Guide to the Dr. John Harthan Letters MSS.2712
Harthan, John
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by Lydia Wommack
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
March 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Dr. John Harthan Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.2712
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet
- Dates:
1946-1950
- Abstract:
Letters from Dr. John Harthan of Lima, Peru, to Wilma and Foord Bichowsky of Wilmington, Delaware, telling about the South American opinion of the United States' actions in Germany and the immigration of Jews into Peru.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Lydia Wommack, 2010.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Dr. John Harthan Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
Biographical/Historical note
Dr. John Harthan lived in Lima, Peru between 1946 and 1950.
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains letters written by Dr. John Harthan of Lima, Peru, to Wilma and Foord Bichowsky of Wilmington, Delaware. The first letter includes the South American opinion of the United States' actions in Germany and the immigration of roughly 150,000 Jews into Peru. The second letter discusses Bichowsky's retirement.
Letters Box SC0030 Folder 2712.1