Scope and Contents The collection consists of audio interviews conducted with nine Navajo Code Talkers (and the widow of Jimmy Gleason) by author Sally McClain as part of the research for her book Navajo Weapon, published in 1994. The original sixteen audio cassette tapes have been reformatted to CDs for researcher use.

Abstract William Dean Wilson was a Navajo Code Talker in World War II. The William Dean Wilson Collection contains papers; photographs and negatives; correspondence; pay stubs; government memoranda, circulars, and pamphlets; newspaper clippings; magazines; handwritten notes; military postcards; photographs, negatives, and slides; powwow dance regalia; Navajo dance regalia; rattles; cassette tapes; memorabilia; and military related pins and medals. The photographs include his early childhood, World War...