Guide to the Michael Hirsh manuscript collection, 1970-2010 Descriptive Summary Title : Michael Hirsh manuscript collection Creator: Hirsh, Michael (1943-) Dates : 1970-2010 ID Number : H57 Size: 34 boxes Abstract: This collection consists of the papers of Michael Hirsh, tracing his career in television and as a journalist. Language(s): English Repository: Special Collections University of South Florida Libraries 4202 East Fowler Ave., LIB122 Tampa, Florida 33620 Phone: 813-974-2731 - Fax: 813-396-9006 Contact Special Collections Administrative Summary Provenance: Hirsh, Michael, 1943- Acquisition Donation Information: Access Conditions: None. The contents of this collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/for more information. Processing Complete History: Preferred Citation: Michael Hirsh Manuscript Collection, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. Related Material: Concentration Camp Liberators Oral History Project, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. Information about related materials is available at http://guides.lib.usf.edu/content.php? pid=49131&sid=655659# Biographical Note Michael Hirsh is as a journalist, documentarian, and producer in radio and television. Over his 35 year career, he was the recipient of numerous awards, including several Emmy Awards, a Writers Guild Award, the DuPont-Columbia Citation, and the George Foster Peabody Award. He served as a combat correspondent with the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam, where he was also awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge. Hirsh is the author of several works of non-fiction, including The Liberators: America's Witnesses to the Holocaust (New York: Bantam Books, 2010). Scope Note The collection consists of Michael Hirsh's original manuscripts, photographs, research, correspondence, and proofs related to the publication of The Liberators: America's Witnesses to the Holocaust. The second series in the collection consists of materials related to Hirsh's time as a television and film producer and writer, with a concentration on the series M*A*S*H. This series also contains materials related to the history of television, as well as assorted scripts and screenplays. Arrangement Note: By type of material Arrangement By type of material Subject Headings Subject Terms: Concentration camps -- Austria -- History -- 20th century Concentration camps -- Germany -- History -- 20th century Film & TV studies Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Atrocities Soldiers -- United States -- Interviews World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Austria World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Germany World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Liberation World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American Genre/Form Terms: Television COLLECTION CONTENTS Series 1 : The Liberators Collection Sub-Series : Manuscripts BOX 1 FOLDER 1 : The Liberators—Random House Photo/Art Printouts, 2009 FOLDER 2 : The Liberators—Miscellaneous Photo Proofs FOLDER 3 : The Liberators—Maps FOLDER 4 : The Liberators—Proof Book/Foul Matter FOLDER 5 : The Liberators—Manuscript, First Pass—Part 1 FOLDER 6 : The Liberators—Manuscript, First Pass—Part 2 FOLDER 7 : The Liberators—Manuscript, Second Pass—Part 1 FOLDER 8 : The Liberators—Manuscript, Second Pass—Part 2 BOX 2 FOLDER 1 : The Liberators—Manuscript, Third Pass—Part 1 FOLDER 2 : The Liberators—Manuscript, Third Pass—Part 2 FOLDER 3 : The Liberators—Caption Manuscripts FOLDER 4 : The Liberators—Manuscript and Layout, Part 1—Flyleaf, Table of Contents, and Introduction FOLDER 5 : The Liberators—Manuscript and Layout, Part 2—Chapters 1-5 FOLDER 6 : The Liberators—Manuscript and Layout, Part 3—Chapters 6-12 FOLDER 7 : The Liberators—Manuscript and Layout, Part 4—Chapters 13-15 FOLDER 8 : The Liberators—Manuscript and Layout, Part 5—Chapters 16- Acknowledgments, Appendix, and Bibliography FOLDER 9 : The Liberators—Photographs (2 discs) FOLDER 10 : The Liberators—Drafts and Research (2 discs) Sub-Series : Research BOX 3 FOLDER 1 : The Liberators—Research—Liberation Photos from Interviewees, Other Sources, and Public Domain, 2009 FOLDER 2 : The Liberators—Research—United States Holocaust Museum Correspondence, July 25, 2009 FOLDER 3 : The Liberators—Research—Security Certificate for Ex-Prisoners of War, 1945 FOLDER 4 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Ohrdruf, Germany, 1995-2009 FOLDER 5 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Landsberg, Germany FOLDER 6 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Landsberg, Germany—Kaufering Death Camps FOLDER 7 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Buchenwald, Part 1 FOLDER 8 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Buchenwald, Part 2 FOLDER 9 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Buchenwald—Pierre Verheye FOLDER 10 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Buchenwald—Louis Blatz/Buchenwald Photos (1 Disk) FOLDER 11 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Dachau, Part 1 FOLDER 12 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Dachau, Part 2 BOX 4 FOLDER 1 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Dachau—Witnesses—Charlotte Chaney, 1st Lieutenant, Army Nurse Corps FOLDER 2 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Dachau—Witnesses—Don Daugherty FOLDER 3 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Subcamps of Dachau FOLDER 4 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Amfing FOLDER 5 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Thekia-Leipzig FOLDER 6 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Nordhausen-Dora FOLDER 7 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Flossenburg FOLDER 8 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Hersbruck (Leo Serian Correspondence) FOLDER 9 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Mathausen FOLDER 10 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Gunskirchen FOLDER 11 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Ebensee FOLDER 12 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Gusen FOLDER 13 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Salzwedel/Ahlem FOLDER 14 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Salzwedel/Ahlem-Kenneth Ayers Photographs (1945) FOLDER 15 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Bergen-Belsen FOLDER 16 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Gardelegen FOLDER 17 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps— Sachsenhausen BOX 5 FOLDER 1 : The Liberators—Bibliography, Correspondence, Book Reviews, and Press Clippings FOLDER 2 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps—Buchenwald—Melvin Rappaport, 45th Division FOLDER 3 : The Liberators—Interviews—Witnesses—Russel Weiskircher FOLDER 4 : The Liberators—Research and Correspondence—Witnesses—Curt Whiteway, 99th Division, Part 1 FOLDER 5 : The Liberators—Research and Correspondence—Witnesses—Curt Whiteway, 99th Division, Part 2 FOLDER 6 : The Liberators—Research—Correspondence—Witnesses—Frederick B. Lea, Medical Administrative Corps FOLDER 7 : The Liberators—Research—Morning Reports—394th Regiment, Company B—March 22nd, 1945-May 31st, 1945 FOLDER 8 : The Liberators—Research—Morning Reports—294th Regiment, Company B—March 22nd, 1945-May 8th, 1945 FOLDER 9 : The Liberators—Research—Witnesses—Leonard Lubin, Suicide Letters and Obituary FOLDER 10 : The Liberators—Research and Correspondence—Witnesses—John W. Fague FOLDER 11 : The Liberators—Research and Correspondence—Unfound Liberators FOLDER 12 : The Liberators—Research—Lists of Liberator Units and Liberator Contact Information FOLDER 13 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camps BOX 6 FOLDER 1 : The Liberators—Research—42nd Rainbow Division Veterans FOLDER 2 : The Liberators—Research—Military Personnel Records FOLDER 3 : The Liberators—Research—The U.S. Army in World War II FOLDER 4 : The Liberators—Research—Camp Croft, South Carolina FOLDER 5 : The Liberators—Research—Liberating Divisions, United States Army FOLDER 6 : The Liberators—Research—Concentration Camp Liberators—Press FOLDER 7 : The Liberators—Letters Written to Michael Hirsh Concerning his Book FOLDER 8 : The Liberators—Concentration Camps—Sketches FOLDER 9 : The Liberators—Written Accounts—Military History of a Combat Infantryman—Jack Kerins FOLDER 10 : The Liberators—Written Accounts—The Handcuffed Volunteer—Don L. Latimer FOLDER 11 : The Liberators—Written Accounts—The Battle of the Bulge: One Small Corner—Dr. John Faye FOLDER 12 : The Liberators—Written Accounts—Holocaust—David Dorlé FOLDER 13 : The Liberators—Written Accounts—The Berlin Crisis—Howard Kaplan FOLDER 14 : The Liberators—Written Accounts—GIs Remember—National Museum of American Jewish Military History FOLDER 15 : The Liberators—Book Proposal by Michael Hirsh FOLDER 16 : The Liberators—Book Promotion—U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum FOLDER 17 : The Liberators—Events—Twelfth Annual Holocaust Professional Development, 2010 FOLDER 18 : The Liberators—Events—"A Salute to Liberators": A Tribute Luncheon Sub-Series : Photographs and Media BOX 7 FOLDER 1 : The Liberators—Media—Walter Chapman Sketches—Salzwedel, 1945 (2 Discs) FOLDER 2 : The Liberators—Media—List of Films on the Holocaust for Students—Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois FOLDER 3 : The Liberators—Media—Dan Dougherty, Interviewed by Ellen Szakal (2 VHS Tapes) FOLDER 4 : The Liberators—Media—The Liberation of KZ Dachau, by James Kent Strong (1 VHS Tape) FOLDER 5 : The Liberators Photos—John Stephens FOLDER 6 : The Liberators—Photos—Bob Persinger—Ebensee Camp FOLDER