Henry J. Salomon Papers, 1934-1962

Contents List

Container Title
Box   1
Folder   1
Series: Biographical Information, circa 1941-1958
Series: Correspondence
Box   1
Folder   2
Business, 1939-1958
Box   1
Folder   3-5
Personal, 1934-1959
Series: Naval Career
Box   1
Folder   6
General Directives and Orders, 1942-1949
Box   1
Folder   7
Victory Corps, including Victory Hour scripts, 1942
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II
Box   2
Folder   1-2
Correspondence, 1943-1950
Box   2
Folder   3
Research Material, 1943-1947, undated
Box   2
Folder   4-6
Navy Logs, November, 1943-April, 1945; February-May, 1948
Box   2
Folder   7
Clippings and Reviews, 1946-1947, undated
Series: Television Career
Victory at Sea
Note: NBC in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, 1952-1953
Box   3
Folder   1
Narrations
“Sealing the Breach,” March 11, 1952
“Pearl Harbor: The Pacific Boils Over,” March 24, 1952
“Killers and the Killed,” April 7, 1952
“Battle of Midway: Midway is East,” April 29, 1952
“Normandy: D-Day,” May 29, 1952
“Murmansk-Alaska: The Magnetic North,” June 30, 1952
“Rings Around Rabaul,” July 8, 1952
“Beneath the Southern Cross,” July 28, 1952
“Guadalcanal,” August 12, 1952
“Mediterranean Mosaic,” August 21, 1952
“Anti-Submarine Warfare: Pagan Victory,” undated
Box   3
Folder   2
Articles, Reviews, and Press Clippings, 1951-1959
Box   4
The National Broadcasting Company presents “Victory at Sea...” (a publicity book)
Project 20 (NBC, 1954-)
Box   3
Folder   3
Articles, Reviews, and Promotional Booklets, 1954-1962
AB 747
Film showing Henry Salomon and NBC executive Edward Madden arriving at London Airport, circa 1952
Physical Description: 1 reel; 154 feet; silent; black and white; 16mm archival positive 
Scope and Content Note: Shows departure from plane; welcome from unidentified officials; unloading of film cans; discussion with unidentified man; interview before NBC microphone.
Series: Writings
Box   3
Folder   4-5
Essays, Short Stories, and Articles, 1942-1950, undated
Box   3
Folder   6
Playscript, It Came to Pass, undated
Box   3
Folder   7
Poem, “Storm,” undated
Box   3
Folder   8
Writings by Morison and others, undated
Box   4
Victory at Sea by Henry Salomon (New York: Doubleday, 1959).