Postcard to Hendrick W. van Loon, 1918 October 11
Scope and Contents
One postcard to author and historian Hendrick W. van Loon, Esq, at the Netherlands Club, New York, from R. E. Mae Kungir(?) in a US Troop camp in England. The writer addresses van Loon as "Old Friend" and says, "even if you couldn't keep me awake with graphic word pictures of Erasmus and his illegitimate Satiyrsguruua you could make me remember always the professor and teacher who was scholarly without being pedantic ..."
Dates
- Creation: 1918 October 11
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
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Biographical / Historical
Hendrick van Loon was a Dutch historian and children's book author who won the first-ever Newbery medal in 1922 for The Story of Mankind.
Extent
From the Collection: 3.8 Linear Feet
General
Formerly part of MSS.3660, Wade Hall Miscellaneous Letters Collection
Local Identifier
u0003_0003660
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository