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Duane Krohnke's research notes on Joseph Welch ('14), handwritten on index cards and notebook paper.

By David Kushlan Wanger of Harvard University, this large document lays out the details of the trial, and specifically Welch's role in bringing down communist witch hunter Joseph McCarthy through his televised and now highly famous confrontation with McCarthy.

includes the statement of Edward B. Burling before Senate Committee on Appropriations, 1957, and a speech to the lawyers of Covington and Burling, 1963.

Letters between Howard R. Bowen, then president of Grinnell College, and Joseph N. Welch concerning the death of his wife, and later his large monetary gift to the college, his alma mater of 1914.

Correspondence written between Joseph N. Welch and various colleagues from the Harvard Law Library's Special Collections, as well as letters between Duane Krohnke and David Warrington, head of special collections at Harvard Law Library.  Krohnke's annotations of the letters are also included.

Photocopies of a book by Lately Thomas describing the Joseph McCarthy story, one that was eventually closely tied to the Joseph Welch story.

includes photocopies of: An Autobiographical Sketch by Burling; A Memoir Written about 1910 by Lucy B. Burling, a speech dictated by Burling to the partners of Covington and Burling, 1965, and the speeches given at Burling's memorial service, 1966.