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  • Contributing Institution: Center for American War Letters Archives
    Title: Robert Parsons Second World War correspondence
    Creator: Parsons, Robert, Private First Class
    source: Willett, Gale A.
    Identifier/Call Number: 2017.385.w.r
    Physical Description: .08 Linear Feet (1 folder)
    Date (inclusive): 1945 February 7 - 1945 July 30
    Abstract: This collection contains three correspondence and a photograph from PFC Robert "Bob" Parsons to his girlfriend Olive M. Violante during the Second World War.
    Language of Material: English .
    Container: WWII 146
    Container: 12
    Container: 1

    Conditions Governing Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Gale A. Willett

    Arrangement

    This collection is arranged chronologically.

    Preferred Citation

    [Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Robert Parsons Second World War correspondence (2017.385.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.

    Scope and Contents

    This collection contains three correspondence from Private First Class Robert Parsons, United States Army to his girlfriend Olive M. Violante during the Second World War. The two were from Detroit, Michigan and each correspondence was a postcard.
    A postcard featuring the Île de la Cité and another with an embroidered pastoral scene and the words, "to my dear sweetheart" were mailed from Paris. The third postcard of Grotte du Mont Blanc was mailed from the French Alps. Parsons wrote that he was "having a wonderful time" in both places, but wished that he was back with Violante "and the others." The photograph is a portrait of Parsons in uniform.

    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

    Willett, Gale A.