Donald Norton Pitts collection

Identifier: irn713011
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Julie Pitts, the daughter of Donald Norton Pitts.

Scope and Content

The collection documents the experiences of Donald Norton Pitts, who served as a foreign service officer with the State Department in Warsaw, Poland in 1950. Included are notes, reports, and writings, primarily about the political climate in Poland; diary; correspondence; identification card; clipping; metal dish; and negatives taken while Donald was stationed there. Also included are copy negatives and prints documenting atrocities against Jews in Poland during the Holocaust.

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Donald Norton Pitts papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn716063
- English
- folders oversize folders oversize box 6 2 1
- Updated 7 months ago
The collection documents the experiences of Donald Norton Pitts, who served as a foreign service officer with the State Department in Warsaw, Poland in 1950. Included are notes, reports, and writings, primarily about the political climate in Poland; diary; correspondence; identification card; clipping; and negatives taken while Donald was stationed there. These negatives include depictions of Denmark; Poland, Berlin, Stuttgart, Zurich; May Day celebrations in Poland; Biaystok, Warsaw; and SS Batory. Additionally, there are copy negatives, a glass negative, and copy prints depicting atrociti...
Metal bowl
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn716068
- English
- overall: Height: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm) | Diameter: 3.630 inches (9.22 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Metal bowl incorporating a Polish coin. The coin is dated 1930 and is for 5 Polish Zlotych. The other side of the coin has the dates 1830-1930. The bowl is part of a collection documenting the experiences of Donald Norton Pitts while he was working for the State Department, c. 1950.

Donald Norton Pitts collection

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Donald Norton Pitts papers

Metal bowl