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  • Contributing Institution: Center for American War Letters Archives
    Title: John P. Malbrain Second World War correspondence
    Creator: Malbrain, John P.
    Creator: Malbrain, Jeanne
    source: Malbrain, Sheila
    Identifier/Call Number: 2017.303.w.r
    Physical Description: 0.75 Linear feet (2 document boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1944 August 26 - 1951 March 14
    Date (bulk): 1944 August 26 - 1945 November 27
    Abstract: This collection contains correspondence between John P. Malbrain and his wife Jeanne, along with other members of both their respective families, during the Second World War.
    Language of Material: English .
    Container: WWII 64
    Container: 1-5
    Container: 1-5
    Container: WWII 65
    Container: 1-7
    Container: 6-12

    Conditions Governing Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Sheila Malbrain

    Arrangement

    This collection is arranged chronologically by material type:
    • Series 1, Correspondence from John P. Malbrain
    • Series 2, Correspondence from Jeanne Malbrain
    • Series 3, Other correspondence
    • Series 4, Photographs
    • Series 5, Newspaper clippings
    • Series 6, Ephemera

    Preferred Citation

    [Item title, Box number, Folder number], John P. Malbrain Second World War correspondence (2017.303.w.r), Center for American War Letters Arhives, 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 correspondence between Chief Radio Technician John P. Malbrain, USN aboard the USS Egeria and his family and friends during the Second World War. Malbrain's letters to his wife, Corporal Jeanne Malbrain, detail his experiences aboard the ship in the Pacific theater. Later, Malbrain was injured in an unspecified incident and transferred to a Naval hospital for recovery and later transferred back to the United States. During that time, he discusses his routine in the hospital and how he is recovering.
    Letters from Jeanne to her husband discuss her service in the Women's Army Corps at Fort Myer, Virginia. She talks about the other women, the food she cooks, movies she sees, and books she reads.
    This collection also contains correspondence from John's father Joe to both John and Jeanne, correspondence from Jeanne's sister Marion Dockstader to John, correspondence from Jeanne's parents to her and John, and correspondence from John and Jeanne's mutual friends Norman "Goldie" Goldenberg, and several others, along with photographs and ephemera.

    Conditions Governing Use

    There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted mateiral is concerned. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions. For further copyright information, please contact the archivist.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    United States. -- Navy
    United States -- Army -- Women's Army Corps
    Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
    World War (1939-1945)
    Malbrain, Sheila