Guide to the Sylvia Prager Mathon papers M2800
Gurudarshan Khalsa
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2022
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Sylvia Prager Mathon papers
Creator:
Mathon, Sylvia Prager
source:
Saxe, Shelley Mathon
source:
Mathon, Lauren
source:
Israel, Jodie Mathon
Identifier/Call Number: M2800
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear Feet
(one manuscript storage box)
Date (inclusive): 1945-2011
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, reports and related printed and digital material created by and relating
to Sylvia Prager Mathon in her role as a court reporter in the Dachau War Crimes Trials from approximately December, 1945
- December, 1946. The correspondence from 1945-1946 is primarily from Mathon to members of her family. The materials also
include newspaper clippings, videos, obituary, and correspondence about Mathon from 1986-2011.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Sylvia Prager Mathon papers (M2800). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual & born-digital
materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
Conditions Governing Use
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization
to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction
beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Paging:
Page from library catalog: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/14176011
Subjects and Indexing Terms
War crimes trials -- Germany -- Dachau -- History -- 20th century
Dachau Trials, Dachau, Germany, 1945-1947
Saxe, Shelley Mathon
Mathon, Lauren
Israel, Jodie Mathon
Box 1, Folder 2
Letters and postcards
1946
Box 1, Folder 15
Videos (VHS)
1993
Scope and Contents
Testimony to the truth: Sylvia Mathon and Sylvia Gavurin, Simon Wiesenthal Center, August 30, 1993 (VHS)
VHS with a note from Ben Mathon to children. The VHS is labeled "Sylvia at Dachau" and includes footage from the A+E show
Our century: massacre at Malmedy
Box 1, Folder 16
Press clippings, photographs, correspondence, and
Testimony to the truth transcript
1946-2008
Box 1, Folder 17
Empty envelopes, press clipping, a German newspaper, and Sylvia Prager Mathon obituary
1946-1948, 2011
Box 1, Folder 19
Photographs and postcards
1946, 1986