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Helen Woodruff letters : Highland Park (Los Angeles, Calif.), to Walter W. Jones, Rockwell Field, San Diego, Calif., 1918
Mar. 16 - Dec. 19.
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Helen Woodruff letters: Highland Park (Los Angeles, Calif.), to Walter W. Jones, Rockwell Field, San Diego, Calif., 1918 Mar. 16 - Dec. 19Creator/Contributor:
Woodruff, Helen., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Jones, Walter W., correspondent.Abstract:
Collection of manuscript love letters (165 letters, circa 900 p.) from a kindergarten teacher living in Los Angeles, Calif.
to her fiancé stationed at an Army Air base in San Diego, Calif. Written over the course of 278 days, the letters provide
numerous details of the life of an ordinary citizen during World War I including church activities, family outings, and descriptions
of war-related events designed to boost morale. Also includes a kindergarten student crayon drawing of seven Allied flags.
Date:
1918 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Correspondence
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Correspondance
Manners and customs
Highland Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Social life and customs
California -- Los Angeles -- Highland Park
Woodruff, Helen -- Correspondence
Jones, Walter W -- Correspondence
Jones, Walter W
Note:
Purchase; From Carmen D. Valentino; 20070803.
In English.
Preferred citation: Helen Woodruff letters : Highland Park, Los Angeles, Calif., to Walter W. Jones, Rockwell Field, San Diego,
Calif, BANC MSS 2009/146, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
love letters.student drawings.
Love letters
Personal correspondence
Love letters.
Lettres d'amour.
Physical Description:
print
2 boxes (0.6 linear feet)
Language:
English