Abstract Correspondence of German Jewish archaeologist Dr. Hermine Speier (1898-1989), the first woman employed by the Vatican, who converted to Catholicism and worked under Church protection. The majority of the correspondence is with Speier's lover, Italian airship navigator General Umberto Nobile, who lived in America in exile due to personal conflicts with Mussolini. The collection includes many photographs of Nobile and some of Speier, and a photograph album of Nobile, compiled and dedicated by...

Scope and Contents

This box includes numerous photographs (candids and portraits) of Umberto Nobile and very few of Hermine Speier. Many photographs of Nobile feature his dogs and his aircrafts. Included is a photograph album of Nobile, compiled and dedicated by Ulrich Mundt, an officer in the German Air Force.