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Varian Fry genealogical research papers

Title
Varian Fry genealogical research papers, 1829-1966 bulk (1850s-1890s).
Author
Fry, Varian, 1907-1967.
Supplementary Content
Finding Aid

Details

Additional Authors
  • Duncan, Francis.
  • Duncan, Hester Ann.
  • White, Ambrose Lipscomb.
  • White, Charles Belden.
  • White, Jessie Bateman.
  • New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.
Description
6 linear feet (16 boxes).
Summary
The Varian Fry genealogical research papers contains personal papers belonging to members of Varian Fry's extended family dating from 1829 to 1921, correspondence relating to Fry's genealogical research dating mainly from 1958 through 1962, family photographs, and a comprehensive index to the research.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Diaries.
  • Photographs.
  • Scrapbooks.
Access (note)
  • Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
Biography (note)
  • Varian Fry (1907-1967) was a Harvard-educated journalist who travelled to Marseilles in 1940 on behalf of the Emergency Rescue Committee in order to aid in the escape of endangered citizens, predominantly artists, writers, and intellectuals, from occupied France.
Call Number
MssCol NYGB 18088
OCLC
316805221
Author
Fry, Varian, 1907-1967.
Title
Varian Fry genealogical research papers, 1829-1966 bulk (1850s-1890s).
Restricted Access
Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
Biography
Varian Fry (1907-1967) was a Harvard-educated journalist who travelled to Marseilles in 1940 on behalf of the Emergency Rescue Committee in order to aid in the escape of endangered citizens, predominantly artists, writers, and intellectuals, from occupied France. Fry assisted over 2000 people in fleeing the Third Reich and earned the nickname "the American Schindler." Among those whose exits he facilitated were Hannah Arendt, Jean Arp, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, André Breton, Max Ophuls, and Marcel Duchamp. In the last years of his life, Fry assigned himself to the task of family genealogist, and began collecting family papers and researching his family's origins both in the United States and abroad.
Finding Aids
Finding aid available in repository and on internet: http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/rbk/faids/fryv.pdf
Source
MSS 2008M27
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Finding Aid
Added Author
Duncan, Francis.
Duncan, Hester Ann.
White, Ambrose Lipscomb.
White, Charles Belden.
White, Jessie Bateman.
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.
Research Call Number
MssCol NYGB 18088
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