John L. De Forest / Sholem Asch collection 1941-1995 1941-1943

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John L. De Forest / Sholem Asch collection 1941-1995 1941-1943

Collection consists of correspondence addressed to Asch, many letters carrying dictated drafts of his response on them. There are four typescripts of essays by Sholem Asch as well as five scripts for a Christmas pageant performed in Stamford, Conn., in 1943. Also present is De Forest's typescript memoir entitled, "My Hours with Sholem Asch."

Total Boxes: 1; Linear Feet: 0.4

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Asch, Sholem, 1880-1957

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Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964

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Newman, Louis I. (Louis Israel), 1893-1972

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Huebsch, B. W. (Benjamin W.), 1876-1964

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Babb, James T. (James Tinkham), 1899-1968

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Ziemer, Gregor Athalwin, 1899-

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Zuckerman, Nathan, 1912-

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De Forest, John L. (John Le Roy), 1916-

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Goodenough, Erwin Ramsdell, 1893-1965

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Gaebelein, Arno Clemens, 1861-1945

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Knollenberg, Bernhard, 1892-1973

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Holzer, Hans, 1920-2009

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Rosenwald, William, 1903-

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Garrett, Ellen Jeanette Lyttle, 1893-1970.

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