Scope and Content of Collection
The Gordon W. Prange papers cover the period from 1866 to 2002; the bulk of the materials date from 1936 to 1981. The collection consists of both personal and professional papers including unpublished manuscripts, correspondence, interview notes and transcripts, research notes, articles, maps, and photographs and slides related to Prange's research on the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Midway, the Russian spy Richard Sorge, and the speeches of Adolf Hitler. Prange's tenure as a history professor at the University of Maryland; and Prange's service as an historian for the US Army under General Douglas MacArthur during the Allied occupation of Japan are also covered.