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Letters from Beth Puckett to Lewis Puckett (April 19-29, 1945) [Puckett Family Papers]

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Title	Letters from Beth Puckett to Lewis Puckett (April 19-29, 1945) [Puckett Family Papers]
Date	1945-04
Creator (individual)	Puckett, Beth
Subject headings	Greensboro (N.C.) -- History--20th century World War, 1939-1945
Place	Greensboro (N.C.)
Description	Letters written by Beth Puckett to her husband Lewis Puckett who was serving in the US Navy in the Pacific Theatre. The letters feature frequent expressions of loneliness, longing, and affection. Other topics include a list of the items found in their son Steven's pockets while doing laundry, their daughter Sherry being nominated for May Queen (and working on the dress for the ocassion), gardening, an annoying boarder, taking the children to the movies, social visits, going to Sunday School, home improvement projects, Steven cutting holes in two of Beth's nicest slips, playing the piano, a waste paper drive, city elections, and listening to the radio.
Type	Text
Original format	correspondence
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Language	en
Contributing institution	Greensboro History Museum
Contact Information	http://library.uncg.edu/dp/ttt/greensborohistory.aspx
Source collection	Mss. Coll. 89 Puckett Family Papers
Series/grouping	1: Correspondence
Folder	1.20: Correspondence-- Puckett, Beth -- Letters to Lewis Puckett (1945, Apr. 19-29)
Finding aid link	http://archives.greensborohistory.org/manuscripts/puckett-family
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
Object ID	GHM_MSS089.001.020
Digital access format	Image/jpeg
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
Sponsor	LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html
OCLC number	876905994

Letters from Beth Puckett to Lewis Puckett (April 19-29, 1945) [Puckett Family Papers]

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