Inventory of the Esther Walker collection

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Title: Esther Walker collection
Date (inclusive): 1930-1945
Collection Number: 96016
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In German and English
Physical Description: 1 manuscript box, 1 oversize box (1.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Printed matter and photographs relating to the German national socialist leader Heinrich Himmler. Includes autographs by Himmler, photographs of Himmler's house in Bavaria, and a Himmler family photograph album. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 
source: Walker, Esther
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1996.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Esther Walker collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Alternate Forms Available

Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 

Biographical Note

Collected by Esther Walker, the captain of a Red Cross group assigned to the Third Army Occupation troops and assigned to live in Heinrich Himmler's summer home in Bavaria after the war.

Scope and Content of Collection

Printed matter and photographs relating to the German national socialist leader Heinrich Himmler. Includes autographs by Himmler, photographs of Himmler's house in Bavaria, and a Himmler family photograph album.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

National socialism
Germany -- Pictorial works
Himmler, Heinrich, 1900-1945
Walker, Esther

box 1

"Adolph Hitler an seine Jugend," inscribed, H. Himmler, 1937

 

"Vom Deutschen Bauernhof," inscribed, H. Himmler, 1941

box 2

Photographs of Himmler's house in Bavaria circa 1945

onsite digital

Himmler family photograph album, 1930-1934