William Shirer handbill

Identifier
irn163709
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.562.1
Dates
1 Jan 1949 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn163709

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jill Jack

Jill Jack, Director of Stewart Library at Coe College, donated this handbill to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.

Scope and Content

Consists of one handbill issued by the National Lecture Management Corp. to advertise William Shirer's lecture, "Where are we Going? A Front-Page Analysis on America in World Affairs", circa 1949-1950. The broadside includes a large photograph of Shirer on one side posing with an MBS microphone, and includes a brief biography of him on the verso.

People

  • Shirer, William L. (William Lawrence), 1904-1993--Diaries.

Subjects

  • Advertising.

Genre

  • Handbills.
  • Document
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