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Box 1

 Container

Contains 30 Results:

Letters, 1944 March-April

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: id266588
Scope and Contents

Recounts trip to London and includes theater programs.

Dates: 1944 March-April
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Mary Frances Switzer Papers / Correspondence / Letters from Mary to Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Switzer, 1944

Letters, 1944 June

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: id266598
Scope and Contents

Feeling of helplessness as she hears of battles; transfers to France to accompany troops. Recounts sleeping in fox holes and hearing sound of shells, as well as starting to work in a field hospital.

Dates: 1944 June
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Mary Frances Switzer Papers / Correspondence / Letters from Mary to Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Switzer, 1944

Letters, 1940 January-February

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: id266706
Scope and Contents

Includes Valentines.

Dates: 1940 January-February
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Mary Frances Switzer Papers / Correspondence / Letters from Allen Galer to Mary, 1937-1945

Letters, 1943 September-October

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Identifier: id266772
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Living in Michigan, Allen Galer, born 1918, was Mary's longtime suitor and fiance, though Mary broke the engagement. Allen's numerous letters over the years follow their courtship and the difficulties their long-distance relationship faced. As both corresponded while students, the sub-series also documents college social life in the late 1930s. Allen's letters later tell of his experience training as an army pilot during the war.

Dates: 1943 September-October
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Mary Frances Switzer Papers / Correspondence / Letters from Allen Galer to Mary, 1937-1945

Letters, 1944 February-May

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Identifier: id266788
Scope and Contents

Complains about the difficulties of pilot training.

Dates: 1944 February-May
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Mary Frances Switzer Papers / Correspondence / Letters from Allen Galer to Mary, 1937-1945