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Letters from Beth Puckett to Lewis Puckett (December 25-31, 1944) [Puckett Family Papers]

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Title	Letters from Beth Puckett to Lewis Puckett (December 25-31, 1944) [Puckett Family Papers]
Date	1944-12
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 include several expressions of affection, loneliness, and longing. Other topics include the events of Christmas day, war news, Christmas presents, rationing, memories of previous Christmases, waxing chairs, piano lessons, cold weather, visiting relatives, cleaning and running errands, social interactions, annoying acquaintances, financial matters, learning independence, the maturing of their relationship, the lady roomer staying with them at the time, updates on the children's behavior, and frustration over the inconsistency of mail delivery.
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	1.13: Correspondence-- Puckett, Beth -- Letters to Lewis Puckett (1944, Dec. 25-31)
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_MSS089.001.013
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	883243970

Letters from Beth Puckett to Lewis Puckett (December 25-31, 1944) [Puckett Family Papers]

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