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Herbert, Anthony B. Anthony B. Herbert collection, 1930-2009.

Title: Anthony B. Herbert collection, 1930-2009.

The bulk of the collection is made up of material Herbert's attorneys assembled in the course of his libel suit against Mike Wallace, Barry Lando, CBS and Atlantic Monthly (1974-1986). This material includes an extensive subject file -- a collection of notes and documents substantiating, for example, Herbert's war crimes allegations and his charges against John W. Barnes and Joseph R. Franklin. Also included are a collection of documents used as exhibits, as well as a number of requests, memoranda, affidavits, depositions, statements, and motions filed with the District Court, Southern District of New York, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. These court filings contain, among other things, Anthony B. Herbert's extensive deposition from 1979/80. In addition, the collection holds a name file produced by Herbert's attorneys, which contains background information, notes and abstracts, affidavits, depositions, and statements of a number of individuals who served with Herbert in the Army or were in some way involved in his law suit. This extensive name file includes, for examples, several folders on General John W. Barnes, Colonel Joseph R. Franklin, Colonel Felix Millhouse, Barry Lando, Mike Wallace, and 60 Minutes-producer Don Hewitt. The material also contains some of the attorneys' correspondence regarding the law suit. Aside from the papers assembled by Herbert's lawyers, the collection has another focal point in material assembled by the U.S. Army. This includes a number of investigative reports produced by the Army's Criminal Investigation Division in the course of examining the war crimes reported by Anthony B. Herbert. The collection also contains the transcript of the so-called Russ-Investigation -- the proceedings of the board of officers, headed by General Joseph Russ, which in April and May 1969 investigated Herbert's being relieved of command. Moreover, the material includes numerous testimonies collected by Colonel Felix G. Millhouse during his investigation of Herbert's charges against General John W. Barnes as well as Millhouse's final report of the matter. Finally, the papers assembled by the U.S. Army also contain material regarding the 173rd Airborne Brigade in general and several Army regulations and field manuals. The collection also contains papers regarding Herbert's education, e.g. a copies of his master's thesis and dissertation; his military career, e.g. his official U.S. Army personnel file; correspondence; his books and several unpublished manuscripts; as well as a number of photographs, e.g. from Herbert's time as instructor at the Mountain Training Ranger Camp, and his service in Germany and in the Middle East. Of interest are also audio tapes of interviews with Herbert, a copy of the 60 Minutes-segment regarding Herbert and outtakes of the complete material originally produced for the segment.

ArchivalResource: 150 boxes.

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