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Love-letters

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Dale to Nancy Letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01509
Scope and Contents

Letter about sending a romantic card and a promise to send a "real small little box" soon.

Dates: 1957 November 9

Dowdy Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00117
Content Description

Collection of letters to and from the Dowdy family from 1944-69. Daniel and Gladys Dowdy were residents of Eggleston, VA. Their letters to each other, written in 1944-45, discuss their life together, their plans for after the war, and their romance in explicit detail. Also includes letters from 1961-62 from the Dowdy children's German penpal, and letters from 1969 as son Harold began basic training in the US Army.

Dates: 1944-1969; Majority of material found within 1944-1945