"Short Snorter" auction and background., 02/05/1945 - 09/30/2007, bulk: 1981 - 1981
Dates
- 02/05/1945 - 09/30/2007
- Majority of material found in 1981 - 1981
Extent
From the Collection: 14.3 Linear Feet (8 Record Storage boxes, 2 drop front flat boxes 11x14", 4 3-ring album boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Container Summary
Press clippings and photocopies regarding the origins and sale at auction on 06/22/1981 of Robert Hopkins' "Short Snorter" Soviet banknote signed by FDR, Churchill and Stalin at the Yalta Conference in 1945. Includes photocopies of T.V. transcripts and articles regarding the auction gathered by Burrelles's clipping service, copies of Robert Hopkins' account dated 02/1970 regarding the origin of the document, and a brief typed note by Diana Halsted Hopkins dated 09/2007 regarding the existence of similar "Short Snorters" accompanied by a printed transcript of an episode of the program "History Detectives" investigating the provenence of one of these.
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu