05403cpc  2200685 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025035002500066040001900091041001400110100004200124245004800166300001900214545111800233520033801351520141601689520012203105520005303227546005303280540016003333555002303493524011603516600003103632600003803663600001803701600003603719600005903755600002903814600003003843600006203873600007203935600003004007610002104037610002204058610002404080610003504104610002104139610005104160610004004211630001904251630002704270650003304297650002404330650004304354651001304397651003904410651001704449651002004466655001804486655001904504655002004523655002204543655002204565650001304587650001804600650001704618700004604635998000904681948002704690206875120020513111336.0840419i18841972nyu                 eng d  a(CStRLIN)NYCV84-A432  aNICcNICeappm  aengdutger1 aVan Loon, Hendrik Willem,d1882-1944.00aHendrik Willem van Loon Papers,f1884-1972.  a36.1 cubic ft.  aHendrik Willem van Loon was born in Rotterdam, Holland on January 14, 1882. He attended Cornell University, graduating in 1905. In 1906 he married Eliza Ingersoll Bowditch and began working for the Associated Press in New York City, Washington, D.C., Moscow, and Warsaw. His son Henry Bowditch van Loon was born on June 22, 1907, and Gerard Willem van Loon on January 16, 1911. Hendrik van Loon received his Ph.D. from the University of Munich in 1911, and in 1913 his book THE FALL OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC was published. He lectured at Cornell on European History from 1915-1916. He married Helen Criswell ("Jimmie") in 1920 and in 1921 received the Newberry Medal for THE STORY OF MANKIND. From 1922-23 he was a professor at Antioch College, Ohio, and was Associate Editor of the BALTIMORE SUN from 1923-24. He did his first radio broadcast on Christmas Day, 1929, and started radio broadcasts at NBC in 1932. He did lectures for the Cunard Cruise Line on the FRANCONIA in 1934. In 1939-40 his radio broadcasts were directed to Holland from WRVL in Boston. He died in Old Greenwich, Connecticut on March 11, 1944.  aCollection consists of correspondence with family, friends, literary and other public figures, pertaining to his career as an author and his varied humanitarian concerns; much of the correspondence between 1939 and 1942 deals with refugees from Nazi persecution and van Loon's participation in war relief fund raising and committees.8 aAlso included are condolence letters received after Hendrik's death. A substantial portion of the papers are comprised of manuscripts for many of his books and their illustrative materials in pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolors. There are many sketchbooks and miscellaneous sketches as well as those for the publications. Other documents include a manuscript of his Ph.D. in German, notes for a history course taught at Cornell, manuscripts for radio broadcasts (1935-42), articles by and about van Loon,including a recollection by John L. De Forest;  phonograph records, photographs, picture puzzles, foreign language editions of his books, reviews, menus, the Newberry Medal which was presented to him at the meeting of The American Library Association in 1921, an unfinished portrait by the painter Leon Gordon, his and Helen Criswell van Loon's ("Jimmie's") passports, and pamphlets from the Cunard Cruise Ship FRANCONIA. Documenting his activities in literary circles in New York City are copies of MAD HATTER MUTTERINGS, 1920-21, which were satirical journals circulated in the Greenwich Village coffee shop where "Jimmie" worked and later became the owner; also included are her diaries, 1920-54; and Gerard Willem van Loon's correspondence and draft copies for his book about Hendrik. Includes a film and a video.  Correspondents include Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, George Lincoln Burr, and others.8 aLetters from van Loon in America to the Netherlands commenting on the general atmosphere in wartime America (box 74).8 aTwenty-one drawings from late 1930's and 1940's.  aThe collection is in English, Dutch, and German.  aLetters in box 74 cannot be published without permission from the Central Register of Private Archives, General State Archives, the Hague, the Netherlands.0 aUnpublished guide.  aHendrik Willem van Loon papers, #3292. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.10aBowditch, Eliza Ingersoll.10aBurr, George Lincoln,d1857-1938.10aGordon, Leon.10aRoosevelt, Eleanor,d1884-1963.10aRoosevelt, Franklin D.q(Franklin Delano),d1882-1945.10aVan Loon, Gerard Willem.10aVan Loon, Helen Criswell.10aVan Loon, Hendrick Willem,d1882-1944.tStory of mankind.10aVan Loon, Hendrick Willem,d1882-1944.tFall of the Dutch republic.10aVan Loon, Henry Bowditch.20aAntioch College.20aAssociated Press.20aCornell University.20aCunard Steamship Company, Ltd.20aFranconia (Ship)20aMad Hatter (Greenwich Village, New York, N.Y.)20aWRVL (Radio station, Boston, Mass.)00aBaltimore sun.00aMad hatter mutterings. 0aHistoryxStudy and teaching. 0aRadio broadcasting. 0aWorld War, 1939-1945xCivilian relief. 0aGermany. 0aGreenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) 0aNetherlands. 0aNew York (N.Y.) 7aDiaries.2aat 7aDrawings.2aat 7aPassports.2aat 7aPhotographs.2aat 7aSketchbooks.2aat 0aAuthors. 0aIllustrators. 0aJournalists.1 aDe Forest, John L.q(John Le Roy),d1916-  s95542 a20020513bmdarc3ects