Tyler Kent Papers, 1926-1989 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

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Collection Overview

Title: Tyler Kent Papers, 1926-1989

Predominant Dates:1939-1945

Primary Creator: Kent, Tyler

Extent: 3.4 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: This collection is arranged in three series: Correspondence (arranged in two subseries), Subject Files (arranged in two subseries), and Printed Materials.

Date Acquired: 12/03/1992

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, court papers, maps, clippings, and other materials documenting the life and career of Tyler Kent. In particular thse materials pertain to his arrest, trial, and conviction of violating Britain's Official Secrets Act and the aftermath of that conviction. Also included are research files and other materials pertaining to Ray Bearse's book Conspirator: The Untold Story of Tyler Kent.

Collection Historical Note

Tyler Gatewood Kent (1911-1988) was a clerk in the Code Room of the U.S. Embassy in London from 1939 to 1940. In 1940 he was accused of having stoled more than 1500 documents from embassy files, including correspondence between Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was then arrested by British authorities, tried, and convicted of having violated the Official Secrets Act of 1911. In 1945, after serving five years of his seven-year sentence, he was released from prison and deported to the U.S.

Administrative Information

Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Access Restrictions: This collection is available for use by the general public.

Use Restrictions: This material is subject to copyright restrictions under Title 17 of the U.S. Code.

Acquisition Source: Virginia McLoughlin and Anthony Read

Acquisition Method: Gift

Related Materials: Guide to the Tyler Gatewood Kent Papers For more information please see http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=mssa:ms.0310&query=&altquery=*:*&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes&hlon=yes&filter=fgs.collection:\%22Music%2.

Box and Folder Listing

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Series 1: Correspondence

Correspondence to and from Tyler Kent and correspondence related to Ray Bearse's research for Conspirator: The Untold Story of Tyler Kent.

Box 1

Sub-Series 1: Tyler Kent

A - O
P - Z

Sub-Series 2: Ray Bearse

A - L
A - Z and Miscellaneous
Correspondence with Tyler Kent

Series 2: Subject Files

Sub-Series 1: Tyler Kent

Box 1

Arrest, May 20, 1940
Background
Basic Documents
Congress
Contracts and Other Legal Documents
Copies from Public Records Office and Other Sources
Danischewsky, Irene
Davies, Ambassador Joseph

Box 2

Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1941-1952
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1961 (RFK), 1962
Homecoming, 1945
Home Front, 1944-1945
Imprisonment, 1941-1945
Income Tax, 1973
Inventory of Materials Found in Flat
Herschel V. Johnson Report, 1940
Kennedy - DOS Signals, May - November 1940
Ambassador Kennedy's Statement, September 1944
Ann Kent - Supreme Court of the United States, 1944
London, October 1939 - May 20, 1940
Long, Breckinridge
Statement to Maxwell Knight, May 29, 1941
Maps
Moore, Judge R. Walton, 1934-1935
Moscow, 1934-1941
Moscow - FBI SA Beck
Photos

Box 3

Press Clips
Ramsey Detention
Remission and Deportation
Eleanor Roosevelt, 1944
Stolen Documents List
Toland, John, 1978-1982
Kent v. Times Publishing Company - Depositions, 1963: 1 of 2
Kent v. Times Publishing Company - Depositions, 1963: 2 of 2
Kent v. Times Publishing Company, et al. - Pinellas County Case Number 16502
New York Times Lawsuit
Trial Transcriptions, 1940
Harry S. Truman Library

Box 4

U.S. Senate Debate, June 19, 1944
Watch List, 1944
Yardley Act
Miscellaneous Materials - Copies from National Archives: 1 of 6
Miscellaneous Materials - Copies from National Archives: 2 of 6
Miscellaneous Materials - Copies from National Archives: 3 of 6
Miscellaneous Materials - Copies from National Archives: 4 of 6
Miscellaneous Materials - Copies from National Archives: 5 of 6
Miscellaneous Materials - Copies from National Archives: 6 of 6

Sub-Series 2: Other Subjects

Box 5

Antheil, Henry W., !934-1939
Antheil, Henry W., 1940
Barrett, Anthony J.
Barnes, Harry E.
Bloch, Felix - DOS
Bow Street Segment of Manuscript
British Security Executive
Bryan, John Owen - Death
Central Intelligence Agency
Close, Upton
Code Name "The Doctor," 1940
Collins, Henry Hill III - Spy
Conrad, Clyde Lee - Spy
Embassy Personnel - Moscow and London
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Copies
Healy, Maurice
Faymonville, Phillip - Spy
Hirsch, John Vladimir - USA
Home Office - U.S. DOS Signals, 1940
Hyde, Montgomery
Kennedy, Ambassador Joseph P.

Box 6

Kennedy/Times Lawsuit
Kent, Ann H. P., circa 1940-1951
Kent, Clara (Mrs. T.G.), 1989
Knight, Captain Maxwell
Lepley, Herman G.
Liddell, Captain Guy
Memoranda and Notes
Miller, Joan
Nicholson, Mrs. Christabel
Office, Carmel
Parsons, Charles
Post, Richard Howland - Spy
Ramsay, Captain Archibald
Read, Anthony
Snow, J. H.
Souther, Glenn M., U.S.N.
Southern Jewish Weekly
Southern Review
Turk/Hall - Spies
U.S. Foreign Relations
Wilson, Tevis
Wolkoff, Anna - Trial/Biography

Series 3: Printed Materials

Box 7

Articles, Etc.
Articles and Clippings
Clippings
Congressional Hearings regarding Pearl Harbor Attack: 1 of 3
Congressional Hearings regarding Pearl Harbor Attack: 2 of 3
Congressional Hearings regarding Pearl Harbor Attack: 3 of 3
Map Reading Booklet, 1944
Yearbook, 1926

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