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Kowarsky, Bernice, fl. 1943 to Richard Jerome Silbiger

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09684.03 Author/Creator: Kowarsky, Bernice, fl. 1943 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 5, 1943 Pagination: 4p. : envelope Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 12.2 cm Order a Copy

One letter from Bernice Kowarsky to Richard Jerome Silbiger dated February 5, 1943. Bernice thanks Richard for his letter and for her one and only graduation gift so far. She updates him on Dorothy's cold, "as far as Dorothy is concerned, her cold is better." Bernice complains that graduation didn't live up to her expectations, and that the diplomas were actually just blank pieces of paper. She was much happier when Tower and the Senior Book came out than at graduation. Bernice also updates Richard on some others saying that Sal has been put into 1A, and Harold was reclassified as 4F. She also mentions that she is switching to Greek next term instead of continuing French.

Kowarsky, Bernice, fl. 1943
Silbiger, Richard Jerome, 1922-1999

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