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Thompson Document 01: An Introduction To The Henrietta Thompson Collection, Henrietta Thompson
Thompson Document 01: An Introduction To The Henrietta Thompson Collection, Henrietta Thompson
Henrietta Thompson Papers
A very brief introduction to the Henrietta Thompson collection.
Thompson Document 21: A Letter From Ruby Johnson To Henrietta Thompson, Ruby Johnson
Thompson Document 21: A Letter From Ruby Johnson To Henrietta Thompson, Ruby Johnson
Henrietta Thompson Papers
A letter from Ruby Johnson to Henrietta Thompson. It seems that Johnson is here responding to a request from Thompson that she send some Burmese phrases for Thompson to include in her Walk a Little Faster history of the Walkout.
Thompson Document 20: A Letter From Ruby Johnson To Henrietta Thompson, Ruby Johnson
Thompson Document 20: A Letter From Ruby Johnson To Henrietta Thompson, Ruby Johnson
Henrietta Thompson Papers
A letter from Ruby Johnson, a nurse who participated in the 1942 Walkout from Burma to India, to Henrietta Thompson. Johnson was the first of the Walkout participants Thompson interviewed, and Thompson particularly enjoyed this meeting and was indebted to Johnson not only for offering an account of her own experiences, but also for making Thompson aware of a number of nurses who had participated on the Walkout in Burma and also Hla Sein in the U.S. who initially resisted being interviewed about the Walkout. In this letter, Johnson mentions having recently seen Hla Sein, who was by then their …
Thompson Document 09: A Letter From Henrietta Thompson To Jack Belden, Henrietta Thompson
Thompson Document 09: A Letter From Henrietta Thompson To Jack Belden, Henrietta Thompson
Henrietta Thompson Papers
A letter from Henrietta Thompson to Jack Belden following his letter of Dec. 1973. Here Thompson is asking for Belden’s version of an account she has heard, she says, “from a dozen or more people,” of American officers proposing to leave the nurses (most of whom were refugees) behind at the start of the walk out of Burma, and to escape without them. Unfortunately we do not have Belden’s response to this letter (if he wrote one), but in the “Addenda” Thompson provides a new version of this story, which may summarize Belden’s recollection of the event.
Thompson Document 10: Henrietta Thompson's "Addenda" To Jack Belden File, Henrietta Thompson
Thompson Document 10: Henrietta Thompson's "Addenda" To Jack Belden File, Henrietta Thompson
Henrietta Thompson Papers
Henrietta Thompson's notes on Jack Belden. These notes seem to be a combination of Thompson’s memories of meeting Belden and perhaps a summary of Belden's account of an argument that took place at the start of the Walkout; several of Thompson's interviewees mentioned this argument that revolved around the suggestion, by one or some of the Americans, that they leave some of the group behind in order to expedite their own escape from Burma.
Thompson Document 08: A Letter From Jack Belden To Henrietta Thompson, Jack Belden
Thompson Document 08: A Letter From Jack Belden To Henrietta Thompson, Jack Belden
Henrietta Thompson Papers
A letter from Jack Belden to Henrietta Thompson. About the Walkout, Belden writes to Thompson: “The only way such a small affair could have significance is a from a human standpoint where it could be fictionalized into a symbol.” On the whole, Belden seems to wish to convey that he regards Thompson's project with ambivalence. As he does in all of the letters in this collection, Belden refers to his poverty, here he also mentions being badly treated by his publishers.
Thompson Document 07: A Letter From Henrietta Thompson To Jack Belden, Henrietta Thompson
Thompson Document 07: A Letter From Henrietta Thompson To Jack Belden, Henrietta Thompson
Henrietta Thompson Papers
A letter from Henrietta Thompson to Jack Belden dated Nov. 12, 1973. Thompson writes to Belden with characteristic warmth, mentioning a mutual acquaintance and a recent review of Belden’s China Shakes the World (1949).
Thompson Document 04: Letter From Jack Belden To Henrietta Thompson, Jack Belden
Thompson Document 04: Letter From Jack Belden To Henrietta Thompson, Jack Belden
Henrietta Thompson Papers
This is the first letter Jack Belden wrote to Henrietta Thompson. Responding to Thompson's letter proposing that they meet to discuss the Walkout, Belden describes himself as “sympathetic to but not overly excited or approving of your [Thompson’s] project.” Nevertheless, Belden writes that he will be at his address "most of the time," and that Thompson may visit him there. The letter is undated, Thompson notes that she received it on October 3, 1971.
Thompson Document 26: Letter From Henrietta Thompson To Tun Shein, Henrietta Thompson
Thompson Document 26: Letter From Henrietta Thompson To Tun Shein, Henrietta Thompson
Henrietta Thompson Papers
A letter from Henrietta Thompson to Tun Shein, which is evidently in response to a letter Tun Shein had sent her. Thompson mentions some of their mutual acquaintances and asks whether either Tun Shein or his wife Lulu recognize any of the names on a list of Walkout participants who were then presumably still living in Burma, but whom she had been unable to meet during her brief visit.
Thompson Document 25: Letter From Henrietta Thompson To Tun Shein And Lulu, Henrietta Thompson
Thompson Document 25: Letter From Henrietta Thompson To Tun Shein And Lulu, Henrietta Thompson
Henrietta Thompson Papers
A letter from Henrietta Thompson to Tun Shein and Lulu. Thompson thanks Tun Shein and Lulu for their hospitality and refers to a few details of her trip to Burma
Thompson Document 24: Letter From Henrietta Thompson To Tun Shein, Henrietta Thompson
Thompson Document 24: Letter From Henrietta Thompson To Tun Shein, Henrietta Thompson
Henrietta Thompson Papers
A letter from Henrietta Thompson to Tun Shein, in which Thompson discusses her upcoming visit to Burma. She mentions a number of Walkout participants in Burma whom she hopes to meet, and asks Tun Shein to help her by writing to them.
Thompson Document 03: Letter From Henrietta Thompson To Jack Belden, Henrietta Thompson
Thompson Document 03: Letter From Henrietta Thompson To Jack Belden, Henrietta Thompson
Henrietta Thompson Papers
Henrietta Thompson's second letter to then-retired war correspondent Jack Belden (Henrietta had apparently received no answer to her first letter of inquiry). Belden had walked out of Burma with General Stilwell in 1942, and published Retreat with Stilwell in 1943. Thompson had obtained Belden’s address by sending a series of letters to his publisher, Harper & Row.
Thompson Document 23: Letter From Henrietta Thompson To Tun Shein And Lulu, Henrietta Thompson
Thompson Document 23: Letter From Henrietta Thompson To Tun Shein And Lulu, Henrietta Thompson
Henrietta Thompson Papers
A letter of introduction from Henrietta Thompson to two Walkout participants, Tun Shein and Lulu—who had since married and re-settled in Burma—proposing that she meet them in Burma in the summer of that year, 1972.
Thompson Document 05: Henrietta Thompson's Notes On Interviewing Jack Belden, Henrietta Thompson
Thompson Document 05: Henrietta Thompson's Notes On Interviewing Jack Belden, Henrietta Thompson
Henrietta Thompson Papers
Undated notes, written by Henrietta Thompson sometime after she interviewed Jack Belden in October 1972. Her attempts to put down the “essence” of Belden, and the prompt she assigns herself: “What do I know about Jack Belden now?” suggest that these notes were written not long after the interview, or at least were written in an effort to preserve her memories of the interview.
Thompson Document 06: Henrietta Thompson's Summary Of Jack Belden's Activities Before The Walkout, Henrietta Thompson
Thompson Document 06: Henrietta Thompson's Summary Of Jack Belden's Activities Before The Walkout, Henrietta Thompson
Henrietta Thompson Papers
Henrietta Thompson’s attempt to narrate a version of Jack Belden’s account in the third person. Her several thoughtful accounts of her interview with Belden seem to suggest the great importance Thompson attached to her meeting with the writer.