Series 5: Collection of Interview Transcriptions and Notes, 1951/1994

Scope and content:

Box 9 concerns collections of transcripts of interviews on cassette and notes from 1988- 1992; interviews were conducted by James Bill of George Ball, Ruth Ball, Douglas Ball, Dean Ruck, George McGhee, John Tuthill, David Rockefeller, Lucius Battle, Paul Nitze, George Springsteen, James Schlesinger, Roger L. Stevens, Arthur Hartman; J. Wm. Fulbright, Nicholas Katzenbach, William Bundy, Helen Vahey, Peter Peterson, Donald Lamm, Roger Hilsman, W. Michael Blumenthal, W. W. Rostow ;Box 10 Notes, transcripts, documents, correspondences, magazine and newspaper articles, manuscripts and book manuscripts concerning George Ball; personal information about his family and friends; during Jimmy Carter's Administration; the Gulf and Middle East issues1964-, Ruth Ball's Diary, 1976-1980, concerning Vietnam War; Adlai Stevenson; Richard Nixon's Presidential Policies and His Death; Dean Rusk Articles and Notes; Notes and Interviews of James Bill with George Ball; Box 11 contains interview transcripts, notes, press statements, book reviews, newspaper and magazine articles and clippings created by or concerning Henry Kissinger collected and filed by James Bill; [Henry] Rockefeller, Iran Shah, 1977- 1985; concerning the Middle East; Henry Kissinger and his foreign policy; Chase Manhattan Bank and Iran; correspondences with George Ball [some letters signed by Ball's assistant Karen Vasudeva], John C. Whitehead, Statements by Henry Kissinger concerning the Middle East; articles concerning his character and policies.

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Parent restrictions:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Parent terms of access:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

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