Cornelius Ryan Collection of World War II Papers

Box 28

Chronologies

• Folder 1
  • Allied landing schedule and times by hour and minute from published sources, with event, source, location (6x9 cards: Ts, 1216p.).

Box 29

• Folder 1
  • Main events by time, June 6, 1944 (Ts, 14p.).
• Folder 2
  • Special notes from questionnaires (Ts, 26p.; c.2 xerox, 26p.).

Box 30-31

• Personnel by unit and beach with anecdotes from questionnaires (4x6 cards: Ts, 961p.).

Box 32

• American personnel listed alphabetically with correspondence record (4x6 cards: ts, 475p.).

Box 33

• Personnel by unit (4x6 cards: Ts, 562p.),
• Ryan's 1968 appointment calendar (holo),
• List of U.S. government department heads and military unit commanders in 1958 (4x6 cards: Ts, 67p.).

Box 34

Miscellaneous

• British negative questionnaires (4x6 cards: Ts, 70p.).
• Correspondence to be folled up (4x6 cards: Ts, 12p.).
• Conversations and dates (4x6 cards: Ts, 8p.).
• Interviews listed alphabetically (4x6 cards: Ts, 132p.).
• Correspondence from those who assisted in research and location of veterans, but did not participate in D-Day (4x6 cards: Ts, 114p.).
• Dead file - non-participants in 24 hours of D-Day (4x6 cards: Ts, 82p.).
• Letters to Frances Ward, to be answered (4x6 cards: Ts, 32p.).
• Names with incomplete addresses (4x6 cards: Ts, 49p.).
• Original D-Day veterans' leads (4x6 and 3x5 cards: holo, 229p.).
• Names and questionnaires received too late to use (4x6 cards: Ts, 100p.).

Box 29

Research synopsis.

• Folder 3
  • Letter Ryan to Peter Schwed, TL carbon, Feb 24, 1959 (2p.),
  • Research round-up (Ts carbon, 5p.),
  • Hobe Lewis press release (Ts, 1p.).
• Folder 4
  • Back of the book material (all with holo revisions, corrections, or additions).
    • Bibliography (Ts, 27p., Ts carbon, 4p.).
    • Dempsey, Lt Gen M.C., OPERATIONS OF THE 2ND ARMY IN EUROPE (Ts, 3p.).
• Folder 5
  • American personnel (Ts, 43p.).
• Folder 6
  • British personnel.
    • Original list of personnel (Ts, 10p.).
    • Negative questionnaires list (Ts, 4p.; c.2 carbon, 4p.).
    • Questionnaires for extraction list (Ts, 5p.; c.2 carbon, 5p.).
    • Interviews held list (Ts, 5p.; c.2 carbon, 5p.).
    • Civilians list (Ts, 1p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.).
    • Veterans interview list with character/ appearance sketches (Ts, 8p.; c.2 carbon, 8p.).
    • Master list (Ts, 2p.).
• Folder 7
  • Canadian personnel (all with holo revisions).
    • Original list (Ts, 7p.).
    • Revised list (Ts, 6p.).
    • Interviews held list (Ts, 2p.).
    • Negative questionnaires list (Ts carbon, 7p.).
    • Those who helped list (Ts, 7p.).
• Folder 8
  • French personnel (Ts, 1p.).
• Folder 9
  • German personnel.
    • Interviews held list (Ts with holo revisions, 2p.).
    • Veterans by unit list (Ts with holo revisions, 2p.).
    • No interview list (Ts, 1p.).
• Folder 10
  • Correspondence concerning publication, reception of book (27 items: 36p.),
  • Ryan biographical sketch for release (Ts carbon, 2p.),
  • Proposed contract terms for sale of book rights (Ts, 1p.).
• Folder 11
  • Reader's Digest condensed version, final proof (incomplete) (36p.).
• Folder 12
  • Publicity for book.
    • Press release from Reader's Digest (2p.; 7 copies).
    • Press release from Reader's Digest (2p.; 11 copies).
    • Letter Schwad to Ryan, TLS, Feb 13, 1958 (1p.)
    • with press release (Ts, 1p.; 2 copies).
    • Correspondence (4 items: 6p.).
    • Newspaper articles (6 items: 7p.).
    • Press release Hearst papers, May 20, 1959 (Ts, 4p.).
• Folder 13
  • Release forms (5 items: 40p.).
• Folder 14
  • Release forms signed list (Ts carbon, 6p.).
  • List of book characters by page of appearance (holo, 48p.).
• Folder 15
  • Mail receipts and correspondence concerning return of material to lenders (70 items: 71p.).

Box 35

• Folder 1
  • Questionnaires returned, participant not in 24 hours of D-Day (6 items: 18p.) with correspondence (12 items: 17p.).
• Folder 2
  • Correspondence from those not in D-Day (21 items: 32p.).
• Folder 3
  • American correspondence too late for questionnaires (56 tems: 97 p.).
• Folder 4
  • Material arriving too late for use.
    • Rounds, Leon V., Letter to Ryan, TLS, Sept 15, 1961 (2p.),
    • Hq, 9th Air Force, GO #212, Aug 23, 1944, Battle Honors for the 437th Troop Carrier Group (photostat, 1p.).
    • 437th Troop Carrier Group roster (photostat, 11p.).
    • Letter Maj Gen Ridgeway to CG, 9th Troop Carrier Command, TL copy, June 8, 1944 (1p.).
    • Joseph, John T., Letter to Ryan, TLS, Sept 21, 1962 (1p.), Letter Ann DeLuca to Joseph, TL carbon, Mar 19, 1963 (1p.),
      • After action report, 82nd A/ B Div Pathfinders (photostat, 2p.).
      • Joseph, "The Operations of a Regimental Pathfinder Unit, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (82nd A/ B Div) in Normandy, France, 6 June 1944" (photostat, 26p., 3 maps).
    • Huncker, Helmut, Letter to Editor, TLS, June 26, 1959 (5p.).

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