Robert W. Tighe papers

Identifier
irn501003
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0936.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501003

Extent and Medium

folders

oversize folder

2

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Robert W. Tighe.

Scope and Content

Contains an honorable discharge document issued to Robert W. Tighe from the United States Army; correspondence from Tighe to his parents in Roxbury, MA, while he was stationed in Europe during WWII; correspondence from the University of Pittsburgh Press (1986) regarding his oral history; letters from school students thanking Mr. Tighe for a presentation at their class in 1995; news clippings; an illustrated German magazine from 1941, likely picked up by Tighe after war; and laminated pages from April 22, 1945 issues of "Yank" magazine, with cover, containing an article about General Creighton Abrams (pp. 27-29), and letter to the editor by Cpl. Howard Katzander, describing his experiences at having visited Buchenwald camp post-liberation.

People

  • Tighe, Dorren J.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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