LETTER TO DIRECTOR FOR THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY FROM DONALD BLACKWELL

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 17, 2006
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: September 24, 1978
• Content Type: LETTER

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 After 27 years of spreading knowledge into every
nook of the old Bass mansion, Sister Mary Ida, librarian
of Saint Francis College, must leave it all soon for a
new career.
Her tenure on one of the most picturesque campuses
in the cowntry has present .d
ax need for an even larger a Paris newspaper reporting
library structure. But It %v1. the Kennedy assassination.
be hard to match what has be-n
e-We even h^vn a dur.)irate
done to provk:e an interestin.; of the ,:n u:ict t+tat -:.,:r:
and restful environment fo? ,.: ; ,?e: it+; a Sister Ida coil-
study. e n 1O sure that It
When Sister Ida came here ~ti_C dyrr^*~_s " There
with the college staff In 1944 is a sample, too, of the_,I=
from Lafayette the institution'.; innnt t,...rh'e used iryth T:~~
room of the manse. Since then
It has expanded in an orderly
and'unique way throe--h all 36
rooms of the buila frig - three
floors and sub bas-.:Mt. Most .'
r cc::t!y it inrc:?c1 what used
to be the college conservatory
of music on the. top floor - 1
a great domed chamber that I
fly ballroorn?
-R?-ferred to per room "e by a
Jy as the upr
o:eanint I'rtly, ti-is v' a u l t e d
pl;ee has been converted into
seven1b4-,e3 in !s one of t1 and
,
directly -
,~- riatlOC. S Tr: t CO, ,..C~ti41~ e
--- - "~' Tl:~re fins been
ccriatis effort to evaluate
it but sister Ida said it might
be called "fabulOUS.
This has been her spei*
Pride since tho f+ssussiua-
tlo; of rres:u.'nt John r
U.?.nedy and the cover?-fie
includes cyr jt '~ tt le ot
thr tlrzn,lt: e?liaro ~a_~1.
-' ~utrrs?
Well indoctrinated as they hours. to ? prepare the exec-.'
are in the techniques of library utivr-?'s body for viewing.
management, the library staff P:rsident Kennedy's'
ennedy's body
is mystified by h2,, tl:oroue wa moved from 1)alIas to
Hess o ie ;'?c, re'.! rc:rarch Wa :hirgton in a bronze casket
do
1 s Iii"
t ;tin , r.
r.:i
per:o'i o
ea;a;- Conte of
Ti:
,;,~rc^cbe
s for material
were
tastel::l
and directly to
"f-:e
rinctpais
involved while
somehow it d
in shipment and was replaced
by a ?Lztselus mahogany ccf-
fin. The disposition cf ti.,; dam.
aged casket was described as
others v.-cra routed thrr.ugl? de- "clcssifie,,infcrrtation."
vious chann.ls -- all with ef- j'r
fective returns. -Thera Is ::n autograph
A o .itinrtun mortuary rtip- In the collection from tiro
phew thi-,ii=s oT ,r fee i- Very T.er. nse:.r L. Iiub.
i,con - er (',)t., who gave rho
is eucs to tTie y last rite s to ttn
1: idcnt. along t it:r a curry
CCJI::t d LJ L.:Ga
but (I
,n to r r,en:,ucr r.T7\. Hoesen, Edward Strobel and { of the day.
... a :: c?c~ Cri tr Jett Thotnas Robir,son v:orked three
I . One may view :: picture of
pct t : itnrirth~l'r
too. ji ht ie known to ct
that the ; r were tt ?o
cast
It is a combined library of
f?.~er}ihing that.has teen printed
about the Ke.nedv family and a
collection of artifacts that has
been l,-ade av::lable.t ouglct rt
ayne man-Harald B. Iilack?
A Fabulous Gift
Blackwe1's is perhaps the
most profound sin:?le contribu-
tion to the Ii!,:?;t:y which has
been endowed front abroad b
13lacklrell Makes
Wends of Sister Ida and men)-
bers of the library staff and
others who clt.:? a .air.t Francis
as a worthy r.'porito y for ma-
terials pertaining to the Ken-
nedys.
By reason of his contribu-
tion, ldr. Blacl,-tt?ell has be-'
come an official researcher for
the college's Kennedy Library.
Whatever one needs to know
about the is to president may
be found there and as in Arlin,.
ton Cemetery,, a lama glows
day and night on L`ie second
floor to Mark this treasure of
massive resr arch.
It is a part of the college's
working library and students
make use of it often. The news-
paper clippings have been mi=
cr(Ifilmed for Permanency and
the artifacts made available
by L'isckwell are being cata-
0 blued as time permits. There
arc420 or more volumes of
2~1 Blac yell's !rnr?`_? to
-
come
Friends of Sister 1d:1
pro.
Vided a' special edition of the
Irish News published after the
president's memorable visit to
r'Irlsh cousins" and a copy of
44ti stein) Ruby.
` vvucca Sui`~e~.:3 tvrrt:e
ly over the dy'in-, ?,resirtent.
Thcrc are copies o; the true
bills issued a, ainst Lee
Bar- Vey Oswald and Jac=: (Ruben-
I ?~rc:
illtj t f'?-- a I11ar 1,'~~1 ~ Z
-011 I-is
otter :. cri. Sc'::o
I'r ,. ~uln Iy.~ .
-cart?:, r? ?....-~Y eeaei;:y";'_
Sw5T
`t
7 Uia~.. sf2_r1fi'~r`~ ti' "(7,f
tor, her son: ~= a
sna--
?- 1:50 ~--
cott,:,:
tured t crrtca, ha c`
ie Fecuii d cal .
son's )i,is, ar s"-t ct f,e
. The utedy t Mb screen of tl;c lien.
and a half Ifs g feet for o. eight
feet thick et " rh and ti-eh
est ever quarried
- e of the larg.
from the IruPeriat D If came
zv ttllich . als an nby quar
stoite for the Jeffer Psonl Jfe-
morial.
There is a
Photo o the famous Tiatsh
r Ga
ih_~ti::i~ n
?:utn~rizP~?e
ennedY o
si 11te
Snatures in t
Iection have been verificde ~o
fetr very close to the
dent were Rudt
for h:m. rize P sign
rd to
sign
tv :tn;-~~ tlt~, c111.^r.
? DE
arjt''i?_'t!_rr??; (let if
the
ercd b c .re;ully gath.
to i r.robyre o ter cIda provides a
l Keened. as a view of the
i u~ end iri litr mtiY' Itt poll-
f ~-~ ong
- . ''ed
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COLLECTOR OF PRESIDENTIAL MEMORA ILIA 1958-197
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT THRU PRESIDENT CARTER
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