 2

'Facing History & Ourselves' conference (Boston) 1984

Box 127, folder 3

'Nuremberg Revisited' conference (Chicago) 1985

Box 127, folder 4

'Judgement on Nuremberg' symposium (Vancouver, Canada) 1996

Box 127, folder 5

Nuremberg Reunion (Washington, DC) 1996

Box 127, folder 6

Television rights/production

Box 127, folder 7

Syllabi & other works citing Conot's Justice at Nuremberg

[Audio Recordings] Drafts read aloud

Box 176, Item 20

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nuremberg #2 c. 1980s

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Box 176, Item 21

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nuremberg #3 c. 1980s

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Box 176, Item 29

[Justice at Nuremberg] NEXT I

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Box 176, Item 30

[Justice at Nuremberg] NEXT II

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Box 176, Item 31

[Justice at Nuremberg] NEXT III

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Box 177, Item 9

[Justice at Nuremberg] Manuscript Reading for Typist

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Box 177, Item 10

[Justice at Nuremberg] Manuscript Reading for Typist

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Box 177, Item 11

[Justice at Nuremberg] Manuscript Reading for Typist

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Box 178, Item 11

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nuremberg 1/2

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Box 178, Item 12

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nuremberg 5/6

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Box 178, Item 13

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nuremberg 7/8

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Box 178, Item 14

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nuremberg 9/10

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Box 178, Item 15

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nuremberg 11/12

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Box 178, Item 16

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nuremberg 13/14

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[Justice at Nuremberg] Nuremberg 15/16

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Box 178, Item 18

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nuremberg 17/18

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Box 178, Item 19

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nuremberg 19/20

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[Justice at Nuremberg] Nuremberg 21/22

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Box 178, Item 21

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nuremberg 23/24

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Box 178, Item 22

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nurnberg 25/26

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Box 178, Item 23

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nurnberg 27/28

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Box 178, Item 24

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nurnberg 29/30

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Box 178, Item 25

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nurnberg 31/32

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Box 178, Item 26

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nurnberg 35/36

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Box 178, Item 27

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nurnberg 41/42

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Box 178, Item 28

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nurnberg 43/44

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Box 178, Item 29

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nurnberg 45/46

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Box 178, Item 30

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nurnberg 47

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Box 178, Item 31

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nurnberg Defense 3/4

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Box 178, Item 32

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nurnberg Defense 5/6

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Box 178, Item 33

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nurnberg Defense 7/8

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Box 178, Item 34

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nurnberg Defense 9/10

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Box 178, Item 35

[Justice at Nuremberg] Nurnberg Defense 11/12

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[Justice at Nuremberg] Nurnberg Defense 13/14

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[Justice at Nuremberg] Nurnberg Defense 15/16

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Box 178, Item 38

[Justice at Nuremberg] Final Defense 238-281

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[Justice at Nuremberg] Nuremberg 3/4

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International Military Tribunal (IMT) Proceedings with Conot's Annotations

Box 127, folder 8

Index

Box 127, folder 9-11

Volumes 1-3 (Trial set-up - Day 20)

Box 128, folder 1-7

Volumes 4-10 (Days 21-101)

Box 129, folder 1-6

Volumes 11-16 (Days 102-162)

Box 130, folder 1-6

Volumes 17-22 (Days 163-218)

Primary Sources & Archival Collections

Box 130, folder 7

Magazine Articles

Box 131, folder 1

Book lists, notes & references

Box 131, folder 2

Misc. Sources

Box 131, folder 3

Notes on contacts & research leads

Box 131, folder 4

Notes from interviews given about Nuremberg Trials

Box 131, folder 5

Bibliographies

Box 131, folder 6

Holocaust remembrance organizations

Box 131, folder 7

Research request notes (incl. NARA paging requests, citations)

Box 131, folder 8

National Archives (NARA)

Box 131, folder 9

NARA - Suitland

Box 131, folder 10

Photos & movies (NARA)

Box 131, folder 11

Lindenstrasse files (papers of Robert H. Jackson) at NARA

Box 131, folder 12

Robert H. Jackson Main Office Files (NARA)

Box 132, folder 1

Internal Security Detachment (NARA RG 6850) notes

Box 132, folder 2

NARA RG 238 notes

Box 132, folder 3

Washington Branch Office notes

Box 132, folder 4

Notes on diplomatic files

Box 132, folder 5

William R. Philips collection (C.I.C.)

Box 132, folder 6

James B. Donovan papers (Hoover Inst., Stanford)

Box 132, folder 7

Murray C. Bernays collection (University of Wyoming)

Box 132, folder 8

Francis Biddle Collection of International Military Tribunal Nuremberg Trial Documents (Syracuse)

Box 132, folder 9

Lawrence D. Egbert papers (Georgetown)

Box 132, folder 10

Zentrale Stelle der Landesjustizverwaltungen zur Aufklärung nationalsozialistischer Verbrechen (Ludwigsburg, Germany)

General

Central Office of the State Justice Administrations for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes

Box 132, folder 11

Index of 'Main Office' files

Box 132, folder 12

Notes from misc. archives visits

Box 135, folder 10-12

Evidence documents

Box 135, folder 13

Conot's notes on Conspiracy & Aggression

Box 135, folder 14-17

Conspiracy & Aggression photocopies with annotations

Conot's Notes on Nuremberg Interrogations & Interviews

Box 132, folder 13

Interrogations - general

Box 132, folder 14

Interrogations - KZ medical experiments

Box 133, folder 1

Interrogations - SS & Gestapo

Box 133, folder 2

Interrogations - Wehrmacht

Box 133, folder 3

References & citations

Box 133, folder 4

Martin Bormann (defendant)

Box 133, folder 5

Karl Dönitz (defendant)

Box 133, folder 6

Hans Michael Frank (defendant)

Box 133, folder 7

Wilhelm Frick (defendant)

Box 133, folder 8

Hans Fritzsche (defendant)

Box 133, folder 9

Walther Funk (defendant)

Box 133, folder 10

Hermann Göring (defendant)

Box 133, folder 11

Rudolf Hess (defendant)

Box 134, folder 1

Alfred Jodl (defendant)

Box 134, folder 2

Ernst Kaltenbrunner (defendant)

Box 134, folder 3

Wilhelm Keitel (defendant)

Box 134, folder 4

Robert Ley (defendant)

Box 134, folder 5

Konstantin von Neurath (defendant)

Box 134, folder 6

Franz von Papen (defendant)

Box 134, folder 7

Erich Raeder (defendant)

Box 134, folder 8

Joachim von Ribbentrop (defendant)

Box 134, folder 9

Alfred Rosenberg (defendant)

Box 134, folder 10

Fritz Sauckel (defendant)

Box 134, folder 11

Hjalmar Schacht (defendant)

Box 134, folder 12

Baldur von Schirach (defendant)

Box 134, folder 13

Arthur Seyss-Inquart (defendant)

Box 134, folder 14

Albert Speer (defendant)

Box 134, folder 15

Julius Streicher (defendant)

Box 135, folder 1

Burton C. Andrus (jailer)

Box 135, folder 2

Francis Biddle (American judge)

Box 135, folder 3

Norman Birkett & David Maxwell Fyfe (British prosecutors)

Box 135, folder 4

Smith W. Brookhart Jr. (American assistant trial counsel)

Box 135, folder 5

Robert H. Jackson (American chief prosecutor)

Box 135, folder 6

John Parker (American judge)

Box 135, folder 7

Robert G. Storey (American lawyer)

Box 135, folder 8

Telford Taylor (American lawyer)

Box 135, folder 9

Father Edmund A. Walsh (American priest, assistant to Jackson, investigator)

Topical Research Files

Box 135, folder 18

Anschluss

Box 135, folder 19

Berlin

Box 136, folder 1-2

Auschwitz

Box 136, folder 3

Commando Order

Box 136, folder 4

Commission Order

Box 136, folder 5

Czechoslovakia

Box 136, folder 6

Eastern Europe

Box 136, folder 7

Economy

Box 136, folder 8

Einsätze (missions)

Box 136, folder 9

Euthanasia

Box 136, folder 10

Flyers/Terrors

Box 136, folder 11

Forced Labor

Box 136, folder 12

Foreign Policy : Italy & Japan

Box 136, folder 13

Geneva Convention

Box 136, folder 14

Gestapo & Police

Box 136, folder 15

Hitler, Adolf

Box 136, folder 16-17

Jews

Box 136, folder 18

Katyn Massacre

Box 137, folder 1

Kugel-Erlass (Nazi secret decree) March 1944

Box 137, folder 2-3

KZ's (concentration camps)

Box 137, folder 4

London Conference & Jackson Report to Truman 1945

Box 137, folder 5

Nacht und Nebel (Night & Fog decree) December 1941

Box 137, folder 6

Nazi Administration & Takeover

Box 137, folder 7

Norway

Box 137, folder 8

Nuremberg, Germany

Box 137, folder 9

Operation Barbarossa

Box 137, folder 10

Partisans

Box 137, folder 11-12

Poland

Box 137, folder 13

Prisoners of War

Box 137, folder 14

Sagan Case

Box 137, folder 15

War

Box 137, folder 16

Wehrmacht

Box 137, folder 17

Western Front

Box 137, folder 18

Assorted Notes from Books

Box 137, folder 19

Book notes - Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RHSA : Reich Security Main Office)

Box 137, folder 20

Book notes - Reichstag Fire 1933

Box 137, folder 21

Book notes - Russia

Box 137, folder 22

Book notes - Jews

Box 138, folder 1

Book notes - Adolf Eichmann

Box 138, folder 2

Book notes - Adolf Hitler

Box 138, folder 3

Book notes - Heinrich Himmler & Schutzstaffel (SS)

Box 138, folder 4

Book notes - The Face of the Third Reich by Joachim C. Fest (Pantheon Books) 1970

Box 138, folder 5

Book notes - Nuremberg Diary by G.M. Gilbert (Farrar, Straus & Co.) 1947

Box 138, folder 6

Book notes - The German Resistance by Gerhard Ritter (Fred A. Praeger) 1958

Box 138, folder 7

Book notes - Reaching Judgement by Bradley Smith

Box 140, folder 1

Warsaw Ghetto - bibliography

Box 140, folder 2

Warsaw Ghetto - Nuremberg Trials

Box 140, folder 3

Stroop Report on Warsaw Ghetto Uprising for Himmler

Box 140, folder 4-10

Accounts of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (annotated photocopies)

Box 141, folder 1-3

Accounts of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (annotated photocopies)

Box 139, folder 10

Book notes - The Bravest Battle: The 28 Days of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising by Dan Kurzman

Conot's Notes on Nuremberg Trials

Box 138, folder 8

Concentration camps

Box 138, folder 9

Trial abstract

Box 138, folder 10

Supplementary cases

Box 138, folder 11

Prosecution

Box 138, folder 12

Defense attornies

Box 139, folder 1

Timeline - defendant interrogations

Box 139, folder 2

Defendants references / key dates

Box 139, folder 3

Interrogators references / key dates

Box 139, folder 4

Prosecutors references / key dates

Box 139, folder 5

Nuremberg notes

Box 139, folder 6

Nuremberg Trials notes

Box 139, folder 7

Diagrams & maps

Box 139, folder 8

Aftermath of Nuremberg Trials

Box 139, folder 9

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Box 142, folder 1

Timelines - World War II & Lead-Up

Box 142, folder 2

Timelines - Nuremberg Trial

Box 142, folder 3

Timelines - Additional trial notes & people

Conot's Audio Notes

Box 178, Item 39

Book Notes c. 1983

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Box 178, Item 41

Ruft D 15-16

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Box 178, Item 42

Auschwitz

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Box 179, Item 36

Tokyo Trial

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Series 9. Journalism 1989-2009

Scope and Contents

Series 9 covers Conot's work in journalism during the 1980s and 1990s. After writing occasional articles and book reviews, Conot joined the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service as an editor in 1989. The bulk of the series is made up of research and notes for a six-part series on 'Legislating for America' that Conot wrote for the Los Angeles Times in the mid-1980s. The articles covered legislation and democracy from the federal level down to Conot's local representatives in Ventura County and Thousand Oaks, California. The series also includes drafts of the report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department (also known as the Christopher Commission) following the beating of Rodney King by LA police officers in 1991, which Conot covered. There is also a collection of interviews that Conot conducted with economists looking at the future of the American economy in the lead-up to the twenty-first century, as well as additional articles and book reviews written or edited by Conot.

Arrangement

The series is arranged into four sub-series. The first contains research for Conot's six-part 'Legislating for America' series for the Los Angeles Times; the second contains materials about the police beating of Rodney King; the third contains interviews with economists on the future of the American economy; and the fourth contains other articles and materials from Conot's work in journalism.

'Legislating for America' series of articles (LA Times) 1986

Box 143, folder 1

Published articles July-November 1986

Box 143, folder 2

Drafts of articles

Box 143, folder 3

Conot's notepads

Box 147, folder 1

Letters of introduction for 'Legislating for America' series

Federal Government files

Box 143, folder 4

Assorted press releases

Box 143, folder 5

National Issues Forum 1986

Box 143, folder 6

Democratic Study Group

Box 143, folder 7

Taxes (National)

Box 147, folder 2

Congressional Research Service

Box 147, folder 3

Congressional Quarterly reprints

Box 147, folder 4

National Issues Forum publications 1986

Box 147, folder 5

Policy committees (Democratic & Republican parties)

Box 143, folder 8

Ronald Reagan news clippings

Box 143, folder 9

Judy[?] Schneider (Congressional Research Office)

Box 143, folder 10

Gunther[?]

Box 143, folder 11

John Buchanan

US Senate files

Box 143, folder 12

Conot's notes on US Senate

Box 143, folder 13

Conot's notes on Senate Historical Office oral histories

Box 143, folder 14

Taxes (Senate)

Box 144, folder 1

Taxes (Senate) - news clippings

Box 144, folder 2

Tax reform proposals 1986

Box 144, folder 3

Insurance (Senate)

Box 144, folder 4

Senate Committee on Banking - money laundering

Box 144, folder 5

Kennedy Improved Access to Health Care Act 1986

Box 144, folder 6

Budget - Gramm-Rudman-Hollings

Box 147, folder 6

Committee on Rules

Box 147, folder 7

Senate Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee

Box 147, folder 8

Medicare (Senate)

Box 147, folder 9

Lobbies (Senate)

Box 147, folder 10

Capitol Security Fence

Box 148, folder 1-3

Robert C. Byrd History of the Senate and Its Function 1980-1985

Box 148, folder 4-7

Photocopies of Senate Historical Office oral histories

Box 149, folder 1-2

Photocopies of Senate Historical Office oral histories

Box 144, folder 7

Misc. news clippings

Box 144, folder 8

Bob Packwood (OR - Senator)

Box 144, folder 9-10

Pete Wilson (CA - Senator)

Box 144, folder 11-12

Alan Cranston (CA - Senator)

US House of Representatives files

Box 145, folder 1

House of Representatives notes

Box 145, folder 2

Committee on Ways & Means

Box 145, folder 3-4

Campaign finance & contributions

Box 149, folder 3

Defense (House of Representatives)

Box 149, folder 4

Trade (House of Representatives)

Box 145, folder 5

Anthony C. Beilenson (CA - Representative)

Box 145, folder 6

Dick Gephardt (MO - Representative)

Box 145, folder 7

Augustus F. Hawkins (CA - Representative)

Box 145, folder 8

Jack Kemp (CA - Representative)

Box 145, folder 9

Thomas M. Rees (CA - Representative)

Box 145, folder 10

Edward R. Roybal (CA - Representative)

California Legislature files

Box 145, folder 11

Conot's notes on California Legislature

Box 145, folder 12

California districts

Box 145, folder 13

California budget notes

Box 145, folder 14

Judiciary notes

Box 145, folder 15

Budget conference notes

Box 145, folder 16

Lobbyists

California Senate files

Box 145, folder 17

Conot's notes on CA State Senate

Box 145, folder 18

Edward M. Davis (CA State Senator)

Box 145, folder 19

Bob Forsyth (press secretary for CA State Senator David Roberti)

Box 145, folder 20

Dan McCorquodale (CA State Senator)

Box 146, folder 1

David Roberti (CA State Senator)

Box 146, folder 2

Marian C. Bergeson (CA State Senator)

California State Assembly files

Box 146, folder 3

Conot's notes on CA State Assembly

Box 146, folder 4

CA Assembly budget

Box 146, folder 5

Computerization

Box 146, folder 6-7

Willie Brown (CA State Assembly Speaker)

Box 146, folder 8

Bill Jones [?]

Box 146, folder 9

Sam Farr (CA State Assembly Rep.)

Box 146, folder 10

Tom McClintock (CA State Assembly Rep.)

Box 146, folder 11

Joseph B. Montoya (CA State Assemble Rep.)

Box 146, folder 12

Cathie Wright (CA State Assembly Rep.)

County & City legislative files

Box 146, folder 13

Ventura County

Box 146, folder 14

Ventura County Board of Supervisors

Box 146, folder 15

Ventura County finance

Box 146, folder 16

Thousand Oaks, California

Box 146, folder 17

Thousand Oaks Cultural Center

Box 146, folder 18

Blake Boyle (Ventura County)

Box 146, folder 19

James Dougherty (Ventura County Board of Supervisor)

Box 146, folder 20

Ed Jones (Ventura County Board of Supervisors)

Box 146, folder 21

Martin Sosna (Thousand Oaks News Chronicle Editor)

Box 146, folder 22

Madge Schaefer (Thousand Oaks City Council)

Box 146, folder 23

Charles Cohen (Thousand Oaks attorney)

Box 146, folder 24

Alex Fiore (Thousand Oaks City Council)

Box 146, folder 25

Dan Wall & Larry Naacke (Ventura County officials)

Box 146, folder 26

Frank Schillo (Thousand Oaks City Council)

Box 146, folder 27

Clayton [?]

Rodney King Beating Investigations 1991-1992

Box 149, folder 5

LA Police Commission Initial Report on Rodney King Beating July 1991

Box 149, folder 6

Testimony of Police Chief Jesse Brewer

Box 149, folder 7

Transcript - Independent Commission interview with LAPD Assistant Chief Robert L. Vernon

Box 149, folder 8

Transcript - Independent Commission interview with LAPD Assistant Chief David D. Dotson

Box 149, folder 9

Transcript - Christopher Commission Executive Session June 1991

Box 149, folder 10

Report of the Independent Commission on the LAPD (final report) July 1991

Box 149, folder 11-13

Independent Commission report drafts (Foreword - Ch. 2)

Box 150, folder 1-9

Independent Commission report drafts (Ch. 3-11)

Box 150, folder 10

Independent Commission report drafts (appendices & attachments)

Box 150, folder 11

Independent Commission Report - assorted pages with edits

Box 150, folder 12

Summary of Independent Commission Report

Box 150, folder 13

Summary of Independent Commission Report with edits & mark-ups

Box 150, folder 14

Memos & Misc. Documents

Interviews on the Future of the American Economy (LA Times) 1987

Box 179, Item 9

[Journalism] Charles Schultze / Andrew Brimmer

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Box 179, Item 10

[Journalism] Andrew Brimmer

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Box 179, Item 11

[Journalism] Randall Hinshaw 1/2

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Box 179, Item 12

[Journalism] Randall Hinshaw 3/4

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Box 179, Item 13

[Journalism] Milton Friedman / Walter W. Heller 1

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Box 179, Item 14

[Journalism] Walter W. Heller 2/3

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Box 179, Item 15

[Journalism] Rudi Dornbusch 1/2

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Box 179, Item 16

[Journalism] Rudi Dornbusch 3

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Box 179, Item 18

[Journalism] George P. Brockway

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Box 179, Item 19

[Journalism] Steve Quick

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Box 179, Item 20

[Journalism] Alice Rivlin 1 / William Niskanen 1

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Box 179, Item 21

[Journalism] William Niskanen 2 / Niskanen 3 & Judith Davison 1

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Box 179, Item 22

[Journalism] Judith Davison 2 / Herbert Stein

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Box 179, Item 23

[Journalism] Donald Ratajczak

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Box 179, Item 24

[Journalism] Kurcher[?] Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Box 179, Item 25

[Journalism] Rudolph Penner

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Box 179, Item 26

[Journalism] Kellner[?]

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Box 179, Item 27

[Journalism] William Nordhaus

sul:M2047_b179_27

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Box 179, Item 28

[Journalism] Gary Schilling

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Box 179, Item 29

[Journalism] Uwe Reinhardt

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Box 179, Item 30

[Journalism] Robert Lekachman

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Box 179, Item 31

[Journalism] Allen Sinai

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Box 179, Item 32

[Journalism] James Tobin

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Box 179, Item 37

[Journalism] Robert Eisner

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Articles & Editing Work

Scope and Contents

Most articles were written or edited for publication in the Los Angeles Times. They are grouped by topic, as Conot often wrote more than one article on a topic.

Box 151, folder 1

Articles by Conot - Silicon Valley

Box 151, folder 2

Articles by Conot - Watts Anniversary

Box 151, folder 3

Articles by Conot - Urbanization

Box 151, folder 4

Articles by Conot - Teenage Pregnancy

Box 151, folder 5

Articles by Conot - Reformation

Box 151, folder 6

Articles by Conot - Economy

Box 151, folder 7

Articles by Conot - World War II, Nuremberg Trials

Box 151, folder 8

Articles by Conot - Politics

Box 151, folder 9

Article by Conot - Taxes on Authors

Box 151, folder 10-12

Article by Conot - Gangs (incl. research notes & interviews)

Box 151, folder 13

Article by Conot - Kerner Commission Anniversary

Box 151, folder 14

Article by Conot - Presidential Election 2000

Box 151, folder 15

Article by Conot - To Kill A Mockingbird 2010

Box 151, folder 16

Journalism Contacts & Directories

Box 152, folder 1

LA Times Editors' Proofs 1986-1994

Box 152, folder 2

LA Times 'Times on Tape' project proposal c. 1989

Box 152, folder 3

LA Times correspondence

Box 152, folder 4

LA Times - misc.

Box 152, folder 5

Book reviews

Box 152, folder 6

Book reviews - drafts & notes

Box 152, folder 7

Book review - The Algiers Motel Incident by John Hersey, reviewed by Conot for NY Times

Audio Recordings

Box 179, Item 33

[Journalism] Robert Bork speech late 1980s

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Box 179, Item 34

[Journalism] Robert Bork speech continued late 1980s

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Box 179, Item 35

[Journalism] Sup. Floyd on water c. 1980s

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Box 179, Item 38

[Journalism] Senate California Budget Vote, June 12 c. 1980s

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Box 179, Item 39

[Journalism] Walter Dowdle, CDC September 1987

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Series 10. Other Writing

Scope and Contents

Series 10 covers Conot's writing outside of his published books and journalism career. Most of the writing in the series is unpublished. The series includes research and early drafts for projects on John Hinckley Jr.; typescripts for a book on patents in collaboration with Dick Gausewitz; screenplays for episodes of the 1958 TV western Yancy Derringer; drafts for a couple of fictional novels; and a number of short stories, screenplays, poetry, and plays.

Arrangement

The series is divided into 12 sub-series. The first four sub-series cover four projects that Conot started researching and writing, but did not see to completion. The other eight sub-series each cover a different type of writing, such as screenplays, plays, novels, short stories, and project proposals.

John Hinckley Jr. research

Box 153, folder 1

'The Hinckley Fantasy' handwritten draft

Box 153, folder 2-3

'The Hinckley Fantasy' typescript

Box 153, folder 4-5

Conot's notes on Hinckley hearings & trial

Box 153, folder 6

News coverage

Box 153, folder 7-8

Newspaper clippings

Box 153, folder 9

Trial witnesses

Box 154, folder 1

Poems & letters written by Hinckley (exhibits in trial)

Box 154, folder 2

Trial transcripts (vol. 77, 80, 81)

Box 154, folder 3

Senate Committee on the Judiciary / Report on Psych. Eval.

Box 154, folder 4

Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Hearings on the insanity defense 1982

[Audio recording] Trial Transcripts Read Aloud

Box 178, Item 43

[Hinckley] Trial Transcripts, Vols. 12-16 c. 1982

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Box 178, Item 44

[Hinckley] Trial Transcripts, Vols. 27, 44-56 c. 1982

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Box 178, Item 45

[Hinckley] Trial Transcripts, Vols. 37-38, 57-65 c. 1982

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Box 178, Item 46

[Hinckley] Trial Transcripts, Vols. 66-72 c. 1982

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Box 178, Item 47

[Hinckley] Trial Transcripts, Vol. 72 continued c. 1982

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'Ike' book project on Dwight D. Eisenhower

Box 154, folder 5

Typescript (early version)

Box 154, folder 6

Typescript

Box 154, folder 7

Typescript with edits & insertions

Box 154, folder 8

Typescript with minor edits

Box 154, folder 9

Conot's notes & timelines

Box 155, folder 1

Research notes & primary sources

Box 155, folder 2

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

[Audio Recording] Research notes read aloud

Box 178, Item 48

[Eisenhower] Ike Diaries, Dear Mamie / Teamsters, Letters to Marshall c. 1980s

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Box 178, Item 49

[Eisenhower] Harry C. Butcher 2/3

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Box 178, Item 50

[Eisenhower] Harry C. Butcher 4/5

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Box 179, Item 1

[Eisenhower] Harry C. Butcher 6/7

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Box 179, Item 2

[Eisenhower] Irving / Ambrose

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Patents book project (with Dick Gausewitz)

Box 155, folder 4

Correspondence with Richard L. Gausewitz re: patent project 1980-1982

Box 155, folder 5

Research on patents & patent offices

Box 155, folder 6

Conot's research notes

Box 155, folder 7

Source notes & citations

Box 156, folder 1-14

Typescript with Edits (Ch. 1-10)

Box 155, folder 3

Typescript draft (Ch. 10. Escape from Confusion)

Box 157, folder 1-2

Typescript with Edits (Ch. 11-12)

Box 157, folder 3

AGPRO

Christopher Columbus book project

Box 155, folder 8

Manuscript draft notepads

Box 157, folder 4

'The Columbus Project' outline (short version)

Box 157, folder 5

'The Columbus Project' outline (full version)

Box 157, folder 6

'The Columbus Project' outline (full version with paste-ins)

Box 157, folder 7

Credential letters & other project correspondence

Box 157, folder 8

Introduction, Graphics & Maps

Box 157, folder 9

Signature puzzle

Box 158, folder 1

Research notes & notepads

Box 158, folder 2

Research sources - articles & clippings

Novels & Novellas

Box 157, folder 10

'The Red Tide' typescript with edits

Box 157, folder 11

'The Red Tide' assorted typescript pages

Box 157, folder 12

'The Red Tide' outline & excerpts

Box 157, folder 13

'The Red Tide' notes & research

Box 158, folder 3

'Body & Soul' (Ch. 1 & Outline)

Box 158, folder 4

'Misala Declaration' typescript/handwritten manuscript with extensive edits

Box 158, folder 5

'Misala Declaration' typescript with notes & copy edits

Box 158, folder 6

'Misala Declaration' research & research notes

Box 159, folder 1

'Misala Declaration' typescript (early version of 'The Violent Land')

'Misala Declaration' drafts read aloud by Conot

Box 176, Item 22

Misala Declaration Part I, Reel I

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Box 176, Item 23

Misala Declaration Part I, Reel II

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Box 176, Item 24

Misala Declaration Part I, Reel III

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Box 176, Item 25

Misala Declaration Part I, Reel IV

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Box 176, Item 26

Misala Declaration Part II, Reel I

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Box 176, Item 27

Misala Declaration Part II, Reel II

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Box 159, folder 2

'The Violent Land' typescript with copy edits

Box 159, folder 3

'The Violent Land' typescript final draft

Box 159, folder 10

'The Hero and the Heel' notebook

Box 160, folder 1

'The Book of Life' (with Robert J. Morin, MD) - first chapter

Box 160, folder 2

'The Book of Life' (with Robert J. Morin, MD) - manuscript

Box 160, folder 3-4

Untitled manuscript [maybe 'The Wretched']

Box 160, folder 5-6

'The Outcast' [pgs. 1-347] c. 1953

Box 161, folder 1-2

'The Outcast' [pgs. 348-674] c. 1953

Box 161, folder 3

'The Outcast' (Part I) manuscript with edits c. 1953

World War II Fiction

Box 158, folder 7

'Hess Gambit' (research & notes)

Box 159, folder 4-5

'Hess Gambit' (Ch. 1 & Outline)

Box 159, folder 6

'Hitler & Göring' pitch

Box 159, folder 7-8

Untitled short stories set in Vienna

Box 159, folder 9

Misc. notes & drafts

Short Stories

Box 161, folder 4

'The Institute of Creative Research'

Box 161, folder 5

'Scandal in Eden'

Box 161, folder 6

'Calling America'

Box 161, folder 7

'G.I. Bride'

Box 161, folder 8

'Chick'

Box 161, folder 9

'The Man Who Was Afraid to Die'

Box 161, folder 10

'The Devil of Bronwich Tower'

Box 161, folder 11

'The Old West Wall'

Box 161, folder 12

'The Name of God'

Box 161, folder 13

'Out of Mist and Fog'

Box 161, folder 14

'The Saint of San Juan de Bautista'

Box 161, folder 15

'Come, Papa'

Box 161, folder 16

'The Celebrated Duel'

Box 162, folder 1

'Seven Men, A Woman, and Anna Karenina'

Box 162, folder 2

'The Devil and Pastor Belar'

Box 162, folder 3

'The Fine Measures of Lachesis'

Box 162, folder 4

'Trade Street'

Box 162, folder 5

'The Case of MM' outline and notes

Box 162, folder 6

Assorted stories

Plays & Scenes

Box 162, folder 7

'Johnny' for Weaver Network

Box 162, folder 8

'Joe'

Box 162, folder 9

'World Without End'

Box 162, folder 10

'The Alchemist'

Box 162, folder 11-12

'Beatrice'

Box 162, folder 13

'The Revolt Against Desedelius'

Box 162, folder 14

'Chipmunk'

Box 162, folder 15

'A Rose Grows in the Desert'

Screenplays (Movies & TV)

Box 163, folder 1-2

'Cold War, Hot Peace...' notepads with drafts

Box 163, folder 3-4

'Cold War, Hot Peace, or Sex and the Yuppy Couple' typescript

Box 163, folder 5

'Cold War, Hot Peace...' revisions

Box 164, folder 1

'Success, Sex and the Yuppy Couple' typescript 1991

General

Under the name 'Robin Conot'

Box 164, folder 2

'Success, Sex and the Yuppy Couple' revisions 1991

Box 179, Item 6

[Audio recording] Sex & Yuppies fragments c. 1990s

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Box 164, folder 3-4

'The Dumbwaiter of the Saxes (Third version of 'Cold War, Hot Peace' mid-1990s

Box 164, folder 5

'Cold War, Hot Peace' correspondence & notes

Box 164, folder 6

Movie script notepads

Box 164, folder 7

'The Escape' teleplay 1953

Box 165, folder 1

'Laughing Louie'

Box 165, folder 2

[untitled with Sandra & Ted]

Box 165, folder 3

'The Siege at Silver Springs'

Box 165, folder 4

'The Mills of the Gods' 1959

Box 165, folder 5

'The Witness'

Box 165, folder 6

'The Celebrated Duel' (adapted from short story)

Box 165, folder 7

'The Adventures of Samuel Pickwick'

Box 165, folder 8

'The Captain and The Judge'

Box 165, folder 9

'The Foolish Tears'

Box 165, folder 10

'The Fall of General Desedelius'

Box 165, folder 11

'The Great Western Bank Robbery'

Box 165, folder 12-13

'An Analysis of Murder'

Box 165, folder 14

'Panic at Pleasant Creek'

Box 166, folder 1

[untitled screenplay - possibly version of 'Panic at Pleasant Creek']

Box 166, folder 2

'Black Saddle' outlines & other episode scripts

Box 166, folder 3

'The Miserable McCord'

Box 166, folder 4

'Sir John'

Box 166, folder 5-9

Yancy Derringer production notes, episode scripts 1950s

Box 166, folder 10

Teleplay pitches 1958

Box 166, folder 11-12

Screenwriting Portfolio of Bob Spielman

Television Projects

Box 167, folder 1

'The Anagraph and its Application'

Box 167, folder 2-3

'The Million $ Jackpot' 1956

Box 167, folder 4

'Mind Over Mystery' quiz show 1956

Box 167, folder 5

'Andy and Sandy' animated vignettes

Box 167, folder 6

'The Search'

Box 167, folder 7

Assorted TV outlines & pitches

Project Proposals

Box 164, folder 8

'The Galilean Passion' outline

Box 164, folder 9

'The First Citizens' outline

Box 164, folder 10

'The Way Things Don't Work'

Box 164, folder 11

'Gene and Super Gene'

Box 164, folder 12

'Will Rogers & The American Comedy'

Box 164, folder 13

Assorted short pitches & notes

Box 167, folder 8

'Great Biographies'

Box 167, folder 9

'Easy Come, Easy Go : The American Economic Mess'

Box 167, folder 10

'Halley's Comet'

Box 167, folder 11

'Byline : Maggie Higgins'

Box 167, folder 12

'The Election Almanac'

Box 167, folder 13

'The Hundred Year Life'

Box 167, folder 14

'Who Is The Real Ted Kennedy?'

Box 167, folder 15

'The Distant Drums of Mary Akeley'

Box 167, folder 16

'The Witch Rebellion'

Box 167, folder 17

'The Money Mess'

Box 167, folder 18

'The Mayor Is Not The Master' outline

Box 167, folder 19

'The Chief' outline

Box 167, folder 20

'The President's Commission' outline

Box 167, folder 21

[untitled]

Miscellaneous Other Types of Writing

Box 167, folder 22-23

Limer-Pics by Conot & Fox

Box 168, folder 1

Poetry - 'Ten Poems'

Box 168, folder 2-3

Poetry - 'Flights of Youth'

General

Under the name 'Robert Rein'

Box 168, folder 4

Poetry - teenage years c. 1940s

Box 168, folder 5

Poetry - assorted poems

Box 169, folder 1

Poetry - fragments

Box 168, folder 6

Stanford - Journalism papers c. 1950

Box 168, folder 7

Stanford - Communism Movement & World Politics (Hoover Institute course) 1951

Box 168, folder 8

Writing on Elections 1964

Box 168, folder 9

Miscellaneous early writing 1950s

Box 168, folder 10

Miscellaneous fragments 1950s

Box 169, folder 2

Prose fragments

Box 169, folder 3

Misc. notes & writing fragments

Series 11. Biographical Materials

Scope and Contents

Series 11 covers Conot's personal papers and correspondence. The series includes resumes, interviews, autobiographical narratives, and materials from Conot's position as a lecturer at University of Southern California. The bulk of the series is made up of correspondence, which includes correspondence with Conot's literary agent and publishers; readers of his books; extended family in New Orleans; and an assortment of friends. Parts of the correspondence also cover Conot's time at Billboard and his screenwriting efforts in Hollywood during the 1950s.

Arrangement

The series is divided into four sub-series. The first covers Conot's personal papers; the second, his teaching at USC; the third contains professional correspondence, largely about publishing and his books; and the fourth contains personal correspondence with family and friends.

Personal Papers

Box 170, folder 1

Biographical Information

Box 170, folder 2-4

Resumes (multiple versions)

Box 170, folder 5

Obituary (pre-written by Conot)

Box 170, folder 6

Autobiographical Sketch : 'Authors and Predestination'

Box 170, folder 7

Interview with Robert Conot in Publisher's Weekly March 1979

Box 170, folder 8

Interview with Florence 'Flick' Conot November 1979

Box 170, folder 9

Lecture topics / outlines

Box 170, folder 10

Military School (Jefferson Military College, Fort Sill)

Box 170, folder 11

Awards & Honors

Box 169, folder 4

Guggenheim Fellowship Application 1975

Box 170, folder 12

Electrocar System Proposal c. 1974

Box 170, folder 13

UCLA Library - catalog records for Conot's books

Box 170, folder 14

Christmas cards 1950s

Box 170, folder 15

'The Fifi Follies' letters late 1950s

Box 170, folder 16

Hollywood - misc. materials 1950s

Box 170, folder 17

Address books/lists

Teaching at USC

Box 170, folder 18

Syllabi, Course Proposals

Box 170, folder 19

Grades, Department Memos

Box 170, folder 20

Student Papers

Box 171, folder 1

Correspondence with Department

Box 171, folder 2

Correspondence with Students

Box 169, folder 5

Proposal for Office of Publication & Communication 1984

Box 169, folder 6

Misc. Teaching Materials

Professional Correspondence

Box 171, folder 3-5

Billboard (Memos, incoming, outgoing) 1954-1957

Box 171, folder 6

Misc. TV Industry 1954-1958

Box 171, folder 7-8

J.B. Lippincott Company 1960-1968

Box 172, folder 1-2

Sterling Lord Agency, Inc. 1967-1995

Box 172, folder 3-4

William Morrow & Company, Inc. Publishers (Hillel Black) 1967-1984

Box 172, folder 5-6

Bantam Books (Marc Jaffe, Walter Glanze) 1958-1985

Box 172, folder 7

Seaview Books (Charles Sopkin) 1977-1978

Box 172, folder 8

Harper & Row Publishers (Harvey Ginsberg, M.S. Wyeth Jr.) 1978-1985

Box 173, folder 1

Esquire Magazine (Suzanne O'Malley)

Box 173, folder 2

Publishing - assorted editors

Box 173, folder 3

Publishing - TV/Film

Box 173, folder 4-6

Project Research (Sources, Libraries & Archives, etc.) 1960-1991

Box 173, folder 7-12

Responses to Conot's Books 1964-1982

Box 174, folder 1-2

Responses to Conot's Books 1983-2003

Box 174, folder 3

NACCD/Kerner Commission (David Ginsburg, Fred Harris, Victor Palmieri, Richard Nathan) 1967-1993

Box 174, folder 4

New York Times / LA Times

Box 174, folder 5

Bridge publications

Box 174, folder 6

Academia

Box 174, folder 7

Editorials

Box 174, folder 8

Jobs

Box 174, folder 9

Political

Personal Correspondence

Box 174, folder 10

Family - Eberhard P. Deutsch

Box 174, folder 11

Family - Rhea Deutsch

Box 174, folder 12

Family - Naomi Deutsch

Box 174, folder 13

Family - Brunswick & Rosa Deutsch

Box 174, folder 14

Family - Lily & Zola Deutsch

Box 174, folder 15

Family - Edith Deutsch Lashman

Box 174, folder 16

Family - John & Traudl (Lashman) Friedmann

Box 174, folder 17

Family - Deutsch Family clippings

Box 174, folder 18

Fritz Psenicka (law firm in Vienna) re: parents' assets seized during the Holocaust 1965-1974

Box 174, folder 19

Flickinger Family (Conot's wife & her family)

Box 175, folder 1

Sam Abbott

Box 175, folder 2

Marge Hart

Box 175, folder 3

Andrew Horgan

Box 175, folder 4

Craig Jennings

Box 175, folder 5

Frances Parkinson Keyes 1960s

Box 175, folder 6

Peter A. Mayer

Box 175, folder 7

Martha Pollack

Box 175, folder 8

Paul & Grete Sieghart

Box 175, folder 9

Conot's Childhood Friends from Vienna (Oliver Byrk, Martin Friedmann, Lee Engler)

Box 175, folder 10-14

Assorted Personal Correspondence 1954-1990s

Series 12. Assorted Audiovisual & Born-Digital Media

Scope and Contents

Series 12 covers assorted audiovisual material found in the collection not associated with one of Conot's books or projects. The bulk of the media content is on audio reels and cassette tapes, with a few additional film reels, floppy discs, and one Edison Blue Amberol record. The series includes a sub-series with interviews and speeches Conot gave about his books.

Interviews & Speeches Given by Conot

Box 176, Item 28

[Ministers of Vengeance] Bob on Cavalcade of Books 1964

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 176, Item 33

[Rivers of Blood, Years of Darkness] Interview with Robert Conot on the Watts Riots c. 1960

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 176, Item 39

[American Odyssey] Bob's Baltimore Radio Interview 1974

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 176, Item 40

[Rivers of Blood, Years of Darkness] Bob Conot on Radio TV, 2nd Interview 1967

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 177, Item 1

[A Streak of Luck] Interview and Reading of "A Streak of Luck" with Robert Conot with George Putnam

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 177, Item 4

[A Streak of Luck] Radio Show Interviews / Richard Nixon Resignation Speech 1974

sul:M2047_b177_04

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 177, Item 8

[Rivers of Blood, Years of Darkness] Bob Conot on Radio TV, 1st Interview 1967

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 177, Item 9

[A Streak of Luck] Presentation for Edison Symposium, Newark, NJ 1979

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 178, Item 1

[American Odyssey] Interview on WCHB station with Wade Lee "Butterball Jr." Briggs c. 1970s

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Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)

Box 178, Item 2

[American Odyssey] Interview on WJR station with J.P. McCarthy / Interview Responses c. 1970s

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Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)

Box 178, Item 4

[American Odyssey] Detroit Public Library Interview / CKLW Station Interview c. 1970s

sul:M2047_b178_04

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Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)

Box 178, Item 5

[American Odyssey] Conot Detroit Speech c. 1970s

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Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)

Box 179, Item 48

Robert Conot speaking on William J. Hammer's work for Thomas Edison c. 1980s

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Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)

Miscellaneous Recordings

Audio Reels

Box 176, Item 35

Unidentified Fiction Reading / Party Conversation

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 176, Item 36

Carling Candid Mike Audition #2

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 176, Item 37

Morgan Baker - Brand Names Week

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 176, Item 38

Craig Harrison, KCBS San Francisco, Housewives' Protection League Testimonials June 1958

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 176, Item 50

Keebler Company Radio Commercial

sul:M2047_b176_50

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 177, Item 3

Newport Cigarettes Advertisement

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Box 177, Item 13

Keebler Company Radio Commercial

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Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)

Cassette Tapes

Box 179, Item 3

Europe Trip Tape [1 of 3] c. 1970s-1980s

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Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)

Box 179, Item 4

Europe Trip Tape [2 of 3] 1970s-1980s

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Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)

Box 179, Item 5

Europe Trip Tape [3 of 3] 1970s-1980s

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Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)

Misc. A/V Formats

Box 180, Item 1

B/W Film Transfer

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s)

Box 180, Item 2

[unlabelled videotape]

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s)

Box 180, Item 3

Edison Blue Amberol Record No. 2174 King Karl March (C.L. Unrath), New York Military Band [broken]

General

Cylinder record, likely obtained as part of the research on Thomas Alva Edison for A Streak of Luck

Box 181, Item 1

Great Train Robbery (Guffanti Film Laboratories)

Physical Description: 1 film(s)

Box 181, Item 2

[unlabelled film reel]

Physical Description: 1 film(s)

Born-Digital Media

Conditions Governing Access

Digital files are closed until processed.

Box 182, Item 1

Edison Script

Physical Description: 1 floppy disk(s) (5.25 inch)

Box 182, Item 2

Edison Script Revised

Physical Description: 1 floppy disk(s) (5.25 inch)