Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1882 - 1944
Hendrik Willem Van Loon (1882-1944), Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's book author.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John L. De Forest papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 885
Overview:
The John L. De Forest Papers contain forty volumes of typescript diaries, 1935-2000, many with newspaper clippings and other related materials laid in. Diaries include entries relating to jazz musician and family friend Benny Goodman; Yiddish author Sholem Asch, for whom De Forest worked as a secretary in the 1940s; political associate John Davis Lodge, governor of Connecticut, 1951-1955; and Dutch historian and journalist Hendrik Willem Van Loon. The collection also includes typescript...
Dates:
1875-2000, bulk 1934-2000