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Start Over Collection Frank Gardiner Wisner papers, 1909/1997 Date range 1975
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Frank Gardiner Wisner papers, 1909/1997

10.5 Cubic Feet 21 document boxes and oversize boxes

This collection of Frank Gardiner Wisner papers (1909-1997; 10.5 cubic feet) consists of business and personal papers of Frank Gardiner Wisner, who was a Director in the Central Intelligence Agency in the 1950's. Included is an autographed letter signed by John Edgar Hoover and a photocopy of a letter signed by Harry S. Truman.

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Addition 1 and 2, 1909/1997 1.5 Cubic Feet Three legal document boxes. Boxes 18-20

Accretion 1 and 2 (0075 and 2017-0208) of correspondence, personal papers, military papers (Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation reports), photographs, and University of Virginia related materials are in both additions. Of particular note are letters from Richard Helms, Arpad Goncz, and others offering support for Wisner's work in Romania. There is also an account of Frank Wisner's time in the OSS in Eastern Europe during the War, and an interview with Katharine Graham and Wisner's wife, Polly. Also the very first acquisition for this collection is in this series (awards, list of donations to the Law library, photographs and newspaper clippings)

Correspondence, personal and professional papers, 1909/1997 0.5 Cubic Feet One legal size document box. Box 20 Box 20 [X030899309], Folder 1-13

OSS Mission in Rumania, Katharine Graham interview with Polly Wisner; photographs of the Grahams, Alsops, Bohlens, Joyce families, Allen W. Dulles, and Tracy Barnes, and photograph book. Two folders from original collection of Wisner (awards and personal papers). There is also a photocopy of a letter signed by President Harry S. Truman in Box 20 under recommendations.

  1. Addition 1 and 2, 1909/1997

Correspondence, personal papers, and C. I. A. reports, 1909/1996 0.5 Cubic Feet One legal document box. Box 18 Box 18 [X030899306], Folder 1-27

Correspondence from Alexander Chisholm, William P. Bundy, David Ginsburg, Andrew W. Duncan, William J. Casey, Richard Helms, George Kenner,ARpad Goncz; condolences on a CD; Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation reports, interviews, essays, Richard Helms speech, personal papers, and University of Virginia certificates.

  1. Addition 1 and 2, 1909/1997

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