Greetings Michael,
While the BRHS has nothing in it's collection that would be helpful, I will
post this question on the BRHSlist to see if any of our list members might
have information. The best place to research would be the CB&Q Archives
located in the Newberry Library in Chicago. A guide to the archives, "Guide
to the Burlington Archives in the Newberry Library 1851-1901" compiled by
Elisabeth Coleman Jackson and Carolyn Curtis, was published in 1949 and may
be helpful to doing a high-level search prior to any road trips.
Hope this helps,
Dave Lotz
BRHS Archives
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From: MWIESENFELDER@b... [mailto:MWIESENFELDER@b...]
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 11:02 AM
To: brhs@n...
Subject: A question
My name is Michael Wiesenfelder and I am a Research Assistant for the
Brookings Institution which is located in Washington D.C. I am
currently doing research on the Bonus March of 1932 which was a World
War I Veterans March on Washington D.C. during the summer of 1932.
These veterans came from every state in the Union in the hopes of
petitioning Congress so that they could secure a bonus that was
originally due in 1945 but they needed it to be payable immediately
because of the onset of the Depression. In many cases, these veterans
commandeered trains and caused problems at Railroad yards all over the
country and I am hoping you may have some information which may pertain
to this. I am specifically interested in primary sources i.e. diaries,
documents, letters, oral histories etc. and I was hoping that your
collection might hold some of these materials or that you may know where
I could find them. Any help that you could give to me would be greatly
appreciated.
Thank you,
Michael J. Wiesenfelder
Research Assistant
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave, N.W.
Washington, DC. 20036-2188
mwiesenfelder@b...
202-797-6082
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