Miriam Davenport Ebel collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn4486
• English
• overall: Height: 10.380 inches (26.365 cm) | Width: 56.250 inches (142.875 cm)
• Updated 12 months ago

Miriam Davenport Ebel took the hatbox to France with her in June, 1938. At one point, she lived for five months using only what was packed in the box. Steamer sticker on box is that of the Companie Generale Transatlantique's SS Champlain.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn4568
• English
• overall: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Width: 19.500 inches (49.53 cm) pictorial area: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 7.620 inches (19.355 cm)
• Updated 12 months ago

Portrait of Miriam Devenport Ebel created by Bil Frier.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn4569
• English
• Updated 12 months ago

Portrait of Miriam Devenport Ebel created by Bill Frier.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn4570
• English
• 1940
• Updated 12 months ago

Sketch of Miriam Devenport Ebel, Hotel Splendide. Created by Bill Frier in 1940.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn4571
• English
• overall: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm)
• Updated 12 months ago

Cardboard and paper portfolio in which the three drawings by Bill Frier were stored.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn72027
• English
• 1938-1945
• box 1
• Updated 12 months ago

The Miriam Davenport Ebel papers consist of correspondence, identification papers, mementos, photographs, and printed materials documenting Davenport’s wartime experiences in Marseilles and Ljubljana; her work and friendships with Varian Fry, Mary Jayne Gold, Walter Mehring, Hans Sahl, and others; and relief committees including the Emergency Rescue Committee, the International Relief and Rescue Committee, the Progressive Schools Committee for Refugee Children, and the Refugee Relief Trustees, Inc. Correspondence consists of letters, notes, and telegrams between Miriam Davenport and Mary Ja...