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1940
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Mr. Sumner Welles' Historic Mission to Europe
Collateral to GLC01750.01 P.W. Townshend Somerville letter concerning Welles's mission.
GLC01750.02
8 February 1944
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
to Morris "Moe" Weiner
Sylvia notes Moe bought a new pen and says as soon as time permits she will go to Waterman and get him a new point. Wants to learn all of the "Englishisims" he is learning while stationed in England. Wishes he were home to advise her about filling...
GLC09414.0153
17 September 1943
Sylvia is writing on the new writing paper she got for her birthday. She went to see "Watch on the Rhine," reminds Moe that she has already seen the play. Calls this the finest movie she has ever seen. She says that for the first time you see in the...
GLC09414.0116
18 September 1943
Written at 11:00 PM at home. Sylvia tells Moe how much she misses him. Went to work and spent a half day in the administrator's office in regard to the Union's Grievance Committee. Stood on line for stamps, cake and gas. Just finished reading "The...
GLC09414.0117
29 February 1944
Midnight: Sylvia responds to various letters she has received from Moe, mentions Jim, Al and Harry, encloses typed lyrics of a song, not clear whether it is an original song or not.
GLC09414.0183
1 March 1944
Sylvia reassures Moe that victory is near and that it will be worth it. She says she will send him some mystery novels, and thanks him for the pictures he sent
GLC09414.0185
4 March 1944
Sylvia writes that she is reading a psychological study of a schizophrenic who gradually becomes homicidal.
GLC09414.0190
17 March 1944
V-Mail: Sylvia says how much she misses Moe, tells him the current book she is reading
GLC09414.0207
13 April 1944
Sylvia says she's going to a play called Decision, and has read two "lousy" detective stories. Includes a rebus in middle of page 5 and drawings of various foods for Moe to choose from.
GLC09414.0234
19 April 1944
Sylvia mentions an essay she wrote her last year of high school
GLC09414.0242
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