Guide to the Leonard Burkins, Jr., Letter MSS.2331
Burkins, Leonard, Jr.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
February 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Leonard Burkins, Jr. Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.2331
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (one V-mail letter)
- Dates:
1945 January 3
- Abstract:
V-mail letter from Private Leonard Burkins, Jr. to Mrs. Ellen Stahl on January 3, 1945, which he begins with "Dear #2".
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Leonard Burkins, Jr. Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Biographical/Historical note
In 1945 Leonard Burkins was a Private in the 93rd Signal Battalion of the United States Army, serving in Europe (probably France).
Scope and Contents note
The contains one V-mail letter from Private Leonard Burkins, Jr. to Mrs. Ellen Stahl on January 3, 1945, which he begins with "Dear #2". He tells her that he has just received her Christmas card and letter. He also says that he has been visiting some civilian friends and going to the movies. He ends by telling her about a mutual female friend was refused by the WAVES because of her appendix.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2010
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
donated by Wade Hall, 2006
Letter Box SC0010 Folder 2331.01