August 31, 1944

Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975

Header Record

Title: to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and one newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated August 31, 1944. This letter has been cut and fragmented due to censorship.

GLC10047.01.398

September 18, 1944

Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975

Header Record

Title: to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and one receipt sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated September 18, 1944.

GLC10047.01.412

September 21, 1944

Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975

Header Record

Title: to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and one newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated September 21, 1944.

GLC10047.01.414

September 25, 1944

Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975

Header Record

Title: to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and nine newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated September 25, 1944.

GLC10047.01.419

October 8, 1944

Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975

Header Record

Title: to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and one newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated October 8, 1944. This letter has been cut and fragmented due to censorship.

GLC10047.01.430

November 21, 1944

Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975

Header Record

Title: to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and one newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated November 21, 1944.

GLC10047.01.468

circa 1942-1945

Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One undated letter from Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe. This letter has been cut and fragmented due to censorship.

GLC10047.01.640

January 13, 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

V-Mail

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe asks for more film and asks Sylvia to be patient if he sends pictures because they must first go to the censor.

GLC09414.0935

7 August 1945

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe writes that they have lifted the censorship for the time being and he can write a little more freely. He says he has started playing gin rummy again, and discusses the ongoing problems with the car.

GLC09414.1472

3 April 1945

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe answers Sylvia's question in regard to what word was deleted in a previous letter. Apparently he made a reference to how slow the mail can be and how one might sneak in or get through the blockade, someone actually censored the word "blockade."

GLC09414.1371

January 31, 1945

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe is angry that their letters have to be read by a third party. He still hasn't received any mail from Sylvia lately, but he has more than enough cigarettes now.

GLC09414.1324

26 August 1917

Dawes, Charles G., 1865-1951

Autograph letter signed

Title: to my dear mother

The censor prevents him from writing anything significant but says he is keeping a record of what happens so he will remember after the war. Tomorrow he will have a special birthday dinner. He expects to leave on special detail very soon.

GLC02679.05

23 October 1917

Dawes, Charles G., 1865-1951

Typed letter signed

Title: to my dear mother

He describes his trip to the Belgian Front. He met with the French minister of finance during an air raid. They enjoyed a wonderful evening. Belgium is a small country but they are standing up to Germany none the less. He got to visit the trenches and witnessed firing between the Germans and the Belgians. Letter has been damaged by the censors.

GLC02679.11

19 April 1918

Dawes, Charles G., 1865-1951

Autograph letter signed

Title: to my dear mother

He has enclosed some souveniers of the war (not included here). Some amazing things have happened which will remain in posterity but he can't write of it here because of the censors.

GLC02679.15

29 December 1943

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob Stone and Beatrice Stone

Addressed to "Dad + Bee." Begins with a big thanks for the new pen that arrived and is sorry to hear that "375 is temporarily a sick ward," and hopes that both his father and step-mother feel better. The mail is "jammed up," so he hasn't received a Christmas package from home yet. They had a 24-hour pass, and he and two others had dinner and stayed the night outside of Beverly Hills. Their crew has a new pilot, who is an instructor. They're still flying a lot and doing bombing runs at 20,000ft. The letter is dated "Wednesday." "Letters in a Box" notes the date as December 29, 1943.

GLC09620.072

17 April 1944

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob Stone and Beatrice Stone

Addressed to "Dad+Bee." The mail is a mess, so he got a box at the local post office, and includes his new address. He hopes all goes well and asks them to pass on his address. The letter is dated "Monday 17th." "Letters in a Box," notes the letter was sent on April 17, 1944.

GLC09620.090

September 1959

American Library Association

Newsletter

Title: Intellectual Freedom, Vol. 8, No. 3

One newsletter dated September 1959. Edited by Donald E. Strout from the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the American Library Association. Mentions censorship and other racial insensitivities. Topics printed include an article regarding a librarian from Alabama, Emily Reed receiving criticism from Senator Eddins of the Segregationist Screening Committee for including Martin Luther King Jr.'s account "Stride Towards Freedom" in the library's collection; the various reasons behind the banning of "Lady Chatterly's Lover" due to ideas of self expression, obsenity, pornography and limiting it's…

GLC09641.02

March 1961

American Library Association

Newsletter

Title: Intellectual Freedom, Vol. 10, No. 1

One newsletter dated March 1961. Edited by Everett T. Moore from the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the American Library Association. Mentions censorship and other racial insensitivities. Issues in this volume of the newsletter includes ALA's position regarding civil rights, a Supreme Court decision to ban the film "Don Juan," integration at the William R. McKenney Free Library in Petersburg, Virginia, an order by President John F. Kennedy to end mail confiscation among other topics.

GLC09641.03

June 1961

American Library Association

Newsletter

Title: Intellectual Freedom, Vol. 10, No. 2

One newsletter dated June 1961, edited by Everett T. Moore as part of the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the American Library Association. Mentions censorship and other racial insensitivities. Issues in this volume of the newsletter includes a "Study-In" which took place in Jackson, Mississippi, censorship of Plato's writing believing it promoted free love, adoption of "Policies and Procedures for Selection of School Library Materials," L. Frank Baum accused of communist sympathies among other topics.

GLC09641.04

October 1962

American Library Association

Newsletter

Title: Intellectual Freedom, Vol. XI, No. 3

One newsletter dated October 1962, edited by Leroy Charles Merritt as part of the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the American Library Association. Mentions censorship and other racial insensitivities. Issues in this volume of the newsletter includes a segregation in libraries, the circulation of Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer," ACLU's study of censored materials that are considered obscene, international titles censored among other topics.

GLC09641.05

3 July 1944

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob Stone

Addressed to "Dad." He enclosed an insurance slip for his good watch that he just sent home and it needs some work to be done. He has another watch so there is no rush in getting it back. The letter is not dated, but the reciept enclosed is dated July 3, 1944. "Letters in a Box" notes the letter was written on July 3, 1944.

GLC09620.109

31 December 1945

Petersen, Howard C., 1910-1995

Typed letter signed

Title: to Robert L. Stone

A thank you note from Howard C. Petersen who just became Assistant Secretary of War. Post-Script- He asks that Bob let him know if he can do anything to get Bob a regular army commission.

GLC09620.192

29 July 1944

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob Stone and Beatrice Stone

Addressed to "Dad and Bee." The mail is coming through a little better and it takes about ten days for mail to get from the east coast. He sent a package home yesterday with his favorite sweaters, made by Pam, and a couple pairs of socks. He has the insurance slip and asks his parents to let him know the condition of the package. They've all been putting on an air-show for "some unknown dignitary" who they all believe to be President Roosevelt. He's managed to get to the beach every other day and just received a letter from Pam that she dictated to a friend. He asks that they all keep…

GLC09620.121

2 August 1944

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob Stone and Beatrice Stone

Addressed to "Folks." Everything is fine with him. He just started the 7th Air Force Gunnery School, which lasts about a month. They go to classes from 7:45AM-5PM, with a break for lunch. The classes are a little boring, but it's "good cheap life insurance." They went to Honolulu to see the 7th AAF baseball team play, and when they left at the beginning of the game, the "fliers" were up 13 to 1. Says it's like a pro-team as they have Joe Dimagio and Joe Gordon. The mail is messed up, but hopes it'll straighten out in a day or so. The letter is dated as "Wednesday Aug. 2nd." "Letters…

GLC09620.122

6 August 1944

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob Stone and Beatrice Stone.

Addressed to "Dad + Bee." The first week of classes is over and they have a day off to spend at the beach. There's a "lovely officers club" right on the beach with an "attractive snack bar" and other perks. He found a college register as well and recognizes a few other names based in Hawaii. Mail is still jumbled, but he's getting the ones with his new APO. He asks for them to continue writing. Post-Script: Asks his parents to send him some 620 film by taking this letter to Eastman Kodak. The letter is dated as "Sunday Aug. 6th." "Letters in a Box" dates the letter as August 6,…

GLC09620.123