Abstract This collection contains the correspondence of Veramay Spencer and her U.S. Army boyfriend Kenneth Wright beginning in the year of 1953 and ending in 1955. It also includes letters from his mother Mrs. Carl C. Wright and friends that he met while serving for the Army. Several letters from his girlfriend Veramay Spencer contain newspaper clippings of happenings back home such as beauty pageants and daily current events. Many of the final letters are Christmas cards from friends to Wright upon...

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Veramay started her letter by thanking Wright for sending her “cute” letters. She told Wright she would visit his parents over the weekend if all went well. She wrote that she was glad to have received a photograph of him but she asked him what happened to the rest of the roll. She updated Wright about her situation with Liz. She ended the letter by telling him she expected to hear back from him often since he was no longer working his night shift.

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Veramay started the letter by telling Wright she had gone to visit his parents and that time just went by so quickly that she wished that she could have stayed longer. She told him that she was considering taking a serving course and that perhaps she might learn to cook. She told Wright that Liz had written her a letter which she included in Wright’s letter. She told him that Percy said he should visit Kuri, Japan.

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Veramay started the letter by telling Wright that although she was sad because he would not be home by Christmas, she was very happy to hear that he would return in April. She told him that by the time that she got his letter he would have already been assigned a new job. She ended the letter by telling Wright that she was far too sleepy to continue writing and promised him a very long letter the day after.

Scope and Contents Veramay started her letter by telling Wright she got an early start on his letter to make sure that she had enough time to write before she got sleepy. She told him she hoped that he liked his new job and that he should visit the other side of camp when he felt like he was alone. She updated Wright on her work situation and let him know that they were letting go of employees. She told Wright she was going to start a sewing class. In addition to her sewing class. She continued her letter by...

Scope and Contents Veramay started off her letter by telling Wright she would dedicate the entire letter to let him know the things she wanted back from Japan during his R & R (Rest and Recuperation) leaves. She included a list of gifts for everyone back home including herself, she requested silk and jade jewelry among other souvenirs.She told him she could not describe her hair color and eyes, however, she included a lock of brown hair in the letter. She ended the letter by telling Wright that it was very...

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Veramay started off her letter by thanking Wright for sending photographs. She told him that her coworkers talked her into running for cotton queen but that she did not win, however, she received fifteen dollars and a Rose Marie Reid bathing suit. She updated him with news from back home. She shared that employees at the office were given new “Snorkel” point pens, which were considered new at the time. She ended the letter by asking him to send a postcard to the office.

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Veramay started her letter by asking Wright how business was going, she admitted she thought that he would write more frequently since his position was changed. She wrote about family and friends back home and ended the letter early because she had been up late the past two days.

Scope and Contents Veramay started her letter to Wright by playfully telling him that his jokes were not funny. She told him that she didn’t agree with him that she had more to write in the letters than he did. She wrote that Liz was still with them and that she had been recovering from the flu. Veramay tells Wright that she watched “Destination Gobi” and “Star of Texas” with Richard Wedmark and Wayne Morris. She told him that she would make an effort to send him a studio photograph of herself. Veramay asked...

Scope and Contents Veramay started the letter by updating Wright of all of the couples who were expecting children. She told Wright that she believed they were going through a political war and that it was just an excuse for Wall Street to keep prices up. She informed him that everyone back home had recovered from the flu. Veramay wrote about her responsibilities at work and how she was always kept very busy. She apologized for being unable to write as much and apologizes on behalf of her parents for not...