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to Sylvia Weiner

Moe asks about the Bar Mitzvah and tells Sylvia that she needn't worry about how she looks because no one has clothes as good as her and none of them wear clothes as well as she does.

GLC09414.0879

to Sylvia Weiner

Moe and Marty went to Winchester again. He stayed in an inn with a Rabbi and walked around town and met a man with a vast knowledge of archaeology.

GLC09414.0954

to Sylvia Weiner

Moe passed his mother's strudel around, and thanks Sylvia for taking his father to the synagogue. He hopes that Adele will make the proper financial arrangements, and feels sorry for Mildred.

GLC09414.1154

to Sylvia Weiner

Moe met a Russian doctor, and spoke to her in Yiddish. He notes that it is a year ago today that he saw Sylvia off at the station in Tacoma. He is glad she is enjoying her work, and writes that a couple years ago he increased the value of Barralino...

GLC09414.1167

to Sylvia Weiner

Moe saw some soccer games, and some German prisoners being led through the streets. He met one of the girls who'd been a pupil of Madame Simone Vivienne. They went to the teacher's house and listened to them sing songs. Later they went to services...

GLC09414.1202

to Sylvia Weiner

Moe attended a service where the chaplain said he wanted to set aside money for the Jewish Children's fund. He tells her not to worry about Jack's letter to Lil in which he tries to prepare her for the fact that he may not be home as soon as the war...

GLC09414.1212

to Sylvia Weiner

Moe retrieved an ID bracelet he'd left at a jeweler's to be fitted. Then went over some film he had developed with the boys. He assures Sylvia he hasn't got religious in spite of regular attendance at services.

GLC09414.1234

to Sylvia Weiner

Moe reports that he received a package containing fish from Sylvia. He asks her to enclose some cigarettes in one of the Christmas bundles. He mentions that they had a Chanukah party last night.

GLC09414.1292

to Sylvia Weiner

Moe wrote after pre-Seder services, saying he went to dinner and a dance. He advises Sylvia against going into the Spare saying she is too intelligent.

GLC09414.1366

[Group of fifty-nine posters, circa 1940s] [Decimalized .01-.59]

Collection of fifty-nine posters, dated circa 1940s concerning World War II. Posters were printed in the United States, England and Canada. The subjects are related to buying war bonds, war stamps, rationing, salvage, recycling and possible espionage...

GLC09654

[Scrapbook belonging to synagogues in New York and Georgia, 1918-1920]

One scrapbook of 46 bulletins belonging to three synagogues dated 1918-1920. Flyers were printed by the Synagogue of Flushing, New York; the Free Synagogue of Washington Heights, New York; and Congregation B'nai Israel of Athens, Georgia. Contains...

GLC09675

to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 1:15 PM. It is a holiday morning and Sylvia is going to lunch at her mother's house. She refers to her husband's letters and his training exams and tells him not to worry about them.

GLC09414.0002

to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 7:10 PM. Sylvia writes she had Italian pastries from a pastry shop, just like the ones they used to have together in Russia. Discusses telephone call they had and their ambivalent feelings about Passover. He had asked about the tires on...

GLC09414.0004

to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia saw the opera last night-Fledermaus/Rosalinda (Johan Stauss) Passed the Times Building and bought a copy of the Oregonian (Portland newspaper) to see news from his location. She is going that night to a place in Brighton that is run by the...

GLC09414.0023

to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia says she rode in to work with Sid and one of his neighbors who boasted about a car trip to Grossinger's using Black Market gasoline. Discussed with others how well he did in his exams, and was still not chosen. Says there is either an age...

GLC09414.0031

to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia asks Moe how it feels to be promoted to the rank of Sergeant. Says she isn't feeling well and may go to see an M.D. Says she and her sister avoided a ticket from a policeman who told her in Yiddish that he wasn't giving them a ticket for...

GLC09414.0077

to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia says she and some girl friends are having a meeting of "The Lonely Hearts Club." She is happy the weekend is over, because it is better to be occupied at work. Talks about her family and what they are doing, and makes comments to him in...

GLC09414.0088

to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 5:00 PM. Sylvia has started writing at work so the first portion is typewritten and then is handwritten. She reports on an ex-coworker at the Welfare Department (Paul Stein). Sylvia also has the opportunity to move out of the field and...

GLC09414.0105

to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia states that she needs to ask Joe for help with a Victory Poster. Reports on Moe's parents and friends. Tells him his father wishes him luck and a "Happy [Jewish] New Year." An air raid siren has gone off and she must run as she is the Police...

GLC09414.0119

to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at home. Sylvia notes the weather is an Indian Summer, which he may or may not know depending on where he is, and that her sister Mad is sick. Says it will soon be Rosh Hashanah [Jewish New Year]. She isn't religious, but the holiday evokes...

GLC09414.0126

to Henry Knox

Hays, interested in opening a store selling stationery and books in "New Port James," seeks to establish a business relationship with Knox. Asks Knox to occasionally supply him with books. Address mistakenly made out to Daniel Knox.

GLC02437.00026

[religious verse]

Appears to be a verse from the Bible or a prayer. "swelling swelling. I command in the Name of Jesus Christ that the N N so little injure Than our lord Jesus Christ the three Nails injured When the Jews drove them through his hands & feet +++ the...

GLC03523.50.20

to Edwin DeLeon

Benjamin, Confederate Secretary of State, writes to DeLeon, a Confederate agent in Paris. Discusses previous correspondence from DeLeon, instructs him to write more often, and orders him "never to give your letters to private hands. Send them by...

GLC03563

to John Cripps

Discusses the unreliability of the mail. Criticizes the "gentleman from Jerusalem" who oversees the Ministerio de Relaciones and describes the "shabby" treatment extended. Explains how his expenses were cut but is glad Cripps upheld his duty of...

GLC03587.41

[Introductory address to American Society for Promotion of National Unity]

Morse, president of the society, introduces Rabbi Morris Jacob Raphall. Discusses "Whether Slavery, or the condition of being held in subjection to the will of another, is a divine institution, sanctioned by laws & commands, and regulated from the...

GLC05350