Jerry Desanto Research Collection (1924-1985).

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Jerry Desanto Research Collection (1924-1985).

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This collection consists of photocopies from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the case of Joseph and William Whitehead, who went missing in Glacier National Park in 1924. The collection also contains correspondence between DeSanto and the FBI regarding access to the file as under the Freedom of Information Act. DeSanto used the material to write an article titled "Missing in Glacier! The Disappearance of the Whitehead Brothers in 1924," for Montana, the Magazine of Western History, Vol. 39, No. 3 (Summer, 1989), pp. 54-69. (SC 2531).

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