July 4, 1945 Letter to Hope Dan

Title

July 4, 1945 Letter to Hope Dan

Subject

letters, sweetheart, darling, love, marriage

Description

This is a PDF of a letter from the Special Collections section of the University of Memphis Library. Merrill Dan, a lieutenant in the U.S. Military, writes a letter to his new wife, Hope Dan, a college student at the University of Wisconsin. They were both natives of Memphis, Tennessee. This letter is typed by Dan and is on very thin almost see through paper. In this letter he repeatedly says how much he loves Hope and he uses all sorts of name for her. He uses sweet heart, darling and love. He speaks of being very busy and the fact that he can barely write back to her or anyone else who has been writing to him.

Creator

Dan, Merrill

Source

Hope and Merrill Dan Papers Box 1 Folder 33 MSS 274

Publisher

University of Memphis Libraries

Date

July 4, 1945

Rights

Digital Image © 2016, University of Memphis Libraries Preservation and Special Collections Department. All Rights Reserved.

Files

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Collection

Citation

Dan, Merrill, “July 4, 1945 Letter to Hope Dan,” Making an Impact: The Lives of Tennessee Women, accessed March 29, 2024, https://umhist4851.omeka.net/items/show/134.