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Author/Creator:Pforzheimer, Walter L. (Walter Lionel), 1914-2003.
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Title:Walter L. Pforzheimer papers, circa 1548-circa 2001 (bulk circa 1940-circa 1995).
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Physical Description:133.50 linear feet (148 boxes) + 9 broadside, 2 cold storage, 9 art, 1 roll.
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Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
View a selection of digital images in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database
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Location:BEINECKE (Non-Circulating)
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Call Number: GEN MSS 817
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Status:Not Checked Out
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Library Has: Containers 27, 32-40, 48 (Oversize), 50-54 (Broadside), 55 (Roll), 56-59, 60 (Art), 73, 106-110, 112-117, 118 (Oversize), 131-136 (Oversize), 137-140 (Broadside), 141-143a (Art) 144 (Art), 145-150, 151 (Art), 152, 153 (Art) 154-158, 159 (Art), 162 (Cold storage), 163-164, 166.
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Notes: Former call numbers: Uncat Mss 489, Uncat Mss 741, and Uncat Mss 991 Baseline processing completed; bein, ms 2011 December.
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Location:LSF- BEINECKE
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Call Number: GEN MSS 817
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Status:Not Checked Out
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Library Has: Containers 1-26, 28-31, 41-43, 44-47 (Oversize), 49 (Oversize), 61-72, 74-105, 111, 119-130 (Oversize), 160, 161 (Cold storage), 165, 167, and 229.
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Notes: Former call numbers: Uncat Mss 489, Uncat Mss 741, and Uncat Mss 991 Baseline processing completed; bein, ms 2011 December.
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Location:BEINECKE (Non-Circulating)
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Notes:Associated material: Walter L. Pforzheimer Collection of Frank Richard Stockton (YCAL MSS 560) Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Associated material: Walter L. Pforzheimer Collection of Historical Manuscripts (Gen Mss 838) Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Chiefly in English; some materials in French, German, or other languages.
Gift and bequest of Walter L. Pforzheimer (Yale 1935, 1938L), 2000-2005.
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Organization:Organized into four groupings: November 2000 Acquisition, April 2003 Acquisition, January 2005 Acquisition, and Unidentified Acquisitions.
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Access and use:Restricted pending full processing. Access to specific items may be requested. For further information consult the appropriate curator. Boxes 160 and 165 (computer disks): Restricted fragile material. Reference copies are available. For further information consult Access Services. Boxes 56-59, 60 (Art), 141-143 (Art), 143a (Art), 141-144 (Art), 145-150, 151 (Art), 152, 153 (Art), 154-158, 159 (Art), and 161-162 (Cold storage): Restricted fragile material. For further information consult Access Services. Boxes 111 and 229 (audiovisual material): Use of originals is restricted. Reference copies may be requested. For further information consult Access Services.
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Biographical / Historical note:Walter L. Pforzheimer (Yale 1935, 1938L), lawyer, intelligence officer, and book collector.
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Summary:The Walter L. Pforzheimer Papers contain personal correspondence, diaries, writings, notes, and family papers; correspondence, reports, and other documents relating to the United States Army during World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA's Historical Intelligence Collection, and the United States Defense Intelligence College; historical manuscripts and related materials collected by Pforzheimer concerning the history of military intelligence, including autograph documents, signed, by European heads of state and American presidents, seventeenth-twentieth centuries; prints, posters, and newspapers, including rare seventeenth-twentieth century items relating to Molière and other subjects; framed oil paintings and prints; book collecting notes, lists, vendor receipts, and card catalogs; rare postage stamps, including propaganda and forgeries; photographs, glass and film negatives, glass stereographs, and photograph albums; video and audio recordings, including interviews with Pforzheimer and presentations by him; microfilms; computer disks; and objects collected by Pforzheimer, including Molière medals, military decorations, and memorabilia relating to his intelligence career.
Research strengths include the history of military intelligence; World War II intelligence and propaganda; Pforzheimer's intelligence career, the formation and early history of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the development of the Central Intelligence Agency's Historical Intelligence Collection; book and manuscript collecting, and the development of Pforzheimer's collections of military intelligence, Molière, French armorial bindings, and Frank Richard Stockton; postal history and stamp collecting; American twentieth century politics and government; and the Pforzheimer family.
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Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available.
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Cite as:Walter L. Pforzheimer Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Subjects:Molière, 1622-1673.
Pforzheimer, Walter.
Pforzheimer, Walter L. (Walter Lionel), 1914-2003.
Pforzheimer family.
Stockton, Frank R., 1834-1902.
Defense Intelligence College (U.S.)
United States. Army Air Forces.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Historical Intelligence Collection.
United States. Office of Strategic Services.
Armorial bindings--France.
Book collecting--United States.
Book collectors--United States.
Intelligence officers--United States.
Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--United States.
Military intelligence.
Military intelligence--United States.
Stamp collecting--United States.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
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Genre/Form:Audiocassettes.
Audiovisual materials.
Autochromes (photographs)--United States--20th century.
Born digital.
Electronic documents--United States--20th century.
Medals--France--17th century.
Negatives (Photographic)--United States--20th century.
Oil paintings (visual works)--United States--20th century.
Photograph albums--United States--20th century.
Photographs--United States--20th century.
Postage stamps--20th century.
Sound recordings--United States--20th century.
Stereographs--United States--20th century.
Video recordings--United States--20th century.
Videocassettes.
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Occupation:Book collectors United States 20th century.
Intelligence officers United States 20th century.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/8050471