LANE, MARY.
Mary Lane collection, 1954-1980
Mary Lane collection, 1954-1980
Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-6887
rose.library@emory.edu
Permanent link: http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/8zjk6
Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary
| Creator: | Lane, Mary. |
|---|---|
| Title: | Mary Lane collection, 1954-1980 |
| Call Number: | Manuscript Collection No.607 |
| Extent: | .25 linear ft. (1 box) and 1 oversized papers box (OP) |
| Abstract: | Papers of Georgia teacher Mary Lane relating to her relationship with Anne Frank's father, Otto Frank, including correspondence and photographs. |
| Language: | Materials entirely in English. |
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Unrestricted access.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
Source
Gift, 1982.
Citation
[after identification of item(s)], Mary Lane collection, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
Processing
Processed by Barbara Mann, Associate Processing Archivist, February 8, 1989.
Collection Description
Biographical Note
Mary Lane, English teacher from Waycross, Georgia, began corresponding with Anne Frank's father, Otto, after reading The Diary of a Young Girl in 1954. Otto was the only member of the Frank family to survive the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen with his second wife, Fritzi Frank. Mary Lane met Otto Frank twice during visits to Europe.
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of the papers of Mary Lane from 1954-1980. The collection includes correspondence from Otto and Fritzi Frank to Lane in which they discuss the "secret annex" where the Franks hid from the Nazis in Amsterdam, Netherlands; the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany; Miep Gies, the women who aided the Franks; Anne Frank's diary and reputation; the play based on her diary; Lane's visits to Europe and subsequent meetings with the Franks; and post-World War II politics. The collection also includes photos of the Frank and Gies families; clippings, and printed material relating to Anne Frank's diary and its dramatization; and copies of the diary and collected stories by Anne Frank.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by record type.
Selected Search Terms
Personal Names
- Gies, Miep, 1909-
- Frank, Otto, 1889-1980.
- Frank, Fritzi.
- Frank, Anne, 1929-1945.
- Gies family.
- Frank family.
Corporate Names
Topical Terms
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Netherlands.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany.
- Jews--Persecutions--Netherlands.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands.
Geographic Names
Form/Genre Terms
Container List
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Clippings and printed material, 1955-1956, 1962, 1971-1972, 1980 |
| 1 | 2 | Correspondence, 1954-1958, 1960, 1962-1963, |
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence, 1966, 1968, 1970-1973, 1975, 1980 |
| 1 | 4 | Personal notes, 1975 |
| 1 | 5 | Photographs, Frank family, [1940's?], 1955, 1969, 1971 |
| OP1 | 1 | Printed material, “The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Magazine,” November 28, 1971 |
| 1 | 6 | Publication: Mary Lane: "On Anne Frank". The English Journal, 1956 May [2 copies] |
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