12 September 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 11:30 [PM] at home. Sylvia is very happy Moe called her on her birthday. Wanted to tell him not to worry about her. She was happy they got to say "I love you" to one another. Suggests he end his letters with a greeting for friends/relatives who live in various places so she gets a hint as to where he is being sent.

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13 September 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 3:45 PM. Sylvia is helping to plan a cafeteria in the office to benefit Allied War Relief at work. She offered a ride when she was driving on Coney Island Avenue [Brooklyn] to a T/5 and his girl-friend who were waiting at a trolley stop.

GLC09414.0111

13 September 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at Rose's House. Sylvia has just had a long conversation with Rose about the outcome of the War. Tells Moe about meeting their Congressman and making him promise to vote against the Dies Committee and join the "Fighting 40." She asks Moe if he sent away for an absentee ballot and to get others to do so as well. Sid returned the gas ration coupon he "borrowed" from her, but remains lazy.

GLC09414.0112

14 September 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Typed letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 4:35 PM at the office. Today is Sylvia's birthday and the girls at work gave her a lovely corsage. Is happy that Moe told her he may be shipped out, as she always wants to know what is going on with him. Agrees with him that Italy's surrender is not too be cause for too much joy, as it is now the German's first line of defense and they will fight for it. Knows his chances of getting into OSS are nil.

GLC09414.0113

15 September 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia went with her Mom and Dad for her birthday to see "Stage Door Canteen." Recounts her day at work., she had Chinese food for dinner. Sylvia is also happy to hear that Moe can go to the Lutheran Club at his Camp.

GLC09414.0114

16 September 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia attended a Union meeting and gave a speech on the necessity of registering to vote and the Community Councils. She has set up a budget for herself, and recounts the cost of car insurance. Also notes she came across their Budget for 1936 and recounts the cost of items there. This enabled her to "live with him again tonight."

GLC09414.0115

17 September 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia is writing on the new writing paper she got for her birthday. She went to see "Watch on the Rhine," reminds Moe that she has already seen the play. Calls this the finest movie she has ever seen. She says that for the first time you see in the movie a discussion of the Spanish War and the Germans and Italians fighting on the side of the Republic. Reports on family activities.

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18 September 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 11:00 PM at home. Sylvia tells Moe how much she misses him. Went to work and spent a half day in the administrator's office in regard to the Union's Grievance Committee. Stood on line for stamps, cake and gas. Just finished reading "The Siege of Sebastopul."

GLC09414.0117

19 September 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at home. Sylvia reports that her brother Al is leaving Nashville, but doesn't know where he is headed for. He will now be considered a Cadet. Reports on friends.

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20 September 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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 Precinct Rep. of Emergency Welfare Center. Written at 11:30 PM at home. Had a hectic experience, caught in the car during the blackout. Went to the 67th Police Precinct and took shelter there. Letter is incomplete and ends abruptly.

GLC09414.0119

21 September 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 8:30 PM at home. Sylvia say that a friend called at 1:30 AM to say her husband was shipping out, and that she (Sylvia) cried herself to sleep. Reports on visiting with other friends. Ends with "Most of all-I love you like hell."

GLC09414.0120

22 September 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 10:00 PM at home. Sylvia is relieved to know Moe is shipping out and is following him on his journey in her mind's eye. Said one of the "girls " told her that her husband had been stationed at Fort Hamilton [Brooklyn] and she never knew it when he was there and never got to see him. So that their situation was better, really. She accepts that she will probably not see Moe because "of the ways of war."

GLC09414.0121

23 September 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 9:00 PM at home. Sylvia tells Moe that they are all worried about his shipping out, but holding up and loving him.

GLC09414.0122

24 September 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 9:30 PM at Margie's. Sylvia did some work for the Allied War Relief Luncheon and then went out into the field. Reports on friends.

GLC09414.0123

25 September 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia saw a picture of her brother Alvin, who is still in Tennessee, but will probably be leaving soon. Reports that Leslie Smith is disgusted with the Royal Maritime Service, because they wanted to ship him back out too soon, after being injured. The Union helped him get a passport to Canada. He is through with the English Navy and will ship out from Canada in a Canadian ship. Tells Moe to "say the word" and she will join the American Red Cross Overseas in England.

GLC09414.0124

27 September 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 9:00 PM at home. Sylvia was jittery the day before, waiting for a call from him, even though he had warned her not to expect him to be in touch. It is so strange not knowing where he is. Spent her first day in Intake at work and liked it. Notes that her nephew David is darling. Reports on friends.

GLC09414.0125

28 September 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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 childhood memories.

GLC09414.0126

28 December 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 2:30 PM in pencil on Arrow Head Lodge, Ellenville, N.Y. stationery. Sylvia says she has just left Moe this morning, at first she was sad; but is now feeling chipper and listening to some Russian records. There has been a lapse in time from the last letter.

GLC09414.0127

8 January 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 12 Midnight. Sylvia woke up late and had to rush to work and got the entertainment for the Victory Party organized. Reports on friends and family. Sylvia says "I have learned that I can live independently- but only because you are always there- + I have discovered that although we were as close as two people could possibly be - I was an independent individual- with freedom as to thinking... + freedom of action- + likes + dislikes- I could go where + when I wished (tho I wished most often to be with you)." She is surprised when he tells her that her letters have not been censored.

GLC09414.0128

January 10 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 9:30 PM at home. Sylvia talks about being responsible for the entertainment for the Victory Party. She has "singing waiters and men's ballet," which rehearsed today. She also has arranged for a play that is to be done in pantomime. She is sending him another package soon. Comments that since he walked four miles to find a thatched cottage, and that she will remind him of that when she wants to walk to Sheepshead Bay [about a half mile from their house].

GLC09414.0129

1947

United States. Department of State

Poster

Title: The United Nations : for peace and world progress : the United Nations promotes international cooperation ...

Government Printing Office O-755361. United Nations organizational chart and illustrations of its goals.

GLC09520.15

1943

United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Poster

Title: Do with less so they'll have enough

OWI No. 37. Government Printing Office. Color poster of soldier, Thomas J. Murray, smiling and holding a large metal cup. The soldier wears a helmet and an olive-colored shirt.

GLC09520.19

1943

United States. Department of the Treasury

Poster

Title: Doing all you can brother?/buy war bonds

WSS No. 715. Government Printing Office O-502782. Color poster by Robert Smullyan Sloan (b. 1915) shows a close-up of a soldier with a bandaged head and a blood-stained khaki uniform. He has light-colored hair and blue eyes. In the background, a barren field lies scattered with broken or abandoned machinery.

GLC09520.32

1943

Poster

Title: Fuel fights!/Save your share

Government Printing Office # O-554712. Image of an eagle bearing label "Fight Waste!" on his back is at the right bottom corner of poster. Text reads: "Fuel fights! / save your share / 1. keep temperature at 65 F./2. don't heat unused rooms. /3. keep windows closed. /4. draw window shades at night."

GLC09520.12

1943

United States. Public Health Services. Federal Security Agency.

Poster

Title: Enlist in a proud profession!/Join the U.S. cadet nurse corps

Illustrated by Carolyn Moorhead Edmundson. Caption in blue box at bottom: "A lifetime education-- free! If you can qualify". "For information, go to your local hospital or write U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, Box 88, New York, N.Y." Image of a woman in a gray dress military uniform with a "CADET NURSE" sleeve patch. She has light-colored hair and wears a beret.

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