Hays Ray Webb Collection
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Description
In this typed letter, Robert B. Ray writes from where he is stationed near New Guinea, to his wife, Denise Beyt Ray in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Ray discusses his receipt of the wallet she sent him and the letters he's received from their friends and family back home. He goes on to tell her about how Col. Patterson has written two letters with a few lines and then cut out several places so that his wife thinks he told her secrets that got censored. He concludes by advising her the purchase of bonds and offers advice about what her brother and sister-in-law should do. An air mail envelope postmarked July 11, 1944 with an orange, embossed air mail postage stamp is included.
Publication Date
7-1-1944
Time Period
1940-1949
Subjects
Correspondence; WWII (World War, 1939-1945)
Keywords
love letters; World War II letters
Geographic Location
New Guinea (Aus)
Object Type
text
Format (original)
correspondence
Format (digital)
Digital ID
MFM_MSS_004_1944-07-01-Letters-Robert-to-Denise
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Hays-Ray-Webb Collection, Box 2, Folder 9
Repository
Manuscripts Unit
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.
Recommended Citation
Hays-Ray-Webb collection, Archives and Special Collections Division, Mississippi State University Libraries, Mississippi State University