Cornelius Ryan Collection of World War II Papers

Box 138

Rough drafts.*

• Folder 2-4
  • Box #1: Beginning of book: Inscription, foreword, pp. 1-53 (526p.).
• Folder 5-6
  • Box #2: ...to Sept 29, 1972; pp. 28-122 (441p.).

Box 139

• Folder 2-4
  • Box #3: Sept 29, 1972 to Jan 10, 1973; pp. 66-176 (462 p.).
• Folder 5-6
  • Box #4: Jan 10, 1973 to Apr 20, 1973; pp. 76-276 (371p.).

Box 140

• Folder 1-2
  • Box #5: Apr 20, 1973 to Aug 16, 1973; pp. 194-377 (366p.).
• Folder 3-5
  • Box #6: Aug 17, 1973 to Sept 26, 1973; pp. 238-507 (504p.).

Box 141

• Folder 1-2
  • Box #7: Sept 27, 1973 to Oct 22, 1973; pp. 283-601 (308p.).
• Folder 3
  • Box #8: Oct 23, 1973 to Oct 28, 1973; pp. 490-666, foreword, dedication, acknowledgements, note on casualties (146p.).
• Folder 4
  • Bibliography (Ts, 24p.).
• Folder 5
  • "What They Do Today" list (Ts, 87p.).
• Summary material.
• Folder 6
  • Story outline and treatment (Kathryn M. Ryan) (Ts xerox, 89p.).
• Folder 7
  • Principle characters and ages (Ts xerox, 6p.).
• Folder 8
  • Chronology of major events (Ts xerox, 33p.).

Box 142

Manuscript

• (Ts xerox with holo revisions, 685p.).

Box 143

• Galley, 1st version (with holo revisions, 235p.).

Box 142

• Galley, 2nd version (649p.).

Box 141

• Folder 9
  • Page proof, advance uncorrected (464p.).

Box 144

Artwork

• Folder 1
  • Positives of pictures used in Simon and Schuster, 1st Amercian edition (129 items).
• Folder 2
  • Negatives of pictures used in Simon and Schuster, 1st Amercian edition (162 items).
• Folder 3-4
  • Annotated contents list of master set of photographs used in the book production (Ts, 21p.).
  • Complete master set of photographs used in the book production (299 items; #159-197 not used).

Box 145

• Folder 1
  • 1st placement of captions (80p.).
• Folder 2
  • Final placement of captions (47p.).
  • Box A
    • Folder 9
      • End pages and maps (37 items; 7 negatives).
• Folder 3
  • Map negatives (39 items).

Extra photographs.

• Folder 4
  • American sources (32 original, 72 duplicate; 13 new originals, 9 duplicates; 1 negative, 1 duplicate).
• Folder 5
  • British sources (123 original, 234 duplicate; 10 new originals, 2 duplicates).

Box 146

• Folder 1-2
  • Dutch sources (42 original, 71 duplicate; 14 new photographs, 16 duplicates).
• Folder 3
  • German sources (31 original, 92 duplicate; 3 new photographs, 16 duplicates).
• Folder 4
  • Polish sources (12 original, 27 duplicate).
• Folder 5
  • Bridges (21 original, 88 duplicate; 15 new photographs, 15 duplicates; 2 engineering diagrams).

Box 147

• Folder 1-2
  • Buildings (49 original, 74 duplicate; 17 new photographs, 14 duplicates; 4 postcards, 1 duplicate).
• Folder 3
  • Glider scenes (27 original, 105 duplicate; 3 new photographs, 2 duplicates).
• Folder 4
  • Battle scenes (48 original, 53 duplicate; 5 new photographs, 5 duplicates).
• Folder 5
  • Unlabeled (15 original, 11 duplicate; 147 new photographs, 295 duplicates).

Box 148

• Folder 1
  • Miscellaneous (11 original, 10 duplicate; 1 new photograph; xerox, 7p.).
• Folder 2
  • Miscellaneous negatives (166 items).
• Folder 3-4
  • Negatives of photographs not used in book (287 items).

Box A

• Folder 10
  • Miscellaneous negatives and development proofs (144 items).

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