06945cpcaa2201117 i 4500 mm 78052290 DLC 20260227111627.0 781211|||||||||||| eng mm 78052290 ms 68002079 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC L lcmd Toland, John. John Toland papers, 1944-1965. 8,150 items. 110 containers plus 1 oversize. 56 linear feet. Arranged in 8 series. Series 1: The Last 100 Days; Series 2: Battle, the Story of the Bulge; Series 3: Dillinger Days; Series 4: But Not in Shame; Series 5: The Flying Tigers; Series 6: Ships in the Sky; Series 7: General Correspondence, 1948-1965; and Series 8: Oversize. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Correspondence, interviews, military reports, reminiscences, notes, maps, photographs, and production material relating chiefly to Toland's books on World War II and gangsterism in the 1930s. Includes drafts, galleys, and proofs of Ships in the Sky: the Story of the Great Dirigibles (1957); the Battle, the Story of the Bulge (1959, later reissued as Battle of the Bulge), a history the German offensive in the Ardennes region of Belgium, France, and Luxembourg towards the end of World War II; But Not in Shame: the Six Months after Pearl Harbor (1961), a study of the war in the Pacific; The Dillinger Days (1963), a study of gangsterism in the 1930s focusing on the Dillinger gang; The Flying Tigers (1963), the story of Claire Lee Chennault's World War II flying squadron serving in the Chinese Air Force (China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group); and The Last 100 Days (1966), an account of the destruction of Nazi Germany and the fall of Berlin. Files for The Last 100 Days includes interviews in Europe, especially concerning such figures as Martin Bormann, Karl Dőnitz, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler, Albert Kesselring, Hasso von Manteuffel, Otto Skorzeny, and Wernher Von Braun; files on Operation Sunrise, the surrender of Italy to the Allied forces; and the taking of the Remagen Bridge (Ludendorff-Brücke, Remagen, Germany); as well as correspondence; book drafts, proofs, and galleys; maps; photographs; and other papers. Material for the Battle, the Story of the Bulge includes files on numerous units of the U.S. Armed Forces as well as drafts, typescripts, and proofs of the book; maps; photographs; and other papers. Files for Dillinger Days includes interviews and reminiscences, drafts and proofs, notebooks, articles, photographs, and other papers relating to John Dillinger, the Barker-Karpis gang, the Barrow gang, and the kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel by Machine Gun Kelly, holdups, and other gang activities across the Midwest. Material for Ships in the Sky: the Story of the Great Dirigibles includes files pertaining to dirigibles such as the Graf Zeppelin, Akron, America, Hindenburg, Macon, R.38/ZR-2, and the Shenandoah, and to the pioneering flights of the Brazilian aeronaut Alberto Santos-Dumont; also drafts and proofs, notebooks, photographs, and other papers. Audiotapes transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Author and historian. Full name: John Willard Toland. Born 1912; died 2004. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013091 Bormann, Martin, 1900-1945. Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958. Dillinger, John, 1903-1934. Dönitz, Karl, 1891-1980. Goebbels, Joseph, 1897-1945. Göring, Hermann, 1893-1946. Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945. Kelly, Machine Gun, 1897-1954. Kesselring, Albert, 1885-1960. Manteuffel, Hasso von, 1897-1978. Santos-Dumont, Alberto, 1873-1932. Skorzeny, Otto. Urschel, Charles F., 1890-1970. Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977. China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group. United States. Armed Forces. Akron (Airship) America (Airship) Barker-Karpis (Gang) Dillinger (Gang) Graf Zeppelin (Airship) Hindenburg (Airship) Macon (Airship) R.38/ZR-2 (Airship) Shenandoah (Airship) Aeronautics. Aeronautics Flights. Airships. American literature. Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945. Berlin, Battle of, Berlin, Germany, 1945. Crime Middle West. Criminals Middle West. Gangs United States. Gangsters United States. Kidnapping. Literature. Operation Sunrise. World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, Chinese. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Belgium. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Italy. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Luxembourg. World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history. World War, 1939-1945 Europe. World War, 1939-1945 Germany. World War, 1939-1945 Germany Berlin. World War, 1939-1945 Pacific Area. Berlin (Germany) History. Germany History 1933-1945. Ludendorff-Brücke (Remagen, Germany) History. United States Armed Forces. Authors. itoamc Historians. itoamc Toland, John. Battle--the story of the Bulge. 1959. Toland, John. But not in shame; the six months after Pearl Harbor. 1961. Toland, John. Dillinger days. 1963. Toland, John. Flying Tigers. 1963. Toland, John. Last 100 days. 1966. Toland, John. Ships in the sky; the story of the great dirigibles. 1957. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013091 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013091.3 40086 40086