Hopkins, Stephen - Death: Correspondence., 02/14/1944-02/28/1944

File — Box: 4, Folder: 27

Identifier: 28509

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

The first part of this series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and includes letters from members of the Hopkins family and relatives. Included also is one folder containing correspondence to HLH concerning the search for a summer cottage. (Box 4, Folders 19-27) The second part of the series consists of correspondence between HLH and his son Robert. Letters cover the war years during which RH participated as a combat cameraman in the US Army Signal Corps. Other correspondence, which has been maintained in its provenance among the correspondence received or retained by RH, relates to his mother Ethel Gross Hopkins, his wife Brenda, and to the death of Stephen. Included is correspondence to and by HLH about RH, related to his wartime work, as well as to early applications to college and for employment. Arrangement is chronological with letters usually preceding telegrams. Note: some correspondence may be addressed to or cosigned by RH and Stephen Hopkins - they lived with their mother Ethel Gross in Northfield, Massachussetts after her formal divorce from HLH in 1931. (Box 5, Folders 1-26)

Dates

02/14/1944-02/28/1944

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 3.5 Linear Feet (6 Hollinger Document Cases, 1 Record Storage box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Letters of condolence to HLH on death of Stephen Hopkins. Correspondencewas originally accompanied by a handwritten (by Robert Hopkins) list (incuratorial file) of names of notable correspondents and close friends ofHLH. Letters are arranged alphabetically by surname with notable namesindexed and marked with an asterisk. A - C M.A. Auerbach*; Mary Atherton*; Minnie Astor*; H.H. Arnold*; John J.Bennett*; Philip Barry*; Benny Benson; Frank Bane*; Clive Baillieu; JamesM. Barnes*; Mary Rose Bradford (Mrs. Roark Bradford)*; Carl E. Child;Jefferson Caffery*; Will L. Clayton*; K.G. Carney; John F.A.Cavanagh-Donnelly. D - G E.G. Dunn; Frederick Daniels; L.W. Douglas; Elmer and Eva Dawkins; ErnestDraper*; John Eddleman; Edward C. Eicher*; Stephen Early*; Louis I. Fried,Christadora House*; Charles Fahy*; James Forrestal*; D.F. Felton*; HenryFrank; George H. Goodman; G.J. Drolet H - J Cheney Jones; Sidney Hillman*; W.D. Herridge; J. Edgar Hoover (TLS)*; AdahHopkins (ACS)*; Harriet Heald; Clyde Herring; Harry Hawes; Lacey Hicks;Frank T. Hines*; David Holbrook; Kitty Jaeger; "T.J." (?); Kenneth Johnson K - M Sam B. King*; Henry Kendall; Waldo Mork; Katharine Lenroot (sp?); EdwardMacy*; Doc Matthews*; Joseph W. Martin, Jr.*; Sherman Minton*; LenoirMiller; Grandall Melvin; D.L. Moorman; John W. McCormack*; John S. Nollen;Mary Norton; Frank A. Picard*; Nicholas M. Pette*; Milo Perkins*; George R.Pearson (sp?) Q - S Anna Rosenberg; Andrew Rivers; Irene Robbins (Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins);1 TL carbon from HLH to Anthony Reinach; Phil Reed; David Sholtz; George E.Stratemeyer*; Robert Swope; J. David Stern; Clarke Salmon*; Harold F.Strong*; Adm. "Betty" Stark* T - V Walter Teagle; Charlotte Vandenburgh W - Z Mrs. Wood, mother of Marine Corps Lt. Roy I. Wood whose life StephenHopkins saved while losing his own (cf. excerpt of Wood's letter quoted byMrs. Wood); Lindsay Warren*; Calude Wickard*; Kenneth Widdemer; EmmetWhite*; Lawrence Westbrook*; Frank B. Westlake (sp?); John York, Jr.* Includes torn AL fragment, correspondent unknown.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

HOPKINS, STEPHEN - DEATH: CONDOLENCE CORRES.: Typed Letter Signed

AUERBACH, M.A. - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

ATHERTON, MARY - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

ASTOR, MINNIE - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

ARNOLD, H.H. - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

BENNETT, JOHN J. - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

BARRY, PHILIP - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

BANE, FRANK - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

BARNES, JAMES M. - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

BRADFORD, MARY ROSE - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

CAFFERY, JEFFERSON - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

CLAYTON, WILL L. - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

DRAPER, ERNEST - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

EICHER, EDWARD C. - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

EARLY, STEPHEN - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

FRIED, LOUIS I. / CHRISTADORA HOUSE - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

CHRISTADORA HOUSE - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

FAHY, CHARLES - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

FORRESTAL, JAMES - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

FELTON, D.F. - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

HILLMAN, SIDNEY - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

HOOVER, J. EDGAR - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

HOPKINS, ADAH - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

HINES, FRANK T. - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

KING, SAM B. - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

MACY, EDWARD - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

MATTHEWS, DOC - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

MARTIN, JOSEPH W. - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

MINTON, SHERMAN - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

MCCORMACK, JOHN W. - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

PICARD, FRANK A. - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

PETTE, NICHOLAS M. - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

PERKINS, MILO - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

STRATEMEYER, GEORGE E. - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

SALMON, CLARKE - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

STRONG, HAROLD F. - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

STARK, "BETTY" [ADMIRAL] - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

WOOD, ROY I. - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

WARREN, LINDSAY - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

WICKARD, CLAUDE - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

WHITE, EMMET - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

WESTBROOK, LAWRENCE - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed

YORK, JOHN S., JR. - TO HLH RE. DEATH STEPHEN HOPKINS: Typed Letter Signed