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Up for sale "Historian" James Dugan Hand Written Note On A 3X5 Card. 

June 3, 1967) was a historian, editor and magazine article writer. Born

in Altoona, Pennsylvania he

is best known for his collaborations with Jacques Cousteau. James Dugan was born in Altoona,

Pennsylvania, on May 7, 1912. His parents were Mary Katherine (Hoffman) Dugan

and John Henry. He was the oldest of three sons. Dugan went to Altoona Area High School and

graduated in 1929. After high school, he went to Penn State University (1933-37).

Jim Dugan, as he was called by his peers, became the editor of the campus

literary magazine, Old Main Bell. Later he became the editor of

another campus magazine, the Penn State Froth, in about 1936. After

graduating, he resided in New York and then traveled to England with the Office

of War Information. He was promoted to rank of corporal in medical corps at

Fort Hancock, N.J. Dugan supervised French, German, Spanish and Russian classes

for soldiers. Dugan also worked as a war correspondent in the European Theater.

He served with the Army Air Corps during WWII. On April 19, 1946 he married

Ruth Mae Lonergan, whom he met while she was a WAC in London during the war. Dugan

had a long-lasting connection with Jacques Cousteau. Dugan first met Cousteau

in 1944 during the liberation of France. At this time he was a Yank magazine correspondent. Much of his writing in the

1950s and 1960s concerns underwater exploration with Captain Jacques Cousteau.

Dugan received the Grand Prix, Cannes International Film Festival award for the

documentary The Silent World in

1956. He was also part of the team that produced the Academy Award-winning

documentaries The Silent World (1956) and World Without Sun (1964). Dugan wrote the narration

for both films. Dugan edited Cousteau's books The Silent World (1953)

and World Without Sun (1965) and co-authored The

Living Sea (1963) with Cousteau. James Dugan died June 3, 1967 in

Panama City, FL following a pressurization accident during a deep dive in an

experimental submersible. Lengthy litigation with General Mills, operator of

the submersible, eventually led to a settlement with the family. A collection

of James Dugan's papers are held in the J. Welles Henderson Archives &

Library of Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, PA. They date from 1880

to 1993 and are a collection of papers of James and Ruth Dugan on diving,

marine science, and other related topics. The collection also includes items

related to Auguste and Louis Boutan. 

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