Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Cardboard and paper portfolio in which the three drawings by Bill Frier were stored.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Miriam Davenport Ebel
Physical Details
- Classification
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Containers
- Category
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Cases
- Object Type
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Portfolios (containers) (aat)
- Physical Description
- Cardboard and paper portfolio in which the three drawings 1991.158.34-.36 were stored.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cardboard, paper, adhesive, ink, cotton
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The portfolio cover was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Miriam Davenport Ebel.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 11:28:32
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Collection includes a hatbox, which Miriam Davenport Ebel (the donor) took to France with her in June 1938. At one point, she lived for five months using only what was packed in the box. Steamer sticker on box is that of the Companie Generale Transatlantique's SS Champlain. In addition, the collection includes a musical score written by Hans Sahl, 1938, Zurich, Switzerland and purchased by Miriam Davenport circa 1940 in Marseilles, France, as well as a book she purchased, also in Zurich. The collection also includes artwork and papers. The Miriam Davenport Ebel papers consist of correspondence, identification papers, mementos, photographs, and printed materials documenting Davenport's wartime experiences in Marseilles and Ljubljana; her work and friendships with Varian Fry, Mary Jayne Gold, Walter Mehring, Hans Sahl, and others; and relief committees including the Emergency Rescue Committee, the International Relief and Rescue Committee, the Progressive Schools Committee for Refugee Children, and the Refugee Relief Trustees, Inc.
Hatbox
Object
Miriam Davenport Ebel took the hatbox to France with her in June, 1938. At one point, she lived for five months using only what was packed in the box. Steamer sticker on box is that of the Companie Generale Transatlantique's SS Champlain.
Miriam Davenport Ebel papers
Document
The Miriam Davenport Ebel papers consist of correspondence, identification papers, mementos, photographs, and printed materials documenting Davenport’s wartime experiences in Marseilles and Ljubljana; her work and friendships with Varian Fry, Mary Jayne Gold, Walter Mehring, Hans Sahl, and others; and relief committees including the Emergency Rescue Committee, the International Relief and Rescue Committee, the Progressive Schools Committee for Refugee Children, and the Refugee Relief Trustees, Inc. Correspondence consists of letters, notes, and telegrams between Miriam Davenport and Mary Jayne Gold, Varian Fry, Daniel Bénédite, Katia Landau, Walter Mehring, and Hans Sahl. The correspondence describes wartime life in Marseilles, advises Davenport on strategies for returning to the United States, and catches Davenport up on news in post‐liberation France. A note from Walter Mehring includes a small sketch of a rabbit, and a note from Hans Sahl encloses a poem. This series also includes a couple of letters Davenport drafted on behalf of the Progressive Schools Committee for Refugee Children, her condolences to Fry’s family on his passing, and a letter about Albrecht Ragg’s project on German socialist immigration to the United States during the Hitler years accompanied by a photocopy of his chapter on rescue. Identification papers include Miriam Davenport’s calling card, French identification card, and Yugoslav visa. Mementos include calling cards, tram receipts and Davenport’s Yugoslav visa documenting her summer in Toulouse and Marseille, a hand painted‐program for a 1941 Andalusia festival in Marseille, and Davenport’s English translation of a German story by an unnamed refugee client. Photographs depict Miriam Davenport, Varian Fry, Mary Jayne Gold, and Hans Sahl. Printed materials consist of promotional brochures created by Miriam Davenport Ebel, Harold Oram, and Eileen Fry for the Emergency Rescue Committee, the International Relief and Rescue Committee, the Progressive Schools Committee for Refugee Children, and the Refugee Relief Trustees, Inc.
