- Collection:
- Leo M. Frank Collections
- Title:
- the Joseph F. Haas Papers
- Creator:
- Haas, Herbert J., 1884-1953
Frank, Lucille Selig, 1888-1957 - Date of Original:
- 1915
- Subject:
- Trials (Murder)--Georgia
Frank, Leo, 1884-1915--Trials, litigation, etc.
Antisemitism--Georgia
Attorney and client
Typhoid fever
Prisoners--Georgia--Social conditions
Justice, Administration of
Frank, Leo, 1884-1915--Family
Jewish families--Georgia
Jewish lawyers--Georgia
Jews--Cultural assimilation
English language--Foreign words and phrases--Yiddish
Antisemitism--Georgia--Atlanta
Yiddish language
Jews--Languages
African Americans--Relations with Jews
Acculturation--Georgia
Prison violence - People:
- Haas, Herbert J., 1884-1953
Frank, Leo M., 1884-1915
Frank, Lucille Selig, 1888-1957
Brandon, Morris, Sr., 1862-1940 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, Milledgeville, 33.08014, -83.2321
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Virginia, 37.54812, -77.44675 - Medium:
- family papers
correspondence
photocopies - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Correspondence (page 1) from Leo Frank's appeals attorney Herbert Haas to Virginia businessman Bernard S. Liebman thanking him for supporting Leo Frank's cause; to Leo Frank at Milledgeville State Farm Prison (page 2) advising him against speaking to reporters or newspapers, making sure his newspaper subscriptions were arriving, and hoping he avoids getting typhoid while in prison (page 3). The letters show that Haas regularly sent stamps, telephoned and corresponded with Frank's family (page 4), even instructing Lucille Frank (Frank's wife) on how to remain in favor with the prison staff and nurses sent to care for Frank (by paying them) after he was attacked in prison (page 5). He advises Lucille Frank (page 7) not to use Yiddish (she had referred to money as "muzzumah"[a dialect variation of "mezumonem"]) on a postcard that could be seen in the open, for fear of an antisemitic reaction to her use of Yiddish and asks her (pages 7-8) to report daily on Leo Frank's condition in prison, so that he can respond accurately to inquiries. A letter written by Lucille Frank (page 8) asking attorney [Morris] Brandon to review two letters and respond with comments, if necessary. Resources consulted: Melnick, J. Paul. (2000). Black-Jewish relations on trial: Leo Frank and Jim Conley in the new South. University Press of Mississippi, p. 144.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/breman_lmfc_breman_lmfc_01-105vf-h
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/breman_lmfc_breman_lmfc_01-105vf-h#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/breman_lmfc_01-105vf-h/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 8 pages; 8.5 x 11 inches
- Original Collection:
- the Joseph F. Haas Papers
- Holding Institution:
- William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
- Rights:
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