WHITCOMB MSS.
Inventory
I. BIOGRAPHICAL
Box 1:
- Includes a biographical sketch, passports, some family-related papers, etc. (1 folder)
II. CORRESPONDENCE
Mostly concerns his military career and his book Escape From Corregidor.
Box 1
- 1933-1975 (43 folders)
Box 2
- 1976-1985 (8 folders)
- Drachenberg, Dayton, 1953-1983 (1 folder)
- H. Regnery Co., 1957-1966 (3 folders)
- Phillips, Howard, 1952-1958 (2 folders)
III. WRITINGS
Box 2
- Escape from Corregidor: (8 folders, one bound album)
- Original manuscript
- Book production materials
- Contracts and royalty statements
- Promotional materials
- Proof
- Reviews
- Television script entitled "Don't Look Back"
- Autograph album "Escape from Corregidor Author's Tea"
- Untitled writing by Whitcomb concerning MacArthur's decision not to attack Philippines after bombing of Pearl Harbor (1 folder)
IV. SUBJECTS
Box 2
- Accelerated Christian Education, 1983 (1 folder)
- ADBC, 1967-1983. Materials concerning the ADBC (American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor) and travels to Corregidor for commemoration ceremonies (3 folders)
- Campaign materials (5 folders)
- 1964 (U.S. Senate). Press releases
- 1966 (Secretary of State). Press releases, schedule of speaking engagements, voting tabulations, clippings
- 1968 (Governor). GOP state convention materials, speeches given by Whitcomb and his wife Patricia, artwork, ads, schedule of speaking engagements, press releases
- Certificates, 1952-1984 (1 folder)
Box 3
- Governor's Economy Program: Survey & Recommendations. Indianapolis, 1969. 254p. (1 folder)
- Gubernatorial materials. Press releases, clippings, programs, miscellaneous materials concerning Whitcomb's term as governor (1 folder)
- Indiana Bible College, 1981-1982. Facts about IBC, constitution and bylaws, lists of founders, brochures (1 folder)
- Indiana University, 1974. Diploma: honorary doctorate of law, photo of Whitcomb receiving degree, commencement program (1 folder)
- Indiana University Alumni Association dinner. Sept. 12, 1979
- Lopez, 1945-1946. Correspondence and other materials related to Lopez family who sheltered Americans on Corregidor during the war and Whitcomb's attempt to get a commendation for them (1 folder)
- Military service (8 folders)
- Air Force Academy, 1963-1967. Materials pertaining to term as liaison officer
- Extension Course Institute, 1958-1965. Papers concerning Whitcomb's matriculation at USAF Extension Course Institute
- Flight log, 1944-1945. Includes roster of AAF officers, five yuan note signed by Eleanor Roosevelt
- Navigation logs and flight records, 1955-1957
- Oryoku Maru Memorial. Document concerning memorial to ship sunk in Subic Bay in 1944
- 201 file, 1946-1956.
- Miscellaneous, 1941-1981
- Philippine Heritage Endowment Fund, 1979-1980 (1 folder)
- Veterans Life Insurance, 1979-1982 (1 folder)
V. PHOTOGRAPHS
Box 3
- Includes photos of Whitcomb, his family, friends; Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos; a meeting with Ronald Reagan; George Wallace; Bob Hope; Senator Richard Lugar, et al. (2 folders)
VI. MISCELLANEOUS
Box 3
- Includes items relating to wife Patricia (3 folders)
VII. APPOINTMENT BOOKS
Box 3
- 1973-1976, 1978, 1980, 1982 (2), 1983, 1984 (10 volumes)
VIII. STANDING RULES AND ORDERS
Box 3
- 87th General Assembly of Indiana, Senate: 1951. 1 volume
- 88th General Assembly of Indiana, Senate: 1953. 1 volume
- 96th General Assembly of Indiana, House of Representatives: 1969. 1 volume
- 96th General Assembly of Indiana, Senate: 1969. 1 volume