Hendrik Willem van Loon Papers, 1884-1972.

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Hendrik Willem van Loon Papers, 1884-1972.

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Collection consists of correspondence with family, friends, literary and other public figures, pertaining to his career as an author and his varied humanitarian concerns; much of the correspondence between 1939 and 1942 deals with refugees from Nazi persecution and van Loon's participation in war relief fund raising and committees.

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Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

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