November 15, 1944 Letter to Merrill Dan

Title

November 15, 1944 Letter to Merrill Dan

Subject

letters, censorship

Description

This is a PDF of a letter from the Special Collections section of the University of Memphis Library. Hope Bespalow, a student at the University of Wisconsin, writes a letter to Merrill Dan, a lieutenant in the United States army. They were both natives of Memphis, Tennessee. The letter is handwritten and written on November 15, 1944. It is written on white paper and in cursive. Hope writes mostly on the subject of the time delay of Merrill’s letters getting to her and her own letters getting to Merrill. She spends a large portion of the letter telling of her aggravation with the delay of delivery.

Creator

Bespalow, Hope

Source

Hope and Merrill Dan Papers Box 2, Folder 46 MSS 274

Publisher

The University of Memphis Libraries

Date

November 15, 1944

Rights

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

Files

image2.JPG

Collection

Citation

Bespalow, Hope, “November 15, 1944 Letter to Merrill Dan,” Making an Impact: The Lives of Tennessee Women, accessed March 29, 2024, https://umhist4851.omeka.net/items/show/128.