Val Adams, Jr. Papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Val Adams, Jr. Papers
Creator: Unknown
Inclusive Dates: 1900-1999
Language(s): English
Extent: 5 Linear Feet 3 cartons, 2 half boxes, 1 oversized box
Collection Number: ms3567
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Valda Livingstone Adams, Jr. was born on August 11, 1916 to Valda L. Adams, Sr. and Rosa Adams, and married Gladys Beck. He was a journalist, World War II veteran, and Pearl Harbor survivor. He wrote for many newspapers throughout his life including the Cohran Journal, New York Times, Daily News, and was also involved with several television and radio programs. Adams died February 12, 1983.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of correspondence, articles, short stories, notes, chronicles, and photographs. Much of the correspondence, articles and short stories were written during or about World War II. Several of the letters are from NBC and CBS regarding making television shows out of these stories.

Organization and Arrangement

This collection has not yet been processed, but the original order has been maintained. The donor assigned each item an identifaction number, which informs the order in which materials are listed here. A key to the numbers is located in a binder in carton 3 which provides dates and further information on the items.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Val Adams, Jr. papers, ms3567, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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#1: Esquire Article, December 1966

 

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#2: "Remember Pearl Harbor" Chronical, December 17, 1941

 

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#3: Pompano Submarine Chronical, February 23, 1942

 

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#4: Paradise Limited Story , December 15, 1941

 

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#5: CINPAC SINKS CHORINE, December 1942

 

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#6: "Georgia Teletype Operator Tells Inside Story of Pearl Harbor" Article, December 16, 1945

 

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#7: "No Home from the Sea" Chronical, June/July 1943

 

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#8: "For Two Weeks I Have Been a Civilian" Chronicle, November 14, 1945

 

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#9: Iwo Jima Chronical, February 24, 1945

 

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#10: Tokyo Bay Chronical, September 4, 1945

 

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#11: Philippines Chronical, August 21, 1945

 

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#12: Sunset Paper (USS Rutland), August 15, 1945

 

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#13: AP News (USS Rutland), June 19, 1945

 

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#14: Letter to Belinda, August 16, 1941

 

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#15: Pearl Harbor Notes, December 1941

 

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#16: "Oh P You" Story, November 1941

 

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#17: "Honeymoon in Hawaii" Story, October 1941

 

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#18: "All Secure " Story, September 1941

 

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#19: "Voting Changes the Odds" Story, August 1944

 

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#20: "For the Duration" Story, August 1941

 

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#21: "A Southern Personality" Story, November 1938

 

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#22: "This Man Trotti" Story, October 1939

 

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#23: "The Lady Known as Sue" Story, May 1939

 

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#24: "Gone with the Wind" Story, June 1939

 

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#25: "My Name is Mac" Story, 1942 (?)

 

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#26: "Of Ships and Men" Article, July 1942

 

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#27: "Around the Naval Station" Article, April 1942

 

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#28: "Around the Naval Station" Article, June 1942

 

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#29: "Around the Naval Station" Article, May 1942

 

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#30: "Knockout" Story, February 1942

 

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#31: Letters to Mom (USS Rutland), July 3-31, 1945

 

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#32: Letters to Mom (USS Rutland), August 2-29, 1945

 

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#33: Letters to Mom , December 22 & 28, 1944

 

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#34: Letters to Mom , March 1943

 

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#35: Letters to Mom , March 1944

 

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#36: Letters to Mom , August 1941

 

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#37: Letters to Mom , September 7-17, 1945

 

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#38: Letters to Mom , February 6-15, 1945

 

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#39: Letters to Mom , January 1945

 

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#40: Letters to Mom , March 1945

 

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#41: Letters to Mom , April 2-29, 1945

 

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#42: Letters to Mom , May 8-28, 1945

 

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#43: Letters to Mom , June 7-30, 1945

 

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#44: Letters to Mom , 1945 (?)

 

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#45: Telegram to Mom , December 30, 1941 (?)

 

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#46: Letter to Mom , December 1941

 

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#47: Letter to Belinda, September 15, 1945

 

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#48: Letter to Belinda, June 21, 1945

 

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#49: "Dear Mom and Dad" Article, January 1940

 

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#50: "Dear Mom and Dad" Article, February 1940

 

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#51: "Dear Mom and Dad" Article, March 1940

 

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#52: Letter to Belinda, January 6, 1945

 

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#53: Radio News, March 5, 1945

 

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#54: Letter to Belinda, March 14, 1945

 

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#55: Letter , April 2, 1945

 

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#56: Christmas Card , December 24, 1940

 

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#57: Telegraph, September 2, 1945

 

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#58: Telegraph, September 2, 1945

 

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#59: Letters from Editors Regarding Stories and Articles, 1941-1944

 

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#60: "Conducive to Fright Itself" Article, February 1, 2007

 

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#61: "The Best Fool is a Little War", 1943/44

 

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#62: Stories of Japanese Soldiers, January 8, 1943

 

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#63: "55 Dash D Dash 17" Story, April 1944

 

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#64: "Maybe I'm a Wench" Story, March 1943

 

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#65: "Farewell to Pearl" Chronical, April 30, 1943

 

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#66: "Mixed Identity" , March 1943

 

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#67: "Tiger Lily", Date Written Unknown

 

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#68: Telegram to Belinda, July 26, 1942

 

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#69: Telegram Mrs. V. L. Adams from Bert, March 15, 1942

 

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#70: Letter from John Kenneth Eastland to Gladys Adams, January 18, 1942

 

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#71: Telegram about Discharge, October 30, 1945

 

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#72: Notes and Submissions to Film Fun, December 31, 1936

 

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#73: "A Boy in California Thinks of His Mother on Her Birthday", December 1939

 

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#74: Letter to George Knight, March 31, 1940

 

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#75: Letters to George, April 1940

 

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#76: Letters to George, May 30, 1940

 

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#77: Letters to George, June 3, 1940

 

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#78: Letters to George, July 13, 1940

 

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#79: Letters to George, July 18, 1940

 

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#80: Photo of George and Christine Knight, Between 1940-1945 (?)

 

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#81: Letter to Belinda, May 12, 1945

 

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#82: "No Strain Mate" Story, January 1942

 

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#83: "Sports Writer Goes to War", November 1942

 

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#84: Issue of Army-Navy Review, October 1942

 

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#85: Letter from Gladys Adams to George Knight, July 17, 1944

 

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#86: Letter from Gladys Adams to George Knight, June 18, 1944

 

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#87: Letter from Gladys Adams to George Knight, January 16, 1944

 

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#88: Letter from Gladys Adams to George Knight, June 9, 1943

 

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#89: Letter from Val Adams Sr. to George Knight, December 25, 1941

 

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#90: Letter from Val Adams Jr. to Mother, December 20, 1941

 

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#91: Letters from Mother Rose Adams to Gladys, 1941

 

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#92: Letters from Gladys Adams to George and Christine Knight, June 19, 1942

 

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#93: "Negro Doctor in Georgia Treats White Patients" Story, September 1950

 

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#94: "An American Tourist's View of the British Isles" Chronical, August 1978

 

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#95: Val Adams' Account of His Hospitalization, February 3-9, 1983

 

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#96: Letter to Jimmy Carter, August 2, 1976

 

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#97: Novel Notes, 1960s

 

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#98: Letter to Gladys, December 25, 1941

 

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#99: Letter to Gladys from Bert, September 12, 1945

 

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#100: Letter to George Knight, August 22, 1940

 

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#101: Letter to George Knight, September 28, 1940

 

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#102: Letter to George Knight, October 22, 1940

 

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#103: Letter to George Knight, November 18, 1940

 

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#104: Letter to George Knight, January 6, 1941

 

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#105: Letter to George Knight, February 6, 1941

 

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#106: Letters to George Knight, March 1941

 

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#107: Letters to George Knight, April 1941

 

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#108: Letter to George Knight, May 4, 1941

 

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#109: Letters to George Knight, June 1941

 

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#110: Letters to George Knight, September 1941

 

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#111: Letter to George Knight, November 22, 1941

 

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#112: Letter to George Knight, December 13, 1941

 

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#113: Letter to George Knight, January 10, 1942

 

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#114: Letter to George Knight, February 19, 1942

 

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#115: Letter to George Knight, May 5, 1942

 

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#116: Letter to George Knight, June 24, 1942

 

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#117: Letter to George Knight, July 8, 1942

 

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#118: Letter to George Knight, August 24, 1942

 

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#119: Letter to George Knight

 

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#119: Letter to George Knight, September 1, 1942

 

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#120: Letter to George Knight, November 14, 1942

 

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#121: Letter to George Knight, February 8, 1943

 

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#122: Letter to George Knight, March 17, 1943

 

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#123: Letter to George Knight, May 20, 1943

 

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#124: Letter to George Knight, July 11, 1943

 

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#125: Letter to George Knight, October 5, 1943

 

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#126: Letter to George Knight, November 10, 1943

 

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#127: Letter to George Knight, December 23, 1943

 

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#128: Letter to George Knight, January 20, 1944

 

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#129: Letter to George Knight, March 2, 1944

 

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#130: Letter to George Knight, April 3, 1944

 

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#131: Letter to George Knight, June 11, 1934

 

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#132: Letter to George Knight, July 8, 1944

 

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#133: Letter to George Knight, August 22, 1944

 

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#134: Letter to George Knight, December 5, 1944

 

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#135: Letter to George Knight, January 21, 1945

 

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#136: Letter to George Knight, March 2, 1945

 

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#137: Letter to George Knight, April 18, 1945

 

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#138: Letters to George Knight, May 12 & 24, 1945

 

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#139: Letters to George Knight, June 27, 1945

 

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#140: Letters to George Knight, August 17, 1945

 

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#141: Letters to George Knight, September 2 & 17, 1945

 

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#142: Letter to Charlotte Roberts, January 5, 1978

 

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#143: "Remember Pearl Harbor? A Lot of Guys Do" Article, December 7, 1970

 

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#144: "Dear Mom and Dad" Article, April 1940

 

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#145: "Georgia Boy in New York" Article, April 1940

 

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#146: "Georgia Boy in New York" Article, May 1940

 

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#147: "Georgia Boy in New York" Article, June 1940

 

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#148: "Georgia Boy in New York" Article, July 1940

 

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#149: "Georgia Boy in New York" Article, August 1940

 

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#150: "Georgia Boy in New York" Article, September 1940

 

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#151: "Georgia Boy in New York" Article, October 1940

 

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#152: "Harbor Hi Lights" Article, December 1940

 

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#153: "Harbor Hi Lights" Article, January 9, 1941

 

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#154: "Harbor Hi Lights" Article, February 27, 1941

 

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#155: "Harbor Hi Lights" Article, March 3, 1941

 

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#156: "Harbor Hi Lights" Article, April 7, 1941

 

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#157: "Harbor Hi Lights" Article, May 1, 1941

 

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#158: "Harbor Hi Lights" Article, June 8, 1941

 

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#159: "Harbor Hi Lights" Article, September 12, 1941

 

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#160: "Harbor Hi Lights" Article, October 3, 1941

 

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#161: "Harbor Hi Lights" Article, November 15, 1941

 

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#162: "Valda L. Adams Jr. Takes Long Hop" Article, March 10, 1938

 

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#163: "Valda Adams Writes of Trip to California" Article, May 12, 1938

 

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#164: "Interesting Letter Comes from Pearl Harbor", December 11, 1942

 

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#166: "In this Corner" Article, April 28, 1938

 

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#167: "Dear Mom and Dad" Articles, December 1938

 

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#168: "Dear Mom and Dad" Articles, January 1939

 

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#169: "Dear Mom and Dad" Articles, February 1939

 

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#170: "Dear Mom and Dad" Articles, March 1939

 

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#171: "Dear Mom and Dad" Articles, April 9, 1939

 

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#172: "Dear Mom and Dad" Articles, May 1939

 

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#173: "Dear Mom and Dad" Articles, June 1939

 

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#174: "Dear Mom and Dad" Articles, July 6, 1939

 

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#176: "Dear Mom and Dad" Articles, August 1939

 

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#177: "Dear Mom and Dad" Articles, September 1939

 

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#178: "Dear Mom and Dad" Articles, October 1939

 

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#179: "Dear Mom and Dad" Articles, November 1939

 

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#180: "Dear Mom and Dad" Articles, December 1939

 

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#181: "Dear Mom and Dad" Articles, June 10, 1945

 

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#182: Ship's Newspaper (Copied from AP Radio News), March 18, 1945

 

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#183: Ship's Newspaper (Copied from AP Radio News), April 12, 1945

 

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#184: Ship's Newspaper (Copied from AP Radio News), May 9, 1945

 

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#185: Ship's Newspaper (Copied from AP Radio News), September 9, 1945

 

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#186: Account of Shell Back Ceremony

 

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#187: "Dear Fellow Sufferers" Letter #188: "This is Your Life, Jack Gould" Article #189: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams #190: Letter from Val Adams to Jack Gould , 1962, 1972

 

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#191: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams #192: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams #193: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams #194: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams , Labor Day 1970; July 9, 1968; December 22, 1975; December 30, 1975

 

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#195: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams #196: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams #197: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams #198: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams , March 15, 1976; September 17, 1976; October 15, 1976; December 8, 1976

 

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#199: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams #200: Letters from Lester Markel to Val Adams #201: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams #202: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams #203: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams #204: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams , February/March/May/June 1977, January 1978

 

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#205: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams #206: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams #207: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams #208: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams #209: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams , February 1978, September 1978, April 1979, December 1979, April 1980

 

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#210: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams #211: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams #212: Typed Notes by Val Adams #213: Typed Notes by Val Adams #214: 3 Notes #215: "Sam Zolotow Navy Story" #216: Series of Notes #217: Notes by Val Adams #218: Letter from Jack Gould to Val Adams, February 1981, November 1981, February 1957-1959, March 1966-January 1970, 1973, October 1979, January-October 1980, February-April 1981, June 1969

 

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#219: "Growing Up with the Pearl Harbor Story" Article, December 2009

 

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#220: "Conducive to Fright Itself" Article, February 2007

 

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#221: Letters from Ben Fleischman, December 1966

 

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#222: Special Interviews on Pearl Harbor Anniversary, December 1966

 

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#223: Citation and Merit Award to Val Adams, October 13, 1964

 

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#224: Letter from Sydney Eiges #225: Letter from Edwin Friendly #226: Letter from David Alber #227: Letter from Johanna Grant #228: Letter from Edward Scovill #229: Letter from Robert Stolfi #230: Letter from Merrit Myers #231: Letter from Phil Bernstein #232: Letter from Joan Ganz Cooney #233: Letter from Burton Benjamin #234: Letter from Sid Garfield #235: Letter from Steve Libby #236: Letter from John Cowden #237: Letter from Rudy Bergman #238: Letter from Ed Pfister , February 1967

 

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#239: Letter from Jack Kiermaier #240: Letter from Paul MacCowatt #241: Letter from Peter Goelet #242: Letter from Alvin Boretz #243: Letter from Charles Steinberg #244: Letter from Robert Kinter #245: "New York Times Re-Deployment" Article #246: Letter from Elliott Henry #247: Letter from Mrs. Cornwall #248: Letter from Val Adams to Arthur Sulzberger , February-December 1967

 

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#249: Letter from Val Adams to Arthur Sulzberger #250: Letter from Val Adams to Arthur Sulzberger #251: Memo from Glen Fowler #252: Letter from Clifton Daniel #253: Letter from Val Adams to Clifton Daniels , April-June 1969

 

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#254: Letter from John Royal #255: Letter from Burton Benjamin #256: Letter from Edward Ringer #257: Letter from Robert Kinter #258: Letter from Jack Kiermaier #259: Letter from Ed Friendly #260: Letter from Lawrence Eisenberg #261: Letter from Joe Franklin #262: Telegram from Long John Nebel #263: Western Union Telegram from Steve Bell #264: Letter from Mark Olds , May 1969

 

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#265: Memo from Bob Williams to Val Adams #266: Letter from Sydney Eiges #267: Letter from Dick #268: Letter from Charles Reilly #269: Letter from Julian Goodman #270: Letter from Robert Bernstein #271: Letter from Mort Werner #272: Letter from George Koehler #273: Letter from Paul Talbot #274: Letter from Paul Malone #275: Letter from Jerry Franken #276: Letter from Julius Barnathan #277: Article in "Times Talk" #278: Article in "Film and Television Daily" , May 1969

 

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#279: Article in Variety , May 14, 1969

 

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#280: Letter from Roone Arledge #281: Letter from Robert Kinter #282: Letter from John Newman #283: Letter from Hubbell Robinson #284: Letter from Paul Jones #285: Letter from David Levy #286: Letter from Julian Goodman #287: Letter from Jack Gould , June-July 1969, July 1967, February 1972

 

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#288: Article by Cynthia Lowry , March 2, 1959

 

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#289: Letter from Bill Leonard #290: Letter from Larry King to Mike Wallace #291: Letter from Lloyd Dobyns #292: Letter from Lloyd Dobyns #293: Letter from Lloyd Dobyns #294: Comments from Val Adams about Sam Cook Digges , 1975-1981

 

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#295: Statement from Arthur Sulzberger , April 25, 1961

 

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#296: Val Adams Broadcasting , September 19, 1965

 

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#297: Letter from Robert Kinter #298: Letter from Orvil Dryfoos #299: Memo from Joan Barthell to Val Adams , June 21, 1966; March 31, 1963; 1967

 

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#300: Letter from oger Youman #301: Letter from Robert Alden #302: Memo from Arthur Gelb #303: Letter from Arthur McCracken #304: Letter from Carol Cruikshank #305: Letter from Red Barber #306: Memo from Arthur Gelb #307: Non-complimentary Commentary President Lyndon Johnson #308: Valentine #309: Letter from Betty Furness , 1966-1969

 

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#310: Letter from Lisa Hammel , July 16-19, 1967

 

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#311: Letters in Response to Article , December 1, 1966

 

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#312: "Pearl Harbor-Home Front Action. To all the Folks Back Home" Article #313: First Article in New York Daily News after Transfer from New York Times #314: "Interesting Letter from Val Adams, Jr." Article #315: "Val Adams, Jr. Changes to a New Location" Article #316: Letter from Val Adams to Abel Green #317: Letter from Ken Eastland #318: Letter from Val Adams to Mr. and Mrs. Beck #319: Valentine's Day Card #320: Christmas Card to Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Beck , 1940-1946, 1969

 

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#321: Letter from Rudy Bergman #322: Xerox Copy of 1978 Working Press Pass #323: Letter from David Adams #324: Letter from Lawrence Welk #325: Letter from Joseph Papp #326: Note from Earl Ubell #327: Letter from Schuyler Chapin #328: Letter from Roone Arledge #329: Letter from Bess Myerson, 1969-1974, 1978

 

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#330: Letter from Robert Weitman #331: Letter from Walter Winchell #332: Letter from Walter Winchell #333: Letter from Ogden Reid #334: Letter from Red Barber #335: Letter (Telex) from Joey Adams #336: Letter from John Gambling #337: Letter from Joseph Schmondiu #338: Letter from Edward Carey #339: Letter from Andrew Miller, 1954-1956, 1966, 1968, 1974, 1979, 1980

 

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Folder of Typed Chapters Labeled 'V. L. Adams, Jr. RM1C, Navy Yard Communication Office Pearl Harbor, T. H.'

 

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Videocassette Labeled 'Tribute to Val Adams', February 14, 1983

 

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Scrapbook

 

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"Harbor Hi Lights" Article in The Cochran Journal, September 4, 1941

 

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Cassette Labeled 'Mon...Feb. 14...3:44 PM Val Adams Obit'

 

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Case Holding a Tape from WCBS Radio Labeled 'Val Adams'

 

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"2,400 Reasons Why Esquire is a Great Way to Say Merry Christmas"

 

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"That Sunday twenty-five years ago I was on a tower Overlooking all of Pearl Harbor..." Article by Val Adams in Esquire, December

 

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#340: Memo from Clifton Daniel to Mr. Herzberg #341: Letter from Clifford Case, US Senator #342: Letter from Richard Cohen #343: Letter from Douglas Edwards #344: Letter from William O'Shaughnessy #345: Letter from Jack Cowden #346: Letter from Arthur Godfrey #347: Letter from Bing Crosby #348: Letter from Andy Rooney #349: Letter from Arlene Frances, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978,

 

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#350: Letter from Martha Deane #351: Letter from Arthur Godfrey #352: Letter from Sanford Wolff #353: Letter from Milton Cross #354: Letter from Joe Derby #355: Letter from Ruth Ann Meyer #356: Letter from Ed Sullivan #357: Letter from Ed Sullivan #358: Western Union Telegram from Ed Sullivan, 1952, 1961, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977

 

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#359: Letter from Valda Adams, Sr. #360: Letter from Valda Adams, Sr. to Gladys, March-April 1960

 

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#361: Series of Letters between Walter Cronkite and Jim Adams, February 8-September 10, 2001

 

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#362: Letter to Arthur Gelb, March 28, 1968

 

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#363: Letter from Val Adams to Charlotte Roberts, January 5, 1979

 

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#364: Wedding of Valda Adams & Gladys Beck, December 31, 1940

 

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#365: Certificate of Birth, Valda Livingston Adams, Jr., August 11, 1916

 

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#366: Typed Notes by Val Adams, February 3, 1983

 

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#367: Obituaries, February 14, 1983

 

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#368: Eulogy Given by Reverend Vernon L. Dethmers, February 16, 1983

 

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#369: Condolence Letters, February 13, 1983

 

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#370: Letter from Belinda Adams Eddy, July 21, 1983

 

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Reel Labeled "WOR Monitor", December 7

 

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Reel Labeled "Goldwater", December 13, 1966

 

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Reel Labeled "WOR Monitor", December 7

 

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Reel Labeled "Pearl Harbor Wingate News Extra", December 1

 

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Reel Labeled "Val Adams on 'Martha Deane Show' WOR Radio", December 14, 1966

 

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Reel Labeled "Hans Holtzer", February 3, 1974

 

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Two Photos of Pearl Harbor Attack

 

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V. L. Adams United States Pacific Fleet Citation

 

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Drawn and Colored Certificate to Valda L. Adams, Jr. from the U.S.S. Rutland

 

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U.S.S. Rutland Certificate, January 31, 1945

 

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Plank Owner's Certificate (U.S.S. Rutland)

 

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#371: "It's Coast to Coast by Train" Article, November 21, 1971

 

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#372: Memo from Dave Gottlieb, November 4, 1957

 

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#373: Items from Former President Harry Truman, September 1963, January 1964

 

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#374: Letter from Elliott Henry #375: Letter from Thomas Morgansen #376: Letter to Val Adams Regarding His Move from The New York Times to the Daily News #377: Letter from George Schreier #378: Letter from Bob Teerte #379: Letter from Maurice Feldman , May-July 1969

 

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#380: Letters from Teenage Girls to Val Adams, August 2, 1971

 

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#381: Letter from Jerry Stiller and Anne Meava, July 16, 1982

 

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#382: Letter from TV Time Recording #383: Letter from Elliott Henry #384: Letter from Norman Liss #385: Letters on Scandal at NBC #386: Letter from Walter Barber, December 1966, March 1967, March 1968, June 1973, February 1979

 

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#387: Letter to Belinda Eddy #388: TV Critic Narrative Notes #389: Letter from Joe Budd, September 1967, 1981, March 1983

 

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#390: Telegram/Press Release from David Susskind, May 12, 1963

 

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#391: Letter from Lyle Stuart, November 11, 1978

 

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#392: Memo from Bill Becker to Jack Gould, October 1, 1964

 

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#393: Fan Mail, November-December 1972

 

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#394: Note from Fan, June 6, 1978

 

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#395: Letter from Bill Schoell #396: Letter from Thomas Swafford #397: Letter from Christine McKenna #398: Letter from James Nelson #399: Letter from Robert Kinter, August 1961, January 1963, March & December 1978, September 1980

 

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#400: Letter from John Kennedy, July 19, 1977

 

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#401: Speech Made by Richard Salan, November 15, 1979

 

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#402: FCC Hearing Notes, June 10, 1971

 

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#403: Hollywood Blacklist, 1952-1956

 

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#404: Fan Mail on Adams' Review of the Englebert Humperdink Show, December 4, 1969

 

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#405: Fan Mail, 1971-1982

 

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#406: Clippings, circa 1969

 

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#407: Letters of Recommendation, April 1934

 

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#408: Television "Quiz Show" Scandal, 1953-1963

 

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#409: James Aubrey, circa 1959

 

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#410: Copy of a Memo from Jack Gould to Arthur Gelb #411: Letter to Jack Gould from Evelyn Evelyn Cohen, 1968

 

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#412: Letter from W. B. Roddenberry Company #413: Letter from Norman Liss, July 1973, November 1981

 

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#414: Transcript of Radio Interview wih Fred Friendly, former President of CBS News, March 27, 1967

 

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#415: Letter from Frank Goodman, February 24, 1959

 

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#416: Manuscript by Seth Mosely, August 28, 1972

 

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#417: WNBC-TV's 25th Anniversary: The Story of America's First Commercial Television Station, 1941-1966

 

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#418: Series of Items, September 25, 1967

 

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#419: "An American Tourist's View of the British Isles" Chronical, August 9, 1978

 

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#420: Cochran Journal Article on the Marriage of Val Adams, January 15, 1941

 

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#421: 25th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, December 7, 1966

 

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#422: Letter from M. S. Rukeyser, March 21, 1966

 

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#423: Post Card from a Pearl Harbor Survivor, after 1969

 

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#424: Letters about German Warning about Pearl Harbor Attack, March 18, 1969

 

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#425: Val Adams Press Passes #426: Pearl Harbor Survivos Membership Cards, 1964-1983