Diary of Trip - Manaos to Upper Rio Branco., 05/20/1941-07/03/1941

File — Box: 5, Folder: 5

Identifier: 70235

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Contains manuscripts found among the Hart Papers. The first part of the series consists of typed and edited manuscript drafts of a book Hart was writing on U.S. policy in the Middle East. The next segment of the series contains manuscripts written by Hart and by others. Of note is a handwritten diary kept by Hart on his 1941 trip to the Upper Amazon to investigate rumored Nazi operations.

Dates

05/20/1941-07/03/1941

Conditions Governing Access

Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Extent

From the Collection: 11.8 Linear Feet (10 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Shelf Location

18/06/01

Container Summary

1 autograph manuscript signed diary of Parker T. Hart: "Diary of Trip: Brazil - Manaos to Upper Rio Branco on Official Business of War Dept. 1941." Hart was ordered by the War Department to travel to the Upper Amazon to the Rio Branco in the open savannah country in 1941 to investigate the rumor that Nazi Germany planned to build an airfield from which to bomb the Panama Canal. See also: Box 1 Folders 3-8 and Box 1 Folder 13 for correspondence from Hart about his Amazon journey. See also Box 5 Folder 6 for a Hart's typed transcription of this diary.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

HART, PARKER T. - AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT DIARY:TRIP ON UPPER AMAZON 1941: Other Types

AMAZON RIVER - REFERENCE TO TRIP BY HART, PARKER T. (1941): Other Types

MANAOS - BRAZIL - REFERENCE (1941): Other Types

BRAZIL - MANAOS - REFERENCE (1941): Other Types

RIO BRANCO - REFERENCE (1941): Other Types

PANAMA CANAL - REFERENCE (1941) RE NAZI PLANS TO BOMB: Other Types

NAZI GERMANY - REFERENCE (1941) TO PLANS TO BOMB PANAMA CANAL: Other Types

GERMANY - REFERENCE (1941) TO PLANS TO BOMB PANAMA CANAL: Other Types