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Leslie Hunter Whitten Papers

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Born on February 21, 1928 in Jacksonville Florida, Leslie Hunter Whitten was a Hearst newspaper reporter for the Washington Post, an associate on Jack Anderson's newspaper column, and accomplished novelist. He graduated from Lehigh University in 1950.

Letters, documents, notes, photographs, etc. relating to Les Whitten's early years, schooling, and work as a Hearst reporter, Jack Anderson associate, and novelist. Includes correspondence with parents through college and military service, and letters to his family. Also material relating to novel writing, including drafts, research notes, and correspondence with publishers; to work with the Hearst newspapers, including reporter's notes, clippings, and research materials; and to work with columnist Jack Anderson, including research material, column offprints, and documents released under Freedom of Information Act by FBI and CIA.

The materials of this collection are arranged chronologically in publication order.

SERIES I; PERSONAL: 10 Boxes

This series includes family correspondence, early school report cards, many photographs, articles, reviews of his books, scrapbooks of articles he wrote, and other miscellaneous personal material from Whitten's youth up to the present time.

SERIES II; BOOKS, POETRY, and SHORT STORIES: 41 Boxes

This series includes research material, drafts, typescripts and galleys, mostly of Whitten's novels, but including some short stories and poetry, arranged in publication order.

SERIES III; REPORTER: 65 Boxes

This material is mostly clippings of articles Whitten wrote for the Heart newspapers, plus some research material he saved.

This material includes many documents listed under the same headings used by Whitten, plus a complete set of "Merry-Go-Round" columns written during the years that he was employed by Jack Anderson. Categories include Accuracy in Media; American Association of Retired Persons; Banks; Consumers; Animals; Crime; Department of Defense; Drugs; Energy; Farms; Guns; Foreign; Health; Indians; Insurance; Intelligence Agencies; Oil; Patents; Payola; Pensions; Payoffs; People; Politics; Pollution; Power; Prisons; Radiation; Religion; Stocks; Smithsonian Institution; Miscellaneous; and Whitten.

SERIES IV: 1991 additions Mostly literary mansucripts

SERIES V: 2009 additions Mostly literary manuscripts

Gift of Leslie Whitten, 1990. 1 carton (turned into 3 manuscript boxes) added 2/4/2009, donated by Les Whitten.

Library also has copies of Whitten's published novels and poetry, cataloged separately, including review copies and translations.

Documents and a set of slides (photographer H. Scott Heist) related to events he attended at Lehigh University. The Lehigh material removed and cataloged separately.

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Lehigh University Special Collections
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Finding aid created in December 2, 1996 -- ArchivesSpace migration by Amanda Anglemeyer, September 2017.
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Collection is open for research.

Collection Inventory

Folder 1.01 Grade School Years.
Folder 1.02 High School Years.
Folder 1.03 Summer Trips.
Folder 1.04 Lehigh Correspondence Home.
Folder 1.05 Lehigh, Academics.
Folder 1.06 Lehigh, Writing.
Folder 1.07 Lehigh, Newspaper articles.
Folder 1.08 Lehigh, Photographs.
Folder 1.09 Lehigh, Poetry.
Folder 1.10 Mother's DAR Record; Father's Death & Funeral.
Folder 2.01 Diaries from trips to Europe and Mexico.
Folder 2.02 Army Days.
Folder 2.03 Army Correspondence Home.
Folder 2.04 Letters from Europe-1951-1952.
Folder 2.05 Letters from Europe-1953.
Folder 2.06 Maps, foreign.
Folder 2.07 Other correspondence.
Folder 2.08 Musings.
Folder 2.09 Letters between Whitten & wife, Phyllis.
Folder 2.10 Letters to Phyllis.
Folder 2.11 Letters to Whitten.
Folder 2.12 Letters from Phyllis.
Folder 3.01 Assorted passports, tags, address books, ID cards, and shrapnel.
Folder 3.02 Photographs, Whitten's Youth.
Folder 3.03 Photographs, 1950s and 1960s.
Folder 3.04 Photographs, 1970s and 1980s.
Folder 3.05 Rockefeller Grant application, 1982.
Folder 3.06 Material sent with Rockefeller application.
Folder 4.01 Biography, Resume.
Folder 4.02 Family, home.
Folder 4.03 Lehigh University, visiting professor.
Folder 4.04 Publishing contracts.
Folder 4.05 Correspondence re donation of materials.
Folder 4.06 Law Suit, 1970s.
Folder 4.07 Awards, letters, etc. 1950s and 1960s.
Folder 4.08 Articles, reviews, 1960s.
Folder 4.09 Letters, etc. 1970s.
Folder 4.10 Articles, 1970s.
Folder 4.11 Personal expense accounts, a few.
Folder 4.12 Personal correspondence, 1980s.
Folder 4.13 Leslie Farber, Whitten's psychiatrist.
Folder 4.14 Miscellaneous writing and posters.
Folder 4.15 Three magazines, 1973.
Folder 5.01 Mentions, 1960s.
Folder 5.02 Articles and Mentions, 1970s.
Folder 5.03 Articles and Mentions, 1980-1981.
Folder 5.04 Articles and Mentions, 1982.
Folder 5.05 Articles and Mentions, 1983.
Folder 5.06 Articles and Mentions, 1984-1987.
Folder 5.07 Undated clippings.
Folder 5.08 Miscellaneous writings.

Folder 6.01 Typescript of novel; Lehigh University scene, takes place 1946-1951.
Folder 7.01 First draft.
Folder 7.02 Correspondence with publisher.
Folder 8.01 Television movie treatment sold to ABC but never produced.
Folder 8.02 Manuscript.
General

Three early manuscripts of Terror at Morning Tide.

Folder 9.01 It Walked the Night-first draft.
Folder 9.02 It Walked the Night-TV movie draft.
Folder 9.03 One Crimson Night-rough draft.
Folder 10.01 Reader's set of galleys.
Folder 10.02 Second set of galleys.
Folder 10.03 Third set of galleys.
Folder 10.04 Typescript.
General

This story became Moon of the Wolf.

Folder 11.01 On Wolf's Feet, scratch copy and research.
Folder 11.02 On Wolf's Feet, rough manuscript.
Folder 11.03 On Wolf's Feet, better manuscript.
Folder 11.04 Publisher's correspondence.
Folder 11.05 Movie script.
Folder 12.01 Rough manuscript.
Folder 12.02 Research.
Folder 12.03 Incomplete typescript.
Folder 12.04 Typescript.
Folder 12.05 Clean typescript.
Folder 12.06 Working manuscript.
Folder 12.07 Research materials-4 government hearing documents, and 1 Audubon Society report.
Folder 12.08 Correspondence with publisher.
Folder 13.01 Many versions and translations, 1963-1977.
Folder 13.02 More translations, 1977-1979.
Folder 13.03 More work, 1980-1987.
General

(These are original research files as Whitten kept them, using his headings; 2 boxes).

Folder 14.01 Cop I.
Folder 14.02 Hampton.
Folder 14.03 Dovico.
Folder 14.04 B-M.
Folder 14.05 Ba-H.
Folder 14.06 B-BU.
Folder 14.07 B-Kua.
Folder 14.08 McCarthy.
Folder 14.09 B-Am.
Folder 14.10 Coppolino.
Folder 14.11 Mitchell murder.
Folder 14.12 McLaughlin.
Folder 14.13 NASA.
General

These are original research files as Whitten kept them, using his headings. Box 2 of 2 on the same subject.

Folder 15.01 De Salvo.
Folder 15.02 Harry.
Folder 15.03 Heffernan.
Folder 15.04 Angiulo's.
Folder 15.05 Cop II-clips.
Folder 15.06 Schmidt.
Folder 15.07 Bonomi.
Folder 15.08 Elliot.
Folder 15.09 Sax.
Folder 15.10 Plymouth mail.
Folder 15.11 Paelia.
Folder 15.12 Willard Page.
Folder 15.13 Krep I.
Folder 15.14 Krep II.
Folder 15.15 Nassar.
Folder 15.16 Fatalo.
Folder 15.17 Edgerly.
Folder 15.18 Turczyn.
Folder 15.19 Correspondence.
Folder 15.20 Miscellaneous.
Folder 16.01 Supreme Court Petition, Thompson vs. Minnesota.
Folder 16.02 Connecticut Bar Journal.
Folder 16.03 Boston University Law Review.
Folder 16.04 Publisher's Weekly.
Folder 16.05 Maps and magazine.
Folder 16.06 Court transcript, Massachusetts vs. Kreplick.
Folder 16.07 Eight tapes.
Folder 17.01 "The Coppolino Murder Trial" paperback book.
Folder 17.02 "Retrial-Murder and Dr.Sam Sheppard" paperback book.
Folder 17.03 Research, newspaper clippings.
Folder 17.04 Eleven briefs, Supreme Court vs. Samuel Sheppard, October 1965.
Folder 17.05 Miscellaneous expense accounts.
Folder 18.01 Rough manuscript.
Folder 18.02 Misc. manuscript notes.
Folder 18.03 Clean manuscript.
General

Early titles for The Alchemist

Folder 19.01 The Web of Ouroboros-first draft.
Folder 19.02 The Web of Ouroboros-second draft.
Folder 19.03 The Magic Circle-one draft.
Folder 20.01 One manuscript.
Folder 20.02 One galley proof.
Folder 21.01 One early manuscript, not in page order.
Folder 22.01 Second rough draft.
Folder 22.02 Vision of Pelicans (another early draft title) manuscript.
Folder 23.01 Various stages of rewrite between Doubleday and the final manuscript.
Folder 24.01 Final galleys.
Folder 25.01 Final typescript.
Folder 25.02 Two bound galleys.
Folder 26.01 Science Fiction magazine.
Folder 26.02 Copy changes.
Folder 26.03 Publicity.
Folder 26.04 Miscellaneous material.
General

This is the first title of Conflict of Interest.

Folder 27.01 The Investigator-original draft.
Folder 28.01 The Investigator-typescript.
Folder 28.02 The Investigator-second draft.
Folder 29.01 Typesetting copy.
Folder 29.02 Final galley proof.
Folder 30.01 Reviews and publicity.
Folder 30.02 Bantam, publisher's publicity.
Folder 30.03 Correspondence on editing.
Folder 30.04 Correspondence on editing.
Folder 30.05 Research on safes.
General

The first title of Sometimes A Hero.

Folder 31.01 Breakup, first draft, 1976.
Folder 32.01 Breakup, second draft, 1978.
Folder 32.02 Some pages, rewritten.
Folder 33.01 Research.
Folder 33.02 Research.
Folder 34.01 Typesetting copy, pages 1-247.
Folder 34.02 Typesetting copy, pages 248-530.
Folder 34.03 Typesetting copy, pages 531-817.
Folder 35.01 Galleys.
Folder 35.02 Movie treatment.
Folder 36.01 Research.
Folder 36.02 Maps, etc.
Folder 36.03 More maps.
Folder 36.04 Negotiations with Morrow Publishers.
Folder 36.05 Pre-publication material, Doubleday.
Folder 36.06 Pre-publication material.
Folder 36.07 Publicity republication.
Folder 36.08 Requests for blurbs.
Folder 36.09 Reviews.
Folder 37.01 Final manuscript.
Folder 37.02 Master proof.
Folder 38.01 Research.
Folder 38.02 Research.
Folder 38.03 Research.
Folder 38.04 Synopsis.
Folder 38.05 Publication, Japanese.
Folder 38.06 Reviews.
Folder 39.01 Typescript.
Folder 39.02 Original manuscript-1983.
Folder 39.03 Summary of last 7 chapters.
Folder 40.01 Printer's manuscript.
Folder 40.02 Master galleys.
Scope and Contents

(According to Whitten, although this book's author is given as Ronald S. Lauder, much of it was written by Les Whitten, and he was paid $32,000 for the writing that he did.)

Folder 41.01 First manuscript.
Folder 41.02 Second manuscript.
Folder 42.01 Research.
Folder 42.02 Rag bond master copy.
Folder 43.01 The Alchemist.
Folder 43.02 F. Lee Bailey.
Folder 43.03 Baudelaire.
Folder 43.04 Curtis Brown-agent.
Folder 43.05 Conflict of Interest.
Folder 43.06 "Day of the Monkeys" (also called "The Zoo").
Folder 43.07 Moon of the Wolf.
Folder 43.08 Movie rights for books.
Folder 43.09 Pinion, the Golden Eagle.
Folder 43.10 Progeny of the Adder.
Folder 43.11 Sometimes a Hero.
Folder 43.12 Washington Cycle.
Folder 44.01 "The Catch".
Folder 44.02 "Danilo's Lie"-1958 (unpublished).
Folder 44.03 "Day of the Monkey"-also called "The Zoo".
Folder 44.04 "The Disciple".
Folder 44.05 "Fishermen".
Folder 44.06 "The Manfish".
Folder 44.07 "Nineteen for Forty" (unpublished).
Folder 44.08 "Prison Poets" and article about them (unpublished).
Folder 44.09 "The Whistle Blowers"-1972.
Folder 44.10 "To Mister the Dead" (unpublished).
Folder 44.11 Miscellaneous pages of stories.
Box 45: empty for later material.
Folder 46.01 Poems.
Folder 46.02 Poems.
Folder 46.03 Correspondence about poetry.

Folder 47.01 1958-1959-1960.
Folder 47.02 1960-1961.
Folder 47.03 1962.
Folder 47.04 1962.
Folder 47.05 1963.
Folder 47.06 1960s.
Folder 47.07 1964-1965-1966.
Folder 47.08 Misc. dates.
Folder 47.09 Misc. dates.
Folder 48.01 1963-1965.
Folder 48.02 1964.
Folder 48.03 1964.
Folder 48.04 1964-1965.
Folder 48.05 1964-1965.
Folder 48.06 1965.
Folder 48.07 1965.
Folder 48.08 1965.
Folder 48.09 1966.
Folder 49.01 1966-1968.
Folder 49.01 1968-1969.
Folder 49.03 1966-1969.
Folder 49.04 1966-1969.
Folder 49.05 1968-1969.
Folder 49.06 1968.
Folder 49.07 1969.
Folder 50.01 Aging--Seven articles.
Folder 50.02 Bobby Baker--clippings.
Folder 50.03 "Sex by Mail"--research.
Folder 50.04 Series on "Sex by Mail"--three articles.
Folder 50.05 Everett Dirksen--research.
Folder 50.06 "The Ghetto"--six columns.
Folder 50.07 "The Ghetto"--publicity.
Folder 50.08 Barry Goldwater 1964.
Folder 50.09 John Kennedy--assassination.
Folder 50.10 Kennedy assassination investigation.
Folder 50.11 Kennedy assassination, clippings.
Folder 50.12 Lee Harvey Oswald-arrest and records, clippings and articles.
Folder 50.13 Victor Muskat, research.
Folder 50.14 Gordon Novel court case.
Folder 50.15 Security and Exchange Commission research.
Folder 50.16 Radio Free Europe-background material.
Folder 50.17 UNICEF-research.
Folder 50.18 Wiretapping-research.
Folder 51.01 American Bar Association, two pamphlets.
Folder 51.02 American Press Institute, workshops.
Folder 51.03 Columbia Journalism Review, two issues.
Folder 51.04 Miscellaneous magazines and articles.
Folder 51.05 Book "Libroblanco," Dominican Republic-1964.
Folder 52.01 Miscellaneous research.
Folder 52.02 Miscellaneous research.
Folder 52.03 Clippings-Left and Right (Politics).
Folder 52.04 Miscellaneous research.
Folder 52.05 Miscellaneous clippings.
Folder 52.06 Two pamphlets, John Birch Society.
Folder 52.07 Four pamphlets and one tape, Intelligence activities, government operations, etc.
Scope and Contents

(The material in the following boxes is arranged using the same terms Whitten used. There is no date order in this material, although some of the correspondence is dated.)

Folder 53.01 AIM--Anderson, Whitten columns.
Folder 53.02 AIM--Application for Third Class Postage.
Folder 53.03 AIM--Chile.
Folder 53.04 AIM--Clippings and copies.
Folder 53.05 AIM--Federal Reserve background.
Folder 53.06 AIM--Newsletters.
Folder 53.07 AIM--Reed Irvine.
Folder 53.08 AIM--Research.
Folder 53.09 AIM--Their side.
Folder 53.10 AIM--Miscellaneous.
Folder 54.01 AARP--Letters and research.
Folder 54.02 AARP--Court cases.
Folder 54.03 Banks--Background.
Folder 54.04 Banks--Columns.
Folder 54.05 Banks--France.
Folder 54.06 Banks--Politics.
Folder 54.07 Banks--Responses.
Folder 54.08 Banks--Switzerland.
Folder 54.09 Banks--Miscellaneous.
Folder 55.01 Animals--Dogs, Army training.
Folder 55.02 Animals--Humane Society.
Folder 55.03 Animals--Lion Country Safari.
Folder 55.04 Animals--Predator Poisons.
Folder 55.05 Animals--United Peregrine Society.
Folder 55.06 Consumers--American Automobile Association.
Folder 55.07 Consumers--AAMCO.
Folder 55.08 Consumers--Anti trust laws.
Folder 55.09 Consumers--Aerosols.
Folder 55.10 Consumers--Consumer Protection Agency.
Folder 55.11 Consumers--Federal Communications Commission.
Folder 55.12 Consumers--Passive restraints (cars).
Folder 55.13 Consumers--Soda cans.
Folder 55.14 Consumers--Miscellaneous.
Folder 56.01 Legal--Assemblies of God Church.
Folder 56.02 Legal--Call Girls "Panorama" interview.
Folder 56.03 Legal--Scott Camil-Florida guns.
Folder 56.04 Legal--Car bombs report.
Folder 56.05 Legal--Delta Theta Alpha Fraternity, U.of Md.
Folder 56.06 Legal--Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Folder 56.07 Legal--FBI-Richard Lee Bast.
Folder 56.08 Legal--Felix Frankfurter papers.
Folder 56.09 Legal--Jim Garrison, Clay Shaw.
Folder 56.10 Legal--Health, Education and Welfare column.
Folder 56.11 Legal--Jimmy Hoffa.
Folder 56.12 Legal--Immigration.
Folder 56.13 Legal--I.T.T. anti-trust.
Folder 56.14 Legal--League of Cities-robbery at meeting.
Folder 56.15 Legal--Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg.
Folder 56.16 Legal--Bill Lemmer interview.
Folder 57.01 Legal--Lucy Ware Morgan story.
Folder 57.02 Legal--New York Stock Exchange-anti-trust.
Folder 57.03 Legal--Oklahoma Governor David Hall.
Folder 57.04 Legal--Philadelphia crime statistics.
Folder 57.05 Legal--Securities and Exchange Commission.
Folder 57.06 Legal--Terrorism.
Folder 57.07 Legal--Time Inc. vs. Firestone.
Folder 57.08 Legal--United Mine Workers.
Folder 57.09 Legal--Violence on Television.
Folder 57.10 Legal--United States Mint.
Folder 57.11 Legal--Miscellaneous.
Folder 57.12 Legal--Miscellaneous.
Folder 57.13 Legal--Miscellaneous.
Folder 58.01 Legal--Book, Mafia contracts.
Folder 58.02 Legal--Congressman Emilio Daddario.
Folder 58.03 Legal--Dun and Bradstreet.
Folder 58.04 Legal--Fireworks.
Folder 58.05 Legal--Medico, Congressman Daniel Flood.
Folder 58.06 Legal--Robert Giaimo.
Folder 58.07 Legal--Background material.
Folder 58.08 Legal--Organized crime.
Folder 58.09 Legal--Organized crime.
Folder 58.10 Legal--Congressional Record.
Folder 58.11 Legal--Clippings, organized crime.
Folder 59.01 DOD--Anderson-Whitten columns.
Folder 59.02 DOD--William Calley.
Folder 59.03 DOD--Censorship.
Folder 59.04 DOD--Communications.
Folder 59.05 DOD--Congressional Fellows.
Folder 59.06 DOD--Defoliants.
Folder 59.07 DOD--Dump trucks.
Folder 59.08 DOD--Henry Durham.
Folder 59.09 DOD--LTC Wilfred Ebel case.
Folder 59.10 DOD--Guantanamo Bay Cuba.
Folder 59.11 DOD--Rep. F. Edward Hebert, Louisiana.
Folder 59.12 DOD--Investigative Service.
Folder 59.13 DOD--Letters to Anderson-Whitten.
Folder 59.14 DOD--Lockheed Aircraft.
Folder 59.15 DOD--Marine promotion.
Folder 59.16 DOD--Memos.
Folder 59.17 DOD--Navy ships.
Folder 60.01 DOD--"Pentagon Papers".
Folder 60.02 DOD--Reserve Units, Army.
Folder 60.03 DOD--Riot control.
Folder 60.04 DOD--Charles Robb.
Folder 60.05 DOD--Screw thread scandal.
Folder 60.06 DOD--Shipbuilding.
Folder 60.07 DOD--"Stars and Stripes" editor.
Folder 60.08 DOD--Subsistence supply.
Folder 60.09 DOD--Senator Strom Thurmond.
Folder 60.10 DOD--Gordon Youngs.
Folder 60.11 DOD--Miscellaneous research.
Folder 60.12 DOD--Miscellaneous research.
Folder 60.13 DOD--Miscellaneous research.
Folder 61.01 Drugs--Army.
Folder 61.02 Drugs--Boats.
Folder 61.03 Drugs--Central Intelligence Agency.
Folder 61.04 Drugs--Cocaine.
Folder 61.05 Drugs--Columns and Miscellaneous.
Folder 61.06 Drugs--Europe reports.
Folder 61.07 Drugs--Far East reports.
Folder 61.08 Drugs--Heroin importation.
Folder 61.09 Drugs--Latin America reports.
Folder 61.10 Drugs--Mid East reports.
Folder 61.11 Drugs--Opium.
Folder 61.12 Drugs--Paramul.
Folder 61.13 Drugs--Daniel Seymour.
Folder 62.01 Energy--Cars.
Folder 62.01 Energy--Columns and letters.
Folder 62.03 Energy--Liquid metal fast breeder reactor.
Folder 62.04 Energy--Natural Gas.
Folder 62.05 Energy--Oil.
Folder 62.06 Energy--Oil.
Folder 62.07 Energy--Pipeline, Alaska.
Folder 62.08 Energy--Pinkney Walter.
Folder 62.09 Energy--Miscellaneous.
Folder 62.10 Farms--Columns, letters, etc.
Folder 62.11 Farms--Consumers.
Folder 62.12 Farms--DDT.
Folder 62.13 Guns--National Rifle Association, background.
Folder 62.14 Guns--National Rifle Association, columns and research.
Folder 63.01 Foreign--Air America.
Folder 63.02 Foreign--Angola, Gulf Oil.
Folder 63.03 Foreign--Arab boycotts.
Folder 63.04 Foreign--Argentina.
Folder 63.05 Foreign--Brazil.
Folder 63.06 Foreign--Brazil.
Folder 63.07 Foreign--Brazil, Fr. Jentel.
Folder 63.08 Foreign--Chile.
Folder 63.09 Foreign--Chile.
Folder 63.10 Foreign--Chile.
Folder 63.11 Foreign--Chile.
Folder 63.12 Foreign--Chile, Cuba.
Folder 63.13 Foreign--Chile, John Ragan.
Folder 63.14 Foreign--Central Intelligence Agency.
Folder 63.15 Foreign--Cuba.
Folder 63.16 Foreign--Cuba, Orlando Letelier.
Folder 63.17 Foreign--Cuba prisons.
Folder 63.18 Foreign--Cuba, John Rosselli, Fidel Castro.
Folder 64.01 Foreign—Greece – Newspaper clippings – US Navy in Athens – 2 million pound Greek contribution to Nixon campaign – Investigative memo: Greek shipowners; 1972-1973.
Folder 64.02 Foreign--Greece.
Folder 64.03 Foreign--Greece.
Folder 64.04 Foreign--Greece, John Van Kirk and Paul Totomis.
Folder 64.05 Foreign--Haiti, drugs.
Folder 64.06 Foreign--Hawaii, Jim Walkley.
Folder 64.07 Foreign--Iran, Alexis Goodzari.
Folder 64.08 Foreign--Jamaica.
Folder 64.09 Foreign--Jamaica, Vincent deRoulet.
Folder 64.10 Foreign--Okinawa.
Folder 64.11 Foreign--Panama.
Folder 64.12 Foreign--Panama.
Folder 64.13 Foreign--Paraguay.
Folder 65.01 Foreign--Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos, Primitivo Mijares.
Folder 65.02 Foreign--Philippines, Sergio Osmena.
Folder 65.03 Foreign--Russia, Iona Andronov.
Folder 65.04 Foreign--Russia, Galina "Gayla" Utekhina.
Folder 65.05 Foreign--Saudi Arabia, Charter Co.
Folder 65.06 Foreign--Thailand, Col.Paramual Vaniabhandu.
Folder 65.07 Foreign--Uganda.
Folder 65.08 Foreign--Vietnam.
Folder 65.09 Foreign--Vietnam.
Folder 65.10 Foreign--Vietnam, James Palmer.
Folder 65.11 Foreign--Vietnam, Troop addiction.
Folder 65.12 Foreign--Yugoslavia.
Folder 66.01 Foreign--Columns.
Folder 66.02 Foreign--Miscellaneous.
Folder 66.03 Foreign--Miscellaneous.
Folder 66.04 Foreign--Miscellaneous.
Folder 66.05 Foreign--Miscellaneous.
Folder 66.06 Foreign--Miscellaneous.
Folder 66.07 Foreign--Two tapes, one notebook, Whitten.
Folder 66.08 Foreign--Publication, Foreign Aid Agencies.
Folder 67.01 Health--Atomic Energy Commission.
Folder 67.02 Health--Cataracts.
Folder 67.03 Health--Fluoridation.
Folder 67.04 Health--Food & Drug Administration.
Folder 67.05 Health--Handicapped.
Folder 67.06 Health--Hiring the Handicapped.
Folder 67.07 Health--Hospital charges.
Folder 67.08 Health--Lead paint.
Folder 67.09 Health--Legionnaires' disease.
Folder 67.10 Health--Microwaves.
Folder 67.11 Health--Poverty.
Folder 67.12 Health--Prostitution.
Folder 67.13 Health--Sex Discrimination.
Folder 67.14 Health--Sex Discrimination, U. of California.
Folder 67.15 Health--Smoking on airplanes.
Folder 67.16 Health--Television violence.
Folder 67.17 Health--Veterans' Hospitals.
Folder 67.18 Health--Wheelchairs.
Folder 67.19 Health--Women, Infants, Children (WIC) Department of Agriculture.
Folder 67.20 Health--Miscellaneous.
Folder 68.01 Indians--Two tapes, 1973 "Panorama" broadcast.
Folder 68.02 Indians--Whitten court testimony for Indians.
Folder 68.03 Indians--Bureau of Indian Affairs takeover.
Folder 68.04 Indians--Research.
Folder 68.05 Indians--Research.
Folder 68.06 Indians--Research.
Folder 68.07 Indians--Iroquois.
Folder 68.08 Indians--Clippings, research.
Folder 68.09 Indians--Columns.
Folder 68.10 Indians--Court testimony, etc.
Folder 69.01 Insurance--Insurance.
Folder 69.02 Insurance--Autos.
Folder 69.03 Insurance--Joseph Christie.
Folder 69.04 Insurance--Sen. Roman Hruska.
Folder 69.05 Insurance--Jails.
Folder 69.06 Insurance--Mississippi Insurance Company.
Folder 69.07 Insurance--Miscellaneous.
Folder 70.01 I.A.--Central Intelligence Agency.
Folder 70.02 I.A.--CIA, William Colby.
Folder 70.03 I.A.--CIA files.
Folder 70.04 I.A.--Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Folder 70.05 I.A.--FBI, William Higgins, agent.
Folder 70.06 I.A.--FBI, J. Edgar Hoover & Martin Luther King.
Folder 70.07 I.A.--FBI, Jacob Malik.
Folder 70.08 I.A.--FBI, Giovanni (i.e. John) Rosselli.
Folder 70.09 I.A.--Miscellaneous, CIA and FBI.
Folder 70.10 I.A.--CIA report.
Folder 71.01 Oil--Oil Companies, background.
Folder 71.02 Oil--Oil Companies, more background.
Folder 71.03 Oil--Columns.
Folder 71.04 Oil--Docks.
Folder 71.05 Oil--Imports.
Folder 71.06 Oil--Pollution.
Folder 71.07 Oil--President's statement, 1973.
Folder 71.08 Oil--Replies to articles.
Folder 71.09 Oil--Texas Oil Company.
Folder 71.10 Oil--Miscellaneous.
Folder 72.01 Hunt Oil--Columns, Senator James Eastland and the Sterling Homex Corporation.
Folder 72.02 Hunt Oil--Background material.
Folder 72.03 Hunt Oil--Hunt Eastland research.
Folder 72.04 Hunt Oil--Court files.
Folder 72.05 Hunt Oil--Court files.
Folder 72.06 Hunt Oil--Court files.
Folder 73.01 Patents--Research.
Folder 73.02 Payola--Background.
Folder 73.03 Payola--Research.
Folder 73.04 Pensions--Research.
Folder 74.01 Finance--Dave Beck.
Folder 74.02 Finance--James Buckley.
Folder 74.03 Finance--Coastal Petroleum.
Folder 74.04 Finance--Food stamps.
Folder 74.05 Finance--Edward Gurney.
Folder 74.06 Finance--Mark Hatfield.
Folder 74.07 Finance--Chet Holifield.
Folder 74.08 Finance--House of Representatives.
Folder 74.09 Finance--ITT-Connoly.
Folder 74.10 Finance--John Jarman.
Folder 74.11 Finance--Edward Kleindienst.
Folder 74.12 Finance--Arnold Olsen.
Folder 74.13 Finance--William Proxmire.
Folder 74.14 Finance--John Sparkman.
Folder 74.15 Finance--Clement Stone.
Folder 74.16 Finance--Burt Talcott.
Folder 74.17 Finance--United Police Fund.
Folder 74.18 Finance--J. Irving Whalley.
Folder 74.19 Finance--John Wykert.
Folder 74.20 Finance--Miscellaneous.
Folder 74.21 Finance--Miscellaneous research.
Folder 75.01 People--Jack Anderson, lawsuits.
Folder 75.02 People--Anderson, Whitten.
Folder 75.03 People--Bradley Ayers, CIA.
Folder 75.04 People--Sante Bario, Drug Enforcement Agency.
Folder 75.05 People--Richard Bast, Redex Corp. FBI.
Folder 75.06 People--Hale Boggs, U.S. Congressman.
Folder 75.07 People--Bernard Bramson-Donald Dell, loan.
Folder 75.08 People--Frank Brasco, New York Congressman.
Folder 75.09 People--Al Burt, Doug Kennedy newsmen, Dominican Republic.
Folder 75.10 People--Gov. John Connally, Kennedy assassination.
Folder 75.11 People--Charles Cooke, Eliot Richardson assistant.
Folder 75.12 People--Marion Cooper, FAA.
Folder 75.13 People--Erick Dittus, resume.
Folder 75.14 People--Elias Demetracopoulos, Greek journalist.
Folder 76.01 People--William Dickinson, Alabama congressman.
Folder 76.02 People--Peter Dominick, Senator, milk producers.
Folder 76.03 People--L. Patrick Gray, FBI Chief.
Folder 76.04 People--Walter Hickel, Secretary of the Interior.
Folder 76.05 People--William Higgins, FBI agent.
Folder 76.06 People--Howard Hughes, Medical Institute Foundation.
Folder 76.07 People--James Johnson, Civil Service employee.
Folder 76.08 People--John Kennedy, affairs.
Folder 76.09 People--Robert Kennedy, CIA connection.
Folder 76.10 People--Ted Kennedy, Kopechne accident.
Folder 76.11 People--Edward Khayat, Income tax.
Folder 76.12 People--John Lennon, lawsuit.
Folder 76.13 People--John Lennon, drugs.
Folder 76.14 People--John Lennon, organized crime.
Folder 77.01 People--"Lincoln Conspiracy" play.
Folder 77.02 People--"Lincoln Conspiracy" article.
Folder 77.03 People--Jesse Markham, professor.
Folder 77.04 People--Rogers Morton, congressman.
Folder 77.05 People--Audie Murphy, actor.
Folder 77.06 People--Jackie Onassis, John Kennedy's widow.
Folder 77.07 People--Donald Nixon, loan from Howard Hughes.
Folder 77.08 People--John Pratt, judge.
Folder 77.09 People--Nelson Rockefeller, vice president.
Folder 77.10 People--George Lincoln Rockwell.
Folder 77.11 People--Alec Templeton, performer.
Folder 77.12 People--Robert Timm, travel vouchers.
Folder 77.13 People--Joseph Tydings, senator.
Folder 77.14 People--Robert Vesco, financier.
Folder 78.01 Marks--Research.
Scope and Contents

(This box contains material pertaining to a man named Jamake. Highwater, alias Gregory Marks Markopoulos, an actor and writer.).

Folder 78.02 Marks--Photographs.
Folder 78.03 Marks--Scripts, etc.
Folder 78.04 Marks--"Highwater" by Hank Adams.
Folder 78.05 Marks--Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Folder 78.06 Marks--Corporation for Public Broadcasting reports.
Folder 78.07 Marks--"The Golden Indian," by Hank Adams.
Folder 79.01 Pol.--Peter Christian Andreson, Maryland attorney.
Folder 79.02 Pol.--Spiro Agnew, Vice President.
Folder 79.03 Pol.--J. Glenn Beall, Congressman, Maryland.
Folder 79.04 Pol.--Francis Bellotti, Lt. Governor, Massachusetts.
Folder 79.05 Pol.--Philip Burton, Congressman, California.
Folder 79.06 Pol.--Camden, N.J., draft board break in.
Folder 79.07 Pol.--William Casey, CIA.
Folder 79.08 Pol.--John Caulfield, testimony.
Folder 79.09 Pol.--Dick Cavett, Television show.
Folder 79.10 Pol.--Eli S. Chesen, MD., U.S. Air Force.
Folder 79.11 Pol.--Congressmen.
Folder 79.12 Pol.--Philip Crane, Congressional candidate.
Folder 79.13 Pol.--John Dean, White House aid.
Folder 79.14 Pol.--Arthur Egan, reporter "Union Leader" testimony.
Folder 79.15 Pol.--Bernard Fensterwald, attorney.
Folder 79.16 Pol.--Fluor Corporation, Utah.
Folder 80.01 Pol.--John Flynt, Congressman, Georgia.
Folder 80.02 Pol.--Gerald Ford, vice president and president.
Folder 80.03 Pol.--Gerald Ford, Congressman.
Folder 80.04 Pol.--Harold Ford, Congressman, Tennessee.
Folder 80.05 Pol.--Edward Gurney, Senator, Florida.
Folder 80.06 Pol.--Fred Harris, Senator, Oklahoma.
Folder 80.07 Pol.--Andrew Hinshaw, Representative, California.
Folder 80.08 Pol.--Horizon, Inc., Land Development.
Folder 80.09 Pol.--INTERRVEST, International Asset Investigators.
Folder 80.10 Pol.--Herbert Kalmbach, attorney.
Folder 80.11 Pol.--Richard Kleindienst.
Folder 80.12 Pol.--MAPs Inc.
Folder 80.13 Pol.--Rev. Carl McIntire.
Folder 80.14 Pol.--John and Martha Mitchell.
Folder 80.15 Pol.--Thomas E. Morgan, Congressman, Pennsylvania.
Folder 80.16 Pol.--National Advisory Council of Business Leaders.
Folder 80.17 Pol.--Gordon Novel, Jim Garrison.
Folder 80.18 Pol.--Gordon Novel, assassination plot.
Folder 80.19 Pol.--Radio of Free Asia.
Folder 80.20 Pol.--Ronald Reagan, Governor, California.
Folder 80.21 Pol.--Charles Rhyne, Rose Mary Woods' lawyer.
Folder 81.01 Pol.--Right Wing.
Folder 81.02 Pol.--Sea Pines resort, South Carolina.
Folder 81.03 Pol.--Shoe Industry.
Folder 81.04 Pol.--E. G. Shuster, Congressman, Pennsylvania.
Folder 81.05 Pol.--Slovaks.
Folder 81.06 Pol.--Gerald L.K. Smith, Mutual Broadcasting Co.
Folder 81.07 Pol.--John Sparkman, Senator, Alabama.
Folder 81.08 Pol.--Maurice Stans, Secretary of Commerce.
Folder 81.09 Pol.--John Tower, Senator, Texas.
Folder 81.10 Pol.--Unions (Nixon years).
Folder 81.11 Pol.--Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Folder 81.12 Pol.--Miscellaneous.
Folder 81.13 Pol.--Miscellaneous.
Folder 82.01 Nixon--Richard Nixon.
Folder 82.02 Nixon--Richard Nixon.
Folder 82.03 Nixon--Richard Nixon.
Folder 82.04 Nixon--Campaign.
Folder 82.05 Nixon--Committee to Reelect President Nixon.
Folder 82.06 Nixon--Nixon Foundation.
Folder 82.07 Nixon--Impeachment of, clippings.
Folder 82.08 Nixon--William Marumoto.
Folder 82.09 Nixon--Organized crime.
Folder 82.10 Nixon--Radio station.
Folder 82.11 Nixon--Western White House, San Clemente.
Folder 82.12 Nixon--Watergate.
Folder 82.13 Nixon--Watergate, early.
Folder 83:01 Pol.--Research.
Folder 83.02 Pol.--Research.
Folder 83.03 Pol.--Background.
Folder 83.04 Pol.--Miscellaneous.
Folder 83.05 Pol.--Study and Summary, White Collar Crime, 1975-1976.
Folder 83.06 Pol.--Libel cases, testimony.
Folder 84.01 Poll.--Pollution.
Folder 84.02 Poll.--Asbestos.
Folder 84.03 Poll.--Congressional appropriation.
Folder 84.04 Poll.--Environmental impact statements.
Folder 84.05 Poll.--Environmental Protection Agency.
Folder 84.06 Poll.--Fluorides.
Folder 84.07 Poll.--Fouke Co.
Folder 84.08 Poll.--Lake George.
Folder 84.09 Poll.--Mercury.
Folder 84.10 Poll.--Motor vehicles.
Folder 84.11 Poll.--Outboard motors.
Folder 84.12 Poll.--Politics.
Folder 84.13 Poll.--SST airplane, American.
Folder 84.14 Poll.--Students' projects.
Folder 84.15 Poll.--Miscellaneous.
Scope and Contents

(Includes printed reports from the Office of Research and Develop- ment.)

Folder 85.01 OR&D--Health and Safety.
Folder 85.02 OR&D--Coal.
Folder 85.03 OR&D--Deepwater ports.
Folder 85.04 OR&D--Geothermal energy.
Folder 85.05 OR&D--Refinery development.
Folder 85.06 OR&D--Offshore nuclear power.
Folder 85.07 OR&D--Miscellaneous.
Folder 85.08 Prisons--Background.
Folder 85.09 Prisons--Columns and clippings.
Folder 85.10 Prisons--Crime in prisons.
Folder 85.11 Prisons--Letters from inmates.
Folder 85.12 Prisons--Raiford, Florida prison.
Folder 85.13 Prisons--Miscellaneous.
Folder 86.01 Power--Electric.
Folder 86.02 Power--Federal Power Commission.
Folder 86.03 Power--Natural Gas.
Folder 86.04 Power--National Park Service.
Folder 86.05 Power--NCEA (North Central Electric Association) seminar report.
Folder 86.06 Power--Water, Research and articles.
Folder 86.07 Power--Water, background materials.
Folder 86.08 Power--Miscellaneous.
Folder 87.01 Radiation--Cataracts, testimony.
Folder 87.02 Radiation--Cataracts, background.
Folder 87.03 Radiation--Government appeals.
Folder 87.04 Radiation--Microwave ovens.
Folder 87.05 Radiation--Whitten research.
Folder 87.06 Radiation--Zaret Co. research.
Folder 87.07 Radiation--Zaret Co. research.
Folder 88.01 Smith.--S. Dillon Ripley, Executive Secretary.
Folder 88.02 Smith.--S. Dillon Ripley.
Folder 88.03 Smith.--S. Dillon Ripley.
Folder 88.04 Smith.--Reports.
Folder 88.05 Smith.--Archeological dig.
Folder 88.06 Smith.--Carrousel.
Folder 88.07 Smith.--Hirshhorn, Frankfurter papers.
Folder 88.08 Smith.--J. Edgar Hoover display.
Folder 88.09 Smith.--Sale of art.
Folder 88.10 Smith.--Sale of jewelry.
Folder 89.01 Religion--Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church, background.
Folder 89.02 Religion--Serb. East. Orth. Ch., columns.
Folder 89.03 Religion--Serb. East. Orth. Ch., foreign language.
Folder 89.04 Stocks--Columns.
Folder 89.05 Stocks--Background.
Folder 90.01 Misc.--Air Force.
Folder 90.02 Misc.--Army reunion.
Folder 90.03 Misc.--Bristol Company.
Folder 90.04 Misc.--Cedars of Lebanon Hospital.
Folder 90.05 Misc.--Census Bureau.
Folder 90.06 Misc.--Chamber of Commerce.
Folder 90.07 Misc.--Chi Omega Sorority.
Folder 90.08 Misc.--Civil Rights, Mississippi schools.
Folder 90.09 Misc.--"Committee of One Hundred".
Folder 90.10 Misc.--Commodity options.
Folder 90.11 Misc.--Congressional Golf Tournament.
Folder 90.12 Misc.--Croatians.
Folder 91.01 Misc.--Federal Aviation Agency.
Folder 91.02 Misc.--Federal Communications Commission; Congressional hearing.
Folder 91.03 Misc.--Federal Trade Commission.
Folder 91.04 Misc.--Foreign Service.
Folder 91.05 Misc.--General Services Administration.
Folder 91.06 Misc.--Hunting Creek, Virginia.
Folder 91.07 Misc.--Intellectual Property Owners.
Folder 91.08 Misc.--Koppers Company.
Folder 91.09 Misc.--"Manchester Union Leader" William Loeb.
Folder 91.10 Misc.--MARK-a computer.
Folder 91.11 Misc.--Motel, sale of.
Folder 91.12 Misc.--Netherlands Antilles.
Folder 91.13 Misc.--Nevada, prostitution.
Folder 91.14 Misc.--New Left, Allen Ginsberg.
Folder 92.01 Misc.--Office of Economic Opportunity.
Folder 92.02 Misc.--Philadelphia Eagles, Leonard Tose.
Folder 92.03 Misc.--Resumes, Criminal justice.
Folder 92.04 Misc.--Suggestions for stories.
Folder 92.05 Misc.--Suggestions for videos.
Folder 92.06 Misc.--Taxes, Prisoners of war.
Folder 92.07 Misc.--Trans Alaska pipeway.
Folder 92.08 Misc.--Transportation.
Folder 92.09 Misc.--Transportation, Air West.
Folder 92.10 Misc.--U.S. Government, White House.
Folder 92.11 Misc.--Uranium lobby.
Folder 92.12 Misc.--United Police Fund.
Folder 92.13 Misc.--Wire.
Folder 93.01 Misc.--Miscellaneous information.
Folder 93.02 Misc.--Miscellaneous information.
Folder 93.03 Misc.--Miscellaneous information.
Folder 93.04 Misc.--Miscellaneous information.
Folder 93.05 Misc.--Miscellaneous information.
Folder 93.06 Misc.--Miscellaneous information.
Folder 93.07 Misc.--Miscellaneous information.
Folder 93.08 Misc. -Two Philadelphia magazines, Nov. 1973 and May 1974.
Scope and Contents

(These clippings are not in date order and are in very fragile condition.)

Folder 94.01 Whitten--Clippings 1969.
Folder 94.02 Whitten--Clippings 1970.
Folder 94.03 Whitten--Clippings 1971.
Folder 94.04 Whitten--Clippings 1972.
Folder 94.05 Whitten--Clippings 1973.
Folder 94.06 Whitten--Clippings 1974.
Folder 94.07 Whitten--Clippings no date.
Folder 95.01 Whitten--Arrest, January 30, 1973.
Folder 95.02 Whitten--Articles re arrest.
Folder 95.03 Whitten--Articles and letters after arrest.
Folder 95.04 Whitten--Clippings, etc. after arrest.
Folder 95.05 Whitten--Clippings, etc. after arrest.
Folder 95.06 Whitten--Misc. newspaper accounts of arrest.
Folder 95.07 Whitten--N. Y. Times Magazine, February 11, 1973.
Folder 96.01 Whitten--Background.
Folder 96.02 Whitten--Copies and duplicates.
Folder 96.03 Whitten--Correspondence with agencies.
Folder 96.04 Whitten--FBI material on LHW 1961-1976.
Folder 96.05 Whitten--Freedom of Information Act hearing report.
Folder 97.01 Whitten--Hearing, telephone and FBI record.
Folder 97.02 Whitten--CIA files on LHW.
Folder 97.03 Whitten--CIA investigation on LHW.
Folder 97.04 Whitten--Surveillance 1972.
Folder 97.05 Whitten--Telephone records.
Folder 98.01 Whitten--Five reel to reel tapes.
Folder 98.02 Whitten--Five cassette tapes.
Folder 98.03 Whitten--Four Government Hearing documents.
Folder 98.04 Whitten--CIA involvement.
Folder 98.05 Whitten--Letters to LHW re crime.
Folder 98.06 Whitten--"Investigative Reporters and Editors".
Folder 98.07 Whitten--Summons to LHW re Gordon Novel.
Folder 98.08 Whitten--Research, werewolves.
Folder 99.01 Whitten--Twenty-two spiral notebooks of miscellaneous notes taken during investigations.
Folder 100.01 Whitten--Nineteen more spiral notebooks of miscellaneous notes taken during investigations.
Folder 101.01 Junior High and High School diplomas.
Folder 101.02 Lehigh Yearbook (Epitome) 1950.
Folder 101.03 Lehigh University Catalog, 1969-1970. (Whitten is listed on the staff as Visiting Associate Professor of Arts.).
Folder 102.01 Information Acquisition Corporation vs. United States Department of Justice, 1977.
Folder 102.02 Richard L. Bast correspondence.
Folder 102.03 Bast vs. United States Department of Justice, 1978, testimony.
Folder 102.04 Securities and Exchange Commission vs. National Bank of Georgia, complaint.
Folder 102.05 Securities and Exchange Commission vs. National Bank of Georgia, final judgement.
Folder 102.06 Government hearing-T. Bertram Lance, 1977.
Folder 102.07 Government hearing-T. Bertram Lance, 1978.
Folder 103.01 Stories, United Press International, 1950s.
Folder 103.02 Special Projects, 1950s.
Folder 103.03 Clippings, 1950s.
Folder 103.04 Report of Philippine Investigation, 1975.
Folder 103.05 Kudos (unsolicited) 1950s and 1960s.
Folder 104.01 Columns, October 1969.
Folder 104.02 Columns, November 1969.
Folder 104.03 Columns, December 1969.
Folder 104.04 Columns, January 1970.
Folder 104.05 Columns, February 1970.
Folder 104.06 Columns, March 1970.
Folder 104.07 Columns, April 1970.
Folder 104.08 Columns, May 1970.
Folder 104.09 Columns, June 1970.
Folder 105.01 Columns, July 1970.
Folder 105.02 Columns, August 1970.
Folder 105.03 Columns, September 1970.
Folder 105.04 Columns, October 1970.
Folder 105.05 Columns, November 1970.
Folder 105.06 Columns, December 1970.
Folder 105.07 Columns, January 1971.
Folder 105.08 Columns, February 1971.
Folder 105.09 Columns, March 1971.
Folder 106.01 Columns, April 1971.
Folder 106.02 Columns, May 1971.
Folder 106.03 Columns, June 1971.
Folder 106.04 Columns, July 1971.
Folder 106.05 Columns, August 1971.
Folder 106.06 Columns, September 1971.
Folder 106.07 Columns, October 1971.
Folder 106.08 Columns, November 1971.
Folder 106.09 Columns, December 1971.
Folder 107.01 Columns, January 1972.
Folder 107.02 Columns, February 1972.
Folder 107.03 Columns, March 1972.
Folder 107.04 Columns, April 1972.
Folder 107.05 Columns, May 1972.
Folder 107.06 Columns, June 1972.
Folder 107.07 Columns, July 1972.
Folder 107.08 Columns, August 1972.
Folder 107.09 Columns, September 1972.
Folder 108.01 Columns, October 1972.
Folder 108.02 Columns, November 1972.
Folder 108.03 Columns, December 1972.
Folder 108.04 Columns, January 1973.
Folder 108.05 Columns, February 1973.
Folder 108.06 Columns, March 1973.
Folder 108.07 Columns, April 1973.
Folder 108.08 Columns, May 1973.
Folder 108.09 Columns, June 1973.
Folder 109.01 Columns, July 1973.
Folder 109.02 Columns, August 1973.
Folder 109.03 Columns, September 1973.
Folder 109.04 Columns, October 1973.
Folder 109.05 Columns, November 1973.
Folder 109.06 Columns, December 1973.
Folder 109.07 Columns, January 1974.
Folder 109.08 Columns, February 1974.
Folder 109.09 Columns, March 1974.
Folder 110.01 Columns, April 1974.
Folder 110.02 Columns, May 1974.
Folder 110.03 Columns, June 1974.
Folder 110.04 Columns, July 1974.
Folder 110.05 Columns, August 1974.
Folder 110.06 Columns, September 1974.
Folder 110.07 Columns, October 1974.
Folder 110.08 Columns, November 1974.
Folder 110.09 Columns, December 1974.
Folder 111.01 Columns, January 1975.
Folder 111.02 Columns, February 1975.
Folder 111.03 Columns, March 1975.
Folder 111.04 Columns, April 1975.
Folder 111.05 Columns, May 1975.
Folder 111.06 Columns, June 1975.
Folder 111.07 Columns, July 1975.
Folder 111.08 Columns, August 1975.
Folder 111.09 Columns, September 1975.
Folder 112.01 Columns, October 1975.
Folder 112.02 Columns, November 1975.
Folder 112.03 Columns, December 1975.
Folder 112.04 Columns, January 1976.
Folder 112.05 Columns, February 1976.
Folder 112.06 Columns, March 1976.
Folder 112.07 Columns, April 1976.
Folder 112.08 Columns, May 1976.
Folder 112.09 Columns, June 1976.
Folder 113.01 Columns, July 1976.
Folder 113.02 Columns, August 1976.
Folder 113.03 Columns, September 1976.
Folder 113.04 Columns, October 1976.
Folder 113.05 Columns, November 1976.
Folder 113.06 Columns, December 1976.
Folder 113.07 Columns, January 1977.
Folder 113.08 Columns, February 1977.
Folder 113.09 Columns, March 1977.
Folder 114.01 Columns, April 1977.
Folder 114.02 Columns, May 1977.
Folder 114.03 Columns, June 1977.
Folder 114.04 Columns, July 1977.
Folder 114.05 Columns, August 1977.
Folder 114.06 Columns, September 1977.
Folder 114.07 Columns, October 1977.
Folder 114.08 Columns, November 1977.
Folder 114.09 Columns, December 1977.
Folder 115.01 Two small paintings by LHW, 1950s. .
Folder 115.02 Scrapbook "Cumulative Work of Leslie H. Whitten, Washington Bureau-The Hearst Newspapers during 1968". .
Folder 115.03 Five sketches for "Ghetto" articles. .
Folder 115.04 Two certificates (1) "Washington Newspaper Guild Front Page Award"-Honorable Mention (2) "American Press Institute"-participation in 1963 seminar. .
Folder 115.05 Scrapbook entry of LHW for "Raymond Clapper Memorial Award" from Hearst Newspapers, 1965. .
Folder 115.06 Scrapbook entry of LHW and Rasa Gustaitis for the "Washington Newspaper Guild Award in Public Service" received Honorable Mention. .
Folder 115.07 Scrapbook of miscellaneous clippings from 1960s, "put together for a job search or something" per LHW. .
Folder 115.08 Scrapbook of clippings from Hearst News Service on "Health Frauds", appearing in the San Francisco Examiner-won the "Good Health News Award" for 1965 from the California Hospital Association. .
Folder 115.09 Scrapbook of clippings and research submitted for "Raymond Clapper Memorial Award, Hearst Newspapers, Washington Bureau, 1965." .
Folder 116.01"Buddha" statue, once the property of J. Edgar Hoover: bought by Robert Simmons at Hoover estate auction and given to Whitten.

Scope and Contents

Additional material was donated by Mr. Whitten in February 1991. It includes personal correspondence, mentions, articles, etc. (Boxes 117, 118); three drafts of A Killing Pace, published in 1983 (Boxes 119-121); and eight drafts of The Lost Disciple: The Book of Demas, published in 1989 (Boxes 122-128).

Folder 117.01 Correspondence from Europe 1950s-1960s. .
Folder 117.02 Letters from Europe (written by Les or Phyllis) 1950s. .
Folder 117.03 Personal-Family Les' vitae, Article about God, inscriptions on books to Mother, etc. .
Folder 117.04 Letters from William Turnbull 1952-1989. .
Folder 117.05 Jack Anderson articles and mentions. .
Folder 117.06 Lehigh University letters, clippings, etc. re Honorary Degree in 1989; and student evaluations from guest lecture in Journalism class . .
Folder 117.07 Bureau of Indian Affairs photocopies, letters and student term paper (1990) about the BIA incident in 1973. .
Folder 117.08 Miscellaneous articles, mentions and puzzles. .
Folder 117.09 Seven cassette tapes of Les' presentations. .
Folder 117.10 Chips from Baudelaire's tomb and nugget in bag. .
Folder 118.01 Articles about Les and family.
Folder 118.02 Clippings about family. .
Folder 118.03 A Legend of Topaz Eyes dictated in rough form by Limbica Celea Reges, and written by Les Whitten: book, typescript, rough copy and correspondence regarding publication. .
Folder 118.04 Drury College program, folder and magazine. .
Folder 118.05 David Markson; book, vitae, correspondence and clippings .
Folder 118.06 The Lost Disciple--misc. material .
Folder 118.07 Reviews, mentions-1990s.
Folder 118.08 Poems by Ray Armstrong.
Folder 118.09 Re Carol Rinsler 1991.
Folder 118.10 Tanner painting, and sale of 1980s.
Folder 118.11 Curtis Brown Co. sale of "Progeny" to.
Folder 118.12 Misc. personal material 1970s-1990s (and small amount from 1930s).
Folder 119.01 A Killing Pace; Draft I January 1979.(Also called "Breakup" and "The Investigator").
Folder 120.01 A Killing Pace; Draft III June 1981.
Folder 121.01 A Killing Pace; Draft IV January 1982. (sold to Athenun for $9000).
Folder 122.01 Original Proposal 1979.
Folder 122.02 "Epistles of Demas" Draft I September 1984 September 1985.
Folder 123.01 "Epistles of Demas" Draft II September 1985 June 1 986.
Folder 124.01 "The Lost Disciple" Draft III October 1986.
Folder 124.02 "The Lost Disciple" Draft V May 1987. (not complete).
Folder 125.01 The Lost Disciple Draft IV February 1987.
Folder 126.01 The Lost Disciple Draft VI January 1988. (sold for $ 11,000).
Folder 126.02 The Lost Disciple Draft VII January 1988.
Folder 127.01 The Lost Disciple "Foul matter" 1988.
Folder 128.01 The Lost Disciple Clean copy 1988.
Folder 129.01 "The Washingtonian" Dec. 1981, with short story by Les "The Fisherman.".
Folder 129.02 "The Washingtonian" Feb. 1976, with short story by Les "The Catch".
Folder 129.03 "The Washingtonian" Jan. 1982, with article by Les "No More Rat Race".
Folder 129.04 "A Bend in the Road", collection of poetry and artwork by the residents of Beverly Enterprises (nursing home) with forward by Les.
Folder 129.05 Articles about Jack Anderson in "The Washingtonian" May 1971, and "Time" April 3, 1972.
Folder 129.06 Articles by Les in "Washington Post Magazine" May 13, 1979; "The Progressive" October 1969, and several other clippings.
Folder 129.07 Clippings and mentions OF Les 1970s-1980s.
Folder 129.08 Clippings of reviews of Les's material 1970s.
Folder 129.09 Clippings of reviews BY Les 1980s.
Folder 129.10 "What if JFK Had Lived?" by Les Whitten for Michael Viner, publisher and film producer, with explanation of Les' assistance, 1987.
Folder 129.11 "The Defectors" a film project (edited copy) and letter of explanation, 1987.
Folder 129.12"Defector" by K. E. Coker; screenplay, finished copy.

Scope and Contents

Following material sent by Les Whitten in February 4, 2009, and consists mostly of book reviews, manuscripts, and drafts of publications; and documents and a set of slides related to events he attended at Lehigh University. The Lehigh material removed and cataloged separately.

Folder 130.01 Press releases and reviews about "The Alchemist".
Folder 130.02 Press releases and reviews about "Sometimes a Hero".
Folder 130.03 Press releases and reviews about "A Killing Pace".
Folder 130.04 Press releases and reviews about "The Lost Disciple".
Folder 130.05 Press releases, interview notes and reviews about "A Day without Sunshine".
Folder 130.06 Summaries about "Moses: The Last Book of the Bible".
Folder 130.07 Press releases and reviews about "The Rebel", "Moon of the Wolf", "Progeny of the Adder", "Sometimes a Hero", "Pinion, The Golden Eagle" and "Washington Cycle". Colored negative films of "Moon of the Wolf". Stephen King's note regarding important novels such as "Progeny of the Adder".
Folder 130.08 Short stories and poems contained in articles. Stories include "The Day of the Monkeys", "The Fisherman", "The Catch", "Bethlehem", "The Arts of Espionage" and "A Most Unforgettable Patient". Reviews about "The Deceiver" Contains Les Whitten's eulogy for his former boss, Jack Anderson. Contains interview notes, introduction speech by Joseph McFadden about Whitten, speech by Whitten to the Friends of Lehigh University Libraries, Pamphlet from November 2, 1991, and Graduate Degree Alumni Day with details about Whitten. Contains self-article called "I Learned I Could Say Yes to Life". Contains personal correspondences, articles about CIA generally negative point of view, articles related to Whitten, either through personal connection or related literary work. Articles by Les Whitten, including "Hank Adams: A brave and fine man". Speech from The 2006 American Indian Visionary Award. Lehigh related slides and files cataloged separately.
Folder 130.09 Press releases and reviews about "Conflict of Interest".
Folder 130.10 "Hurricane Review 2005" pg. 138 contains poem by Whitten called "September Song".
Folder 130.11 "Pegasus" pg. 29 contains poem by Whitten called "Beggars".
Folder 130.12 "Plainsongs Volume XXVII Number 2" contains poem by Whitten called "San Francisco".
Folder 131.01 Two unpublished poems (typed) "Graduate Degree" and "Sol y Sombra" includes a note by Whitten that states that these are his most important poems.
Folder 131.02 Baudelaire Translations.
Folder 131.03 Correspondence with Bill Turnbull, presenter and journalist for the BBC.
Folder 132.01 Manuscript of "The Chairman Emeritus of Dreams"?.
Folder 132.02 Manuscript of "The Light of Setting Suns Eleven Hospice Tales" (Final).
Folder 132.03 Manuscript of "Dark Lights" (Finished final version June 2006).

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