Collection Summary
Tregaskis, Richard, 1916-1973
Richard Tregaskis papers
1890-2020 (bulk 1927-1973)
06346
65.24 cubic ft. (97 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
The papers of Richard Tregaskis, a war correspondent and
author who covered WWII, Vietnam, and the Korean War.
Biography of Richard Tregaskis
Richard Tregaskis, born in New Jersey in 1916, was a war correspondent and author.
Prevented by bad eyesight from enlisting in the armed forces during World War II, he
covered both the Pacific and European theaters as a correspondent and was badly
wounded in Italy. He chronicled his wartime experiences in many books, including
"Guadalcanal Diary" (1943) and "Invasion Diary" (1944). The bulk of his career was
spent reporting on events in Asia and Oceania. Tregaskis covered nine wars,
including the Chinese Civil War, Korean, and Vietnam War. He also wrote poetry,
novels, biographies, magazine articles, and screenplays for motion pictures and
television. Tregaskis drowned near Honolulu in 1973.
Scope and Content
Collection contains published and draft versions of Tregaskis’s writings, including
books, articles, and scripts. Also present is research material, including both
files and numerous diaries kept by Tregaskis as he covered WWII, Vietnam, Korea, and
various world travels to many foreign countries. The collection also contains both
personal and professional correspondence and files. Photographs depicting
Tregaskis’s experience in Vietnam; WWII, China, and Korea; his world travels; and
personal life are also contained in the collection. Also present are audio and
visual materials containing Tregaskis interviews and research, speeches, and
third-party productions featuring either Tregaskis or his works.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the
collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and
libel laws as they apply.
Related Materials
There are no known other archival collections created by Richard Tregaskis at the
date of processing.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from Moana McGlaughlin-Tregaskis (wife) from
1983-2020.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Emily Christopherson in March 2012 and updated by Jamie Greene in October 2015, June 2017, July 2018, and March 2021.
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Richard Tregaskis papers, 06346,
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital reproductions of select materials are available at http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~101~101.
Access Terms
Kamehameha the Great, King of the Hawaiian Islands, d. 1819.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.
World War, 1939-1945--Journalism, Military.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
PT-109 (Boat).
X-15 (Rocket aircraft).
Korean War, 1950-1953--Journalism, Military.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Journalism, Military.
Military bases, American--Vietnam.
Veterans--Societies, etc.--Periodicals.
Television authorship.
Motion picture authorship.
War correspondents.
China--History--Civil War, 1945-1949.
Islands of the Pacific--Description and travel.
Islands of the Pacific--History.
Southeast Asia--Description and travel.
Southeast Asia--History.
Photographs.
Negatives (photographic).
Diaries.
Scripts.
Journalism
Politics, Government, and Law
Military
International Relations
People, Ethnicity, and Culture
Social Life and Customs
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Container List
Series I. Published works
1939-1973
Arranged alphabetically. Contains writings by Tregaskis in their published
form, including books, chapters within books, and magazine articles.
3Books - China Bomb1967
2Books - Combat: The War With Japan (introduction by Tregaskis)1962
2Books - Guadalcanal Diary1943, 1955, 1959
2Books - Guadalcanals Erobring (Swedish)1945
2Books - Invasion Diary1944, 1962
2Books - John F. Kennedy and PT-1091962
2Books - John F. Kennedy: War Hero1962
2Books - La 2eme Guerre D'Indochine1965
5Books - Last Plane to Shanghai1961
2Books - Seven Leagues to Paradise1951
3Books - Stronger Than Fear1945, 1961
4Books - Vietnam Diary1963
6Books - Warrior King: Hawaii's Kamehameha the Great1973
4Books - X-15 Diary: The Story of America's First Spaceship1961
2Chapters - An account in Off the Record: Inside Stories from Far and Wide Gathered by Members of the Overseas Press Club1952
2Chapters - "Eleven Thousand Feet and No Place to Go" in How I Got That Way: Top Reporters Give the Behind-the-Scenes Story of Covering Great News Events1967
2Chapters - "Guadalcanal Diary: Would I Change It Now?" in I Can Tell It Now1964
2Chapters - "Parachute Jump" in Deadline Delayed1947
2Chapters - "Vouza, Superman of the Solomons" in My Favorite War Story1945
2Chapters - "Where Courage Begins" in My Most Inspiring Moment1965
1Magazine articles - "400 U.S. Firms Help Britain Meet Crisis" in Nation's Business1956
65Magazine articles - "3,000 Americans Find a New Frontier" in Parade1969
1Magazine articles - "American's-Eye View" in Quantas Airways Australia1973
65Magazine articles - "Attention, Girls! Come to Australia -- And Find a Husband" in Parade1967
1Magazine articles - "Beachcombing Kauai" in Paradise of the Pacific1962
65Magazine articles - "Boeing's $15,000,000 Gamble" in Collier's1954
1Magazine articles - "China Bomb" in Male1967
65Magazine articles - "Cloud Over Paradise" in This Week1965
1Magazine articles - "Diary of a Wound" in Coronet1944
1Magazine articles - "Down Under Looks Up" in Saturday Review1960
1Magazine articles - "East-West Center--Feeble Shadow of Its Original Self?" in The Beacon1961
65Magazine articles - "Escape Routes to the South Pacific" in West1969
65Magazine articles - "Five From the 50th State" in This Week1967
65Magazine articles - "Gabreski: Avenger of the Skies" in Saturday Evening Post1952
1Magazine articles - "Germany: Wide Open Market" in Nation's Business1955
1Magazine articles - "Golden Cities on the Rhine" in Travel1966
1Magazine articles - "Hawaii: New Resorts on the Big Island" in Continental Airlines Magazine1966
1Magazine articles - "Hawaii's Top Banana" in Pageant1955
1Magazine articles - "Helicopter Hell" in Bluebook1964
65Magazine articles - "Helimarines: Trouble Shooters of the Atom Age" in Parade1957
65Magazine articles - "I Collect Beaches" in Family Weekly1967
1Magazine articles - "I Settle for Paradise" in Continental Airlines Magazine,1962
1Magazine articles - "Incredible Women of Vietnam" in Cosmopolitan1964
1Magazine articles - "Introduction to the Pacific" in Continental Airlines Magazine1966
1Magazine articles - "Jet Age Comes to Tahiti" in International Travel Digest1960
1Magazine articles - "Keiki the Porpoise..." in Popular Science1966
1Magazine articles - "King Kamehameha's Choice" in Western's World1970
1Magazine articles - "Madalyn Murray Interview" in Playboy1965
1Magazine articles - "Man in Search of a Perfect Beach," poems, "Blossoms of the Big Island," and "South of the Border" in Paradise of the Pacific1962
1Magazine articles - "Man With the Golden Needle" in Millionaire Magazine1965
68-69Magazine articles - miscellaneous (scrapbooks)1944-1972
96Magazine articles - miscellaneous1950-1970
1Magazine articles - "Name to Remember: Guadalcanal" in Peddie Chronicle1967
1Magazine articles - Poem in Paradise of the Pacific1962
68Magazine articles - Post-WWII stories in Saturday Evening Post (scrapbook)1946-1949
1Magazine articles - "Quest Continued" in Paradise of the Pacific1962
65Magazine articles - "Quest For the Perfect Beach" in Qantas Airways1968
65Magazine articles - "Report From Vietnam: Meet the New G.I., 1966-Style" in Family Weekly1966
68Magazine articles - "Road to Tokyo" series with the crew of a B-29 in Saturday Evening Post (scrapbook)1945
69Magazine articles - "'Round the World Diary" series in True (scrapbooks)1941, 1947-1948
65Magazine articles - "Save Diamond Head" in West1970
1Magazine articles - "Sea Followers" in Cavalier1964
1Magazine articles - "Sixty Minutes Make a Pilot,"1941
1Magazine articles - "Sydney's Beaches" in Travel1959
1Magazine articles - "They Hunt Danger Below" in Argosy1954
1Magazine articles - "Tregaskis Finds Bargain Luxury in Romantic Kashmir Houseboat" in JAL Global Courier1965
1Magazine articles - "Tregaskis Resurveys Far East" in JAL Global Courier1965
1Magazine articles - "Twilight Over Stalin" in World Digest1939
1Magazine articles - "U.S. Business Finds New Frontier" in Nation's Business1954
1Magazine articles - "Vietnam Visit" in Travel1959
1Magazine articles - "Vietnam: What's It All About?" in Cosmopolitan1966
1Magazine articles - "Waikiki: And Then Some" in Venture1965
65Magazine articles - "West/Travel: Gold at the Rainbow's Edge" in West1968
1 and 97Magazine articles - "What Really Happened at Guadalcanal" in Real1958
65Magazine articles - "Where Courage Begins" in Family Weekly1964
1Magazine articles - "Why We Cover Wars" in Dateline (Overseas Press Club of America)1966
1Magazine articles - "World's Best Beaches and How to Swim There" in Nudist Adventure1967
1Magazine articles - "World's Greatest Air Ace" in Argosy1962
Series II. Manuscript drafts
1941-1974
Contains three sub-series: Books, Magazine articles and poetry, and Scripts.
Each sub-series contains various drafts of works written by Tregaskis.
Sub-series 1. Book manuscripts
1945-1974
Arranged alphabetically by title. Contains various drafts of Tregaskis’s
books.
3China Bomb1964-1967
96Hawaii beach piece (research and manuscript)1960-1975
6-7John F. Kennedy and PT-109circa 1961-1962
6John F. Kennedy: War Herocirca 1961-1962
5Last Plane to Shanghai (China Farewell/Shanghai Diary)1957-1964
96Mumtaz (book proposal, manuscript, correspondence)1969
8-9Southeast Asia: Building the Bases (NAVFAC)1970-1974
16Southeast Asia: Building the Bases (NAVFAC)1970-1973
7Story of the Lady of the Taj Mahal (Secret of the Taj)1969
3Stronger than Fearcirca 1945
96Taj Mahal (booklets, pamphlets, correspondence, book proposal, photographs)1960-1975
4Vietnam Diary1963-1964
6 and 96Warrior King: Hawaii's Kamehameha the Great (Napoleon of the Pacific)circa 1972
7We Build and Fight (Seabees)1967-1968
3-5X-15 Diary1959-1960
Sub-series 2. Magazine article and poetry manuscripts
1941-1973
Arranged alphabetically by article title. Contains various drafts of
articles written by Tregaskis. Some, though not all, were eventually
published.
10Accidentundated
10Aces of Mig Alley1952
10Adventure Corner (or Men in Danger)undated
13Adventure Corner (or Men in Danger)1947
10Airline to Paradiseundated
10American Boom in British Crisisundated
10American's Abroadundated
10America's Favorite Hawkshawundated
13America's New Modern G.I.undated
10Annexundated
13Argosy - SAC B-47 piece1954
10Army Brat and the Hippieundated
10Arthur Godfrey of the Islandsundated
10At Last the New Taj Mahal Opens1973
13Australia1964-1973
10Australia: The New Frontier for Bachelors -- and Bachelor Girls1967
10Baby atom bomb story1957
10Bali story for Zane Greyundated
10Beau Manorundated
10Beirut: Paris of the Middle East1964
13Beirut: The World's Wackiest City1966-1968
10Best Beaches of Hawaiiundated
10Big Board: Pacific Watermanundated
10Big Islandundated
10Blodgetundated
16Book reviews by Tregaskiscirca 1965
10Bravest Men1966-1968
10Bright Ghosts of Guadalcanal1967
10Business Depression in Paradiseundated
10Campus comedy written for Reader's Digest1966
10Can Tahiti Ever Come Back?1965
10Central Valleyundated
10China Farewellundated
10Collecting the Perfect Beachundated
10Crucibleundated
10Dark at Nightundated
10Dateline Sydneyundated
10Eating in the Eastundated
10Ecology in Paradiseundated
10Eight Battles We Lost in WWII and Whyundated
13Fastest Millionaire1960
10Fastest Operatorundated
10First War That Made Senseundated
10Focus on Asiaundated
10Formosa Reportundated
10G.I. in Vietnam -- 1966 Model1966
10Germany--Jackpot for American Capitalundated
10Great Highways of Americaundated
10Hartmannundated
13Hawaiian Fountain of Youthundated
10Hawaiian Spotlighter1966
10Hawaii's Best Beaches1967
10Hawaii's Number One Menehune1967
10Hawaii's Untrammeled Corner1966
13Helimarines - Marines Go Triphibious1957
13Helimarines - Thetis Bay - First Helicopter Assault Carrier1957
13Helimarines1957
10Henry J. Kaiser's Art Therapy: Hawaiiundated
10Hong Kong travel piece1964
10Hong Kong Water Policeundated
10Hoppi-Copterundated
10How to Read the War Newsundated
13How to Read the War Newsundated
10Hughes Fire Control Systemundated
10Hungarian Storyundated
10Huntersundated
10I Can Tell It Now1964
10I Collect Beaches1964
10I Went Broke -- And I Liked Itundated
10Incredible Women of Vietnamundated
10Indo-China Frontier1964
10Intercontinental Ballistics Missileundated
13Interview With Playboy Maralyn Murray1964-1965
16Interviews1965-1972
10Introduction to Edgar Black's "Winston Churchill,"undated
13It's a Shooting War in Vietnam1963
10Jet to the Ten Best Beaches -- And 25 Runners-Upundated
10Jet-Setter's Eden1972
10Kalganundated
10Kona Coast: Kamehameha's Choiceundated
10Korea: Morning Calm and Evening Wildundated
10Kuwait: Crystal Ball for America's Future?undated
11Lalo: The Polynesian Heart1961
11Last Plane to Kalganundated
11Last Plane to Shanghaiundated
11Letter to a friend in Newport, Rhode Islandundated
11Lure of the Front Is Like an Opiate1966
11Man Who Suits the Stars (Sy Devore)undated
13Marine Future1958
11Marinesundated
11Mecca for Beach Loversundated
13Millionaire In a Hurryundated
13Miscellaneous fragmentsundated
11Mission Over Krautland1966
11Mission to Hainan1964
11Mister Scheurer's Answer to Warundated
11My Most Expensive Storyundated
11My Most Inspiring Moment1966
11My Most Unforgettable Character -- "Red Mike,"undated
11Nature Boy and Girlundated
11New Look In Vietnam/New Face of Vietnamundated
11New Nation of Vietnamundated
11New Travel Frontierundated
16Newspaper articles by Tregaskis1968
11Odyssey: Story of Ulyssesundated
11Oil in Australia: New Era for Asia?undated
11Okinawa Treasure Huntundated
11Okinawaundated
11Only American Sheikh1967
11Operation 16-Zundated
11Our Best Foreign Aid Valueundated
11Our Mail Order Navyundated
11Our Underprivileged First Familiesundated
11Out of the Bookundated
11Pacific Will Surprise Your Senses1966
11Pacific: World's Biggest Tourist Boom1969
11Par fund pieces (on Asian countries)1970
11Paradise Gained Againundated
11Paris: The New Judo Capitalundated
11Pasadena Playhouseundated
11Patient Is Dying (Europe)undated
11Peter Canlis and the Broilerundated
11Piratesundated
17Poetry - Flame in the Sea: Hawaiiundated
17Poetry - Flame1972
17Poetry - Love and the Seaundated
17Poetry - Miscellaneous1970-1971, undated
17Poetry - Sea, and Death: The Secret Life of Richard Tregaskis1941-1961
17Poetry - Secret Life of Richard Tregaskis1941-1961
17Poetry - Verse1942-1971
17Poetry - Woman and the Seaundated
11Poppaeaundated
11President of the World1946-1947
11Press Club, Guadalcanalcirca 1944
11Road to Tokyo seriescirca 1944
11Sam King Is Chosenundated
11San Franciscoundated
11Search for Paradiseundated
11Search for the Perfect Beach1967
12Self-Reliant Lambsundated
12Seven Leagues to Paradise1952-1962
12Sex on the Hoofundated
12Sinful Citiesundated
12South Pole Airliftundated
12Spearhead: Story of the Third Armored Division1961
12Steveundated
12Supplemental report on Tahitiundated
12Swing Through Asia seriesundated
12Sydney Opera Houseundated
12Sydney: The New Australia1964
12Tahiti Meets the Jet Ageundated
12Tahiti1965
12Ten best Beaches1965
12Tokyo Travel Piece1964
13Underwater Prospectorsundated
12Unfinished work on the Pacificundated
12Unidentified outlineundated
12Untouchablesundated
12Vacation in Paradise -- At Half Pricesundated
16Various magazine articles (with index)1964-1969
16Various magazine pieces with cover letterscirca 1965-1967
13Vietnam Diary - Heart series1968
12Vietnam Diary Todayundated
16Vietnam news releases by Tregaskis1964
13Vietnam pieceundated
12Vietnam: What It's All About1966
12Waikiki's Favorite Sport: Foodundated
12Waikiki's Fountain of Youthundated
12War Comes to Speedy1950
12War Correspondentundated
13Wendell Phillipsundated
12What Is the East-West Center?undated
12What's So Special About Tahiti?undated
12Why We Need Aircraft Carriersundated
12Wildest Hong Kongundated
12Will Tahiti Survive the Mushroom Cloud?1965
12Windfall: The Jimmie Angel Story (Adventure Was My Husband)1962
12World Is Our Ulcerundated
12World's Best Beachesundated
12World's Biggest Furrierundated
12World's Interrupted Love Affair With Tahiti1966
12Yank Viewundated
12Young-Old Boys of Waikikiundated
Sub-series 3. Scripts
1944-1968
Arranged alphabetically by title. Contains ideas and drafts of scripts
written by Tregaskis for both television and film.
14Across the Atlantic1956
14Air Force Historyundated
16Air Over the Poleundated
14APO 923 (created by Gene Roddenberry)1961
14Applegatecirca 1950s
14Balinese Dancerundated
14Beach Jumpers1964
14Behind Closed Doors - "Trouble In Test Cell Ten,"1958
16Big Secret1952
14Black Rose1946
14Blue Angels - "Shark Package,"1960
14Combatundated
14Crew of a B-29undated
14Danger at Night1960
14Darby's Rangers1950
16Deadlineundated
14Death of the Blackshirts (Winston Churchill series)undated
16Fair Wind to Java1951-1952
14First Man1960
14Flight - "Border Incident,"1958
14Foraging Raidundated
14Force of Armsundated
16Freedom of Opportunity (story of Richard Tregaskis)1944
14Gabreski - American Eaglecirca 1952
14Green Berets1963
14Guided Missile and Frogmanundated
14Hawaii 5-0 - "Smuggler's Gold -- Jet Style,"undated
14Hawaii 5-01968
14Helicopter serialundated
14Helimarines - "The Cave,"undated
14Helimarines - "Tiger Hunt,"1958
14-15Helimarines step sheet and outline1958
15Hellions - Antioch's Guerilla's (Seven Days to Ting-Yong)undated
15Hellionsundated
15Hong Kong Diaryundated
15Honolulu Harborundated
15I Cover the Worldundated
15Inside the Newsundated
15Italian Story1950
15King of Diamondsundated
15Lost Missileundated
15Magic Carpetundated
15Magic Islandundated
15Mission Over Korea1953
15Notes on The Paganundated
15Occupation: Correspondentundated
15Operation 16-Z1953
15Pagan1961
15Pirate Queenundated
15Private Eye in Paradiseundated
15Red Frontier1950-1952
15South Pole Cityundated
15Spark in the Night1950
15Steve Canyon - "Operation Survival,"1958
15Steve Canyon - "The Property,"1959
15Too Many Cooksundated
15Trouble In Wind Tunnel Ten1958
15Unfair Game (Safari Husband)undated
15Various TV series outlines1956
15Waterfront Story1954
15Wings for the Navyundated
15Woomerahundated
15World Is My Bestundated
15World's Workundated
Series III. Research materials
1938-1973
Contains two sub-series: Files and Diaries. Contains research materials used
by Tregaskis to write his books and articles.
Sub-series 1. Research files
1938-1998
Arranged alphabetically. Contains research files on topics on which
Tregaskis wrote. Includes clippings, notes, subject files, and
biographical information on various individuals.
201st Division - "The Big Red One,"1946
20Army graduate training schools report1943
20B-36 aircraft1949
39Biographical information on various individualscirca 1952-1971, undated
20Biographical information - Frank Gabreski1952, undated
20Biographical information - Meyer (General)1961
20Biographical information - Robert Hutchings Goddard1960-1961
28Books (on various topics)undated
20China (pre-Mao)1948-1949
20China Bombcirca 1960-1967
55Clippingscirca 1938-1972
20Famous aircraft series1963
20Handwrittencirca 1961
96India (correspondence, clippings, articles)1960-1971
96India - Keswani and Hassnain1956-1964
20Italycirca 1947-1966
20John F. Kennedy1943-1961
20Kamehameha1971
20Lieutenant Leo letters (WWII)1942-1944
20Louis E. Wolfson1956
21Louis E. Wolfson - minutes1956
20Miscellaneous1948-1972
20News releases1945, 1961, undated
20Notebookundated
20 and 96Notesundated
21Pacificundated
21People in Progress: Thai-American Cooperation1957
21President of the World1946-1947
21Road to Tokyo series1945
21Savatecirca 1951
21Saving of the Marine Corps materialscirca 1946-1955
96Solomon Islands, Solomon memorial1995-2017
21Statistics of the 56th - Missions1943-1945
21TAKLHI1965-1968
21Tonkin Gulf Incidentundated
21U.S.S. Missouri1991-1998
20Victor H. Krulak1965-1973
21Vietnamundated
21Windfall: The Story of Jimmie Angel1961-1964
21WWII - Europe1944
21WWII - Surrender of Japan1945
Sub-series 2. Diaries and notebooks
1943-1973
Arranged alphabetically. Contains diaries and notebooks kept by Tregaskis as both a war
correspondent and a world traveler. Used by Tregaskis to take notes and
to write his books and articles. All are handwritten and many are
unlabeled.
64Army - Italy1943 October
59Army - Navy/Marines1947-1948
59Asia (Korea, Japan)1953
21Australia1950s
21Australia1951
21Balicirca 1951
60Beirut, world trip, and marriage1963 May -1964 January
21Bostonpre-WWII
63California/X-151962 May
64China1948-1949
62Diabetes1952
21Dragnet1953
63Easter1973 April - May,
59England1955
59First Power Flight1959
21France to America1949
59Germany and Britain1955
21Guam1955
62Honolulu1966-1967
63Honolulu1973 March
21Japan1954-1955
60Japan and Hawaii1954-1955
63KAM1972
63KAM and poem1970 November - 1971 March
21Kamehamehaundated
61NAVFAC (Naval Facilities Engineering Command)1967
63NAVFAC (Naval Facilities Engineering Command)1970 April - May
63NAVFAC (Naval Facilities Engineering Command)1970 May
63NAVFAC (Naval Facilities Engineering Command)1970 May - June
63NAVFAC (Naval Facilities Engineering Command)1970 June
63NAVFAC (Naval Facilities Engineering Command)1970 June
63NAVFAC (Naval Facilities Engineering Command)1970 June - July
63NAVFAC (Naval Facilities Engineering Command)1970 July
63NAVFAC (Naval Facilities Engineering Command)1971 October
64New York City1945
21New Zealandundated
64Pacific and Southeast Asia1948
21San Francisco newspaperundated
64Sweden1950
59Taiwan1955
59Thetis Bay1957
21United States Air Force (USAF)undated
63Vietnam1962
61Vietnam1963 January - May
62Vietnam1964 January - May
61Vietnam1964 May - November
62Vietnam1967
63Vietnam1970
63Vietnam1970
63Vietnam1970 August
64Vietnam1970 August
64Vietnam1970 September
64Vietnam1970 September
63Vietnam1970 September - November
61Vietnam1972 January - February
63Vietnam1972 February
59Wolfson wind-up1956-1957
59Wolfson1956
59World trip1957 November - December
59World trip1957 December - 1958 February
60Writing for Hearst newspapers1968 March - May
60Writing for Hearst newspapers1968 May - August
64WWII - England1943
64WWII - Germany and Italy1944
64WWII - Italy1943
64WWII - Sicily and North Africa1943
60X-151959
60X-151959-1960
60X-15, Blue Angels1961
61Unlabeled (includes X-15 and Blue Angels notes)1960
61Unlabeled (includes X-15 notes)1960
61Unlabeled (includes Kennedy PT notes)1961 June - September
64Unlabeled1945
64Unlabeled1946
64Unlabeled1947
64Unlabeled1947
64Unlabeled1948
64Unlabeled1949
59Unlabeled1949 January - June
64Unlabeled1950
61Unlabeled1951
64Unlabeled1953
63Unlabeled1954
59Unlabeled1955
59Unlabeled1956
59Unlabeled1957
59Unlabeled1958 March - May
59Unlabeled1958 May - September
62Unlabeled1958-1959
61Unlabeled1961 September - 1962 February
62Unlabeled1962 March - May
62Unlabeled1964-1965
63Unlabeled1967 May - September
60Unlabeled1968 October - 1969 March
61Unlabeled1969
61Unlabeled1969 March - July
59Unlabeled1969 July - November
63Unlabeled1969 November - 1970 January
63Unlabeled1970
63Unlabeled1971 March - July
61Unlabeled1971 July - October
63Unlabeled1971 November - January 1972
60Unlabeled1972 May - November
62Unlabeled1972 November - December
62Unlabeled1972 December - 1973 March
63Unlabeled1973 April
62Unlabeled1973 May - July
64Unlabeledundated
64Unlabeledundated
21Unlabeledundated
Series IV. Correspondence
1928-2007
Arranged chronologically within type of correspondence. Contains both
personal and professional correspondence. Files labeled “professional
correspondence and project materials” contain a mix of correspondence,
manuscript drafts, and research materials on various works and topics on
which Tregaskis worked.
54Cardsundated
54Envelopescirca 1950-1973
42General1944-1956
53General1951-1953
43General1957 January - 1964 June
44General1964 July - 1965 December
45General1966 January - 1967 June
46General1967 July - 1968 December
47General1969 January - 1972 May
48General1972 June - 1977, undated
49General1966 January - 1969
50General1970-1973, undated
97General2019-2020
54Invitationsundated
51Julian Bach1973
52Personal1942-1982
54Personalundated
52Personal - Condolences to Moana Tregaskis (wife) on the death of Richard Tregaskis1973
51Personal - Madeline Tregaskis (sister)circa 1928-1945
51 and 96Personal - Maude Tregaskis-Hanford (mother)1943-1973, undated
97Personal - Moana and Richard Tregaskis1974-1997
50Personal - Victor Krulak (Lieutenant General)1964-2007
40-41Professional1942-1978
41Professional - baby atom bomb pictures1958
51Professional - Gabreski1952-1965
41Professional - Harold Matson1968-1970
53Professional - Kamehameha the Great1970-1973
53Professional - Kennedy and PT-1091961-1962
41Professional - letters of testimony1935-1941
41Professional - literary agents1960-1970
41Professional - literary awards1967-1968
41Professional - Paul R. Reynolds, Incorporated1967-1968
41Professional - Popular Library, Incorporated1964-1965
41Professional - Ray A. Roberts, Editor - MacMillan Company1972-1973
41Professional - Reese Halsey1970-1973
53Professional - Vietnam and Vietnam Diary1963-1964
41Professional - Vietnam1968-1969
41Professional - Women of the Sea1965-1971
22Professional correspondence and project materials1959-1963
23Professional correspondence and project materials1962-1963
25Professional correspondence and project materials1959-1960
26Professional correspondence and project materials1961-1963
26Professional correspondence and project materials - Hartmann manuscriptundated
26Professional correspondence and project materials - Helimarines1959
24Professional correspondence and project materials - Vietnam Diary1961-1964
95Professional correspondence and project materials - "WWII Booklet I: Guide to the Guadalcanal Battlefields, U.S. Memorial" intro by John Innes2010-2012
Series V. Personal and professional files
1927-2011
Arranged alphabetically. Contains newspaper clippings and reviews about
Tregaskis or his works, newsletters, and other files both professional and
personal in nature.
18Addressesundated
18Advertisementsundated
91Art - Painting of Tregaskis by George Channundated
90Art - Painting of Tregaskis by Nicolai Fechin1952
90Art - Painting of Tregaskis by Sergeant Thuelandundated
90Art - Sketch of Tregaskis by Nicolai Fechinundated
92Art - Unlabeled painting of Tregaskis with others in an outdoor café by Baumgartnerundated
92Art - Unlabeled painting (possibly a scene from a film)undated
18Awards1954-2010, undated
97Awards and certificates1942-1964
18 and 96Biographical information - Richard Tregaskis1932-1973
19Biographical information - Richard Tregaskis's early life as told by his motherundated
97Biographical information - manuscript: "Dick: The Tregasksi Story"1973
97Biographical information - Richard Tregaskis Biography1973
97Biographical information - Richard Tregaskis (credits, reviews, and speeches by Moana (wife)1975-2002
94Books - “38th Evac” by LeGette Blytheundated
27Books - Harvard Club of New York City1965, 1970
27Books - Harvard College Class of 1938 reports1948-1973
27Books - Overseas Press Club of America directory1966
27Books - Who's Who of Overseas Press Club of America1962-1963
Books:
97"Alone on Guadalcanal: A Coastwatcher's Story" by Martin Clemons1998
97"Ernie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World War II" by James Tobin2006
97"Of Wars and Worship: The Extraordinary Story of Gertrude and Alvin Blum" by Keithe Saunders2012
97"Pacific Protest, The Maasina Rule Movement: Solomon Islands, 1944-1952" edited by Hugh Laracy1983
97Guidebooks on the Solomon Islands (5 books)1997-2012
18Bulletins1964-1972
18Certificates1934-1964
66Certificates1934-1947
18Circulars1962-1971
56-58,95, and 97Clippings1959-2012, undated
56Clippings - about American Heritage Center - including Tregaskis1986
56Clippings - by or about Tregaskiscirca 1961-1975
56Clippings - China Bomb1967
70Clippings - Harvard - includes news articles by Tregaskis (scrapbook)1937-1938
67Clippings - Pingry School (scrapbook)1927-1935
70Clippings - regarding film adaptations and screen writings by Tregaskis (scrapbook)1943-1953
70Clippings - regarding Tregaskis and his works (scrapbook)1944
57Clippings - review of Vietnam Diary1963
56Clippings - Southern California1944-1954
56Clippings - Tregaskis's death1973
56Clippings - writings regarding Tregaskis1973
18Excerpt from "Brave Men" by Ernie Pyle referencing Tregaskis's WWII injuryundated
18Financial files1947-1973
18Guadalcanal war correspondent memorial plaque1992-1993
33Handbook for U.S. Forces in Vietnam - Military Assistance Command1967
18Harvard files1934
18Information sheets1966-1967
18Itinerariesundated
68Kamehameha genealogical chartundated
32-33Language - phrase books issued by the War Department1943-1944
33Language - pocket guides - Italian and German1946
33Language - pocket guides issued by U.S. Secretary of Defense - Japan, Korea, and China1950
33Language - Vietnam Combat Phrase Bookundated
18Legal files - agreements and contracts1956-1973
97Legal files - Decree of Divorce: Richard Tregaskis v. Walton TregaskisAugust 2, 1963
18Listsundated
97Magazines - miscellaneous2018-2020
97Magazines - The Raider Patch: Magazine of the Marine Raider Association2018-2020
33Maps - Africaundated
33Maps - United States Air Force Navigation Chart - Okinawa Island1951
33Maps - United States Air Force Pilotage Chart - Nagura, Japan1949
33Maps - Vietnam and Saigon1964
33Maps - Western Australiaundated
37Maude Tregaskis-Hanford files1947-1973, undated
18Membership and identification cardsundated
18Memoranda1950-1972
18Menusundated
37-38Miscellaneouscirca 1954-1974
18Naval messages1970-1972
18News releasescirca 1947-1972
18Newsletters1956-1972
36Newsletters - Dope Sheet - Edson's Raiders Association1981-2002
34-36 and 94-95Newsletters - Guadalcanal Echoes - Guadalcanal Campaign Veterans1984-2014
36,95, and 97Newsletters - miscellaneous1965-2013
94Newsletters - NMCB-8, United States Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 8October 2016
29 and 94-97Newsletters - Raider Patch: U.S. Marine Raider Association1980-2017
18Night letterscirca 1952-1957
19Notes (on various projects)undated
30-31Pamphlets, periodicals, and other printed mattercirca 1938-1978
66Pamphlets, periodicals, and other printed matter1966, 1997
19Passports1942-1973
19Personal1938-1965
19Photograph notationsundated
19Pictographundated
19Postcards from travelsundated
19Programs1961-1975
19Reports1964-1972
19Reports - Saipan-Tinian Symposium - Seabee Saga1970
66Review of China Bomb in The New York Times1967
67Reviews and publicity for Last Plane to Shanghai (scrapbook)circa 1961
67Reviews of Tregaskis's works (scrapbook)1943-1951
66Richard Tregaskis interview in La Revue Liban (French)1965
27Saturday Evening Post puzzleundated
19Schedules1957-1965
19School year filesundated
19Scrapbook itemsundated
66Scrapbook pages1943-1944
19Security papers regarding Navy book, Vietnam, Building the Bases1970-1973
19Speechescirca 1940-1973
19Telegrams, radiograms, and cablegrams1950-1973
19Telephone messages1961-1970
19Travel file1964-1967
19Travel, research, and certificates1928-1973
97WWII Booklets 1-9 by John Innes2012
Series VI. Photographic materials
circa 1890-1993
Arranged alphabetically within subject. Subject topics include Richard
Tregaskis; Personal; Vietnam; World travel; and World War II, China, and
Korea.
97Richard Tregaskis and Guadalcanal Diary1940-1960
71Richard Tregaskis - airline publicity1940s, 1960s
83Richard Tregaskis - airline publicity (color slides)1966
86Richard Tregaskis - beach shot (color)1973 August
82Richard Tregaskis - beach shots (color)undated
71Richard Tregaskis - beach shots (Massachusetts, California, Hawaii)circa 1950-1970
71Richard Tregaskis - book promotions - China Bomb1967
71Richard Tregaskis - book promotions - X-15 Diary1961
71Richard Tregaskis - Hawaiicirca 1960s
83Richard Tregaskis - miscellaneous (negatives)1940s-1970s
71Richard Tregaskis - Northrop Corporation (T-38 Talon)circa 1953-1963
71Richard Tregaskis - painting of Tregaskis (photograph of)1968
71Richard Tregaskis - pierced helmet in museumundated
82Richard Tregaskis - pierced helmet in museum (color)undated
71Richard Tregaskis - portrait shots1960s-1970s
68 and 81Richard Tregaskis - portrait shots1937-1973
82Richard Tregaskis - portrait shots (color)undated
71Richard Tregaskis - portrait shots - by Nikola Drakuliccirca 1950s
71Richard Tregaskis - portrait shots - in uniform1940s
71Richard Tregaskis - portrait shots - informal1940s-1970s
71Richard Tregaskis - portrait shots - Tregaskis writing - by Nikola Drakuliccirca 1950s-1960s
71Richard Tregaskis - publicity and events1950s-1960s
85Richard Tregaskis - with Air Force personnel (color slides)1948-1950s
73Richard Tregaskis - with Victor Krulak (Lieutenant General)1968
71Richard Tregaskis - X-15 researchcirca 1959-1961
84Personal - birth certificate1942
72Personal - Boston period1939-1943
72Personal - boyhood to pre-WWIIcirca 1919-1939
73Personal - Buick1946
72Personal - family1890s-1946
73Personal - from red scrapbook1964-1965, undated
82Personal - from red scrapbook (color)1964-1965, undated
74Personal - from scrapbookundated
82Personal - from scrapbook (color)undated
85Personal - "Flame" (color slides)1972
74Personal - generalundated
86Personal - Guadalcanal war correspondents memorial plaque (color)circa 1993
86Personal - John F. Kennedy publicity shot (color)undated
85Personal - kayak/"Mom's arrival" (color slides)undated
81Personal - Victor "Brute" Krulak (Lieutenant General) - portraits and change of command1968
72Personal - Madeline Tregaskis (sister)circa 1913-1943
74Personal - Madeline Tregaskis (sister)undated
84Personal - Madeline Tregaskis (sister) (negatives)undated
72Personal - Marian (1st wife) and others1930s-1953
85Personal - Marian (1st wife) and others (color slides)circa 1950
84Personal - Marion (1st wife) and others (negatives)1930s-1950
73Personal - Marian (1st wife) and others - Californiacirca 1950
84Personal - Marion (1st wife) and others - California (color transparencies)circa 1950
74Personal - Maude Tregaskis-Hanford (mother)undated
72Personal - Maude Tregaskis-Hanford (mother)undated
82Personal - Maude Tregaskis-Hanford (mother) (color)undated
84Personal - miscellaneous (negatives)undated
73Personal - Moana (wife) and others1960s-1970s
85Personal - Moana (wife) and others (color slides)1960s-1970s
82Personal - Moana (wife) and others (color)1960s-1970s
82Personal - Moana (wife) and Victor Krulak (color)undated
74Personal - Moana (wife) presents Tregaskis's damaged helmet to Jerry W. Friedheim1974
73Personal - nudescirca 1960s
82Personal - nudes (color)1960s
74Personal - photocopies of selected photographsundated
74Personal - Richard Tregaskis's funeral1973
85Personal - Richard Tregaskis's funeral (color slides)1973
82Personal - Richard Tregaskis's funeral (color)1973
73Personal - Walton (2nd wife) and others1947-1963
82Personal - Walton (2nd wife) and others (color)1947-1963
73Personal - wedding to Moana (wife)1963
84Personal - wedding to Moana (wife) (negatives)1963
78Vietnam - aerial from H-34 helicopter1962-1963
78Vietnam - aircraft - A-1 and T-28 fighter bombers1962-1963
83Vietnam - aircraft - A-1 and T-28 fighter bombers (negatives)1962-1963
78Vietnam - aircraft carrier operations1968-1969
83Vietnam - aircraft carrier operations (negatives)1968-1969
78Vietnam - airports1968-1969
83Vietnam - airports (negatives)1968-1969
81Vietnam - airports - Saigon1968-1969
78Vietnam - "America's New Model G.I." - servicemen in Vietnamundated
85Vietnam - An Khe (color slides)1972
78Vietnam - award ceremonies1963, 1967, undated
78Vietnam - battle at Luong Phu, Mekong Delta1964
83Vietnam - battle at Luong Phu, Mekong Delta (negatives)1964
78Vietnam - captions and correspondence1963-1973
78Vietnam - Cholburi Health Centercirca 1960s
78Vietnam - coastal patrol operations1962-1963
83Vietnam - coastal patrol operations (negatives)1962-1963
78Vietnam - Danang1962-1963
83Vietnam - Danang (negatives)1962-1963
78Vietnam - election1962-1963
81Vietnam - election1962-1963
83Vietnam - election (negatives)1962-1963
81Vietnam - helicopters - CH-21s1962-1963
79Vietnam - helicopters - CH-21 people shots1962-1963
83Vietnam - helicopter - CH-21 people shots (negatives)1962-1963
78Vietnam - helicopters - CH-21s on patrol1962-1963
83Vietnam - helicopters - H-34 (negatives)1962-1963
79Vietnam - helicopters - H-34 Marine "Seahorse,"1962-1963
79Vietnam - helicopters - H-34 Marine people shots1962-1963
79Vietnam - helicopters - HU-1Bs on patrol1962-1963
83Vietnam - helicopters - HU-1Bs on patrol (negatives)1962-1963
85Vietnam - helicopters - Hueys at Rach Gia (color slides)1962
79Vietnam - junk navyundated
83Vietnam - junk navy (negatives)undated
79Vietnam - Marine demonstration1966
83Vietnam - Marine demonstration (negatives)1966
79Vietnam - memorial services1962-1963
79Vietnam - Military Sealift Command1972
83Vietnam - military Sealift Command (negatives)1972
80Vietnam - miscellaneous1960s-1970s
85Vietnam - miscellaneous (color slides)1960s-1970s
79Vietnam - Montagnards, Green Berets1962-1963
83Vietnam - Montagnards, Green Berets (negatives)1962-1963
85Vietnam - Naval facilities (color slides)1970, 1972
79Vietnam - POWs1962-1963
81Vietnam - Prisoners of War (POWs)1962-1963
83Vietnam - Prisoners of War (POWs) (negatives)1962-1963
81Vietnam - ready rooms1962-1963
79Vietnam - ready rooms, Danang, Marines, Army1962-1963
83Vietnam - ready rooms, Danang, Marines, Army (negatives)1962-1963
79Vietnam - rest and recreation1962-1963
79Vietnam - Saigon bridges and ferries1960s
81Vietnam - Saigon Society (Incredible Women)1962-1963
80Vietnam - Saigon Society (Incredible Women)/Rocket Attack1962-1963, 1968
83Vietnam - Saigon Society/Saigon rocket attack (negatives),1962-1963, 1968
80Vietnam - Seabees1967-1972
82Vietnam - Seabees (color)1972
85Vietnam - Seabees (color slides)1972
83Vietnam - Seabees (negatives)1967-1972
80Vietnam - soldiers on ground patrol1962-1963
83Vietnam - soldiers on ground patrol (negatives)1962-1963
80Vietnam - television serial ideas - medical unit1962-1963
83Vietnam - television serial ideas - medical unit (negatives)1962-1963
80Vietnam - train wreck North of Danang1962-1963
80Vietnam - Tregaskis in Vietnam1960s-1970s
82Vietnam - Tregaskis in Vietnam (color)1960s-1970s
80Vietnam - United Nations (UN)1968-1969
80Vietnam - Village (My Thai)1968
76World travel - Australia1950s-1966
84World travel - Australia (negatives)1963-1966
76World travel - Australia - AWAcirca 1960s
76World travel - Australia - Sydneycirca 1963
76World travel - Australia - Sydney Opera House1943
84World travel - Australia - Sydney Opera House (negatives)1973
76 and 81World travel - Australia - Sydney Opera House construction1960s
76World travel - Bahamas (by Roland Rose for Qantas article)1968
76World travel - Bali, Indonesia1951-1952
84World travel - Bali, Indonesia (negatives)1951-1952
76World travel - Boeing 707.circa 1954-1964
76World travel - Californiacirca 1950s
82World travel - Crystal City (color)1970
84World travel - Crystal City (negatives)1970
76World travel - dolphin (Keiki's operation)1960s
77World travel - Egypt1964
77World travel - Germanycirca 1951
84World travel - Germany (negatives)circa 1951
77World travel - Hawaiicirca 1960s-1970s
82World travel - Hawaii (color)circa 1970s
83World travel - Hawaii (color transparencies)circa 1960s
84World travel - Hawaii (negatives)circa 1960s
77World travel - Hawaii (photographs by Walton Tregaskis)circa 1950s-1960s
77World travel - Hawaii (photographs mostly by Moana Tregaskis)1966
77World travel - Hawaii - Aku Head Pupulecirca 1966
84World travel - Hawaii - Aku Head Pupule (negatives)circa 1966
82World travel - Hawaii - Wendell Phillips (color)circa 1970s
84World travel - Hawaii - Kaanapali beach (color slides)1964
77World travel - Hawaii - Wendell Phillipscirca 1970s
84World travel - Hawaii - Wendell Phillips (negatives)circa 1970s
77World travel - Helimarines storycirca 1957
77World travel - Honiara, Solomon Islands - Guadalcanal1967
77World travel - huntingcirca 1950s
77World travel - Indiacirca 1950s-1960s
84World travel - India (negatives)circa 1950-1960s
85World travel - Kaanapali beach (color slides)1964
82World travel - Kamehameha statues (color)undated
77World travel - Kuwait1968
77World travel - New York Harbor1976
84World travel - New York Harbor (negatives)1976
77World travel - New Zealandundated
77World travel - New Zealand - fishingcirca 1950s
84World travel - New Zealand - hunting (negatives)circa 1950s
77World travel - Seven Leagues to Paradisecirca 1950s
84World travel - Seven Leagues to Paradisecirca 1950s
77World travel - University of Hawaiicirca 1960
75World War II, China, and Korea - B-29 bomber1940s
75World War II, China, and Korea - China (Mongolia)1948-1949
75World War II, China, and Korea - China and Korea1955, undated
75World War II, China, and Korea - Guam (aerials)1954
75World War II, China, and Korea - Italy1940s
75World War II, China, and Korea - Japan before surrender1945
75World War II, China, and Korea - miscellaneouscirca 1940s
84World War II, China, and Korea - miscellaneous (negatives)1940s-1950s
75World War II, China, and Korea - New Caledonia1940s
75World War II, China, and Korea - Okinawa1940s
84World War II, China, and Korea - Okinawa (color negatives)1940s
84World War II, China, and Korea - Okinawa (negatives)1940s
75World War II, China, and Korea - Republic Airlines, Major Bob Johnson1944
75World War II, China, and Korea - Road to Tokyocirca 1945
75World War II, China, and Korea - Smoot, Ozell1942-1946, undated
75World War II, China, and Korea - Ticonderoga (battleship)1940s
75World War II, China, and Korea - Tregaskis and Air Force personnel1948, 1950s
75World War II, China, and Korea - Tregaskis at the American Legion Banquet1940s
75World War II, China, and Korea - Tregaskis at the University of Missouri1940s
75World War II, China, and Korea - Tregaskis with Commander Kelly at Pittsburghcirca 1940s
75World War II, China, and Korea - Tregaskis wounded1943
Series VII. Audio and Visual materials
1961-2009
Arranged alphabetically. Contains cassette tapes, reel-to-reel audiotapes,
VHS, and DVDs. Includes interviews and speeches by Tregaskis, as well as
video programs featuring Tregaskis or his work. Many of the cassettes are
not descriptively labeled.
87Admiral John S. McCain dictation (cassette tape)1971
89Flare reports - "Vietnam Diary" - Reporter Jim Harriot (reel-to-reel audiotape)1963
87Fred Sparks (writer friend of Tregaskis) interviews (cassette tape)circa 1970s
88Guadalcanal Diary multi-media kit for children1978
93Guadalcanal Diary (VHS)undated
89Hawaii Forum (reel-to-reel audiotape)undated
89History vs. Hollywood - "Guadalcanal Diary: A Call to Arms" - History Channel (VHS)2001
93The Last Fleet of Guadalcanal (VHS)undated
87NAVFAC (Naval Facilities Engineering Command) (cassette tapes)undated
87Roberta McCain dictation (cassette tape)1971
87Tregaskis discussions with Paul Seaman on writing and other subjects (cassette tape)circa 1970-1973
89Tregaskis lecture on Southeast Asia (reel-to-reel audiotape)1961
87Tregaskis's funeral (cassette tape)1973
93Turning Points of History: Ep. 6066, Guadalcanal (VHS)undated
87Unlabeled Tregaskis dictations (cassette tapes)undated
89Vietnam [?] (reel-to-reel audiotape)undated
89 and 93WWII in HD History Channel (DVD)2009