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  • Contributing Institution: Center for American War Letters Archives
    Title: Unknown mother Second World War poem
    source: Pell, Barbara J.
    Identifier/Call Number: 2020.082.w.r
    Physical Description: .01 Linear Feet (1 folder)
    Date: 1945
    Abstract: This collection contains one poem, and one photocopy of the poem, written by an unknown author.
    Language of Material: English .
    Container: WWII 62
    Container: 11
    Container: 1

    Conditions Governing Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Barbara J. Pell.

    Preferred Citation

    [Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Unknown Mother Second World War correspondence (2020.082.w.r), Center for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
    For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

    Content Description

    This collection contains one poem, and one photocopy of the poem, written by an unknown author. The poem is undated but inferred to be written by a mother during the Second World War because it is about a boy going off to war and the last stanza includes, "So as I waited for his father, now I wait for my boy..."

    Conditions Governing Use

    There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Poetry.
    World War (1939-1945) -- Poetry
    Pell, Barbara J.