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Guide to the Letter from Daddy MSS.2841

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Daddy

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Author:

Finding aid prepared by Lydia Wommack

Publication:

W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama

Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu

September 2010

Creation:

This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2010-09-24T14:47-0500

Language Usage:

English

Description Rules:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Letter from Daddy

Unit ID:

MSS.2841

Repository:

W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama

Quantity:

0.1 Linear feet

Dates:

1945 May 2

Abstract:

A letter from a father in Germany to his children in which he tells them of the death of Hitler and the surrender of German troops in Italy and Western Austria.

Preferred Citation:

Preferred Citation note

Letter from Daddy, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.

Acquisition Information:

Provenance

Gift of Wade Hall, 2006.

Processing Information:

Processed by

Lydia Wommack, 2010.

Scope and Contents note

This collection contains a letter from a father in Germany to his children in which he tells them of the death of Hitler and the surrender of German troops in Italy and Western Austria. He notes that morale is high as the war is expected to end quickly.

Letter Box SC0035 Folder 2841.1

Letter from Daddy, Germany, to Dearest Ones, May 2, 1945 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/35506