21 April 1879

Bassett, Ed, fl. 1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

This letter concerns a series and exchange of pictures between Senator Bruce, and Ed Bassett. The main subject is pictures of Bassett's wife and daughter that Bruce had sent to Basset's daughter. There is also a discussion over older pictures of Bruce and his wife. This letter also mentions past correspondence between the two men in which Bruce had made an opinion that "our country will continue to advance in prosperity" There is also mentions of how African Americans should copy the white citizens and blend in with them.

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20 April 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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.

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23 April 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 6:45 PM at Mom's. Sylvia is at Moe's mother's waiting for his sister to bring home a new date for dinner. Written at 11:45 PM at home. Thinks the evening was funny with everyone trying to impress the new boyfriend.

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24 April 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Typed letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 9:00 AM, at the office. Talks about his being stationed in Portland [Oregon] and the shopping there. Says she feels as if she were in a play last night (referring to letter dated 23 April 1943) regarding meeting his sister's new boyfriend. Tells him she will write the Office of Service Benefits in Newark, N.J. about his allotment. Says she is going to the Opera and for Chinese food after with friends. Her friend Sarah has information, and the application forms, needed to join the OSS. Asks Moe to let her know if he is interested in this.

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1943

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

Poster

Title: Ours... to fight for/freedom from want

OWI No. 45. Government Printing Office O-511886. Based on Norman Rockwell's painting "Thanksgiving Dinner" This poster features a painting of people at a dinner table. An older man and woman stand at the head of the table. The woman is putting a turkey on the table. There are nine other people at the table, all smiling. "Freedom from Want" appeared on the pages of The Saturday Evening Post on March 6, 1943. This was the third installment the Four Freedoms series.

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1943

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

Poster

Title: Ours..to fight for/freedom from fear

OWI No. 46. Government Printing Office O-511887. Based on a painting from the Saturday Evening Post by Norman Rockwell. From the Four Freedoms series. Color poster of a mother and father tucking two children into bed. The father is holding glasses and a newspaper that reads "BOMBINGS KI- HORROR HIT."

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1943

United States. Department of Agriculture

Poster

Title: Be a Victory Farm Volunteer in the U.S. Crop Corps : see your principal

Government Printing Office # O-517942. The main part of the poster is a large black-and white photograph of the faces of a smiling teenage girl and boy. The lower part of the poster is a green-tinted photograph of young volunteers harvesting potatoes. A farmer on a mule- or horse-drawn farm machine can be seen in the background. The sky in the background is colored blue.

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1943

Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978

Poster

Title: Ours -- to fight for / freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear.

OWI No. 47. Government Printing Office O-511888. A large color poster of four Norman Rockwell paintings for the Satruday Evening Post that depict four American freedoms. In clockwise order, top to bottom, the images are: a man standing up to speak at a town meeting; people of different faiths praying together; a large Thanksgiving feast; and a couple tucking two small children into bed.

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20 March 1871

Autograph document

Title: [Partial Will and Testament for Ransom Lee]

A partial Last Will and Testament from the estate of Ransom Lee, It includes a metes and bounds description of real property. This document states that Susan Lee can live on the estate for the rest of her life, when she dies Thomas Lee and his wife Elizabeth Baker get the land. The document itself has been damaged. It has broken into four pieces at the fold lines, and the docket has been separated.

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18 September 1899

Ireland, Jane L., fl. 1899

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jake

A letter between a man named Jake, and Jane L Ireland about a job that Jake was applying to but did not get due to the fact his brother already worked there. Jane said she would ask Bruce for help and see what he could do for Jake.

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6 April 1877

Hall, T.C., fl. 1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

A letter from Hall concerning his son, who he left in charge of the Post Office when he went on a trip. His son is accused of stealing 3 hundred dollars of Post Office money. He is requesting help from Senator Bruce to help keep his position.

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12 June 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 10:30 PM. Sylvia comments on Moe's seeing Mount Ranier [Washington State] from the truck on the way to his new base. Recalls that he always said he wanted to see the West. Gives him the addresses of some friends in the Army. Notes he has become acquainted with 2 refugees. Is interrupted by a phone call. Reports back that it was his mother saying he is coming home.

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30 March 1879

Bruce, Edward, fl. 1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

This is a series of a letter and a separate docket, both concerns the Senator's brother who wants to purchase a house from Senator Bruce

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5 June 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Typed letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia will have a lot of people for the fund raising luncheon. Says she is sending him more money, as he is paid too little. Says she passes the drug store where she had the incident with the Englishmen, but has gotten over it. Missed last night with his mom, the first, except for illness, since they married.

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6 June 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Ben, who had been overseas, told them about how cocky the German prisoners of war were and that they were going to win the war and bomb New York City. Reports to him about family and how much she misses him.

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3 July 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Typed letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written on Saturday at the office. Sylvia is working on Saturday morning will give her a two and a half day holiday. Has no plans except maybe to see a movie with the girls. Her Dad sent her a check, knows it was her Mom's idea. Thinks she and her sister Mad don't live up to her mother's expectations of them.

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29 April 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Typed letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 9:30 AM at the office. Sylvia is glad he is stationed in Oregon. Boys who have returned from Southern camps do not report pleasant conditions. Says her brother Alvin has not been getting passes where he is stationed. Gives him her blessing to "mingle" with girls.(including a penciled postscript) Has a nice Director at work who is leaving to go to the USO.

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30 April 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written 10:45 PM at home. Sylvia just got home from Moe's mother's place where she had a good dinner. Tells him his father really misses him. Responded to his letters. Enjoyed his description of the "boys" he spends most of his time with.

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1 May 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia tells Moe that Sarah has an application for OCS [Officer's Candidate School] and she will send it to Moe. Tells him to do whatever he thinks is best; but PVT or PFC is good enough for her. Talks about his brother Ben and his sister Adele's boyfriend. Sylvia also talks about her day at work, luncheon out and a supervisor leaving for a different division. Sarah came over and is staying overnight because the next day they are going to a Labor Rally.

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4 May 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Typed letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia asks Moe to thank Mrs. Feitelson for her letter. Says Sammy is in Officer's Training. She had a flat tire that morning and Sidney will help her change it. She and Sarah are planning on attending the Union Convention on Saturday. Will call his mother about whether she got her allotment check and develop some pictures for her.

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5 May 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Typed letter signed

Title: 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 Jewish Council of Women for Teen Age Kids, she may volunteer if she fits in. Reports her parents went to see her brother Alvin in Buffalo.

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5 May 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia received a letter from Alvin (brother) on his 20th birthday. Her mother and father saw Alvin who is very thin because there is not enough food. Alvin is not allowed to go out and get food so Sylvia is sending some. Is enclosing a piece from P.M. (magazine) -Max Lerner's article on the miner's situation.

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6 May 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Typed letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia tells him that the Mother's Day gifts will be given from both of them. Thanks him for thinking up a scheme to keep her letters, so they will have a full story when this is all over.

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6 May 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Dave has told Sylvia some new stories about his C.O. who sent him on a mission to Maine with the Coast Guard. Talks about a new law that all Ensigns must be examined by an M.D.. Says his brother Ben is shipping out this week and that he is trying to get a divorce but will still support his ex-wife and kids. Includes two-sided Pictogram.

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7 May 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia notes that she has "B" [ration] coupons for gasoline. At A&S she shopped for gifts for Mother's Day. Reports that Marge has a job. She will probably start working in Intake sometime in the future. Says Moe's sister Adele is probably serious about her new boyfriend, but he is "so conservative."

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