Overview of the Dorothy Thompson miscellaneous papers

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Title: Dorothy Thompson miscellaneous papers
Date (inclusive): 1938-1947
Collection Number: 81070
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1 folder (0.1 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, and press releases, relating to fundraising in the United States for the defense of Herschel Grynszpan, Jewish refugee and assassin of the German diplomat Ernst vom Rath in France in 1938. Photocopy.
Creator: Thompson, Dorothy, 1893-1961
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

May not be quoted without permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1981.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Dorothy Thompson miscellaneous papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of Originals

Originals in: George Arents Research Library, Syracuse University.

Biographical/Historical Note

American journalist and author.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, memoranda, and press releases, relating to fundraising in the United States for the defense of Herschel Grynszpan, Jewish refugee and assassin of the German diplomat Ernst vom Rath in France in 1938. Photocopy.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Jews -- Germany
Jews -- France
Grynszpan, Herschel Feibel, 1921-approximately 1943
Rath, Ernst vom, -1938