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Amadeus IX
American Antiquarian Society (AAS)
American Heritage (magazine)
Anthon, Charles
Anthon Transcript hoax
Archbishop of Turin
Argosy Book Store
Arnold, Samuel
Ashworth, Brent
assassination, of Lincoln. See Lincoln assassination
Atlantic Charter
Atzerodt, George
Australopithecus
Axelrod, Todd
Axmann, Artur
Bachman, Dan
Baker, Lafayette C.: in Lynch pages; National Detective Police and; in Neff’s theory of Lincoln’s murder; pursuit and capture of Booth; testimony on Booth’s diary
Baker, Luther B.
Balsiger, David
Bantam Books
Barcombe Mills Man
Barker, Nicolas
Barkley, Alben W.
Barlow, Frank
basket weave
Bauer, Hans
Bay Psalm Book
Beauport Park Statuette
Bedell, Grace
Bell, Isaac
Benjamin, Judah P.
benzidene HCl
Berlin Olympics
Bertelsmann
Bild Zeitung (newspaper)
bioplastic coating theory
Blair, Montgomery
Boernersdorf
Booms, Hans
Booth, Edwin
Booth, John Wilkes: contents of pockets at death; diary of (see Booth diary); flight, capture, and death following Lincoln’s murder; plan to kidnap Lincoln; purchase of a Jenks carbine
Booth diary: as basis for Eisenschiml’s theory; evidence of being in possession; FBI authentication of; found on Booth’s body; illustration of; George W. Julian journal hoax and; Lincoln conspiracy trial and; Lynch pages analyzed; missing pages controversy; Stanton and; transcript of Lynch pages
Bormann, Martin
Bowers, Claude
Braun, Eva
Broyles, William
Bulletin of the British Museum
Bullock, Thomas
Bundesarchiv: initial authentication of Hitler diaries (Hess page); second analysis of Hitler diaries and forgery finding
Burgdorf, Wilhelm
burial practices: of early Jews
Butterfield, William Ruskin
Campbell, Spencer W.
carbon-14 dating. See radiocarbon dating
Carin II
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Turin)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Chamberlain, Neville
Chandler, Zachariah
Charles VI (King of France)
Chase, Salmon P.
Chicago Tribune
Christensen, Steve: McClellin collection hoax and; murder of; Salamander Letter hoax and
Christian, Gerda
Churchill, Winston: alleged warning of Roosevelt about Pearl Harbor attack; relationship with Roosevelt; salutations used in correspondence with Roosevelt
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. See Mormon Church
Civil War Times
Civil War Times Illustrated
Clark, Wilfred Le Gros
Clarke, Col. Carter W.
Clarke, Grace Julian
Clarke, John Sleeper
Clausen, Maj. Henry C.
Clay, Clement C.
Clement VII
collagen tempera
Collier’s
Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur
Conger, Lt. Col. Everton J.
Conness, John
Cooke, Henry
Cooke, Jay
Corbett, Sgt. Boston
cotton fiber
d’Arcis, Pierre
Darwin, Charles
Darwinius masillae
Davenport, Walter
Davis, Jefferson
Davis, William C. “Jack” 194
“Dawn Man.” See Piltdown Man
Dawson, Arthur
Dawson, Charles: as an amateur paleontologist; Beauport Park Statuette discovery; early death of; as perpetrator of Piltdown hoax; revelation of Piltdown discovery; subsequent Piltdown discoveries
Dawson, Hart and Company
Dawson, Hugh
Daye, Matthew
Daye, Stephen
Deceit at Pearl Harbor (Landis and Gunn)
de Chardin, Marie-Joseph Pierre Teilhard
de Charney, Geoffroy
de Charney, Margaret
de Poitiers, Henri
Der Bild (newspaper)
Descent of Man (Darwin)
Dickinson, Emily
Dickinson poem hoax
Domarus, Max
Dornier Aircraft Corporation
Douglas, Gregory
Duke of Hamilton
Dulles, Allen
Earliest Englishman, The (Woodward)
Early, Jubal
Eckert, Thomas T.
Eichmann, Adolf
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule
Eisenschiml, Otto
Emily Dickinson International Society
Engstrom, Mabel
Eoanthropus dawsoni. See Piltdown Man
Feder, Kenneth L.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal Institute for Forensic Investigation (Germany)
Ferguson, Homer
First Interstate Bank
Fischer, Manfred
“Fischer” (alias of Konrad Kujau)
flax fiber
fluorine
Flynn, Shannon
Forbes, Charles
forensic analysis: versus handwriting analysis; of Hitler diaries. See also radiocarbon dating
forgery: Hofmann’s methods in creating “Oath of a Freeman”
Forrestal, James V.
Fort Stevens
Fowler, Robert
Franklin, Ralph
Franks, A. W.
Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries (Feder)
Frei-Sulzer, Max
Friedman, William
Garrett, Richard
Garrett, William
Garza-Valdes, Leoncio
General Lawes and Libertyes
German Federal Republic Archives. See Bundesarchiv
Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei)
Gestapo Chief (Douglas)
Gillhausen, Rolf
Gilreath, James
Goebbels, Joseph
Goering, Edda
Goering, Hermann
Gospel According to St. John
Grant, Gen. Ulysses S.
Gruner & Jahr
Guensche, Otto
Guide to Captured German Documents (Weinberg)
Gundlfinger, Maj. Friedrich
Gunn, Rex
Hagen, Herr
Hale, Lucy
Hall, James O.: FBI examination of Booth’s diary and; George W. Julian journal and; Lynch pages and
Handelsbank (Switzerland)
handwriting analysis: versus forensic analysis; of Hitler diaries
Hanyok, Robert J.
Harbin, Thomas
Harman, Michael
Harris, Martin
Hart, Adm. Thomas C.
Heidelberg Man
Heidemann, Gerd: “discovery” of Hitler diaries; fascination with Nazi underworld; fraud trial, conviction, and early release; as a journalist; legwork on behalf of Hitler diaries
Henke, Josef
Hensmann, Jan
Herbert, Mabel
Herndon House
Herold, David
Hess, Rudolf
Hewell, Walter
Hewitt, H. Kent
Hewitt, John
Hewitt inquiry
Hilton, Ordway
Himmler, Heinrich
Hinckley, Gordon B.
Hinton, Martin
Hitler, Adolf: as an artist; concern with survival of personal papers; enduring mystique of; final days of; legal right to writings; rumors of survival; suicide of
Hitler diaries: authentication efforts; concerns and skepticism about authenticity; conspiracy theories surrounding; copyright issues and; determined to be forgeries; East German “source” of; fraud trial of Kujau and Heidemann; Gundlfinger’s crash as backstory for; Heidemann’s “discovery” of; Kujau’s forging of; negotiations over serial rights; publication and public’s reception; removal to Switzerland
Hitler’s Second Book
Hitler’s Table Talk
Hoegl, Peter
Hofmann, Mark: Anthon Transcript hoax; dealings with Mormon Church leaders; Dickinson poem hoax; financial problems; Joseph Smith blessing hoax; McClellin collection hoax; murders and accidental self-injury; “Oath of a Freeman” hoax; origins and career as a documents dealer; plea bargain; Salamander Letter hoax; Samuel Smith Bible hoax
Home, Charles Douglas
Homo erectus
Homo habilis
Homo heidelbergensis
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo sapiens
Houghton Library (Harvard)
Hull, Cordell
Humphrey, Hubert
Hurum, Jorn
Ickes, Harold
Ida (fossil)
Indiana Magazine of History
International Creative Management (ICM)
Irving, David: as a critic of the Hitler diaries’ authenticity; reputation as a historian
Jacobs, Lyn
Jaeckel, Eberhard
Java Man
Jesse, Dean
John, Gospel of
Johnson, Andrew
Jones, Thomas
Jones Library
Joseph Smith blessing hoax
Julian, George Washington
Julian journal hoax
Jumper, Eric
Junge, Gertrude “Trudl”
Keith, Sir Arthur
Kelly, Clarence
Kempka, Hans
Kenward, Mabel
Kimmel, Adm. Husband E.
Knox, Frank
Koch, Peter: initial opposition to pursuit of Hitler diaries; involvement with Hitler diaries
Krebs, Hans
Krueger, Else
Kuehsel, Peter
Kujau, Konrad Paul: early life and career; forging of Hitler diaries; fraud trial, conviction, and life after release; as a Nazi memorabilia forger and dealer; surrender of
Lamon, Ward Hill
Landis, Kenneth
Langham, Ian
Larson, Jennifer
Last Days of Hitler, The (Trevor-Roper)
Lee, Gen. Robert E.
Library of Congress
Lieblang, Edith
light microscopy
Lincoln, Abraham: assassination of (see Lincoln assassination); letter to Grace Bedell; shot at outside Soldiers’ Home; targeted by Confederate fire at Fort Stevens
Lincoln assassination: Booth’s flight, capture, and death; Eisenschiml’s theory of; George W. Julian journal hoax; Neff’s theory of
Lincoln Conspiracy, The (movie and book)
Lincoln Log, The (newsletter)
Linge, Heinz
Linum usitatissimum
Lombardo, Daniel
Louis I (Duke of the Italian House of Savoy)
Love in Livery (play)
Lucas, William
Lukacs, John
Lynch, Joseph: deal with Sunn Classic Pictures; examination of Booth’s diary; Lynch pages hoax and; meeting with Hall and release of transcripts
Lynch pages: analyzed; history of; transcript of
“Magic” (codebreaking)
Manchester Guardian
Manzialy, Constanz
Marshall, Gen. George C.
Maryon-Wilson, George
Maser, Werner
Matheson, William
Mattingly, Stephen J.
Mattson, Francis
McClellin, William E.
McClellin collection hoax
McCorison, Marcus
McCrone, Walter C.
McNeil, Roderick
Mein Kampf (Hitler)
Menzel, Herbert
mercerization
Merritt, William
Miller, Gerrit S.
“missing link”
Mitchell, William D.
Mohn, Reinhard
Mohnke, Gen. Wilhelm
Mondale, Walter
Montevergine, Abbey of
Morgan, John Hunt
Mormon Church: Hofmann’s dealings with leaders of
Mowry, David P.
Mudd, Samuel
Müller, Heinrich
Murdoch, Rupert
Mussolini, Benito
Nalgai, Whippet
Nannen, Henri
National Detective Police (NDP)
National Park Service
Naumann, Werner
Nazi memorabilia
Nazi propaganda: ban against dissemination of
Neanderthal Man
Needham, Paul
Neff, Ray A.: collection of documents; conspiracy theory about Lincoln’s assassination; examination of Booth’s diary; George W. Julian journal and
Neff-Guttridge Collection
New-England’s Jonas Cast Up at London
Newsweek
New York Times, The
Nickell, Joe
Nomura, Kichisaburo
Oakley, Kenneth
“Oath of a Freeman, The”
“Oath of a Freeman” hoax: American Antiquarian Society and; authenticity testing; creation of forgery; Hofmann’s set-up of fraud; Library of Congress and; questions about provenance; second forgery
O’Laughlen, Michael
Oldenhage, Klaus
On the Origin of Species (Darwin)
Operation Nursery
Operation Seraglio
Packer, Boyd K.
Paine, Lewis. See Powell, Lewis
Pantzer, Katharine
Parker, John E.
Parker, Maynard
Pearl Harbor attack: allegations of Roosevelt’s treachery; alleged warning of Roosevelt by Churchill; events and U.S. public response; historical assessments of Roosevelt’s foreknowledge; official U.S. investigations into; pre-attack complacency
Pearl Harbor Myth, The (Victor)
Pearl Harbor warning hoax: evidence of transcript as fabrication; Landis and Gunn as proponents of; motivations of revisionist historians; Müller’s interrogation by the CIA as source of; published by Douglas; transcript of alleged warning
Peking Man
Pellegrino, Michele
Perner, Thomas
Pesche, Leo
Petacci, Clara
Pickett, Thomas J.
Piltdown: A Scientific Forgery (Spencer)
Piltdown Forgery, The (Weiner)
Piltdown Man (Russell)
Piltdown Man: Dawson as perpetrator of hoax; Dawson’s revelation of; early questions about authenticity; established as a hoax; fluorine tests and; hoax suspects; hominid fossil record and; illustrations of; importance as an “Englishman”; as a “missing link”; second and third discoveries; Woodward’s support for
Pinnock, Hugh
plain weave. See basket weave
Poor Clare Convent
Potter, Andrew
Powell, Lewis
Prange, Gordon
Priesack, August
provenance, “Oath of a Freeman”
“Purple” (Japanese code)
Quesenberry, Elizabeth
radiocarbon dating: methodology of; “Oath of a Freeman” and; Shroud of Turin and
Rattenhuber, Johann
refractive index
Relics of the Christ (Nickell)
religious relics. See also Shroud of Turin
Rendell, Kenneth
Rentz, Arnold
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Robert, Owen J.
Roberts-Austen, W. C.
Roberts Commission
Rock, James
Rogers, Raymond N.
Romney, Marion G.
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano: alleged treachery in Pearl Harbor attack; alleged warning of Pearl Harbor attack by Churchill; historical assessments of Pearl Harbor foreknowledge; relationship with Churchill; revisionist historians and; salutations used in correspondence with Churchill; use of provocation to bring the United States into war
Ruppert, Andreas
Russell, Miles
Rust, Al
Sahelanthropus tchadensis
Sainte Chapelle of the Holy Shroud
Salamander Letter hoax
Saldarini, Giovanni
Salisbury, Catherine Smith
Samuel Smith Bible hoax
San Francisco Chronicle
satin weave
scanning auger microscopy (SAM)
Schafersman, Steven D.
Schiller, Justin: dealings with American Antiquarian Society; dealings with Library of Congress; Mark Hofmann’s cultivation of
Schiller-Wapner bookstore
Schmidt, Donald T.
Schmidt, Felix
Schulte-Hillen, Gerd
Sellier, Charles E., Jr.
Seward, William
Shaw (USS)
Sheets, J. Gary
Sheets, Kathy
Sheffield Park Man
Short, Lt. Gen. Walter C.
Shroud of Turin: Archbishop of Turin’s commission and; “blood” stains on; burial practices of early Jews and; characteristics of cloth; Christ’s image on; d’Arcis investigation of; described; history of; illustrations of; Pellegrino’s commission and; presence of other substances on; radiocarbon dating and; STURP investigation and report; summation of evidence against authenticity
Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP): clash with forensic testing of McCrone; final report by; formation of and tests performed; radiocarbon dating and
Simmonds, A. J.
Sixtus IV
Sloan, Richard
Smith, Grafton Elliot
Smith, Hugh
Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Smith, Joseph, III
Smith, Samuel
Sollas, William Johnson
Sorge, Wilfried
Sotheby’s
Sox, David
Speer, Albert
Spencer, Frank
Stalin, Joseph
Stanton, Edwin M.; Booth’s diary and; in Eisenschiml’s theory of Lincoln’s murder; in the George W. Julian journal; in Neff’s theory of Lincoln’s murder
Stark, Adm. Harold R.
Stern (magazine): negotiations over serial rights; possible prosecution for “disseminating Nazi propaganda”; publication of Hitler diaries and boost in sales; pursuit of Hitler diaries and story scoop; responsibility for Hitler diaries fraud
Stiefel, Fritz: as a collector of Nazi memorabilia; Hitler diaries and; Hitler poem forgery and
Stimson, Henry L.
Stuart, Richard
STURP. See Shroud of Turin Research Project Sumner, Isabel
Sunday Times
Sunn Classic Pictures
Surratt, John
Surratt, Mary
Tanner, Nathan Eldon
Tennessee (USS)
Thermochimica Acta (journal)
thin-layer chromatography
Thompson, Jacob
Tiefenthaler, Jakob
Time
Times, The
Tite, Michael
Townsend, George Alfred
Tragic Era, The (Bowers)
Traven, B.
Trevor-Roper, Hugh: authentication of Hitler diaries and subsequent regrets; Hitler’s Table Talk and; Operation Nursery and investigation of Hitler’s final days
tripartite pact
Truman, Harry S.
Turin, Shroud of. See Shroud of Turin
twill weave
ultraviolet fluorescence testing
University of Arizona, Tucson
University of Oxford
Unraveling Piltdown (Walsh)
Victor, George
von Epp, Gen. Ritter
Voss, Erich
Walde, Thomas
Wallace, Maj. Gen. Lew
Walsh, John Evangelist
Weed, Thurlow
Weinberg, Gerhard
Weiner, Joseph S.
West Virginia (USS)
West Wind Clear (Hanyok and Mowry)
Why Was Lincoln Murdered? (Eisenschiml)
Wilding, Thomas
Wolfe, Louis
Wolff, Gen. Karl
Woodhead, Samuel
Woodward, Sir Arthur Smith: background of; support for Piltdown Man; as a suspect in Piltdown hoax
World at Arms, A (Weinberg)
Young, Brigham
Zimmermann, Friedrich