Correspondence. Letter dated December 21, 1934, includes enclosures of bills of lading and receipts regarding the shipment of lumber and the purchase of a planer, dated 1929-1931., 1929-1936
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, bills, newspaper clippings, magazines, photographs and other papers regarding Joseph Jennings Dorn's role in the trial of Bruno Hauptmann for kidnapping Charles Lindbergh's baby. The collection includes: correspondence of Arthur G. Koehler, a wood identification expert for the Forest Service; letters from Dorn and his wife to their daughter while they were in New Jersey for the trial; newspaper clippings and magazine articles regarding the Hauptmann trial; correspondence from John K. Kelly, a professor at the University of Delaware who was researching the case; and a piece of wood from Hauptmann's ladder.
Dates
- 1929-1936
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.9 Cubic Feet ( (2 boxes))
Language of Materials
English
- Letter signed S.A. Woods Machine Co. to M.G. and J.J. Dorn, March 20, 1929
- Bill of Lading from S.A. Woods Machine Co. to M.G. and J.J. Dorn Inc., March 20, 1929
- Invoice from S.A. Woods Machine Co. to M.G. and J.J. Dorn Inc., April 16, 1929
- Invoice from S.A. Woods Machine Co. to M.G. and J.J. Dorn Inc., May 1, 1929
- Bill of Lading from Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Company, November 24, 1931
- Bill of Lading from Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Company, December 3, 1931
- Letter signed Arthur G. Koehler to Mr. G. and J.J. Dorn, Inc., August 23, 1933
- Letter signed Arthur G. Koehler to Mr. G. and J.J. Dorn, Inc., September 11, 1933
- Letter signed Arthur G. Koehler to Mr. G. and J.J. Dorn, Inc., September 15, 1933
- Letter signed Arthur G. Koehler to Mr. G. and J.J. Dorn, Inc., September 16, 1933
- Letter signed Arthur G. Koehler to Mr. G. and J.J. Dorn, Inc., November 1, 1933
- Letter signed Arthur G. Koehler to Mr. J.J. Dorn, January 24, 1934
- Letter signed Arthur G. Koehler to Mr. G. and J.J. Dorn, Inc., May 28, 1934
- Letter signed Arthur G. Koehler to Mr. J.J. Dorn, September 22, 1934
- Letter signed Arthur G. Koehler to Mr. J.J. Dorn, September 24, 1934
- Letter signed Arthur G. Koehler to Mr. J.J. Dorn, October 17, 1934
- Letter signed Arthur G. Koehler to Mr. J.J. Dorn, November 9, 1934
- Letter signed M.G. and J.J. Dorn, Inc. to Arthur G. Koehler, November 20, 1934
- Letter signed Arthur G. Koehler to Mr. J.J. Dorn, December 21, 1934
- Letter signed David T. Wilentz to Mr. J.J. Dorn, December 21, 1934
- Letter signed David T. Wilentz to Arthur Koehler, December 22, 1934
- Letter signed Arthur G. Koehler to Mr. J.J. Dorn, December 27, 1934
- Letter signed Murray du Quercron Bonnoitt to Mrs. Joseph Murray, 1935
- Telegram from David T. Wilentz to Mr. J.J. Dorn, January 17, 1935
- Telegram from F.T. Thatcher to Senator J.J. Dorn, January 23, 1935
- Postcard signed Jno. G. McKie, Sr. to Mr. J.J. Dorn, January 23, 1935
- Letter signed Arthur Koehler to M.G. and J.J. Dorn Company, April 17, 1936
Repository Details
Part of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center Repository