Thompson, Dorothy, 1893-1961
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1893-07-09 - 1961-01-30
Biography
Dorothy Thompson (1893-1961), American journalist and radio broadcaster.
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Ethel Fogg and William Brooks Clift memorial collection
Collection
Call Number: MS 817
Abstract:
A collection assembled by John M. Whitcomb of the letters and other papers of European and American cultural and political figures from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. With the collection is the correspondence (1948-1989) of John M. Whitcomb with writers, historians and political figures on subjects such as the Russian Revolution, Communism, the Sacco-Vanzetti case, Woodrow Wilson, and American foreign policy. Also included is biographical material relating to Ethel Fogg Blair and...
Dates:
1769-1992
Correspondence, 1936 May 29, undated
Part of Collection — Box 99: [Barcode: 39002140920084], Folder: 11
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Dates:
1936 May 29, undated
Decision Magazine papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 176
Abstract:
Correspondence, drafts of articles and poems, legal documents, press releases, clippings and other papers of the magazine which was published in New York from January 1941 to February 1942 under the editorship of Klaus Mann. Correspondents and writers include W.H. Auden, André Gide, Sir Julian Huxley, Christopher Isherwood, Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann, William Carlos Williams and Stefan Zweig. Also in the papers is the proof for an unpublished article by Vladimir Nabokov, "Soviet Literature...
Dates:
1940-1942
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Decision Magazine papers
Estate of Sinclair Lewis records
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1463
Abstract:
The collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, financial papers, and personal papers relating to Sinclair Lewis, his wives Grace Hegger and Dorothy Thompson, and the Lewis family. Included are divorce decrees, custody and alimony agreements, wills, tax and real estate records, powers of attorney, and contracts pertaining to Lewis's novels Ann Vickers, Dodsworth, and Elmer Gantry. The collection also...
Dates:
1841-1949
Jerome New Frank papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 222
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, legal material (including opinions, decisions, calendars, memoranda, and other papers), writings, speeches, Yale course materials, and family and personal papers of Jerome N. Frank, lawyer, government official during the New Deal, author, legal philosopher, teacher, and federal judge. The papers reflect Frank's wide range of activities, interests, and associations, and include important correspondence with many well known government officials, lawyers,...
Dates:
1918-1972, bulk 1929-1957
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Jerome New Frank papers
Arthur Bliss Lane papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 5
Abstract:
The papers consist of official, personal, and business correspondence, articles, speeches, clippings, recordings, photographs, and other papers of Arthur Bliss Lane, career diplomat, public servant, and lecturer. The papers reflect Lane's diplomatic career from the time he entered the service in Rome (1916), until his resignation as Ambassador to Poland (1947), and contain correspondence from international political figures. Also included are materials relating to his work on behalf of...
Dates:
1904-1957
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Arthur Bliss Lane papers
Legal Records Relating to Sinclair Lewis
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1104
Abstract:
The Legal Records Relating to Sinclair Lewis consist of records maintained by Mellville H. Cane, Pincus Berner, Paul Gitlin, Eugene Winick and other attorneys affiated with the law firm of Ernst, Cane and Berner and its later iterations. In addition to correspondence between Lewis and his attorneys, the records include drafts and copies of Sinclair Lewis's will; correspondence and documents concerning his death and estate; records regarding his writings, including contracts and agreements,...
Dates:
1919-1984
Max Lerner papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 322
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, speeches, writings, and other papers, (including research and teaching materials, photographs, memorabilia, newspaper and periodical clippings, books, and radio and television tapes) of Max Lerner, an American educator, author, lecturer, historian, and political scientist. The papers focus on Lerner's public life and career with very little material on his personal or family life. The papers document Lerner's close association with Justice Felix...
Dates:
1927-1998
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Max Lerner papers
Letters and signed check, 1940-49, n.d.
Part of Collection — Box 38: [Barcode: 39002137170479], Folder: GROUP 655, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Five TLS and four TL from Dorothy Thompson to Leonard Lyons discussing the war, publishing and other subjects, and mentioning Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Patton, publishers Frank Gannett and George McCullagh, Austrian tenor Richard Tauber, Doris Nolan, and others. Letters include a typescript carbon letter from Lyons to Thompson and two TLS from Walter Duranty to Lyons regarding a wager over conflict between American and German armed forces. With one ANS and one signed...
Dates:
1940-49, n.d.
Sinclair Lewis papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 268
Abstract:
The Sinclair Lewis Papers consist of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and personal papers documenting the life and work of novelist and author Sinclair Lewis.
Dates:
1866-1964, bulk 1910-1950