Henry R. Cassirer Papers, 1936-2005

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Henry R. Cassirer Papers, 1936-2005

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Correspondence, printed material, scripts, notes, reports, audio tapes, photographs, speeches, and scrapbooks document the life and career of Henry R. Cassirer, particularly his work as a CBS executive in the 1940s and his long association with UNESCO.

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Unesco

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Cassirer, Henry, 1911-2004

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Born in Berlin, Germany, in 1911, Henry Cassirer attended the Odenwaldschule, an experimental school founded by his grandfather near Frankfurt. The rise of Nazism caused him to abandon Germany for England where he completed his education and worked in radio at the BBC. In 1942, he immigrated to the United States where he began a career with CBS and served as editor in chief for television news. After obtaining his U. S. citizenship he was employed by UNESCO and in 1952 moved to Paris becoming a ...

Cassirer, Henry R.

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Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 1966

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Odenwaldschule

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