Donald Dresden Papers, 1946-1981

Collection Overview

Abstract

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: The Marquis de Mores: Emperor of the Bad Lands

The first series contains correspondence, research notes, rough drafts, and other miscellaneous material regarding Dresden's book, The Marquis de Mores: Emperor of the Bad Lands.

Box 1

Folder 1: Business Correspondence, 1959-1976

Folder 2: Research Notes - de Mores Biography

Folder 3: Research Notes - France, Africa, Indo China - de Mores Biography

Folder 4: Rough Draft - Chapter Outlines - de Mores Biography, Chapters 8-14, 19, 22, 24

Folder 5: Chapter Outlines - de Mores Biography, Chapters 8-18

Folder 6: Rough Draft - de Mores Biography-Chapters 1-6

Folder 7: Rough Draft - de Mores Biography-Chapters 7-11

Folder 8: Rough Draft - de Mores Biography-Chapters 12-15

Folder 9: Rough Draft - de Mores Biography-Chapters 16-24

Folder 10: Bibliographical Material - de Mores Biography

Folder 11: de Mores Magazine Article

Folder 12: Photograph Captions for de Mores Biography

Folder 13: Manuscript of de Mores Biography-Chapters 1-6

Folder 14: Manuscript of de Mores Biography-Chapters 7-13

Folder 15: Manuscript of de Mores Biography-Chapters 14-20

Folder 16: Manuscript of de Mores Biography-Chapters 21-24

Folder 17: Manuscript of de Mores Biography - Notes on Chapter Sources and Bibliography

Folder 18: Manuscript Carbon of de Mores Biography - Chapters 1-8

Folder 19: Manuscript Carbon of de Mores Biography - Chapters 9-17

Folder 20: Manuscript Carbon of de Mores Biography - Chapters 18-24 and Bibliography

Folder 21: The Marquis de Mores: Emperor of the Bad Lands by Donald Dresden

Folder 22: Book Reviews of de Mores Biography

Folder 23: Medora, North Dakota Tourist Information

Series 2: Other Writings

This series contains Dresden’s other writings, including his account of his World War II experiences, Le Chemin de Paris, which was published in 1946. Also included are copies of Rapports, France-Etats Unis, a periodical edited by Dresden from 1949-1953. The series also contains copies of his Washington Post restaurant critiques and other magazine articles written by him.

Box 2

Folder 1: L'Aide Americaine a La France, October 1949

Folder 2: L'Aide Americaine a La France, January 1950

Folder 3: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, February 1950

Folder 4: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, March 1950

Folder 5: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, April 1950

Folder 6: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, February 1951

Folder 7: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, April 1951

Folder 8: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, May 1951

Folder 9: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, June 1951

Folder 10: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, July 1951

Folder 11: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, August 1951

Folder 12: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, September 1951

Folder 13: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, October 1951

Folder 14: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, November 1951

Folder 15: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, December 1951

Folder 16: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, March 1952

Folder 17: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, April 1952

Folder 18: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, July 1952

Folder 19: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, September 1952

Folder 20: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, October 1952

Folder 21: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, November 1952

Folder 22: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, December 1952

Folder 23: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, January 1953

Folder 24: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, March 1953

Folder 25: Rapports, France-Etats Unis, May 1953

Folder 26: "Paris Home Town of the World" - National Geographic Magazine, June 1952

Folder 27: Rough Draft - "Paris Home Town of the World"

Folder 28: "ETV-A New Force on the Video Screen" - Signal, July - August 1955

Folder 29: "Government Jobs by Appointment" - Changing Times, September 1958

Folder 30: Correspondence - "Government Jobs by Appointment"

Folder 31: "Watch Out for Rabies," "Hurricanes Are No Joke" - Changing Times, September 1958

Folder 32: Correspondence - "Hurricanes Are No Joke"

Folder 33: "Guns Are Safe but People Aren't," "The Public Relations Man," "Black Widow Spiders: - Changing Times, October 1958

Folder 34: Correspondence - "Guns Are Safe but People Aren't"

Folder 35: "Divorce," "Need $100 or so to Tide You Over?" "Some Things You Didn't Know About Thanksgiving" - Changing Times, November 1958

Folder 36: Correspondence - "Some Things You Didn't Know About Thanksgiving"

Folder 37: "General Quesada's Toughest Command" - The Reporter, March 5, 1959

Folder 38: "Food Additives" - Quest, January 1960

Folder 39: "Loans at Work", World Bank, March 1960

Folder 40: Scott Paper Company Annual Report - 1961- Student Edition

Folder 41: United States Information Agency 21st Review of Operations, July 1 - December 31, 1963

Folder 42: "Employing the Unemployable" - Aerospace, Fall 1968

Folder 43: Rough Draft - "Employing the Unemployable"

Folder 44: "American Business and Foreign Affairs" - Foreign Service Journal, February 1971

Folder 45: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" - Dining, December 1971/January 1972

Folder 46: "Dining in D.C." - Foreign Service Journal, June 1978

Folder 47: "The Protocol of Dining" - The Washington Dossier, February 1981

Folder 48: "Robert McDaniel, Washington Gourmet Guru" - The Washington Dossier, February 1981

Folder 49: "Communication re: American Wines" - Foreign Service Journal, March 1981

Folder 50: Rough Draft - "Communication re: American Wines"

Folder 51: "American Painting and Sculpture"

Folder 52: Le Chemin de Paris, 1946

Folder 53: The Washington Post Guide to Dining Out in Washington, by Donald Dresden, 1971

Folder 54: Donald Dresden's Guide to Dining Out in Washington, 1977

Box 3

Folder 1: Washington Post Potomac Magazine Restaurant Reviews, 1969

Folder 2: Washington Post Potomac Magazine Restaurant Reviews, 1970

Folder 3: Washington Post Potomac Magazine Restaurant Reviews, 1971

Folder 4: Washington Post Potomac Magazine Restaurant Reviews, 1972

Folder 5: Washington Post Potomac Magazine Restaurant Reviews, 1973

Folder 6: Washington Post Potomac Magazine Restaurant Reviews, 1974

Folder 7: Washington Post Potomac Magazine Restaurant Reviews, 1975

Folder 8: Washington Post Potomac Magazine Restaurant Reviews, 1976

Folder 9: "How I Rate Restaurants"

Folder 10: Miscellaneous Articles

Folder 11: Washington Post Potomac Magazine Guide to Dining Out, 1971-1976

Folder 12: Wine Articles

Folder 13: Food Articles

Folder 14: Chinese Cooking

Folder 15: Army Chow

Folder 16: What Makes a Good Restaurant

Folder 17: Women Chefs

Folder 18: Spices

Folder 19: Wine and Wine Cooking

Folder 20: Le Bagatelle Restaurant

Folder 21: Rough Drafts - Pastry Article

Folder 22: Rough Draft - "The Forgotten Terrapin"

Folder 23: Rough Draft - "A Thin Slice of Smithfield"

Folder 24: Rough Draft - "Separate Tables Together"

Folder 25: Rough Draft - "Delicious Disclosures from Washington's Chefs"

Folder 26: Rough Draft - "The Sweet Smell of Success"

Folder 27: Rough Draft - "How I Rate Restaurants"

Folder 28: Rough Draft - "Good Cheer"

Folder 29: Rough Draft - "L'Autre Haute"

Folder 30: Rough Draft - "Bringing Out the Beast"

Folder 31: Rough Draft - Cruisin' for Burgers"

Folder 32: Rough Draft - "The Great Steak Search"

Folder 33: Rough Draft - "Egged On"

Folder 34: Rough Drafts - "A Matter of Good Taste"

Folder 35: Miscellaneous Rough Draft Articles

Folder 36: Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles

Folder 37: United States Information Agency Press Releases

Folder 38: United States Treasury Department Documents

Folder 39: Speeches Ghostwritten by Donald Dresden

Folder 40: Book Reviews

Folder 41: Biographical Information

Folder 42: "Our Far-Flung Correspondents: The Absolute in Grasse." The New Yorker, October 8, 1955

Folder 43: Plains Fare: The Kitchen is Where the Heart is When the Air Chills to 40 Below,” The Washington Post Magazine, November 30, 1980

Folder 44: Rough draft of an article entitled "Mansions," undated

Folder 45: Correspondence regarding the mansion business, 1974

Folder 46: Miscellaneous pamphlets and one newspaper article on mansions

Photographs :

Separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets.

Photograph 1: Unidentified slide, probably of the Badlands, undated

Photograph 2: Unidentified slide, probably of the Badlands, undated

Photograph 3: Unidentified group of people, probably in the Badlands, undated

Photograph 4: Unidentified group of people, probably in the Badlands, undated

Photograph 5: Unidentified group of people, probably in the Badlands, undated

Photograph 6: Unidentified group of people, probably in the Badlands, undated

Photograph 7: Unidentified group of people, probably in the Badlands, undated

Photograph 8: Unidentified group of people, probably in the Badlands, undated

Photograph 9: Unidentified group of people, probably in the Badlands, undated

Photograph 10: Medora, North Dakota, undated

Photograph 11: Log cabin, probably in the Badlands, undated

Photograph 12: Entrance point, undated

Photograph 13: Unidentified scene, probably in the Badlands, undated

Photograph 14: Marquis off on a hunt, undated

Photograph 15: Marquis, undated

Photograph 16: Portrait of Marquis, undated

Photograph 17: Medora von Hoffman, undated

Photograph 18: Unidentified woman on a horse, undated

Photograph 19: de Mores children, undated

Photograph 20: Marquis, undated

Photograph 21: Arthur T. Packard, undated

Photograph 22: Theodore Roosevelt, undated

Photograph 23: Statue of the Marquis, undated

Photograph 24: Medora, North Dakota, undated

Photograph 25: Original plat of Medora, undated

Photograph 26: Marquis packing plant, undated

Photograph 27: Marquis and Marquise de Mores at the chateau, undated

Photograph 28: Marquis and Marquise de Mores at the chateau, undated

Photograph 29: Badlands, undated

Photograph 30: Deadwood, undated

Photograph 31: Deadwood, undated

Photograph 32: Artist's conception of Deadwood, undated

Photograph 33: Parade, undated

Photograph 34: Chateau, undated

Photograph 35: de Mores' chateau, 1885

Photograph 36: Ceremonies, undated

Photograph 37: Northern Pacific train, undated

Photograph 38: Northern Pacific train, undated

Photograph 40: Letter to Roosevelt, undated

Photograph 41: Map tracing de Mores' expedition in North Africa, undated

Photograph 39: Letter to Roosevelt, September 1885

Photograph 42: Advertisement of a stagecoach line, undated

Photograph 43: The Sun, February 1884

Photograph 44: Last trip of the last Deadwood Coach, 1885

Photograph 45: Chateau, Medora, undated

Photograph 46: Chateau de Mores, undated

Photograph 47: Northern Pacific train, undated

Photograph 48: Southern Pacific train, undated

Photograph 49: First passenger train into Minnewaukon, North Dakota, 1885

Photograph 50: Northern Pacific train at St. Paul Union Depot, 1884