Part 23 (1/2)
Published Sources ”It slipped”: Margo Greep, ”JC Adds Spice to Banquet,” Smith College Sophian Sophian (April 13, 1978): 1. (April 13, 1978): 1.
”representing more than half”: Jules Tygiet, The Great Los Angeles Swindle: Oil, Stocks, and Scandal During the Roaring Twenties The Great Los Angeles Swindle: Oil, Stocks, and Scandal During the Roaring Twenties (NY: Oxford, 1994): 310. (NY: Oxford, 1994): 310.
”five percent”: Historical Statistics of the U.S. Historical Statistics of the U.S., Part 1 (Wash. DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census, 1995): 380.
”model food of the twentieth century”: Laura Shapiro, Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century (NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986): 214. (NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986): 214.
”Inspired”: Nao Hauser, ”JC: Her Life, Her Great Love, and Her Future,” Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune (March 3, 1980): 4. (March 3, 1980): 4.
”She will return here”: ”Pasadena Girl Achieves High Honors in East,” Pasadena Star-News Pasadena Star-News (clipping). (clipping).
CHAPTER 5.
CAREER SEARCH (19341943) Unpublished Sources Interviews: JC, DC, John and Josephine McWilliams III 8/13/93, Orian (Babe) Hall [Hallor] 2/19/94, Charles Hall 2/9/94, Peggy Clark [VanderVeer] 2/13/94, Mary Ford [Cairns] 2/14/94, Connie Thayer [Cory] 5/15/94, Charlotte Snyder [Turgeon] 8/14/93, Robert P. Hastings 2/9/95, Anita Hinckley [Hovey] (5/25/94), Katy and Freeman (Tule) Gates 4/24/93, Mary Frances Snow [Russell] 1/31/94, Gay Bradley [Wright] 2/5/96, John (Jack) L. Moore 5/20/94, Elizabeth (Betty) MacDonald [McIntosh] 11/3/93. Lawrence Deitz, a biographer of the Chandler family, on Harrison Gray Otis Chandler 190386. Transcript of Foreign Service Spouse Oral History, 11/7/91.
Correspondence: Carolyn McWilliams to DC, 193437; Harold J. Coolidge to NRF, 3/22/94 and 7/8/96; Catharine Carton [Smith] to NRF, 3/12/94; Edwin J. (Ned) Putzell, Jr., to NRF, 1/14/94 and 1/31/95; Alice Carson [Hisc.o.c.k] to NRF, 2/6/95 and 2/23/95; Elizabeth Cathcart Tisdel to NRF, 3/4/97.
Archives: Private: Private: JC (sporadic) diary 193542; JC unpublished writings, including essays and correspondence for W. & J. Sloane, JC (sporadic) diary 193542; JC unpublished writings, including essays and correspondence for W. & J. Sloane, Coast Coast magazine, and plays for Junior League; ”An Evening with JC: At the Valley Hunt Club,” tape 11/7/90; JC's U.S. government doc.u.ments; Richard C. Hisc.o.c.k, ”Development of Exposure Suits” (5-page report), n.d. (courtesy Alice Carson Hisc.o.c.k). magazine, and plays for Junior League; ”An Evening with JC: At the Valley Hunt Club,” tape 11/7/90; JC's U.S. government doc.u.ments; Richard C. Hisc.o.c.k, ”Development of Exposure Suits” (5-page report), n.d. (courtesy Alice Carson Hisc.o.c.k). Smith College: Smith College: alumni records; JC to Marjorie P. Nield (alumni office), 12/6/35; JC oral history transcription for alumni records; JC to Marjorie P. Nield (alumni office), 12/6/35; JC oral history transcription for College. A Mosaic College. A Mosaic, 10/10/72; Smith Alumnae Quarterly. Schlesinger: JC Smith Alumnae Quarterly. Schlesinger: JC to AD, 2/12/53; JC to AD, 2/25/53; PC to CC, 10/25/71. to AD, 2/12/53; JC to AD, 2/25/53; PC to CC, 10/25/71.
Published Sources ”Middle-cla.s.s women”: Polly Frost, ”Wild Child,” Interview Interview, xix (Fall 1989): 63.
”I used to go to Grand Central”: Susan Goodman, ”Penthouse Potluck,” Modern Maturity Modern Maturity (Nov./Dec. 1996): 36. (Nov./Dec. 1996): 36.
”climate is a scandal”: John Steinbeck, ”The Making of a New Yorker,” New York Times Magazine New York Times Magazine (Feb. 1, 1953): 27. See also Susan Edmiston and Linda D. Cirono, (Feb. 1, 1953): 27. See also Susan Edmiston and Linda D. Cirono, Literary New York: A History and Guide Literary New York: A History and Guide (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976): 235. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976): 235.
”The Intelligent”: JC, ”The Intelligent Woman Voter,” Pasadena Junior League News Pasadena Junior League News (Oct. 19, 1939): 13. (Oct. 19, 1939): 13.
”Oh why do you walk”: a slightly misquoted pa.s.sage from Frances Cornford's ”To a Fat Lady Seen from the Train.” My grat.i.tude to E. S. Yntema for identifying this verse.
”increase his needs”: Dorothy Thompson, ”On the Record: The W.P.A.,” New York Herald Tribune New York Herald Tribune (Oct. 21 [1942]), clipping. (Oct. 21 [1942]), clipping.
”a bunch of college professors”: R. Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency (Berkeley: Univ. of CA, 1972): 13. (Berkeley: Univ. of CA, 1972): 13.
”potential postwar clients”: Stanley P. Lovell, Of Spies & Stratagems Of Spies & Stratagems (NY: Pocket Books, 1963): 194. (NY: Pocket Books, 1963): 194.
”largely unvouchered”: Smith, OSS OSS, 3, 5.
”helter-skelter but brilliant”: Smith, OSS OSS, 12.
CHAPTER 6.
INDIA INTRIGUE (19441945) Unpublished Sources Interviews: JC, John L. (Jack) Moore 5/20/94, Elizabeth (Betty) MacDonald [McIntosh] 11/3/93, I. Guy Martin 9/30/94, Mary Livingston (Mrs. Dillon Ripley) 9/27/94, Fisher Howe 9/28/94, Thibaut de Saint Phalle 12/5/94.
Correspondence: OSS colleagues: Alice C. Carson [Hisc.o.c.k] to NRF, 2/6/95 and 2/23/95; Louis J. Hector to NRF, 11/96; Eleanor (Ellie) Thiry [Summers] to NRF, 9/7/94; Virginia (Peachy) Durand [Shelden] to NRF 2/3/95; Edwin J. (Ned) Putzell, Jr., to NRF, 1/14/94; Thibaut de Saint Phalle to NRF, 12/5/94; Catharine (Kitty) Carton [Swett] to NRF, 1/31/95 and 1/4/97; Byron S. Martin to NRF, 1/11/95 and 1/26/95; Elizabeth (Betty) MacDonald [McIntosh] to NRF, 11/27/96, Geoffrey M. T. Jones, Pres. Veterans of OSS, to NRF, 5/19/94. JC to Sue Van Voches (Encyclopedia of American Women) (Encyclopedia of American Women), 10/20/72; Peggy Wheeler to JC, 7/18/44.
Archives: Private: Private: diaries of JC (”Oh So Private”), Eleanor (Ellie) Thiry [Summers] (”excerpts from letters home”), and Joseph R. Coolidge; PC to CC letters, courtesy John Moore and Rachel Child; JC and PC private records. diaries of JC (”Oh So Private”), Eleanor (Ellie) Thiry [Summers] (”excerpts from letters home”), and Joseph R. Coolidge; PC to CC letters, courtesy John Moore and Rachel Child; JC and PC private records. Schlesinger: Schlesinger: copies of PC letter-diary to CC, 194345. copies of PC letter-diary to CC, 194345. Smith College: Smith College: JC and PC oral history transcript for JC and PC oral history transcript for College. A Smith Mosaic College. A Smith Mosaic, 10/10/72. National Archives: National Archives: files #9300811 and #9300812, 199395. files #9300811 and #9300812, 199395. CIA: CIA: file #F93-0455 (obtained with JC permission under the FOIA, 5/95). file #F93-0455 (obtained with JC permission under the FOIA, 5/95).
Published Sources ”had a veritable genius”: Jane Foster, An UnAmerican Lady An UnAmerican Lady (London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1980): 134. (London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1980): 134.
”Kandy is probably”: Philip Ziegler, Mountbatten Mountbatten (NY: Harper & Row, 1985): 279. (NY: Harper & Row, 1985): 279.
”direction [to] the sea” and ”the future of Asia”: Barbara Tuchman, Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 191145 Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 191145 (NY: Macmillan, 1970): 446, 455. (NY: Macmillan, 1970): 446, 455.
”a highly developed security”: Elizabeth P. MacDonald [McIntosh]. Undercover Girl Undercover Girl (NY: Macmillan, 1947): 26. (NY: Macmillan, 1947): 26.
”one hero in my life”: Donna Lee, ”The Man Behind JC,” Boston Herald American Magazine Boston Herald American Magazine (May 10, 1981): 9. (May 10, 1981): 9.
”Morale in her section”: Elizabeth P. McIntosh, The Role of Women in Intelligence The Role of Women in Intelligence, Intelligence Profession Series No. 5 (McLean, VA: a.s.sociation of Former Intelligence Officers, 1989): 35.
”held her ground”: Colonel Heppner remembered that it was Mary Livingston Eddy [Ripley], Julia's colleague, who had the hole cut in the floor.
”OSS brain bank”: MacDonald, Undercover Girl Undercover Girl, 26.
”Ceylon was an Elysium”: Jane Foster quoted in MacDonald, Undercover Girl Undercover Girl, 132.
CHAPTER 7.
TO CHINA WITH LOVE (1945).
Unpublished Sources Interviews: JC, John (Jack) Moore 5/20/94, Elizabeth (Betty) MacDonald [Heppner] [McIntosh] 11/3/93, I. Guy Martin 9/30/94, Mary Livingston Eddy [Ripley] 3/31/94 and 7/94, George and Elizabeth (Betty) Kubler 9/26/94.
Correspondence: Elizabeth (Betty) MacDonald [Heppner] [McIntosh] to NRF, 11/27/96; Byron S. Martin to NRF, 1/11/95 and 1/26/95; Louis J. Hector to NRF, 10/16/96; Edwin J. (Ned) Putzell, Jr., to NRF, 1/31/95; Virginia (Peachy) Durand [Shelden] to NRF, 2/3/95; Eleanor (Ellie) Thiry [Summers] to NRF, 9/7/94; PC to ”My darling Joan,” 4/17/45.
Archives: Private: Private: copies JC and PC U.S. government records, family letters; diaries of Julia McWilliams, Eleanor (Ellie) Thiry [Summers], Virginia (Peachy) Durand, and Joseph R. Coolidge; unpublished stories by Jeanne Taylor. copies JC and PC U.S. government records, family letters; diaries of Julia McWilliams, Eleanor (Ellie) Thiry [Summers], Virginia (Peachy) Durand, and Joseph R. Coolidge; unpublished stories by Jeanne Taylor. Schlesinger: Schlesinger: PC letter-diary to CC, 1943, 1945, and 8/2/53; JC to AD, 3/18/53. PC letter-diary to CC, 1943, 1945, and 8/2/53; JC to AD, 3/18/53. National Archives: National Archives: Ref. #9300811 and #9300812, 199395. CIA: file #F93-0455 (obtained with JC permission under the FOIA, 5/95). Ref. #9300811 and #9300812, 199395. CIA: file #F93-0455 (obtained with JC permission under the FOIA, 5/95).
Published Sources ”aluminum trail”: Barbara Tuchman, Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 191145 Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 191145 (NY: Macmillan, 1970): 302. (NY: Macmillan, 1970): 302.
”the C-54”: Elizabeth MacDonald, Undercover Girl Undercover Girl (NY: Macmillan, 1947): 150. (NY: Macmillan, 1947): 150.
”forced [and] unhappy alliance”: R. Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency (Berkeley: Univ. of CA, 1972): 251. (Berkeley: Univ. of CA, 1972): 251.
”medieval cesspool”: Theodore H. White and Annalee Jacoby. Thunder Out of China Thunder Out of China (London: Victor Gollancz, 1947): 154. (London: Victor Gollancz, 1947): 154.