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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.
Phone Call To Hitler, Georgie Orcutt
Phone Call To Hitler, Georgie Orcutt
Maine Song and Story Sampler
The story heard here centers around the early-ish years of the telephone and the under-researched history of prank calls.
Tom Gardner’S Stories, Jim Connors
Tom Gardner’S Stories, Jim Connors
Maine Song and Story Sampler
The story heard here actually consists of two short stories, both told by Tom Gardner, a famous Maine Guide from Allagash.
The International Boundary Line, Jim Connors
The International Boundary Line, Jim Connors
Maine Song and Story Sampler
The story heard here provides a humorous but fictional explanation of how the Maine-Canada border came to be established, particularly the straight section in the northwestern corner.
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.