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Eva and Morris Davis correspondence, 1936-1941.
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Eva and Morris Davis correspondence, 1936-1941Creator/Contributor:
Davis, Eva Weintrobe, 1911-1972, creator, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Davis, Morris Joseph, 1898-1981, correspondent.Abstract:
Contains mostly personal correspondence between Eva Davis (née Weintrobe) and Morris Davis covering the time period up to
and including their marriage in 1938. The bulk of the letters are addressed from Eva in Liverpool, England to Morris in London
prior to their marriage. Later letters are addressed from Eva to Morris who is living in the United States and whom she eventually
joins to be married there. Topics include occasional references to deaf life and cultural events and facing discrimination
from United States immigration officials.
Date:
1936 (issued)Subject:
e-uk-en -- n-us--- -- n-us-nyDeaf -- England -- Correspondence
Deaf -- New York (State) -- New York -- Correspondence
Jews -- England -- Correspondence
Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Correspondence
Deaf culture
Deaf -- Marriage
Deaf -- Social life and customs
Courtship -- England
Jewish marriage customs and rites
Immigration enforcement -- United States
Discrimination against people with disabilities -- United States
Religious discrimination -- United States
Personnes sourdes -- Angleterre -- Correspondance
Personnes sourdes -- New York (État) -- New York -- Correspondance
Juifs -- New York (État) -- New York -- Correspondance
Culture sourde
Personnes sourdes -- Mariage
Personnes sourdes -- Mœurs et coutumes
Amours -- Angleterre
Mariage -- Rites et cérémonies juifs
Émigration et immigration -- Lois -- Application -- États-Unis
Discrimination à l'égard des personnes handicapées -- États-Unis
Discrimination religieuse -- États-Unis
Courtship
Deaf
Deaf culture
Deaf -- Marriage
Deaf -- Social life and customs
Discrimination against people with disabilities
Immigration enforcement
Jewish marriage customs and rites
Jews
Religious discrimination
England
New York (State) -- New York
United States
Davis, Eva Weintrobe -- 1911-1972 -- Correspondence
Davis, Morris Joseph -- 1898-1981 -- Correspondence
Davis, Eva Weintrobe -- 1911-1972
Davis, Morris Joseph -- 1898-1981
Note:
Shall I say a kiss? : the courtship letters of a deaf couple, 1936-1938 / Lennard J. Davis, editor. Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet
University Press, 1999.
Gift; of Lennard J. Davis; 20140409.
Morris and Eva Davis were deaf, Jewish, British citizens who emigrated to the United States, and the parents of professor
Lennard J. Davis, a nationally and internationally known American specialist in disability studies.
Preferred citation: Eva and Morris Davis correspondence, 1936-1941, BANC MSS 2014/127, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
love letters.Love letters
Personal correspondence
Love letters.
Lettres d'amour.
Physical Description:
print
0.4 (1
Language:
English