- Collection:
- Leo M. Frank Collections
- Title:
- Frank, Leo M.- Correspondence
- Creator:
- Frank, Leo, 1884-1915
Alexander, Henry A. (Henry Aaron), 1874-1967
Alexander, Marian Kline, 1895-1984
Frank, Lucille Selig, 1888-1957
Cahan, Abraham, 1860-1951
Slaton, John M. - Date of Original:
- 1915/1931
- Subject:
- Trials (Murder)--Georgia
Frank, Leo, 1884-1915--Trials, litigation, etc.
Frank, Leo, 1884-1915--Family
Violence
Attorney and client
Typhoid fever
Investigative reporting
Journalism--United States
Authors, Yiddish
Jewish lawyers
Clemency
Executive power
Appellate procedure
Lawyers
Jews--Persecutions--Georgia--History--20th century
Jews--Persecutions--Southern States--History--20th century
Jews--Persecutions--United States--History--20th century
Antisemitism--Georgia
Antisemitism--Georgia--Atlanta
Antisemitism--United States
Prisoners--Georgia--Social conditions
Prisons--Georgia--Milledgeville - People:
- Frank, Leo, 1884-1915
Alexander, Henry A. (Henry Aaron), 1874-1967
Alexander, Marian Kline, 1895-1984
Frank, Lucille Selig, 1888-1957
Cahan, Abraham, 1860-1951
Slaton, John M. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, Milledgeville, 33.08014, -83.2321
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729 - Medium:
- family papers
correspondence
legal documents - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Most of the materials in this folder include correspondence from 1915 between Leo M. Frank, Lucille Selig Frank (Leo Frank's wife), Henry "Harry" Alexander, Sr. (an Atlanta attorney who, in 1914, was asked to help in the appeals process for Leo M. Frank), and Alexander's wife Marian Kline Alexander. Topics covered include the changing of Frank’s sentencing, the aftermath of Governor John Slaton’s sentence commutation, Frank’s time at State Farm Prison in Milledgeville, Georgia, and trying to avoid typhoid there, as well as sympathies and thank-you letters from Lucille Selig Frank sent shortly after Leo Frank’s death. The folder also contains a letter dated October 30, 1931 from Abraham Cahan, journalist and editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, a Yiddish paper based in New York, to Henry "Harry" Alexander Sr. thanking him for assisting him with his research on the Frank tragedy.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/breman_lmfc_breman_lmfc_mss24-09-07
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/breman_lmfc_breman_lmfc_mss24-09-07#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/breman_lmfc_mss24-09-07/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 28 pages; 5 x 3.5-8.5 x 11 inches
- Original Collection:
- Henry A. Alexander Sr. Papers, 1812-1998 (Mss 024)
- Holding Institution:
- William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
- Rights:
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