Henrietta Thompson Papers
Scope and Contents
The papers of a student at the University of Maine. The papers include research material for her thesis for her M.A. Degree in History. Her thesis described her interviews of the members of a group of 114 men and women who were fleeing from Burma after the Japanese invasion of that country in January 1942. Included are correspondence, 32 audiotapes, notecards, research notes, and bibliographies.
Dates
- 1942-1992
Creator
- Thompson, Henrietta, 1913- (Person)
Access Restrictions
This collection is kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice is required for retrieval.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Biographical Note
Henrietta Thompson was born in Maryland in 1913. She attended Barnard College in New York City for 2 years, was married in 1934 and lived with her husband in the Philippines for 3 years. They lived in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania until 1975 when they moved to Hancock Point, Maine. After living in Florida for several years she enrolled in graduate study in history at the University of Maine in 1989. She earned her M.A. in history in 1992 at the University of Maine in Orono. The title of her thesis was Walk a little faster: escape from Burma with General Stilwell in 1942.
Extent
3 linear feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The papers of a student at the University of Maine. The papers include research material for her thesis for her M.A. Degree in History. Her thesis described her interviews of the members of a group of 114 men and women who were fleeing from Burma after the Japanese invasion of that country in January 1942. Included are correspondence, 32 audiotapes, notecards, research notes, and bibliographies.
- Audiotapes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Bibliographies Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Notes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Research (Document genres) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883-1946
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Henrietta Thompson Papers
- Status
- Box And Folder List Available
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for uncoded script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library University Archives Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
