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Consists of letters received by Thomas Mann from Paul Nikolas Cossmann, Alexander M. Frey, Hans von Hülsen, Graf Hermann Keyserling, and Charles Neider.
Box 5, Folder 2
Corresponds to microfilm reel V file 2(a). File 31(a) in compl. works. 5-022 to 5-045.
Kreuger & Toll Company Records, 1911-1952 (mostly 1930-1939)
MC078
105 boxes
Kreuger & Toll
The Kreuger & Toll Company, founded by Ivar Kreuger, was the holding company of an international match trust based in Sweden whose securities were popular during the 1920s. The company was organized as a giant pyramid scheme and went bankrupt in 1932. The Kreuger & Toll Company Records document the company's bankruptcy and include court and legal documents and accountants' reports.
The Photographs and Memorabilia series contains tourist photographs of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, including images of Adolph Hitler and American athlete Jesse Owens with German athlete Lutz Long. The series also includes the 1936 Berlin Olympic medal worn by Raycroft during the games, postcards of the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, and various photographs of the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia. Memorabilia including photostats of William Yarrow's Mural located in Dillon Gymnasium, a metal plaque presented to Dr. Raycroft for outstanding service by the University of Chicago, and a photo album of the Athens Olympics in 1896 which was given to the Raycroft Library by Charles Caldwell in 1950, is also present in the series.
