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Stregevsky, Ruth R. (Second World War correspondence)
2022.139.w.r
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Ruth R. Stregevsky Second World War correspondence
source:
Yasgur, Diane
Creator:
Stregevsky, Ruth Rose née Lehrer, 1921-2013
Identifier/Call Number: 2022.139.w.r
Physical Description:
.01 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1944 July 24 - 1946 June 10
Abstract: This collection contains seven letters written by Ruth Stregevsky née Lehrer to Bob Sumner, Royal Air Force during the Second
World War.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: WWII 127
Container: 10
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lehrer, Sumner, Stregevsky, and Yasgur families, donated by Diane Yasgur.
This collection is organized by chronology and material type.
Ruth Rose Stregevsky née Lehrer (1921 - 2013) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her siblings included Ben Lehrer, Sarah Lehrer,
and Jerry Lehrer. She attended Western Hills high school and according to the donor "attended a few acting classes at [the]
University of Cincinnati." She married Sam Stregevsky in 1954 and together had three children: Barry Lehrer, Paul Lehrer,
and Diane Yasgur née Lehrer.
According to the donor, Robert "Bob" Sumner, Royal Air Force (d. 1987) was stationed in India during the Second World War.
He married and had two children.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Ruth Stregevsky Second World War correspondence (2022.139.w.r), Center for
American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
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collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
This collection contains seven letters written by Ruth Rose Stregevsky née Lehrer to Robert "Bob" Sumner, Royal Air Force
during the Second World War. Also included is a printout of the webpage, "'Dear Bob': Ruth Lehrer's Correspondence with RAF
Serviceman Bob Sumner" and a short essay on Ruth's life written by her daughter, Diane Yasgur.
Stregevsky wrote about life in the USA during the Second World War, her family and friends serving in Europe and the Pacific,
and her career in civic service. She also described the celebrations that took place after V-E Day in a letter dated May 24,
1945 when their "main streets... were overthronged (sic) with high school kids carrying signs of Hitler, and other tyrants
with needles and other sharp implements pinned on to their backs." On a couple of occasions, she also mentioned her theater
work as an actress.
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responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
World War (1939-1945) -- Germany
United States. -- Army.
United States -- Army -- Pacific Theater of Operations
Yasgur, Diane