Martha and Waitstill Sharp collection

Identifier
irn524128
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.180
  • RG-67.017
Dates
1 Jan 1905 - 31 Dec 2005
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Czech
  • German
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

25,993 digital images, JPEG

29 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Creator(s)

Archival History

Artemis Joukowsky

Acquisition

Funding Note: The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received these papers on loan on April 4, 2007 from the grandson of Martha Sharp, Artemis Joukowsky, for the purpose of processing and reproduction. The Museum also received additional materials from the Martha and Waitstill Sharp collection on January 21, 2009 from Deborah Shaffer, director of the office of Journey to Freedom, LLC in New York. NY. Journey to Freedom had been working on a documentary film about Martha and Waitstill Sharp. In 2009 after digitization of materials, Artemis Joukowsky granted the Museum nonexclusive license to use the digital collection. Original records resided in the Museum on a loan until April 30, 2011, and after were transferred to the Brown University Library, according to Artemis Joukowsky decision.

Scope and Content

Reports, publications, interviews, obituaries, and photographs pertaining to the careers of Martha and Waitstill Sharp. Documents record the Sharps’ early social work in Meadville, PA, and their humanitarian and rescue work in World War II Prague, Czechoslovakia; Marseille and Pau, France; and Lisbon, Portugal. Materials also document Martha Sharp’s postwar campaign for Congress, activities in Israel, continuing work for the Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia, family and personal life, and work with the Cogan Foundation and other charitable agencies. The collection includes Martha’s unpublished book manuscript Church Mouse and materials related to the posthumous preparation of a documentary film on both Sharps.The Israel’s National Holocaust Museum, Yad Vashem, named Martha and Waitstill Sharp Righteous Among the Nations.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in five series: Series 1: Correspondence, Reports, Notes, etc…, bulk ca. 1937-2000 (Boxes 1-14; Folders 1-145). Series 2: Datebooks, ca. 1939-1959 (Boxes 15-25; Envelopes 1-49; 1 diary). Series 3: Case Files, ca. 1938-1940 (Boxes 26-29; Folders 1-27). Series 4: Publications and Related Materials, ca.1922-2005 (Boxes 30-44; Folders 1-109; Box 45, duplicates that were not filmed). Series 5: Photographs, ca.1905-2000 (Boxes 46-62; Photographs, postcards, 5 photographic binders, 5 albums, 6 scrapbooks, and 1 painted textile banner).

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Artemis Joukowsky

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This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.