Hermann Hagedorn Papers 1912-1933

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Hermann Hagedorn Papers 1912-1933

Poet and biographer. Correspondence, subject files, research material, and miscellaneous items relating primarily to Hagedorn’s biographies of Leonard Wood and William Boyce Thompson. Includes original material relating to Thompson’s role in relief work in Russia following the Russian Revolution and in securing diplomatic recognition for the Soviets. Also includes material on Hagedorn’s activities relating to World War I loyalty questions, especially the problems of his fellow German Americans and the Vigilantes, a militant group of patriotic writers.

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