Guide to the Elmer E. Rhode Letters MSS.2550
Rhode, Elmer E.
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by Amanda Haldy
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
October 1, 2009.
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2010-04-01T12:42-0500
- Language Usage:
English
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Elmer E. Rhode Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.2550
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (3 Letters, 1 Envelope)
- Dates:
1942-1943
- Abstract:
Bernice Shelly writes from Tracy and Oakland, California, to P.F.C. Elmer E. Rhode, stationed in San Francisco, California, about her work as a waitress and at a factory to aid the war effort. A third letter makes a third-party reference to an encounter with Elmer Rhode written by Fred Kimball of San Francisco, California, to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Payne of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
Scope and Contents note
Contains two letters from Bernice Shelly to P.F.C. Elmer E. Rhode about her work as a waitress and at a factory to aid the war effort. The third letter is a third-party reference to an encounter with Elmer Rhode written by Fred Kimball to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Payne. A few other men away at war are also mentioned, and Mr. Kimball's business card is included.
Biographical/Historical note
Bernice Shelly writes from Tracy and Oakland, California, to P.F.C. Elmer E. Rhode, stationed in San Francisco, California. Fred Kimball of San Francisco, California, writes to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Payne of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. All of the letters contain brief references to World War II.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wde Hall, 2006.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Elmer E. Rhode Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The Univesrity of Alabama.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Amanda Haldy, 2009.
Elmer E. Rhode Letters Box SC0025 Folder 2550.01