Letters: Hazel to Parents (3 of 13), April 9, 1943-June 27, 1943
- Containers:
- 10.0050 - Box 1, Folder 004
- Scope and content:
This folder contains letters to Bowman's parents from April 9, 1943-June 27, 1943. Letters cover her time going to work for the Signal Corps in Washington D.C., her life and experiences in D.C., and interactions and letters with friends. She also reveals that she has broken her engagement with a man named Bill in her letter from April 27, 1943. She also included newspaper clippings with her April 27, 1943, letter concerning the war and a Supreme Court ruling against a Nazi propagandist George Sylvester Viereck. This folder also contains postcards from Mt. Vernon dated on May 27, 1943, from the Mailomat on June 21, 1943, and from the Lincoln Marriage Cabin on June 24, 1943. Photographs with friends are also included in a letter sent on June 5, 1943. Her letter on June 14, 1943, contains a clipping from The Sunday Star which describes shoe stores selling out of white shoes following the shoe rationing.
Access and use
- Parent restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Boxes 1-7, 9-11 can be accessed at the Claude Pepper Library. Box 8 is in an offsite storage location. The Red Cross Suitcase can be accessed in the SCA Research Center in Strozier Library.
Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.
- Parent terms of access:
- All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
