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Box 1

 Container

Contains 31 Results:

Letter Home, Between July, 1944 - October, 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Identifier: 22-031
Scope and Contents

This letter is in regard to being in a jam, going to a movie projection school in New York, taking a long test, photographs, and pay day.

Dates: Between July, 1944 - October, 1944

Letter Home, July 26, 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: 22-031
Scope and Contents

This letter is in regard to not getting any mail, his physical health, working, and wanting more updates from family about how they are doing.

Dates: July 26, 1944

Letter From Carl to Daphne, August 6, 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: 22-031
Scope and Contents

This letter is in regard to Carl complaining to Daphne about Ruby and accusing her of being a liar.

Dates: August 6, 1944

Letter Home, October 18, 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: 22-031
Scope and Contents

This letter is in regard to seeing Frank Sinatra in concert on October 12, 1944 at New York's Paramount Theatre and going on about how the girls were acting. This letter also mentions Carl getting lots of mail, his car, and fixing a radio.

Dates: October 18, 1944

Letter Home, October 20, 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Identifier: 22-031
Scope and Contents

This letter is in regards to President Franklin Roosevelt and going back on duty at the Memphis Naval Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He also mentions getting out of a mess, the weather, and taking a test.

Dates: October 20, 1944

Letter Home, November 2, 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Identifier: 22-031
Scope and Contents

This letter is in regard to being stationed in Brooklynn, New York for five weeks at the time of writing the letter, and how much he enjoys being there. He also mentions having twenty-five projects to complete and writing to people he knows.

Dates: November 2, 1944

Letter Home, December 21, 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Identifier: 22-031
Scope and Contents

This letter is in regard to coming home for Christmas and surprise gifts. He also mentions being angry that someone gave Daphne his address.

Dates: December 21, 1944

Letter from Bill D. Harris to Mrs. C. E. Holbrook, Carl's Mom, January 17, 1945

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Identifier: 22-031
Scope and Contents From the Accession:

This accession contains correspondence from Carl Holbrook (twenty-nine letters, four postcards, and seven empty envelopes). Two of the letters are copies while the rest are originals. The letters were written to Holbrook's parents, Alline Hollbrook and C. E. Holbrook, in Fort Payne, Alabama.

Dates: January 17, 1945

Letter Home, July 3, 1945

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Identifier: 22-031
Scope and Contents

This letter is in regard to going on limited duty, visiting Mayport, Florida, being ready to leave Jacksonville, Florida, and how he is getting a divorce and is glad to have it.

Dates: July 3, 1945

Postcards, 1957 - 1962

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Identifier: 22-031
Scope and Contents

These postcards are from Mrs. J. W. Miller to Mae and from "Mother" to Willie Shaw in regard to catching up and asking how everyone is doing.

Dates: 1957 - 1962