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Autograph letter signed

to Mama

January 15, 1943

Benson, T. Wade, 1915-2006

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from T. Wade Benson dated January 15, 1943. Pertains to being stationed at San Luis Osbipo. Mentions sending a portrait at Christmas.

GLC09954.085

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mamma

January 15, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated January 15, 1943. Pertains to daily life while stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Mentions working towards aiding older men to be discharged.

GLC09954.086

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mamma

January 18, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated January 18, 1943. Pertains to daily life while stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Mentions duties and practicing court reporting shorthand.

GLC09954.087

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mamma

January 19, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated January 19, 1943. Pertains to daily life while stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Mentions weather and corresponding with Eugene Smith.

GLC09954.088

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mama

January 21, 1943

Benson, T. Wade, 1915-2006

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from T. Wade Benson dated January 21, 1943. Pertains to being stationed at San Luis Osbipo. Mentions weather and receiving a letter from Eugene Smith asking for subscriptions.

GLC09954.089

Collection Item

Autograph document signed

Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Let not your hearts be troubled...

January 22, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One handwritten copy of the a prayer written by Eris B. Benson dated January 22, 1943.

GLC09954.090

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mamma

January 23, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated January 23, 1943. Pertains to daily life while stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Mentions having colic and receiving religious writings.

GLC09954.091

Collection Item

Typed letter signed

to Mamma

January 23, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Annie Benson from Eris B. Benson dated January 23, 1943. Mentions finances and possibility of a transfer.

GLC09954.092

Collection Item

Typed letter signed

to Will

January 23, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Willie Faye Benson from Eris B. Benson dated January 23, 1943. Pertains to daily life while stationed in Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Mentions that he thinks that the war will end that year.

GLC09954.093

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mamma

January 25, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated January 25, 1943. Pertains to daily life while stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Mentions the discharge of an old man that he regularly shaved.

GLC09954.094

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mamma

January 26, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated January 26, 1943. Pertains to daily life while stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Refers to the men he serves with as "contemptible," "cut-throats," and "rogues."

GLC09954.095

Collection Item

Typed letter signed

to Daddy

January 26, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to James Marion Benson from Eris B. Benson dated January 26, 1943. Pertains to the weather, their current colonel going on leave for school, and returning home.

GLC09954.096

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mama

January 30, 1943

Benson, T. Wade, 1915-2006

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from T. Wade Benson dated January 30, 1943. Pertains to moving in between stations and the process.

GLC09954.097

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mama

February 17, 1943

Benson, T. Wade, 1915-2006

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from T. Wade Benson dated February 17, 1943. Pertains to religious readings and a mutual friend getting married.

GLC09954.098

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mamma

February 17, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated February 17, 1943. Pertains to daily life while stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Mentions promotions and corresponding with friends.

GLC09954.099

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mamma

February 18, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated February 18, 1943. Pertains to daily life while stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Mentions Eugene Smith contacting him for a subscription to religious readings.

GLC09954.100

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mamma

February 19, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated February 19, 1943. Pertains to daily life while stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Mentions subscribing to religious readings and becoming accustomed to the differences between...

GLC09954.101

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mamma

February 20, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated February 20, 1943. Pertains to daily life while stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Mentions choir singing.

GLC09954.102

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mamma

February 21, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated February 21, 1943. Pertains to daily life while stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Mentions reading and responding to news from home regarding the death of a friend.

GLC09954.103

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mamma

February 25, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated February 25, 1943. Pertains to his brother, Waymon enlisting.

GLC09954.104

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mamma

February 26, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated February 26, 1943. Pertains to Hitler claiming that Jesus Christ would be returning. Benson refers to it as a "false belief."

GLC09954.105

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mamma

February 27, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated February 27, 1943. Pertains to the possibility of travelling to the field to record orders in shorthand.

GLC09954.106

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mamma

February 28, 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated February 28, 1943. Pertains to reading the bible.

GLC09954.107

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mamma

1 March 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated March 1, 1943. Pertains to transcribing in the court and possibility of being transferred to a different company.

GLC09954.108

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mamma

7 March 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

One letter addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated March 7, 1943. Pertains to reading the bible. Mentions reading the book of Joshua.

GLC09954.109