Browse Items (2928 total)
Sort by:
1944 2 28 Letter from Tom to Kay
Tom describes having a whole deal on renting a place fall through because a woman in the neighborhood objected because she had four sons fighting in the South Pacific. Tom wants to get the payment to FOR over with. Ed has not been able to resolve the…
1944 6 3 Letter from John to Kay and Tomi transcription only
Tom tells Kay that he does not want to take a vacation because he wants to get a pay raise and the other engineer co-workers are similarly competitive and do not take vacations. He hopes that Chiz will be able to visit Kay, since she wants to. He…
1944 6 4 Letter from Chiz (in Chicago) to Tomi (in Philly)
Chiz describes living in her new house in Chicago, which is near the groceries and the transportation. She is grateful that Kay has been entertaining Tomi in Philadelphia. She mentions the dinner engagements for which John has invited girls over for…
1944 6 18 Letter from Tom to Tomi and Kay
Tom describes John's one week break from school (Garrett Seminary) when they played bridge and says they would have played hana with Mas. John does not work at the garage anymore. Tom travels first class for the first time to go to Detroit on…
1944 6 19 Letter from John to Mother and Kay
John tells Kay about Kitow's new house in more detail than Chiz did, mentioning the near by stores and Kik's toy storage area in the basement. He says that he does not spend a lot of time in the dorms. He then advises Kay about marriage decisions…
1944 6 27 Letter from Ted to Tomi and Kay
Ted thanks Tomi and Kay for the birthday gifts of socks and hankerchiefs. He mentions that he received an I-A classification but not a physical exam yet. He is fnishing his exams.
1944 8 22 Letter from Ted to Kay
Ted tells Kay how much fun he had staying with Iyo and Min and talking with Tim Bodine and dining with Buster and Ko. (Kay wasn't there). He tells her about Barbara who he thinks he may be going steady with. He spent two days with her.
1945 1 20 Postcard from Tom to Kay
Tom writes to Kay telling her that he has been able to see some of Florida during army training on the base.
1945 2 14 Letter from John to Kay
John tells Kay about all the people that he has visited on his way to Bay Region. (Long list of names including a talk with Howard Thurman) and suggests to Kay that she move to Chicago to live with Tomi. He tells her that he thinks he will settle in…
1945 7 2 Letter from Tom to Tomi
Tom describes his time in camp, his easy job setting up the dining tables and cleaning afterwards, and his plans to travel with 3 day off passes with Mech. He mentions someone, Galen Fisher who he went to high school with who was wounded seriously in…
1945 7 5 Letter from Tom to Kay and Tomi
Tom writes about a girl named Fumi, whos brothers are fighting in Italy and never went to college. He wants the family to get their opinion of her before he pursues anything. He mentions about someone who got pulled off from being shipped off to war.