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Vice President Henry A. Wallace collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of a briefcase, two ribbons, a stamp, two portfolios of handmade miniature textiles, documents, artwork, books, photographs, and fliers relating to the French Resistance during WWII and presented to former Vice President Henry A. Wallace in France after the Holocaust.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Ann Cornell, the granddaughter of former Vice President Henry A. Wallace.
Date: 1940-1947

Date: inclusive: 1943-1947
Geography: received: Sorbonne; Paris (France)
Date: received: 1947
Geography: received: Sorbonne; Paris (France)
Date: received: 1947
Geography: received: Sorbonne; Paris (France)
Date: received: 1947
Geography: received: Sorbonne; Paris (France)
Date: received: 1947
Geography: received: Sorbonne; Paris (France)
Date: received: 1947
Geography: received: Sorbonne; Paris (France)
Date: received: 1947
Geography: received: Sorbonne; Paris (France)
Date: received: 1947
Geography: received: Sorbonne; Paris (France)
Date: received: 1947
: Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:30:57
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