Everett Howard Hunt (1918-2007), was graduated from Brown University in 1940. Following graduation, Hunt was commissioned in the US Naval Reserve and served as gunnery officer of a destroyer. He then volunteered for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in China. He joined the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1949 and was involved with numerous Cold War hot spots until his retirement in 1970, when he joined the Nixon administration as a consultant. His involvement in the Watergate scandal resulted in a 33-month sentence. Hunt wrote throughout his life, publishing some 80 spy novels and thrillers, the majority of which were published under various pseudonyms.
The collection comprises correspondence between E. Howard Hunt (Brown University, Class of 1940), W. Chesley Worthington (Brown University, Class of 1923), Bruce M. Bigelow (Brown University, Class of 1924), and Elmer M. Blistein (Brown University, Class of 1942). The correspondence with Worthington and Bigelow chiefly dates from Hunt's military service during and immediately following World War II. The bulk of the collection comprises correspondence between Hunt and Blistein, commencing in 1969 when Blistein asked Hunt to speak at a retirement dinner honoring I.J. Kapstein, and continuing through 1993, the year of Blistein's death. The two wrote frequently, if irregularly, on wide-ranging topics including personal and professional news, reminiscences, and their mutual affiliation with Brown University. Materials include typescript and autograph correspondence, postcards, and clippings.
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E. Howard Hunt Correspondence, MS-1U-H8, Brown University Library.
The collection is organized in one series in rough chronological order.
The correspondence is organized in chronological order.