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Personal correspondence from Cora Lee, wife, to Edward T. Burke Jr..

This folder contains letters from W. McGuire, otherwise known as "Bill" or "B" in his letters. McGuire is a friend from Gainesville, FL. His early letters mention people and events at University of Florida. Later, he worked for the New Yorker and wrote on his experience there.

This folder contains letters to Bowman's parents from April 20, 1941, January 13, 1942, and from October 12, 1942-December 31, 1942. 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.

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.

Letters home from Meriden, Connecticut, where he works at the Meriden Hospital describing various procedures and the hospital routine. Then from the Veterans Administration Hospital in Minneapolis, MN, where he describes the lack of accommodations due to an influx of workers for the defense industry. Discusses the doctors' understanding of the position of the VA hospitals in relation to the US Army and doubts VA doctors can be drafted. Describes train trip across the US to Portland, OR. Description of housing in Meriden, CT., Minneapolis, MN, and Portland, OR, as well as social life for doctors in each city.

Veteran Administration Hospital in Portland, OR. He describes trips to Mt. Hood, Vancouver and Seattle WA., as well as the Portland Jewish Center, including a lecture by Rabbi Jacob Weinstein from Chicago. He describes various medical procedures at the hospital. Contains flyer from the opening of the Cook's Medical Center Hotel and samples of his surgical schedules. October 31, 1941 flyer about a demonstration of the U.S. Army Air Interceptor and Combat Forces. After Dec. 7, 1941 discussion of the beginning of the war.

This folder contains letters sent to Hazel Bowman from her mother. The letters received in 1938 and 1939 were sent to Hazel while she was attending the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. The letters from 1942 are addressed to Hazel while she was living in Wauchula, FL. Her mother discusses money, illnesses (personal and in the family or community), news about neighbors and friends, and family business.

This folder contains several handwritten letters, three photocopied photographs, and a single postcard from Evelyn to Betty

This folder contains 14 letters that were sent to Walther R. Stokes, including World War II. One letter was postmarked August 18, 1939 from the Free City of Danzig and includes a propaganda postcard about Danzig.

This folder includes Gentges' membership card for the Society for Propagation of Faith, his correspondence regarding his donations to be a "perpetual" member, and a letter he wrote to the Society about the destruction of war, the piety of the church, and his religious experience in Ireland (written 1944).