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  • Title: Connie Conaway letters
    Collection number: 7014
    Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
    Language of Material: English
    Container: 1
    Physical Description: 0.42 Linear feet 1 box
    Date (inclusive): 1943-1945

    Conditions Governing Access

    Advance notice required for access.

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder# or item name], Connie Conaway letters, Collection no. 7014, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

    Scope and Content

    Letters and postcards from Corporal Art Harm to Connie (Vernacaleen) Conaway (Haught). Although primarly love letters, the letters and postcards also contain details about Corporal Harm's basic training at Fort Murphy, Florida. The letters begin in May 1943 and end in September 1943. Also included is a photograph of Corporal Harm, inscribed to Connie and dated June 22, 1943; a telegram; and a letter from Cyrus Lounsbury. Connie was born in Oklahoma, but was living in Los Angeles by 1943. She died in Los Angeles in 1998.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Letters
    Postcards
    Soldiers--United States--20th century--Archival resources
    United States. Army--Military life--Archival resources