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18 February 1944
Unknown
[Men singing]
Men in suits singing. James Williams may be in the photograph. The photograph goes with a pamphlet of the Norfolk and Western Male Chorus.
GLC09587.227
no date
Choral Club
Describes the Choral Club of Lucy Addision High School in Roanoke, Virginia. Lists some of the places the club has performed and notes that they have performed for both white and black groups. At the top of the page is a photograph of the group, the...
GLC09587.266
December 1945
The H I-Y Club
The Addisonian
Volume 1, No. 1. "For the development of student expression" published by students at Lucy Addison High School. It contains a number of essays by students reflecting on life and society. The front cover has been signed by ten people. The legible...
GLC09587.301
1937-1963
Various
[World War II letters of Leonard Eugene Graeff of Harrisburg Pennsylvania] [Decimalized .001-.601]
672 items, primarily letters from and to Leonard Eugene Graeff. Many of the letters are between him and his parents Raymond James Graeff and Susan Prowell Graeff. The items date from 1937 to 1963 with the bulk of the material from 1942-1945. The...
GLC09611
24 March 1944
Stone, Robert L. (1921-2009)
to Jacob Stone and Beatrice Stone
Addressed to "Dad + Bee." He's been out of the hospital for a week, and went into LA illegally with his friends. One took them to Warner's and they saw Humphrey Bogart making a new movie. The army doesn't know what to do with him, but they'll...
GLC09620.087
10 September 1943
Diamond, Sidney, (1922-1945)
to Estelle Spero
Diamond responds to various questions that Estelle had asked, reassuring her that a "date" he had mentioned was a trip to the movies with a French teacher and his wife, and also telling her that he had very much wanted to get engaged. He then asks...
GLC09120.267
1 February 1944
Diamond informs Estelle that the lack of mail has been caused by his being involved in combat, "front line stuff". He writes that he has "seen 'war' minus hollywood's beauty."
photocopy
GLC09120.340
1861-1877
Sketch of Stanley Diamond as a boy
Diamond writes that the mouth is "too feminine".
GLC09120.349
16 February 1944
Diamond informs Estelle that he intends to attend his battalion motion picture show that evening.
GLC09120.354
19 February 1944
Diamond reports that that evening they had gone to the cinema to see the film, "The Affairs of Martha
GLC09120.356
22 April 1944
Diamond, Sidney (1922-1945)
Diamond writes that he has just returned from a musical entitled "Reveille with Beverly". He reports that sometimes, to break the monotony of his current existence, he goes to visit the units on the front.
GLC09120.399
13 May 1944
Diamond passes comment on the previous night's entertainment. He also discusses an army film on England, which he writes gave "a direct, frank, and uncolored recognition of white prejudice towards the negro and an appeal…for understanding and...
GLC09120.411
5 June 1944
Diamond, Sidney (1925-1945)
Diamond writes that the night before, the radio broadcast Fiji music, and he expresses surprise that "somehow the music - melody - intonation - of those not marred by civilization can be so completely expressive." He then goes into a lengthy...
GLC09120.427
9 June 1944
Diamond writes that he intends to break up the monotony of the day by getting a haircut, and going to an "artist" to have a picture of Estelle copied together with a portrait of himself, "just so we can see what we look like together…" Sidney...
GLC09120.432
28 June 1944
Diamond writes that his gardening is going well, and that he had gone to see a motion picture that evening.
GLC09120.443
1 July 1944
Diamond writes that the night before he had seen "Best Foot Forward", a film starring Lucille Ball, which he describes as a "stinker". He states that he loves Estelle for her "scolding".
GLC09120.445
10 July 1944
Diamond discusses his dislike of Frank Sinatra.
GLC09120.454
19 July 1944
Diamond, Sidney (1925-1944)
to Estellle Spero
Diamond informs Estelle that he has enclosed a page of the Pacific Pony edition of "Time". He writes that it is "really revolutionary. No advertisements, no fancy frills, every ounce of paper utilized." He mentions that the day before he had drunk...
GLC09120.460
26 July 1944
Diamond writes that the night before he had seen the film "Going My Way", starring Bing Crosby. He mentions that he is "getting tired" of giving lectures.
GLC09120.464
27 August 1944
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
29 August 1944
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
17 September 1944
Diamond comments on an essay on the topic of melodrama that Estelle had written while at Northwestern University and subsequently sent to him.
GLC09120.504
8 October 1944
Diamond comments on Estelle's paper on melodrama that she had written while at Northwestern University.
GLC09120.519
10 October 1944
Diamond compliments Estelle on her dissertation on melodrama. He mentions that he has received a wedding invitation from "Ben & Beulah" and encloses it with the letter.
GLC09120.520
28 August 1943
Weiner, Morris "Moe" (1909-1988)
to Sylvia Weiner
Moe gushes about the sketch Sylvia made of Polgar's Palace in her previous letter, and showed it to his friends. He also mentions the first intelligent women he has met since he came into the army. Thanks Sylvia for the package, including the socks.
GLC09414.0761
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