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12 August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond discusses the "dismal rains".

GLC09120.476

13 August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond informs Estelle that, even though he was jealous of "Stan", he is unable to "stay sore" at her. He mentions the fact that they seldom have political discussions in his company, continuing to discuss the one Southerner's attitudes towards "negroes". He then quotes an excerpt from a letter that Abraham Lincoln wrote to Joshua F. Speed. Diamond also writes about the "Russian-Polish question".

GLC09120.477

14 August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond informs Estelle that she has been very good to him, and requests that she allows him to spend the rest of his life repaying her. He apologizes for having gone "off the deep end" at her.

GLC09120.478

15 August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond mentions that the sixth anniversary of the couple's meeting has passed, and proceeds to discuss their relationship. He writes about army policy regarding different races.

GLC09120.479

17 August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond writes the letter as a fake memo on the subject of "Miss Estelle Spero", addressed to "The world

GLC09120.480

18 August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond informs Estelle that he has been snowed under with work. He then proceeds to discuss how much he misses her.

GLC09120.481

20 August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond discusses "psychoneurotics" in reference to an incident that Estelle has written to him about.

GLC09120.482

21 August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond discusses the books that he has been reading and describes the U.S.O. show that he had seen the night before.

GLC09120.483

22 August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond discusses whether or not Estelle's letter had been censored.

GLC09120.484

22 August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond writes a letter to "Miss Taylor", Estelle's roommate at Northwestern University, about her having addressed him as Sidney.

GLC09120.485

25 August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George and Jeanette Spero

Letter written to Estelle's parents, thanking them for their package of caramelized nuts.

GLC09120.486

26 August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George and Jeanette Spero

Diamond informs Estelle that he is nursing a "terrific sun burn". He describes the process of cleaning out his foot locker.

GLC09120.487

27 August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond apologizes for having upset Estelle. He also informs her that the portrait of the two of them together has been completed, but complains that he bears no resemblance to the picture. He discusses the books that he has read recently.

GLC09120.488

August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes his "home" in the South Pacific, and begs Estelle to go and live with him there.

GLC09120.489

27 August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond writes that, although he loves Estelle, he has "wasted the whole letter writing time to answering the damn questionaire

GLC09120.490

28 August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond informs Estelle that she has "kept a warmth and happiness glowing within [him] to which [he] shall be eternally grateful." He writes that "war news over in the European theater sounds encouraging - Very encouraging -" He states that he hopes that they "can get this mess over with in another two years or so - "

GLC09120.491

29 August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond informs Estelle that he has enclosed a copy of the A.P.O. newsletter. He also tells Estelle that, after seeing "Pin Up Girl" again, he has concluded that Betty Grable has nothing that Estelle doesn't have.

GLC09120.492

29 August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond discusses sex with Estelle.

GLC09120.493

29 August 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond tries to clarify to which address he should send Estelle's letters, as he is unsure as to whether or not she is remaining in Chicago.

GLC09120.494

3 September 1944

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond informs Estelle that the battalion has been reorganized, and that he has been transferred to Company "C", writing that he no longer knows his men, what they can do or where their weaknesses lie.

GLC09120.495