Box 5
Contains 11 Results:
Box 5
Correspondence, 1931 February-March
Correspondence, 1931 April
Correspondence, 1931 May
Walter was relieved of command of the S.S. Sacandego. He is home and there are no letters between June 1931 and May 1932.
Correspondence, 1932 June-July
Correspondence, 1932 August
Walter's port is in the Soloman Islands and Ella-May lives in Pasadena, California. She writes Walter almost every day, but only one letter from Walter has survived.
Correspondence, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937
Walter and Ella-May have moved to Long Beach, California where they continue to live until the 1940's. They are living frugally. Ella-May's family live nearby. Walter works on the George Washington and the America in August 1934. Walter's Mother writes in 1937 that she is sorry Walter is going to lose his job. She also informs him that Charles' ship blew up and he lost his job.
Correspondence, 1938 January-August
Scope and Contents Walter's Mother talks about moving from New Jersey and regrets time spent with "that man" but decides she is too old to move. There are very few letters between Walter and Ella-May since his port is near their home.
Correspondence, 1938 September-December
Ella-May writes to Walter while he is in San Jose, Costa Rica, Central America, La Paz, Baja California and Mexico.
Correspondence, 1939
Correspondence, 1940
In May, Walter is in Vancouver, Canada but by October he is a Lt. Commander of the USNR in San Francisco, California.