Letter, Jewel Jennings to Her Husband, Kelvie Jennings, September 10, 1942

Authors

Jewel Jennings

Files

Description

This handwritten letter, dated September 10, 1942, is written to Kelvie Jennings at a Marine Corps training camp in San Diego, California from his wife, Jewel Jennings, in Jackson, Mississippi. The letter discusses details of how she is handling their personal affairs in preparation to move to San Diego, her job, and news from their friends. The letter includes newspaper clippings of the adds Jewel placed in the newspaper concerning their car. The envelope bears two three cent postage stamps and a postmark for Jackson, Mississippi, September 10, 1942.

Publication Date

9-10-1942

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

United States--Marine Corps; World War II, 1939-1945

Keywords

Through the Lines: Letters From the Homefront, 1917-1945

Geographic Location

Jackson, (Miss.)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 2 pages; newspaper clippings

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS-801_1942-09_Letter-Wednesday-Night-With-Newspaper-Clipping_0001s

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections, Manuscripts Division, Jennings (Kelvie and Jewel) Family Papers, Box 1, Folders 1-3

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

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