Oscar Handlin. American Historian and Professor. B/w,5½”x8½”,Typed letter signed For Sale
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Oscar Handlin. American Historian and Professor. B/w,5½”x8½”,Typed letter signed:
$65.00
OscarHandlin (September 29, 1915 – September 20, 2011) was an American historian andprofessor. He was professor of historyat Harvard University for over 50 years.He directed Eighty PhD dissertations and helped promote social andethnic history. His specialty was in thefield of immigration history in the 1950s. For his work “The Uprooted” Handlinwon the 1952 Pulitzer Prize for History in 1951). In 1965 he testified before the U.S. Congressand was said to \"have played an important role\" in passage of theImmigration and Nationality Act of 1965 that abolished the discriminatoryimmigration quota system in the United States. He died at age 95 on September20, 2011, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
About theitem: Original typed letter, 5½”x8½”, on official buff-colored Harvard UniversityLibrary letterhead dated December 1, 1980, part of the text of which reads:“Dear Mr. Rxxxxe:/Many thanks for your very interesting, of November 11. It wasgood to hear from you and I wish to extend my best wishes to you and to yourcountry. /Yours truly, /(signed) Oscar Handlin”. For privacy reasons, the name and addressdetails have been temporarily masked but will be restored when sold. Only one owner and well-preserved over theyears. In very fine condition.