TY - GEN AU - Toland,John AU - Toland,John AU - Toland,John AU - Toland,John AU - Toland,John AU - Toland,John AU - Toland,John TI - John Toland papers, KW - Bormann, Martin, KW - Chennault, Claire Lee, KW - Dillinger, John, KW - Dönitz, Karl, KW - Goebbels, Joseph, KW - Göring, Hermann, KW - Hitler, Adolf, KW - Kelly, Machine Gun, KW - Kesselring, Albert, KW - Manteuffel, Hasso von, KW - Santos-Dumont, Alberto, KW - Skorzeny, Otto. KW - Urschel, Charles F., KW - Von Braun, Wernher, KW - China KW - Kong jun KW - American Volunteer Group KW - United States KW - Armed Forces KW - Akron (Airship) KW - America (Airship) KW - Barker-Karpis (Gang) KW - Dillinger (Gang) KW - Graf Zeppelin (Airship) KW - Hindenburg (Airship) KW - Macon (Airship) KW - R.38/ZR-2 (Airship) KW - Shenandoah (Airship) KW - Aeronautics KW - Flights KW - Airships KW - American literature KW - Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945 KW - Berlin, Battle of, Berlin, Germany, 1945 KW - Crime KW - Middle West KW - Criminals KW - Gangs KW - Gangsters KW - Kidnapping KW - Literature KW - Operation Sunrise KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Aerial operations, Chinese KW - Campaigns KW - Belgium KW - France KW - Italy KW - Luxembourg KW - Diplomatic history KW - Europe KW - Germany KW - Berlin KW - Pacific Area KW - Berlin (Germany) KW - History KW - 1933-1945 KW - Ludendorff-Brücke (Remagen, Germany) KW - Authors KW - itoamc KW - Historians N1 - Open to research; Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material N2 - 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 UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013091 UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013091.3 ER -