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Ferrell mss., ca. 1940-1999

Summary Information

Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu

Creator
Ferrell, Robert H.

Title
Ferrell mss., ca. 1940-1999

Collection No.
LMC 2718

Extent
200,000 items

Language
Materials are in English.

Abstract
The Ferrell mss, ca. 1940-1999, consist of the papers, writings and correspondence of Indiana University Prof. Emeritus Robert H. Ferrell.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

Robert H. Ferrell (b. 1921) is an American historian and author of several books on Harry S. Truman and the diplomatic history of the United States. He received a B.S. in Education from Bowling Green State University in 1946 and a Ph.D. from Yale in 1951. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and as an intelligence analyst in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. Ferrell began his career at Indiana University as an Assistant Professor in 1953, subsequently rising to the post of Distinguished Professor of History in 1974.

Arrangement

Organized into correspondence and writings. Correspondence arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

The collection includes correspondence, original drafts of Ferrell’s work, and accompanying research files.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
Acquired: 2000, 2018
Usage Restrictions
Prior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library. However, patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.

Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly Library.

Preferred Citation
[Item], Ferrell mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Processing Information
Processed by Staff.

Completed in 2012

Ferrell mss., ca. 1940-1999 
Box 1 Correspondence, 1957-1958 
Box 2 Correspondence, 1986 
Box 3 Correspondence, Sep. 1979-Feb. 1980 
Box 4 Correspondence, Feb. 1980-Oct. 1980 
Box 5 Correspondence, Jan 1987-June 1987,  July 1989 
Box 6 Correspondence, Oct. 1968-April 1969 
Box 7 Correspondence, May-Dec 1969 
Box 8 H.S.T. Correspondence
Personal
Class materials
Grade books
Box 9 Correspondence, 1981-1982 
Box 10 Correspondence, 1970 
Box 11 Correspondence / Manuscript, 1991-1992 
Box 12 Correspondence, 1970-1971 
Box 13 Correspondence, Jan.-June 1965 
Box 14 Correspondence, 1964 
Box 15 Correspondence, 1971 
Box 16 Correspondence, 1984 
Box 17 Correspondence, 1961-1962 
Box 18 Correspondence, 1960-1963 
Box 19 Correspondence, Aug.-Nov. 1966,  1987,  1988 
Miscellaneous files
Box 20 Correspondence, 1966, Dec.-1967, June 
Box 21 Correspondence / Manuscript, Oct. 1982-Aug. 1983 
Box 22 Correspondence / Manuscript, Aug. 1983-Dec. 1984 
Box 23 Correspondence / Manuscript, Feb.-Nov. 1993 
Box 24 Correspondence, Jan.-June 1985 
Box 25 Correspondence / Manuscript, Oct. 1993-Aug. 1994 
Box 26 Correspondence / Manuscript, Jan.-Oct. 1986 
Box 27 Correspondence / Manuscript, 1992-1993 
Box 28 Correspondence, 1989-1991 
Box 29 Correspondence, June-Dec. 1990 
Box 30 Correspondence, 1985-1989 
Box 31 Correspondence, Jan.-Sep. 1990 
Box 32 Correspondence, 1975-1976 
Box 33 Correspondence, March 1995-Jan. 1996 
Box 34 Correspondence, etc., 1991-1993 
Box 35 Correspondence, Oct. 1978-Aug. 1979 
Box 36 Files (sorted correspondence)
Box 37 Correspondence, April-October, 1981 
Box 38 Correspondence, 1965-1966 
Box 39 Correspondence, Dec. 1981-Feb. 1984 
Box 40 Correspondence, 1965-1966 
Box 41 Files
sorted correspondence, 1963-1964 
Writings
revisionist historians
Box 42 Sorted correspondence, 1958-1975 
Box 43 Correspondence, 1955-1957 
Box 44 Correspondence, April 1952-Sep. 1953 
Box 45 Correspondence, 2000 
Box 46 Correspondence, Sep. 1953-April 1955 
Box 47 Correspondence, 2000 
Box 48 Correspondence, 1974-1977 
Box 49 Correspondence, 1973-1974 
Box 50 Correspondence, 1971-1973 
Box 51 Correspondence, 1998-2000 
Box 52 Correspondence, 1995-1999 
Box 53 Correspondence, 1988-1989 
Box 54 Correspondence, 1985-1988 
Box 55 Correspondence, 1983-1985 
Box 56 Correspondence, 1982-1983 
Box 57 Correspondence, 1999 
Box 58 Correspondence, 1997-1999 
Box 59 Correspondence, 1995-1997 
Box 60 Correspondence, 1987-1988 
Box 61 Correspondence, 1985-1987 
Box 62 Correspondence, 1982-1985 
Box 63 Correspondence, 1997-1999 
Box 64 Correspondence, 1995-1997 
Box 65 Correspondence, 1994-1995 
Box 66 Correspondence, 1977-1981 
Box 67 Correspondence, 1976-1977 
Box 68 Correspondence, 1976-1978 
Box 69 Correspondence, 1975-1976 
Box 70 Correspondence, 1992-1994 
Box 71 Correspondence, 1980 
Box 72 Correspondence, 1954-1959 
Box 73 Correspondence, 1959-1960 
Box 74 Correspondence, 1942-1948 
Box 75 Correspondence, 1961-1966 
Box 76 Correspondence, 1974-1977 
Box 77 Correspondence, 1963-1964 
Box 78 Correspondence, 1977-1978 
Box 79 Correspondence, 2000-2001 
Box 80 Correspondence, 1978-1981 
Box 81 Correspondence, 1999-2000 
Box 82 Correspondence, 1968 
Box 83 Correspondence, 1972 
Box 84 Correspondence, 1949-1952 
Box 85 Correspondence, 1969-1973 
Box 86 Correspondence, 1964-1967 
Box 87 Correspondence, 1973,  1980-1984 
Box 88 Correspondence, 1967-1968 
Box 89 Correspondence, 1983-1987 
Box 90 Correspondence, 1987-1988 
Box 91 Correspondence, 1996-1998 
Box 92 Correspondence, 1988-1989 
Box 93 Correspondence, 1998 
Box 94 Correspondence, 1989-1994 
Box 95 Correspondence, 1998-2001 
Box 96 Correspondence, 1993-1995 
Box 97 Correspondence, 2001-2002 
Box 98 Correspondence, 1995-1996 
Box 99 Correspondence, 2002 
Writings by others
Box 100 "American Diplomacy"
"Kyoto"
etc.
Box 101 Woodrow Wilson
Eisenhower Diaries
HST Autobiography
Box 102 Writings
American Diplomacy, 4th ed.
"N.A.N."
Box 103 Manuscripts, misc.
"Fighting Soldier"
Correspondence, misc. 1984-1985
Box 104 Interviews
Student related?
Keep?
Box 105 American Diplomacy, 3rd ed.
etc.
Box 106 Interviews (continued)
Class materials
Box 107 Rand McNally
Box 108 Class materials
Eisenhower Diaries, vol. 1 and 2
Box 109 Rand McNally
Scribner's
Little-Brown
Box 110 Eisenhower Diaries
"NAN" - Chapters 2-9
Box 111 Eisenhower Diaries
Box 112 Truman
Box 113 Writings
NAN
Choosing Truman
Box 114 Writings
Truman
Truman in the Whitehouse
Dear Bess
Box 115 Writings
Box 116 Files
Shorter writings, 1960s-1970s 
Box 117 Truman
Box 118 Files
Shorter writings
etc.
Box 119 Writings: triplet
Box 120 Writings
M, F, + H-W
Harper M.S.
Box 121 Writings
Eisenhower Diaries
Box 122 Writings
The Dying President
The Presidency of C. Coolidge
Triplet
The Kansas City Investigation
Box 123 Writings
Ill-Advised
Autobio. of Grace Coolidge
In the Philippines and Okinawa
etc.
Box 124 Writings
Clifford
Lawrence Memoir
Coolidge, the man and the pres.
Vice presidents
etc.
Box 125 Writings
Box 126 Writings
Truman and Pendergast
Kansas City Investigation
Rainbow Hoosier
Box 127 Offprints, 1977-1993 
Box 128 H.S. Truman, 1994 
Box 129 Writings
New American Nation
Files
Box 130 Writings
The Strange Deaths of President Harding
Holding the Line
Box 131 Writings
Joseph D. Lawrence, Fighting Soldier
Bemis Festschriff
Truman and the Bomb
Box 132 Writings
N.A.N.
Dear Bess
The Mad American President
Box 133 Writings
They Dying President
Barber-Holding the Line
Box 134 Writings
Truman
Harding
Coolidge
N.A.N.
Box 135 Writings
Harding
D.A.H.
Ernest Ferrell
Waterville Bank
Box 136 Files with publishers
Etc.
Box 137 Writings
Wilson
Truman
Coolidge
Etc.
Box 138 Writings
Dana ms.
And shorter writings
Box 139 Writings
Ill Advised
Etc.
Files
Box 140 Subject files
Box 141 Files
Subject Files
Etc.
Box 142 Files
Box 143 Writings
Strange Deaths of Harding
Etc.
Box 144 Files
Box 145 Files
Brooklyn College
Indiana University
SHAFR
Box 146 Writings
American Diplomacy
Box 147 Writings
American Diplomacy
The Rev. in AFP
Atlas of American History
Box 148 Files
Box 149 Writings
Choosing Truman
The Dying President
Adding the Line
Box 150 Writings
America: A history of the people
Box 151 Writings
They Dying President: FDR
The Presidency of C. Coolidge
Box 152 Writings by Others
Bart Bernstein
Walker autobiography
Weeks ms.
Box 153 Writings
The Presidency of C. Coolidge
Box 154 Writings
Triplet memoir
Crowell
Carl Anthony
Box 155 Writings
FDR's quiet confidant
Walker autobiography
Politics of Integrity
Encyclopedia of the American Pres.
The presidency of C. Coolidge
Triplet
Box 156 Writings by Others
E. Ferrell-Stories....
Kneeshaw ms.
Bogle-Madison and Indy RR
Box 157 Writings
Article on Publishing
Torchbooks
AIADW
AAWP
Box 158 Writings
Truman- Family Farm
Dana
Etc.
Box 159 Writings
Barber mss.
Off the Record
Box 160 Clippings (Truman, 1983) 
Box 161 Writings
Off the Record
Etc.
Box 162 Writings
Harry S. Truman- a life
Box 163 Writings
Banners in the Air
Gruenther ms.
Etc.
Box 164 Note card files
Box 165 Writings
Ill Advised
Eisenhower and the doctors
Truman and the Pendargast
The Dying President
The Strange Deaths
Box 166 Note card files
Box 167 Writings
Truman Centenary
Box 168 Note card files
Box 169 Writings
Eisenhower diaries
Leftovers
PPHST
Box 170 Writings
PPHST
SHAFR bibl.
Barber ms.
Baker articles
Box 171 Files
Conf. on Euro. Problems
SHAFR
Etc.
Box 172 Course files
Writings by Others
Box 173 Clippings
Offprints
Printed Material
Writings by others
Box 174 Writings
Coolidge
Truman
Box 175 Writings
Triplet
Am. Diplomacy, 20th e.
Short writings
Box 176 Bemis Fest.
Writings by others
Box 177 Writings by others
Box 178 (Oversize) Writings
Truman
Holding the Line
Box 179 Pamphlets (2 folders)
The Review of Politics (3 folders)
Modern Age (3 folders)
Journal of International Affairs
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences
The Historian
Ohio Historical Quarterly
Box 180 Ferrell misc. 01/04-12/04 
Box 181 Halleck, Lowenthal, Graham, Dana, Beer, Truman anecdotes
Box 182 Ferrell correspondence 03/03-11/03 , cards, mss. Fleming (300 pp.)
Box 183 Truman misc. folders 1-20
Box 184 Truman misc. folders 21-39
Box 185 Truman “Dear Bess” letters, 1910-1936 
Box 186 Truman “Dear Bess” letters, 1937-1959 
Box 187 Ferrell correspondence 01/12-09/12 , Harding, Jefferson/Hemings, etc.
Box 188 Ferrell correspondence 12/03-02/04 , Bulufsky mss., Persico mss., Truman (Ferrell) mss.
Box 189 Ferrell correspondence 12/04-05/05 , 2004  bills/receipts, Prybyla, Woodley, Pearlman
Box 190 Ferrell correspondence 07/02-03/03 
Box 191 Truman misc., Pendergast, IU alumnis Dan Holtrop, Krasnoff
Box 192 Ferrell-Truman mss., Congressional Quarterly, Step-by-Step, and correspondence
Box 193 Ferrell correspondence 11/05-06/06 , Morganthau/Mazur, OAH Magazine
Box 194 Ferrell correspondence 07/06-01/07  (missing 12/06), Kansas Historical Records, esp. Allen
Box 195 Ferrell correspondence 01/07-08/07 
Box 196 Ferrell correspondence 10/08-06/09  (missing 04/09), G.H.W. Bush Diary mss.
Box 197 Ferrell correspondence 08/07-09/08 
Box 198 Ferrell correspondence 06/09-03/10  (missing 08/09), 04/11-05/11 
Box 199 Mss. Kertesz, Triplet, Coolidge, Britton, Dumar, Meredith
Box 200 Mss. Baker Diary, Smoot Diary (2 vols.), MacArthur letters
Box 201 Ferrell correspondence 05/05-11/05 , IMH, Ashland University, Kirkendahl, Adams
Box 202 Truman “Dear Bess” letters, duplicates
Box 203 Truman “Dear Bess” letters, duplicates
Box 204 Ferrell papers when a student at Yale: chapters, essays, misc.
Box 205 Ferrell correspondence 2008-2009 
Box 206 Ferrell correspondence 04/10-02/11 , Proznik
Box 207 Ferrell correspondence 06/11-03/14 , “Aid in Editing Drafts”
Box 208 Ferrell correspondence 12/12-08/13 , Christmas cards
Box 209 Ferrell correspondence 09/14-02/16 
Box 210 “Unjustly Dishonored: The 92nd Division.” Copies of original documents
Box 211 MacArthur
Presidency of Calvin Coolidge
Truman in the White House
Miscellaneous photographs
Compact discs
Box 212 Floyd D. Ross
VHS tapes
Box 213 Elmer W. Sherwood
Collapse at Meuse-Argonne
Harry S. Truman and the Revisionists
Box 214 Writings by others, some sent to Ferrell for review and editing
Box 215 Correspondence
Various essays
Box 216 Diaries 1949-1983
Box 217 Diaries 1984-1999
Box 218 Diaries 2000-2014
Box 219 Dissertations
John W. Ryan
Box 220 America's Deadliest Battle
Stackpole Diary
Box 221 Speeches and talks
Uncle Ivan letters
Box 222 Assorted maps
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