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to Morris "Moe" Weiner
20 March 1945
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
Sylvia has heard that Russia is getting "soft." She also answers a series of letters in chronological order.
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22 March 1945
Sylvia is writing from Mad's, where she is babysitting for Daniel.
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23 March 1945
In this letter Sylvia mentions Marge, Joe and Ben.
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24 March 1945
Sylvia mentions a place called Plum Point, she describes it as "seductively gorgeous, above the hudson..."
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25 March 1945
Sylvia describes her weekend in the country.
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26 March 1945
Sylvia had a sad and difficult day at work.
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27 March 1945
Sylvia read, and wrote various letters from Pepi to her mother, and from Moe to his parents. Moe's father entrusts 10 dollars with her to send to Moe.
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March 31, 1945
Sylvia is writing from Boston, and she gives brief details of her train ride.
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1 April 1945
Sylvia went to the movies with Marge and Joe. She enjoyed the short that was put out by the state department about a peace organization.
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2 April 1945
Sylvia took a lot of pictures with Marge and Joe and promised to send them to Moe. She also visited the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum.
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3 April 1945
Sylvia apologizes for not having written sooner, she explains how busy she has been.
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4 April 1945
Sylvia discusses their upcoming eviction.
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6 April 1945
Sylvia talks about going to school for social work. She also went to a lecture on how the family might influence the psyche.
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Sylvia went to Lillian Ruff's house where they have a comprehensive catalogue of recordings to choose from.
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7 April 1945
Sylvia went to Bess's, and has Dorine over later. She lets Dorine sleep in Moe's bed because the baby wears her out.
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9 April 1945
Sylvia discussed Freud with Bess, and went to Mad's
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Sylvia gave an old suit of Adele's to Marge.
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10 April 1945
Sylvia describes a meeting of the draft boards she attended, and responds to various letters.
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11 April 1945
Sylvia had a very busy day at the office, followed by dinner with her parents.
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12 April 1945
Sylvia laments Roosevelt's death.
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13 April 1945
Sylvia described the mood at the office, then visited Sarah F. whose mother is very ill. She talked about Esther wanting to marry her boyfriend who always comes up with one excuse or another.
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14 April 1945
Sylvia mentions money troubles, and recounts watching Roosevelt's funeral.
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16 April 1945
This is a letter fragment in which Sylvia notes that it is her last night in the house.
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1929-1945
This is a letter fragment in which Sylvia responds to letters she has received. Mentions a letter in which Moe gave her insight in how to deal with her supervisor.
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17 April 1945
Sylvia describes the final process of moving out.
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