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Series I: General and Personal Correspondence, 1949-1973
Series II: Early Fiction, 1949-1960s
Series III: Book Files, circa 1963-2000
Series IV: Article Files, 1959-1975, 1997-2000
Series V: Scrapbooks, 1955-1973

Peter Maas papers, 1940s-2000

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Series I: General and Personal Correspondence, 1949-1973

This series contains correspondence primarily related to personal and general matters. Correspondence related to Maas' professional work as an author and journalist is filed in Series III and Series IV.


Box 21 Folder 7-8 Correspondence--Personal and General (Paris), 1949-1952, (2 Folders)

Box 21 Folder 9 Correspondence--Personal and General, 1953

Box 21 Folder 10-11 Correspondence--Personal and General, 1953, (2 Folders)


Box 4 Folder 13 Correspondence--Business, 1957

Box 4 Folder 14 Correspondence, 1958

Box 4 Folder 15 Correspondence, 1959

Box 4 Folder 16 Correspondence, 1960

Box 4 Folder 17-18 Correspondence--Personal and General, 1961-1962, (2 Folders)

Box 4 Folder 19 Personal Correspondence, 1963

Box 4 Folder 20-21 Correspondence--Personal and General, 1965-1966, (2 Folders)

Box 4 Folder 22 Correspondence--Personal and General, 1967


Box 21 Folder 12 Correspondence, 1969

Box 21 Folder 13 Correspondence Received, 1970

Box 21 Folder 14 Correspondence Sent, 1970 December 1, 1970

Box 21 Folder 15 Correspondence Received, 1971

Box 21 Folder 16 Correspondence--Personal and General, 1972

Box 21 Folder 17 Correspondence--Personal and General, 1973

Series II: Early Fiction, 1949-1960s

This series is comprised of a few files containing early fiction manuscripts, outlines, and ideas. Most of this material dates from Maas' time in Paris (1949-1952).

Box 21 Folder 30 Early Manuscripts, circa, 1949-1952


Box 4 Folder 23 Fiction Ideas, 1950s undated


Box 21 Folder 29 Paris Novel, circa, 1950


Box 23 Folder 25 The Coward (T.V. Outline), 1960s

Series III: Book Files, circa 1963-2000

This series contains records related to Maas' published books.

The records include business and general files, manuscripts and related files, and research files. The business and general files include clippings, contracts, correspondence, expense reports, legal information, reviews, royalty statements, and screenplays and additional materials related to film adaptations. The manuscript and related files include drafts, typescripts, corrections, outlines, and proofs. The research files include annotations, clippings, interviews (original tape, transcripts, and notes), legal documents, notes, photographs, publications, reports, transcripts, and other materials.

There are no records in this collection related to The Rescuer (Harper, 1968), King of the Gypsies (Viking, 1975), or Terrible Hours: The Man behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History (HarperCollins, 1999).

China White

(Published by Simon and Schuster in 1994)

Business and General Files


Box 3 Folder 15 Book notes, 1991-1992

Box 3 Folder 16 Contacts--Notes and correspondence, 1991

Box 3 Folder 17 Manuscripts and Related Files--Original Outline--"The Coming",, undated

Research Files

Box 3 Folder 18 Banks, 1991

Box 3 Folder 19 Chinatowns, 1988-1992

Box 3 Folder 20 Chinese Food, 1992

Box 3 Folder 21 Chinese Gambling, 1992

Box 3 Folder 22 Chinese/U.S., 1991-1992

Box 3 Folder 23 Chiu, Deacon, 1989-1991

Box 3 Folder 24 Gangs (U.S.) and Chinese Underworld, 1990-1991

Box 3 Folder 25 Golden Triangle/China, 1990-1991

Box 3 Folder 26 Group 41 (U.S. DEA Task Force), undated

Box 3 Folder 27-28 Harkin, George (DEA Analyst), (2 Folders)

Box 3 Folder 29 Harris, Jim (DEA Agent)--Interview transcript, undated

Box 3 Folder 30-31 Heroin, 1989-1994, (2 Folders)

Box 3 Folder 32 Ho, Limpy, 1991

Box 3 Folder 33 Ho, Stanley, 1989-1991

Hong Kong


Box 5 Folder 1 General, 1991-1992


Box 3 Folder 34 Canada, 1988-1991

Box 3 Folder 35 Casinos and clubs, 1984-1991

Box 3 Folder 26 Corruption, 1990-1991


Box 5 Folder 3 Triads and Triad Slang, 1977-1993

Box 5 Folder 2 Miscellaneous, 1983-1991

Box 5 Folder 4 Isham, Chris

Box 5 Folder 5 'Key Stuff', 1990-1992

Box 5 Folder 6 Law Firms

Box 5 Folder 7 Palmer, Cathy (US Attorney), 1992

Box 5 Folder 8 Sun Yee On Triad, 1987-1989

Box 5 Folder 9 Triads, 1992

Box 5 Folder 10 Tycoons / Big Business, 1985-1991

Box 5 Folder 11 US Central Intelligence Agency/Langley, 1990

Box 5 Folder 12 US Senate Hearings on Asian Crime, 1991

Father and Son

(Published by Simon and Schuster in 1989)

IRA Article Files

Box 5 Folder 13-15 Brit Info, (3 Folders)

Box 5 Folder 16 Clippings--Ireland

Box 5 Folder 17 Clippings--UK and Ireland, 1986

Box 5 Folder 18 Clippings--US, 1986

Box 5 Folder 19 Emergency Provisions Act (EPA)

Box 5 Folder 20 Forum / Accord

Box 5 Folder 21 Hume / Adams

Box 5 Folder 22 Killings, etc.

Box 5 Folder 23 Unionists

IRA Novel Files

General and Business Files

Box 5 Folder 24 Contacts

Box 5 Folder 25 Correspondence

Box 5 Folder 26 Expenses

Box 5 Folder 27 Korda / Father and Son

Manuscripts and Related Files

Box 5 Folder 28 Original Outline

Box 5 Folder 29 Father and Son Fixes

Research Files

Box 5 Folder 30 Bingham

Box 5 Folder 31 Boston, miscellaneous

Box 5 Folder 32 Brit Info / Northern Ireland Office (NIO) London

Box 5 Folder 33 Clippings

Box 5 Folder 34 [Counter-Intelligence Corps] (?) (CIC) (Nazis)

Box 5 Folder 35 Danvers (C-4)

Box 5 Folder 36 Doherty

Box 5 Folder 37 Flannery

Box 5 Folder 38 George, Terry

Box 5 Folder 39 Globe (Backup File)

Box 5 Folder 40 Guns, Other Shipments (Irish)

Box 5 Folder 41 Irish Clippings

Box 5 Folder 42 Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)

Box 5 Folder 43 Irish Republican Army (IRA) Cases

Box 5 Folder 44 Irish Republican Army (IRA) Interviews, etc.

Box 5 Folder 45 King / Customs

Box 5 Folder 46 Long Kesh

Box 5 Folder 47 Mackin

Box 5 Folder 48 McIntyre


Box 6 Folder 1 Meehans

Box 6 Folder 2 MI-5 / Gardai, etc.

Box 6 Folder 3-4 Murray, etc., (2 Folders)

Box 6 Folder 5 Redeye

Box 6 Folder 6-10 Valhalla, (5 Folders)

Box 6 Folder 11 Van Raab (IRA / Mafia)

Box 6 Folder 12-13 Miscellaneous, (2 Folders)

In a Child's Name: The Legacy of a Mother's Murder

(Published by Simon and Schuster in 1990)

Manuscripts and Related Files


Box 4 Folder 1-4 Final Manuscript, with cover letter from Peter Maas, 1990 May (4 Folders), 1990


Box 3 Folder 13-14 Final Manuscript, with corrections, 1990, (2 Folders)

Research Files

General


Box 2 Folder 1 Correspondence and notes, 1989

Box 2 Folder 2 Fixes, queries, notes, 1986-1990

Box 2 Folder 3 Letters to Local Letterbox (Marion County), 1986

Individuals, Files on

Box 2 Folder 8-9 Brubaker, R. Alan (Judge), (2 Folders)

Box 2 Folder 10-11 Chaiet, Paul F. (Prosecutor), (2 folders)

Box 2 Folder 12 Fausak, Robert (Detective)

Box 2 Folder 13-14 Green, Dick (attorney), (2 folders)

Box 2 Folder 15 Haas, Warren (Attorney)

Box 2 Folder 16 Hunt, Thomas (Judge)

Box 2 Folder 17 Miller, Janice (Attorney)

Box 2 Folder 18 Pearson, Linley (Indiana Attorney General)


Box 3 Folder 8 Shapiro, Barry (attorney)


Box 2 Folder 19-20 Taylor, Jean and Everett, (2 folders)

Taylor, Kenneth

Box 2 Folder 21-25 Taylor, Kenneth, (5 folders)

(The file on the Sodium Amytol Interview corresponds to one audiocassette tape and one videocassette tape that record Taylor under the influence of the Sodium Amytol. These tapes are filed in Box 24.)


Box 4 Folder 5-12 Taylor, Kenneth, (8 Folders)


Box 2 Folder 26 Taylor, Philip

Box 2 Folder 27 Taylor, Teresa

Box 2 Folder 28 Taylor, Thomas Clay


Box 3 Folder 9 Taylors, 1985


Box 2 Folder 29 Venturi, Jack (Defense Attorney)


Box 3 Folder 10 White / Benigo Letters


Box 2 Folder 30-31 White, Celeste and Jeff, (2 folders)


Box 3 Folder 11-12 Interview Notes, (2 Folders)

(Some of Maas' interview notes correspond to the interview tapes in Box 24, but his notes also indicate that some interviews were not recorded on tape.)

Interviews (Audiocassettes and Videocassettes)

(In some cases, it appears the set of tapes is incomplete)


Box 24 Angel, (1 Audiocassette)

Box 24 Angel and Peter (Tape 2A), (1 Audiocassette)

Box 24 Benigno, Al, (1 Audiocassette)

Box 24 Celeste, (1 Audiocassette)

Box 24 Celeste and Jeff, May 4, (2 Audiocassettes)

Box 24 Celeste, Jeff, and Karen, August 9, (2 Audiocassettes)

Box 24 Chaiet / McCormick, June 1, (2 Audiocassettes)

Box 24 Fausak, (5 Audiocassettes)

Box 24 Green, (2 Audiocassettes)

Box 24 Haas, (2 Audiocassettes)

Box 24 Hunt, (1 Audiocassettes)

Box 24 Janice / Janice and Frank, (4 Audiocassettes)

Box 24 Parris, (1 Audiocassette)

Box 24 Taylor Ken, (5 Audiocassettes)

Box 24 Taylor, Ken--Sodium Amytol Interview, (1 Audiocassette and 1 Videocassette (VHS) )

(There are files related to this interview in Box 2.)

Box 24 Taylors, (6 Audiocassettes)

Box 24 Venturi, (2 Audiocassettes)

Legal Proceedings and Lawsuits, 1984-1987


Box 2 Folder 36-41 Legal Proceedings and Lawsuits, (9 folders)


Box 3 Folder 1-7 Legal Proceedings and Lawsuits, (7 folders)

Press Clippings


Box 2 Folder 4 Child Adoption, 1986-1987

Box 2 Folder 5 Custody (Marion, Indiana), 1987-1988

Box 2 Folder 6 Marion, Indiana, including maps and ephemera, 1978-1988

Box 2 Folder 7 Staten Island, NY, including correspondence, 1983 1989, 1983, 1989

Killer Spy: The Inside Story of the FBI's Pursuit and Capture of Aldrich Ames, America's Deadliest Spy

(Published by Warner Brothers in 1995)

Business and General Files


Box 6 Folder 27 Book Organization

Box 6 Folder 28-29 Miscellaneous, 1994-1995, (2 Folders)

(Includes book proposal, contracts, correspondence, etc.)

Research Files

Clippings

Box 6 Folder 30-32 General, 1994-February-April (3 Folders)

Box 6 Folder 30-32 KGB

Box 6 Folder 30-32 News Weeklies


Box 7 Folder 1 Cold War Chronology

Box 7 Folder 2 FBI / Freeh Contracts / Correspondence, 1994

(Includes FBI permission document)

Individuals, Files on

Box 7 Folder 3-5 Ames, Rick and Rosario, (3 Folders)

Box 7 Folder 6 Bearden, others; CIA

Box 7 Folder 7 Cacheris, Plato

Box 7 Folder 8 Freech, Louis / FBI

Box 7 Folder 9 Kessler, Ronald

Box 7 Folder 10 Milburn

Box 7 Folder 11 Mitchell, Mike

Box 7 Folder 12-14 Motorin / Martynov / Federenko / Yurchenko, (3 Folders)

Box 7 Folder 15 Rochford

Box 7 Folder 16 Spry

Box 7 Folder 17-18 Wiser, (2 Folders)

Interview Files with FBI Agents

(Files include notes, transcripts, and other information. Not all files include a transcript.)


Box 6 Folder 17 Anderson

Box 6 Folder 18 Bryant, Robert

Box 6 Folder 19 Caruso, James T.

Box 6 Folder 20 The G's (other FBI agents)

Box 6 Folder 21 Guerin, Rudy

Box 6 Folder 22 Holt

Box 6 Folder 23 Hosinski

Box 6 Folder 24 Johnson, Julie

Box 6 Folder 25 Lewis

Box 6 Folder 26 McLaughlin

Interviews (Audiocassettes)


Box 24 Anderson, Mike, 1994 December 14, 1994, (1 Audiocassette)

Box 24 Bryant, (1 Audiocassette)

Box 24 Caruso, (2 Audiocassettes)

Box 24 D[?]l, (1 Audiocassette)

Box 24 Deenan, (1 Audiocassette)

Box 24 The G's, (2 Audiocassettes)

Box 24 Guerin, Rudy, 1994-1995, (5 Audiocassettes)

Box 24 Holt, (3 Audiocassettes)

Box 24 Hosinski, (1 Audiocassette)

Box 24 Johnson, (2 Audiocassettes)

Box 24 Lewis, (1 Audiocassette)

Box 24 McLaughlin, Pat, (1 Audiocassette)

Box 24 Milburn, (1 Audiocassette)

Box 24 Mitchell, (1 Audiocassette)

Box 24 Rockford, (1 Audiocassette)

Box 24 Spry, (1 Audiocassette)

Box 24 Wiser, 1995 undated, (6 Audiocassettes)


Box 7 Folder 20-25 Legal Proceedings, (6 Folders)

Box 7 Folder 19 Notebooks

Box 7 Folder 26-27 Post-Guilty Plea--Clippings--CIA, Investigation, etc., (2 Folders)


Box 6 Folder 14-16 Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) Report, 1994, (2 Folders)


Box 7 Folder 28 Miscellaneous


Box 26 Folder 1 "Last Testament of Lucky Luciano", 1974-1975

Correspondence and press clips

Made in America

(Published by Viking in 1979. Maas also maintained a set file under the title "Novel X," which appears to have becomeMade in America.)

Business and General Files


Box 7 Folder 29 Bantam Correspondence, 1977-1980

Box 7 Folder 30 Clippings--Duplicate Clippings, 1979

(Reviews, etc.)

Box 7 Folder 31 Correspondence from Friends, 1979

Box 7 Folder 32 Correspondence from Readers, 1979-1981

Box 7 Folder 35 Foreign Editions, 1979-1981

Box 7 Folder 36 New York Magazine Story, 1979

Box 7 Folder 37 Possible Tie-Ins, 1979

Box 7 Folder 38 Royalty Statements, 1980-1982


Box 8 Folder 1 Viking Correspondence, 1979-1981

Box 8 Folder 2 Viking Promotion, 1979-1980

Box 8 Folder 3 Viking Promotional Tours, 1979-1980

Box 8 Folder 4 Viking Release, circa, 1979

Box 8 Folder 5-6 Zavod Lawsuit, 1964-1979, (2 Folders)

Manuscripts and Related Files

(Includes screenplays)

Box 8 Folder 7-10 Original Peter Maas Typed Manuscript, (4 Folders)

Box 8 Folder 11 First Pass Page Proofs

Box 8 Folder 12 Screenplay, 1st Draft, by David Freeman, 1980

Box 8 Folder 13 Screenplay, 1st Draft, by Luciano Vincenzoni, 1981

Box 8 Folder 14 Research Files--Konigsberg--Competency Hearings for Harold Konigsberg

"Novel X" Files

Business and General Files

Box 8 Folder 15 Correspondence, 1969-1975

Box 8 Folder 16 Correspondence (Plot Outline), 1974

Box 8 Folder 17 Manuscript Drafts, undated

Box 8 Folder 18 Movie, 1976-1979

Box 8 Folder 19 Outtakes, 1978

Box 8 Folder 19 Manuscripts and Related Files--Plot Outlines

Box 8 Folder 20 Chapman

Box 8 Folder 21 Dudonis

Box 8 Folder 22 Itkin

Research Files

Box 8 Folder 23 Auction, 1976


Box 9 Folder 1 Bourbon Street

Clippings

Box 9 Folder 2 FBI

Box 9 Folder 3 Inwood

Box 9 Folder 4 Lindsay

Box 9 Folder 5 South Bronx

Box 9 Folder 6-7 Contacts, (2 Folders)

Crime Clippings

Box 9 Folder 8 Gambling

Box 9 Folder 9 Mafia Notes and Organized Crime

Box 9 Folder 10 Miscellaneous

Box 9 Folder 11 Day Care Centers

Box 9 Folder 12 DiLorenzo and Goldman

Box 9 Folder 13 F.C.

Box 9 Folder 14 Flynn, Ritchie

Box 9 Folder 15 Government Statements

Box 9 Folder 16 Itkin, Herbert

Box 9 Folder 17 Itkin Case

Box 9 Folder 18 Maas' Notes and Interviews

Konigsberg, Harold ("Kayo")

Box 9 Folder 19 Clippings (Cemetary)

Box 9 Folder 20 Dialogue and Anecdotes

Box 9 Folder 21 Earle Murder

Box 9 Folder 22 Hudson Jail


Box 2 Folder 42 Lopez (Re: Konigsberg), 1969-1976


Box 9 Folder 23 New York Trial

Box 9 Folder 24 Record and Psycho

Box 9 Folder 25-27 Statements of Fail and Other Guards, (3 Folders)

Box 9 Folder 28 Wife's Letters

Box 9 Folder 29 Mob Kidnappings

Box 9 Folder 30 Nixon

Box 9 Folder 31 Off Track Betting Corporation

Box 9 Folder 32 Presidential Election Results

Box 9 Folder 33 Reading, Pennsylvania

Box 9 Folder 34 Related Clippings

Box 9 Folder 35 Surrogate (DiFalco)

Box 9 Folder 36 Swiss Banks


Box 10 Folder 1-4 Trail Transcripts and Research, (4 Folders)


Box 9 Folder 37 Ukraine

Box 9 Folder 38 Wiretap on Spanish Raymond

Zavod, Joseph

Box 9 Folder 39 Case Notes

Box 9 Folder 40 Maas' Notes

Box 9 Folder 41 Philadelphia Clippings

Box 9 Folder 42 Miscellaneous Research

Manhunt

(Published by Random House in 1986)

Business and General Files

(Some of these are labelled as "Project Spy", the working title forManhunt)


Box 13 Folder 31 Author's Note, Quote, Jacket, Title, 1986


Box 10 Folder 5 Contacts

Box 10 Folder 6 Contract with Random House, 1983

Box 10 Folder 7 Expenses, 1982-1983


Box 13 Folder 32 Expenses, 1984-1985


Box 10 Folder 8 Greenberg, Theodore S., 1982-1986


Box 13 Folder 33 Manuscript Fixes, 1985 undated

Movie (Safe Conduct )


Box 11 Folder 25 General, 1987-1991

Box 11 Folder 26 Screenplay by Deric Washburn, 2nd Re-Write, 1990 November, 1990

Box 11 Folder 27 Screenplay by Deric Washburn, 3rd Re-Write, 1992


Box 13 Folder 34 Overseas, 1986

Box 13 Folder 35-36 Promotion, 1986, (2 Folders)


Box 11 Folder 24 Random House Promotional Tour, 1986-1987


Box 13 Folder 37 Sales, 1986

Research Files

Box 13 Folder 38 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), 1980 January and earlier, 1980


Box 12 Folder 26 Beecher Baron (airplane)


Box 10 Folder 9 Bombings in England (Libyans), 1985

Box 10 Folder 10-11 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 1961-1984, (2 Folders)

Box 10 Folder 12 Congo, 1965 undated


Box 13 Folder 5-6 Egyptian-American Transport and Service Co. (EATSCO), 1979-1988, (2 Folders)


Box 14 Folder 17 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Investigation (Summary),, 1976-1977


Box 12 Folder 1 Glomar Explorer (CIA ship), 1974-1975

Individual, Files on

Barcella, E. Lawrence


Box 11 Folder 28-29 Barcella, E. Lawrence, (2 Folders)


Box 13 Folder 39-42 Barcella, E. Lawrence, (3 Folders)


Box 14 Folder 1-16 Barcella, E. Lawrence, (16 Folders)


Box 12 Folder 22 Barcella / Keiser, circa, 1981

Box 12 Folder 23-25 Barnes, Roberta, 1981-1986, (3 Folders)

Box 12 Folder 27 Bittman, William, 1977

Box 12 Folder 28-40 Brower, Jerome, 1976-1982, (13 Folders)

Box 12 Folder 41 Clines, Thomas, 1976-1984


Box 13 Folder 1 Conklin, Kenneth (attorney), undated

Box 13 Folder 2 Dorrity, 1977-1980

Box 13 Folder 3-4 Dubberstein, Waldo, 1983, (2 Folders)

Box 13 Folder 7 Glanzer, Seymour, 1977-1981

Box 13 Folder 8 Goulding, Peter, circa, 1981

Box 13 Folder 9 Gray, Robert K., 1983-1984

Box 13 Folder 10 Harper, John, undated

Box 13 Folder 11 Heath, John, undated

Box 13 Folder 12 Heydt, Francis, circa, 1980

Box 13 Folder 13 Inman, Bobby Ray, 1980-1983

Box 13 Folder 14 Judge, Joseph, undated

Box 13 Folder 15 el Kanuni, Ibrahim and Wilson Correspondence (with Brower comments),, 1976

Box 13 Folder 16 Keats, John, 1981-1982

Box 13 Folder 17-20 Keiser, Ernie, 1980-1985, (4 Folders)


Box 11 Folder 3 Klink, Wallace Lloyd, 1980-1984


Box 13 Folder 21 Loomis, undated


Box 11 Folder 5-7 Mulcahy, Kevin, 1976-1980, (3 folders)

Box 11 Folder 8-9 Pearce, William, 1979 1982, 1979, 1982, (2 folders)

Box 11 Folder 10 Qaddafi, Col. Muammar, 1976-1984


Box 13 Folder 24-25 Quintero, Raphael, 1979-1986, (2 Folders)


Box 11 Folder 11 Schlachter, Douglas, 1979-1982


Box 13 Folder 22 Secord, Richard, 1985-1993

Box 13 Folder 23 Shackley, Theodore (Ted), 1980-1987


Box 11 Folder 12-13 Slocombe, Reginald, 1980-1983, (2 folders)

Box 11 Folder 14 Snepp, Frank, circa, 1984

Box 11 Folder 15-16 Tafoya, Eugene, 1981-1983 undated, 1981-1983, undated, (2 folders)

Box 11 Folder 17-20 Terpil, Frank, 1980-1983, (4 folders)

(Includes interview transcripts)


Box 12 Folder 16 Terpil, Frank, undated

(Contains manuscript, "Frank Terpil: Patriot or Traitor?" by Richard Lloyd)


Box 11 Folder 21-22 Thompson, Luke, 1978-1982, (2 folders)

Box 11 Folder 23 Turner, Admiral Stansfield (CIA), 1981-1984


Box 13 Folder 26-27 Villaverdes, Raul, 1981, (2 Folders)

Box 13 Folder 28 Von Marbod, Erich Fritz, 1977-1980


Box 14 Folder 19 Wilson, Barbara

Box 14 Folder 20-49 Wilson, Edwin, (29 Folders)

Box 14 Folder 18 Internal Revenue Service (IRS)


Box 11 Folder 4 Libyan Intelligence, circa, 1980


Box 10 Folder 13 Nugan-Hand Bank, 1982-1983

Press Clippings


Box 12 Folder 2-13 General, 1979-1984, (12 Folders)

Box 12 Folder 14 Duplicates, 1979-1983

Box 12 Folder 15 Task Force 157, 1977-1982


Box 13 Folder 29-30 United State Senate Publications, 1975-1976, (2 Folders)

(These are:Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders: An Interim ReportNovember 20, 1975Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence Book IVFinal, April 23, 1976Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities Book VIFinal, April 23, 1976 andForeign and Military Intelligence Book IFinal April 26, 1976.)

United States v. Edwin Wilson et al.

(Includes general research material, clippings, interview notes with Howard Safir, legal documents, and other materials related to the trial.)


Box 10 Folder 14-34 United States v. Edwin Wilson et al., (21 Folders)


Box 11 Folder 1-2 United States v. Edwin Wilson et al., (2 Folders)


Box 12 Folder 17-20 Wilson, Edwin--Clippings Related to Trials, 1982-1983, (4 Folders)

Box 12 Folder 21 Woodward, Bob--Articles by, 1977


Box 14 Folder 50 Woodward / Armstrong

Marie: A True Story

(Published by Random House in 1983)

Business and General Files

Box 14 Folder 51 Bantam / Random House Correspondence, 1982-1983

Box 14 Folder 52 Comments from Friends, 1983

Box 14 Folder 53 Correspondence, 1979-1983

Box 14 Folder 54 Contacts

Box 14 Folder 55 Expense Reports, 1980-1981


Box 15 Folder 1 Legal Questions (Random House), 1982-1983

Movie

Box 15 Folder 2 Outline and Treatment by John Biley, 1983 November, 1983

Box 15 Folder 3 Script Comments and Movie Review, undated

Box 15 Folder 4 Story Outline, 1983 September, 1983

Box 15 Folder 5 Press Clippings, 1983-1987

Box 15 Folder 6 Random House Release, 1983 June, 1983

Box 15 Folder 7 Random House Tour Expenses, 1983

Manuscripts and Related Files

Box 15 Folder 8-10 Chapter 1 Manuscript Drafts, 1981 undated, (3 Folders)

Box 15 Folder 11-16 Manuscripts, undated, (5 Folders)

(This includes original manuscripts, some corrections, and photocopies of manuscripts with corrections)

Box 15 Folder 17 Old Ending

Box 15 Folder 18 Original Ending

Box 15 Folder 19 Changes after Manuscript Completed, 1982 undated

Box 15 Folder 20 Research Files--Research Index Lists for Boxes (A, B, C, etc.), undated

(These are no research files forMarie: A True Storyin the collection, only this index list of research materials.)

Serpico

(Published by Viking in 1973)

Business and General Files


Box 1 Folder 1 Bantam Correspondence, 1972-1974

Box 1 Folder 2 Bestseller Lists--duplicate clips, 1973-1974

Box 1 Folder 3 Book and Movie Mail (from readers/fans)--correspondence, 1973-1976

Box 1 Folder 4 Editing Notes--handwritten notes, undated

Box 1 Folder 5 Expenses--receipts and correspondence, 1972

Box 1 Folder 6 Foreign Publication--correspondence, 1973

Hardcover, (3 folders)

Box 1 Folder 7 Ads (Duplicate Clips)--ad copy and press release, 1972

Box 1 Folder 8 Promotion--correspondence and book tour itineraries, 1973

Box 1 Folder 9 Reviews and Press Clips (Duplicates), 1972-1974

Box 1 Folder 10 Legal--correspondence and notes, 1973

Box 1 Folder 11 Literary Guild--contract, 1973

Movie, (4 Folders)

Box 1 Folder 12 Ads (Duplicate Clips)--newspaper advertisements, 1973-1974

Box 1 Folder 13 Correspondence and Peter Maas Notes, 1974

Box 1 Folder 14 Notes--handwritten notes, undated

Box 1 Folder 15 Reviews and News (Duplicate), 1973-1974

Paperback, (2 folders)

Box 1 Folder 16 Ads and Promotion including Fontana Edition (Duplicate Clips),, 1973-1975

Box 1 Folder 17 Promotion--book covers, itineraries, correspondence, 1974-1975

Box 1 Folder 18 Personal Correspondence, 1973

Box 1 Folder 19 Reader's Digest--correspondence, 1972

Viking, (2 folders)

Box 1 Folder 20 Correspondence, 1972-1974

Box 1 Folder 21 Royalties--earnings statement, 1973


Box 17 Folder 14 T.V. Spot, 1973

Manuscripts and Related Files

Box 17 Folder 9-10 Original Peter Maas Manuscript (some pages missing), (2 Folders)

Box 17 Folder 11 Manuscript Corrections Chapters 1-7 (Photocopy)

Box 17 Folder 12 Manuscript Corrections Book II Chapters 1-4 (Photocopy)

Box 17 Folder 13 Uncorrected Proofs (Galley), 1973


Mapcase 15-L-8 Advertising Poster for Serpico. Fontana Paperbacks

Research Files


Box 16 Folder 3 Bal, John,1971


Box 1 Folder 22 Chronology of Events 1966-1968--typed chronology and notes, undated


Box 16 Folder 4 Denver Police Department--John Bates Case, 1960-1967

Box 16 Folder 12 Department of Investigation, undated

Box 16 Folder 5 Durk, David, 1970-1971


Box 1 Folder 23 First Three NY Times Articles (Leary Interview)--press clips, 1970


Box 16 Folder 6 Foran / McGovern Transcript, 1970

Box 16 Folder 7 Gross Scandal, 1969 undated

Box 16 Folder 8 Ind. Cop Corruption, 1970-1971


Box 1 Folder 24 Knapp Commission--press clips, outline, 1970-1971

Box 1 Folder 25-26 Knapp Hearings--press clips, 1971 October and December (2 folders), 1971

Box 1 Folder 27 Kriegel, Jay / Michael Armstrong--press clips, notes, transcripts,, 1971-1973

Box 1 Folder 28 Lindsay, John / Burton Roberts Letters--correspondence and notes,, 1970

Box 1 Folder 29 Murphy, Patrick--notes, press clips, 1970

Box 1 Folder 30 Patrick Murphy's Men--press clips, 1970

New York Police Department, (2 folders)

Box 1 Folder 31 Press Releases, 1972

Box 1 Folder 32 Procedures--internal documents, notes, 1964-1967

Notebooks

Box 1 Folder 40 Books #1-5 (with indexes)

Box 1 Folder 41 Miscellaneous Notebooks (2 notebooks)


Box 16 Folder 1 Notes--Miscellaneous Topics

Box 16 Folder 2 Notecards

Box 16 Folder 10 Police--General, 1970-1971

Box 16 Folder 11 Police Corruption, 1970-1972

Box 16 Folder 9 Pre-Knapp "Cooping,", 1968-1969


Box 1 Folder 33 Post-Knapp Commission--press clips, notes, 1972-1973

Box 1 Folder 34 Post-Serpico NY Times--press clips, 1970-1971


Box 16 Folder 13 Preventive Enforcement Patrol (PEP), 1970

Box 16 Folder 14 Rockefeller Investigation of the Criminal Justice System, 1972 undated

Box 16 Folder 15 Santobello, Ruldoph

Serpico, Frank


Box 1 Folder 35 Arrests--NYPD arrest records, notes, 1966-1968


Box 16 Folder 16 Bronx Grand Jury Testimony, undated

Box 16 Folder 17 Hospital Notes, undated

Box 16 Folder 18 Notes--Serpico's Notes, 1959-1970

Box 16 Folder 19-20 Patrolman's Logs, and One Additional Log, 1959 September 17-1966 1970, 1959, 1970, (2 Folders)

(The log from 1970 differs somewhat from the other logs)

Box 16 Folder 21 Personal (Transcript of Letter to Commissioner and Take Off on Cops),, 1971 undated

Box 16 Folder 22 Police and Personal Papers, 1965-1969

Box 16 Folder 23 Press Clips, 1970-1971

Box 16 Folder 24 Press Clips Re: His testimony, shooting, etc., 1970-1971

Box 16 Folder 25 Public Morals Reports, 1967-1968

Box 16 Folder 26-27 Training Materials, 1959-1960s, (2 Folders)

(These two binders were not identified, but appear to be training materials related to Serpico's police work.)

Transcripts of Taped Interviews

Originals


Box 17 Folder 1-7 Tapes #1-28 Side 1, (7 Folders)

Carbon Copies


Box 1 Folder 36-37 Tapes #6-15, miscellaneous, undated, (2 Folders)

Box 1 Folder 38-39 Tapes #16-28, undated, (2 Folders)


Box 17 Folder 8 Index to Tapes #1-28


Box 16 Folder 28 Youth Board Work, 1959

Box 16 Folder 29 Serpico Book--Al Sola Chapter

Box 16 Folder 30 Speech when Frank Serpico Sworn In, 1964 undated

Box 16 Folder 31 Standard Trail, undated

Box 16 Folder 32 State Commission of Investigation (SCI)--Cops, 1971

Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia

(Published by HarperCollins in 1997)


Box 18 Folder 1 General and Business Files--Underboss Lawsuit, 2000 undated

Box 18 Folder 2-4 Manuscript, (3 Folders)

Research Files

Individuals and Families, Files on

Box 18 Folder 6 Bayonne Joe

Box 18 Folder 7 Castellano (Demeo)

Box 18 Folder 8 Castellano Hit Clips

Box 18 Folder 9 Colombo, Joe

Box 18 Folder 10 DeCicco

Box 18 Folder 11 Dellacroce

Box 18 Folder 12 Gigante

Box 18 Folder 13 Gotti

Box 18 Folder 14 Gotti Magazine Features

Box 18 Folder 15 Gravano, (4 Folders)

Box 18 Folder 16 Lawyers

Box 18 Folder 17 Leonetti

Box 18 Folder 18 Mouw

Box 18 Folder 19 New Italian Gangs

Box 18 Folder 20 Other Families

Box 18 Folder 21 Ruggiero, Gene Gotti, Carneglia Trial

Box 18 Folder 22 Scotto

Box 18 Folder 23 Spero / Tricorico

Box 18 Folder 1 Mafia

Box 18 Folder 2 Mafia (Commission)

Box 18 Folder 3 Mafia Historical Hits

Box 18 Folder 4 Mafia (Outside New York)

Box 18 Folder 5 Mob Rackets

The Valachi Papers

(Published by Putnam in 1969)

Business and General Files

Clippings


Box 19 Folder 1 Book Ads, circa, 1969

Box 19 Folder 2 Book Battle, Joseph M. Valachi, etc., 1963-1971

Box 19 Folder 3 Foreign Reviews, 1969-1971

Box 19 Folder 4 Hardcover Bestseller Lists, 1969

Box 19 Folder 5 Hardcover Reviews, 1968-1971

Box 19 Folder 6 Paperback Bestseller Lists, 1969

Box 19 Folder 7 Paperback Reviews, 1969

Correspondence

Box 19 Folder 8 Correspondence Received Re: "Valachi Papers," 1966-1974 undated, 1966-1974, undated

Box 19 Folder 9 Foreign Publishers' Correspondence, 1968-1970

Box 19 Folder 10 Putnam / Bantam Correspondence, 1968-1971

Box 19 Folder 11 Expenses, 1966-1972

Box 19 Folder 12 Financial, 1969-1970

Legal

Box 19 Folder 13 Sundlum Tirana / Hundley Cacherts, 1966-1975

Box 19 Folder 14 Weissberger & Frosch (Mort Leavy), 1966-1975


Box 26 Martha Deane, 1968 December 30, 1968, (1 audio tape reel)

(Appears to be a recording of a radio show episode on which Maas was a guest.)

Movie


Box 19 Folder 24 Movie Contract and Info, 1969-1973

Box 19 Folder 25 Movie (Not for Scrapbook), 1972

Box 19 Folder 26 Movie Notes, circa, 1970

Box 19 Folder 27 Outline, 1970


Box 25 Posters, 1972


Box 26 Publicity Stills, 1972

(Eight small posters.)


Box 19 Folder 28 Screenplay Drafts, 1970


Box 20 Folder 1 Screenplay Drafts, 1970 April -June, 1970

Box 20 Folder 2 Screenplay Drafts with Correspondence, 1970 July, 1970


Box 19 Folder 15 Promotion Tour, 1969-1972

Box 19 Folder 16 Publicity, circa, 1969

Manuscripts and Related Files

Box 19 Folder 17 Outline of original manuscript by Valachi and notes for book

Box 19 Folder 18 First Draft

Box 19 Folder 19-20 Peter Maas Manuscript for Putnam, circa, 1968, (2 Folders)

Box 19 Folder 20 Paper Proofs (Condensed Version), 1969

Box 19 Folder 21 Valachi (SEP)

Box 19 Folder 22 Valachi Book Excerpts (Mimeo Carbon), undated

Box 19 Folder 23 "Valachi Today," by Peter Maas (Typescript), circa, 1966

Research Files


Box 20 Folder 3 Criminal Records Valachi et al, 1957-1969

Box 20 Folder 4 Flynn, Hundley

Box 20 Folder 5 Genovese, Vito--Research / Trial, 1945-1953

Box 20 Folder 6 Cosa Nostra--Clips, 1958-1968

Box 20 Folder 7 High Commission Members, 1963 undated

Box 20 Folder 8 Investigation of Improper Activities in the Labor of Management Field, Transcripts Part 32 (U.S. Senate),, 1958

Box 20 Folder 9 Menus, undated

(Recipes from Joseph Valachi)

Box 20 Folder 10 Official Atlanta [?] Notes of FBI Interview, undated

Box 20 Folder 11-13 Organized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics--Transcripts, U.S. Senate Hearings, Parts 1-5,, 1963-1964, (3 Folders)

Box 20 Folder 14 Organized Crime in America: A Book of Readings, by Gus Tyler, 1962

Box 20 Folder 15 Persico Trial, 1964-1968

Box 20 Folder 16 Philadelphia Bulletin--Mob Sponsored Attack on Validity of Valachi Testimony,, 1963

Box 20 Folder 17 Valachi Hearing Outline, undated

Box 20 Folder 18 Valachi Interview--Typed Notes, undated

Box 20 Folder 19 Valachi Written Answers and Peter Maas Interviews, 1966 undated

Box 20 Folder 20-21 Miscellaneous Notes, undated, (2 Folders)

Series IV: Article Files, 1959-1975, 1997-2000

This series contains files related to Maas' work as a journalist.

The files include correspondence, drafts, manuscripts, and a few files on individuals. Most files date from Maas' work in the 1960s.

Article Files

(These include clippings, correspondence, drafts, notes, manuscripts, etc.)


Box 22 Folder 1 Brinkley Civil Rights, 1961

Box 22 Folder 2 Brinkley Crime Story, 1961

Box 22 Folder 3 Brinkley Spy Story, 1961

Box 22 Folder 4 Charity, 1960


Box 23 Folder 19 Chesty Puller--Manuscript, 1960s


Box 22 Folder 5 Cuba, 1962-1963


Box 21 Folder 18 Field Enterprises--Bicentennial Story, 1975


Box 23 Folder 20 Hock Shop Blues--Manuscript, 1960s


Box 22 Folder 6 ICE Story, 1961

Box 22 Folder 7 Income, 1961

Box 22 Folder 8 Kennedy, Robert F., 1962-1964


Box 21 Folder 19 Ladies Home Journal, 1965-1966


Box 22 Folder 9 Lanphier, Thomas, 1960-1961

Box 22 Folder 10 Maas Accounts, 1962

Box 22 Folder 11 Maas Income, 1962

Box 22 Folder 12 Man Who Fed the Pigeons, undated

Box 22 Folder 13 Menon, V.K. Krishna, undated


Box 21 Folder 20 New York Magazine , 1969-1971


Box 23 Folder 24 New York Times "Long Island Weekly" Story,, 1960s


Box 22 Folder 14 Obscenity Racket, 1961-1962


Box 23 Folder 1 Office Expenses, 1961

Box 23 Folder 2 Peace Corps Story, 1961-1962

Box 23 Folder 3 Pope, 1960-1962


Box 21 Folder 21 Reader's Digest, 1968


Box 23 Folder 4 Rossellini, Roberto, circa, 1961

Box 23 Folder 21 Rossellini--Manuscript, 1960s

Box 23 Folder 5 Running Expenses, circa, 1961-1962

Box 23 Folder 6 Salinger, Pierre, 1960

Box 23 Folder 7 Saturday Evening Post Billing, 1961-1963

Box 23 Folder 8 Saturday Evening Post Correspondence, 1961-1963

Box 23 Folder 9 Savings Account, 1961

Box 23 Folder 18 Smith, Steve--Research for Piece on Steve Smith at Chicago Convention,, 1968


Box 4 Folder 24 Story Ideas, 1961


Box 23 Folder 10 Symington, Stuart, 1959 undated

Box 23 Folder 11 Shelters--Fall Out, undated

Box 23 Folder 12 Tax Correspondence (Maas), 1955-1961

Box 23 Folder 13 Tax Evasion (SEP), undated

Box 23 Folder 14 Telephone Piece, 1962

Box 23 Folder 15 This Week Expenses, 1961

Box 23 Folder 16 Transportation Schedules, 1961

Box 23 Folder 22 Two Lovely People--Manuscript, 1960s


Box 21 Folder 31 Waiting for Johnny--Manuscript, 1950s or 1960s, 1950s, 1960s

Box 21 Folder 28 Walsh Article, undated

(This relates to Harold "Kayo" Konigsberg.)


Box 23 Folder 17 Water, 1961

Box 23 Folder 23 Jonathan Winters--Manuscript, 1960s

Individuals, Files on


Box 21 Folder 22 Cassini, Igor, 1963

Box 21 Folder 23 Costello, Frank, 1960s

Box 21 Folder 24 Kennedy, John F., 1963 undated

Box 21 Folder 25 Kennedy, Robert F., 1968-1969

Box 21 Folder 26 Rockefeller, Nelson, 1971 undated

Box 21 Folder 27 Tate, Shannon, circa, 1969

Brian O'Rourke Case, 1997

(Brian O'Rourke v. Linda Baisi, St. Frances de Chantal Roman Catholic Church, et al. )


Box 20 Folder 22 Article Drafts and Manuscripts


Box 21 Folder 1 Correspondence, 1997 2000, 1997, 2000

Box 21 Folder 2 Notes

Box 21 Folder 3-4 Research--Miscellaneous, (2 Folders)

Box 21 Folder 5 Tapes

(2 audiocassettes)

Box 21 Folder 6 Interview Transcripts

Series V: Scrapbooks, 1955-1973

This series contains two scrapbooks. These were originally housed in two large albums; pages have been removed from the binders and placed in folders for preservation purposes. The scrapbooks primarily contain clippings of Maas's articles and of items related to the publication of The Valachi Papers.


Box 26 Scrapbook I, 1955-1968

Box 26 Scrapbook II, 1969-1973