Brooke Hart kidnapping newspaper collection, 1933.

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Brooke Hart kidnapping newspaper collection, 1933.

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The Brooke Hart kidnapping newspaper collection provides newspaper documentation of the murder of Brooke Hart, which took place on November 9, 1933 and the subsequent lynching of the perpetrators, John Maurice Holmes and Thomas Harold Thurmond on November 26, 1933 in San Jose, California. The collection includes original, microfilm and photocopies of news reports from the San Jose Mercury Herald, San Jose Evening News, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Most of the newspaper articles and clippings lack newspaper titles or dates. Included is a newspaper scrapbook, which duplicates some of the loose articles. It is unknown who compiled the scrapbook. Most of the dates range from November 9 through December 6, 1933. National newspaper reports are not included in this collection. This single series collection is arranged by format and date: Series I: Brooke Hart newspapers and scrapbook, 1933.

1.71 linear feet (1 box).

San Jose State University

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San Jose State University

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Thurmond, Thomas Harold.

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Holmes, Jack A.

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