Letters: Hazel to Parents (4 of 13), July 6, 1943-September 30, 1943

Containers:

10.0050 - Box 1, Folder 005

Scope and content:

This folder contains letters to Bowman's parents from July 6, 1943-September 30, 1943. Letters cover her time going to work for the Signal Corps in Washington D.C. and her transition into working with the Red Cross, her life and experiences in D.C., and interactions and letters with friends. Hazel Bowman includes clippings (story about living on a farm, story about the high temperatures in DC, and a cartoon) from PM, which she believes is the only decent U.S. paper at that time, in her letter on July 25, 1943. In her letter sent on August 3, 1943, Bowman tells her parents that she has begun training for the Red Cross and includes a clipping about Red Cross workers overseas. The folder also contains a postcard of the "White House of the Confederacy" in Richmond, VA, from August of 1943. Her letter from August 27, 1943, includes clippings of photographs of the Ringling Circus. Bowman also sent letters from Camp Pickett, VA, where she was completing Red Cross training, including a letter written on a paper describing rules for using the library and music room at Camp Pickett.

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