Box 1
Container
Contains 8 Results:
Summary notes on the letters, November 24, 2008
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents note
By Misha Karbelnig
Dates:
November 24, 2008
Dennice DuRay, letters from Fred H. Ottesen (born 1925), Huntington Park / Long Beach, October 10-December 21, 1951
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content of Collection
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters from a single male correspondent to Dennice DuRay, c/o A. Spire, 8336 East 2nd Street, Downey, CA, in late 1951; and from five male correspondents to Gladys L. Ragan, 8336 E. 2nd Street (1956: 10727 1/2 Western, Downey, and 1958: 10831 1/4 Brookshore, Downey), from early 1955 to late 1958, by five male correspondents. The correspondences appear to have been initiated by DuRay and Ragan in response to advertisements placed in the personals sections of Los...
Dates:
October 10-December 21, 1951
Letters from PFC Gordon L. Pearce (1924-1991), February 12, 1955-February 6, 1956
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3-5
Scope and Content of Collection
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters from a single male correspondent to Dennice DuRay, c/o A. Spire, 8336 East 2nd Street, Downey, CA, in late 1951; and from five male correspondents to Gladys L. Ragan, 8336 E. 2nd Street (1956: 10727 1/2 Western, Downey, and 1958: 10831 1/4 Brookshore, Downey), from early 1955 to late 1958, by five male correspondents. The correspondences appear to have been initiated by DuRay and Ragan in response to advertisements placed in the personals sections of Los...
Dates:
February 12, 1955-February 6, 1956
Letter from Louie _______, March 15, 1955
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Content of Collection
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters from a single male correspondent to Dennice DuRay, c/o A. Spire, 8336 East 2nd Street, Downey, CA, in late 1951; and from five male correspondents to Gladys L. Ragan, 8336 E. 2nd Street (1956: 10727 1/2 Western, Downey, and 1958: 10831 1/4 Brookshore, Downey), from early 1955 to late 1958, by five male correspondents. The correspondences appear to have been initiated by DuRay and Ragan in response to advertisements placed in the personals sections of Los...
Dates:
March 15, 1955
Letters from Kenneth Simons (1917-2001), Los Angeles, August 27, 1956-May 1957
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7-8
Scope and Content of Collection
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters from a single male correspondent to Dennice DuRay, c/o A. Spire, 8336 East 2nd Street, Downey, CA, in late 1951; and from five male correspondents to Gladys L. Ragan, 8336 E. 2nd Street (1956: 10727 1/2 Western, Downey, and 1958: 10831 1/4 Brookshore, Downey), from early 1955 to late 1958, by five male correspondents. The correspondences appear to have been initiated by DuRay and Ragan in response to advertisements placed in the personals sections of Los...
Dates:
August 27, 1956-May 1957
Letters from Harry A. Siitonen (born 1926), Los Angeles, February 11-14, 1958
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Content of Collection
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters from a single male correspondent to Dennice DuRay, c/o A. Spire, 8336 East 2nd Street, Downey, CA, in late 1951; and from five male correspondents to Gladys L. Ragan, 8336 E. 2nd Street (1956: 10727 1/2 Western, Downey, and 1958: 10831 1/4 Brookshore, Downey), from early 1955 to late 1958, by five male correspondents. The correspondences appear to have been initiated by DuRay and Ragan in response to advertisements placed in the personals sections of Los...
Dates:
February 11-14, 1958
Letters from Howard M. Parker (born 1928), Denver, August 2-October 6, 1958
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Content of Collection
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters from a single male correspondent to Dennice DuRay, c/o A. Spire, 8336 East 2nd Street, Downey, CA, in late 1951; and from five male correspondents to Gladys L. Ragan, 8336 E. 2nd Street (1956: 10727 1/2 Western, Downey, and 1958: 10831 1/4 Brookshore, Downey), from early 1955 to late 1958, by five male correspondents. The correspondences appear to have been initiated by DuRay and Ragan in response to advertisements placed in the personals sections of Los...
Dates:
August 2-October 6, 1958
Dennice DuRay and Gladys L. Ragan letters received
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2008-067
Abstract
Letters received by Dennice DuRay, 1951, and Gladys L. Regan, 1955-1958, both of Downey, CA, from male correspondents. The correspondences appear to have been initiated by DuRay and Ragan in response to advertisements placed in the personals sections of Los Angeles newspapers. Information, both in the letters and circumstantial, suggests that DuRay and Ragan may have been impostors, possibly even the same individual. The letters contain substantial discussion of sex, including homosexual...
Dates:
1951-1958