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Lane Carlson papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 00004
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1937-1972, of Colonel Bonnie "Lane" Carlson, originally from Scotts Bluff, Nebraska. Colonel Lane Carlson was one of the first five female colonels in the United States Army. Primarily includes letters written to and from her parents throughout her life, beginning with her time at Sullins College in Bristol, Virginia, various military bases, postwar Japan and West Germany. Some of the topics discussed in the letters include base life during the war, the experience of a commissioned...
Dates:
1937-1972 and undated
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Tokoshima Family correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SC 01823
Scope and Contents
Four letters and postcards from a son, Koichi, in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, to his parents in Berkeley, California, United States of America. Koichi was staying with relatives in Japan and waiting to go to the United States. The letters were sent in the summer of 1946, after World War II. The letters discuss daily life activities.
Dates:
Circa 1946
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center