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Henry Morgenthau family collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of artifacts, extensive personal and official correspondence, documents, photographs, research notes, audiotapes, books, and a DVD copy of home movies related to the experiences of the Morgenthau family. The collection includes material related to the Ottoman Empire and Armenian genocide, the family's long relationship with the Roosevelts, the Treasury Department, and the pre-war, wartime, and post-war lives of members of the family as well as family history research, collected documents, and transcripts of oral histories created and compiled by Henry Morgenthau III.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Henry Morgenthau III.
Date: 1870-2005

Date: inclusive: 1860-2005
bulk: 1930-1950
Date: commemoration: 1945 January 01-1945 February 28
Date: use: approximately 1941-1945
Geography: manufacture: New York
Date: use: approximately 1943-1945
Date: use: approximately 1944-1945
Date: use: approximately 1944-1945
Date: creation: 1916
Date: approximately 1890
Date: after 1800-before 1899
Date: creation: approximately 1923
: Record last modified: 2023-02-24 12:16:12
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