Papers, 1857-1975 (bulk 1931-1969).

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Papers, 1857-1975 (bulk 1931-1969).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30771417

Collection contains business and personal correspondence (1931-1975); reports and financial records of Vidal's various business ventures; reports, background information, and other materials related to military advisory group meetings; memorandums; family and career-related photographs; drawings; newspaper clippings; pamphlets; reports; scrapbooks; notebooks; and personal memorabilia. Artifacts include memorabilia of Vidal's athletic and aviation careers and several pieces of plastic furniture manufactured with the Vidal process. There are foreign stamps, stamp albums and first flight covers. Collection also contains books by Gore Vidal written under his own name and a pseudonym, Edgar Box.

24.25 cubic ft. (49 boxes) + artifacts.

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7289667

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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