Posts with the tag: love letters

The Archivist’s Nook: Love is “One Glorious Picnic Day” – A 1935 Letter to Dorothy Deex

On an early morning in 1935, a 24-year-old year old Robert T. Meyer begins his day by typing a letter to a Ms. Dorothy Deex. Robert, a young grad student at this time, was so tired he nearly “used [his] typewriter as a pillow”. He daydreams in courier new about his future in academia: “… why, maybe, Read More

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The Archivist’s Nook: “A Wonderful Tonic” – A Wartime Hollywood Romance

“My Sweetheart, today is your birthday. There is so much to say that I am not going to attempt to use words and paper and pencil. I think you know how I feel about our separation – and the war which caused it – and my prayers and hopes for our future.” Thus begins a Read More

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