Guide to the Myer L. Feldman Letters MSS.3687
Feldman, Myer L.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
October 2012
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Myer L. Feldman Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.3687
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.4 Linear feet (125 letters, mainly from Myer Feldman (U.S. Navy) to his wife)
- Dates:
1944-1945
- Abstract:
Letters from Myer L. Feldman to his wife, Ida, and baby daughter, Sally Ann, while he was in the United States Navy, stationed at the Sampson Naval Training Base near Seneca, New York, and aboard the U.S.S. LSM(R)-197 amphibious ship.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains many of the almost daily letters from Feldman to his wife, Ida, and baby daughter, Sally Ann, while he was in the United States Navy, stationed first at the Sampson Naval Training Base near Seneca, New York, and then aboard the U.S.S. LSM(R)-197 amphibious ship.
Biographical/Historical note
Myer L. Feldman was born on 25 February 1907, the third son of Nathan and Elizabeth Feldman. He was married to Ida E. (b. 23 September 1911) and had at least one daughter, Sally Ann. Feldman was an attorney when he enlisted in the Navy during World War II. He went through basic training at Sampson Naval Training Base near Seneca, New York, and then served aboard the U.S.S. LSM(R)-197 amphibious ship. Feldman died in Holyoke, Massachusetts, on 20 February 1985; Ida died 10 February 1999, also in Holyoke.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
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None
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
gift of Dr. Millie Jackson, 2012
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Myer L. Feldman Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2012
Source(s)
Jackson, Mildred, Dr. , Associate Dean for Research and Instruction, UA
Diaries (aat)
War and Military (localbroad)
World War, 1939-1945 (lcsh)
Letters, April - May 1944 Box 3687.001 Folder 1
Letters, June 1944 Box 3687.001 Folder 1
Letters, July 1944 Box 3687.001 Folder 2
Letters, August - September 1944 Box 3687.001 Folder 3
Letters, October - November 1944 Box 3687.001 Folder 5
Letters, 1945 Box 3687.001 Folder 6
Miscellaneous Correspondence Box 3687.001 Folder 7