Lawrence J. Mehren Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-1000218a
Created by Lawrence J. Mehren (1911-1983), this collection holds early to mid twentieth century materials documenting Mehren's experience at Georgetown in the early 1930s and his service during World War II. The collection holds newspaper clippings, correspondence, academic records, and event programs from Georgetown between 1930 to 1933. The collection also includes a small number of photographs from the 1930s and a large scrapbook with newspaper clippings from the HOYA and various other newspapers from 1922 to 1930, photographs, and letters. This part of the collection does hold sketches and description of nonwhite cultures, specifically that of Central American and Asian people that misrepresents these culture and reinforces racist stereotypes. In addition to the materials from the 1930s and Mehren's time at Georgetown, materials from Mehren's service in World War II also make up a large portion of the collection, including special orders, correspondence, Special Court Marshall documents, and discharge documents.
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Lawrence J. Mehren was born in 1911 and attended Georgetown between 1929 and 1933. While at Georgetown, he was the editor of HOYA student newspaper. He served in World War II as a captain in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945, serving primarily on a Special Court in the U.S. and later in the European Theater where he was injured and honorably discharged in 1945. Mehren resided in Phoenix, Arizona for most of his life. He died in 1983.
.60 Cubic Feet (1 small flat box, 1 legal box )
English
Gift of Eric Wind, 2010.
The collection has been rehoused in two acid-free boxes and folders
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository