Illustration, Emidio Angelo, Collier's Magazine, ca. 1944.
Author
Emidio Angelo
Abstract/Description
A newspaper clipping from Collier’s Magazine with an illustration by Emidio Angelo, a Philadelphia-based cartoonist. The illustration depicts a Japanese classroom with a teacher and two students. The response by the student alludes to the American presence and their military advances in the Pacific Theater.
Letter and Envelope, Ambrose O'Connell, Washington D.C., on letterhead of the Post Office Department, to Mark X. Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, December 11, 1942.
Author
Ambrose O'Connell, Post Office Department, First Assistant Postmaster General, Mark X. Benson
Abstract/Description
Letter from First Assistant Postmaster General Ambrose O’Connell notifying Mark Benson of Eloise Benson’s installation as acting postmaster. Includes an envelope postmarked December 11, 1942.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1942-12-11_Post_Office_Department_to_MXB
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Letter and Envelope, Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, to Mark X. Benson, October 30, 1945.
Author
Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description
Letter from Eloise to Mark answering some of Mark’s previous letters. The letter also includes a note likely written at a later date about some Japanese teeth that Mark brought over from a fight he participated in in the Philippines. Includes an envelope postmarked October 30, 1945.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1945-10-30_EB_Letter
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Letter and Envelope, Evelyn Yockey, Columbus, OH, to Mark X. Benson, October 31, 1945.
Author
Evelyn Yockey, Mark X. Benson
Abstract/Description
Letter from Evelyn Yockey to Mark anticipating his return and lamenting the length of the war. Includes an envelope postmarked November 1, 1945.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1945-10-31_Evelyn_Letter
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Letter and Envelope, Flo Steele, Chulo Vista, CA, to Mark X. Benson, October 19, 1945.
Author
Flo Steele, Mark X. Benson
Abstract/Description
Letter from Florence Steele to Eloise about submitting her address to the Red Cross in order to get financial assistance so that she can travel to undergo an operation. Includes an envelope postmarked October 20, 1945.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1945-10-19_Flo_Steele_Letter
Format
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Letter and Envelope, Frank C. Walker, Washington D.C., to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, November 17, 1942.
Author
Frank C. Walker, Office of the Postmaster General, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description
Letter from Postmaster General Frank C. Walker to Eloise Benson designating her as acting Postmaster of the Gulf Breeze post office. Included are instructions for the positions of Postmaster and Acting Postmaster. Includes an envelope postmarked November 18, 1942.
Letter and Envelope, Mark X. Benson to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, April 13, 1945.
Author
Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description
Letter from Mark to Eloise detailing the first conference of the churches of the Philippines since 1941 which Mark attended as an honorary delegate. The letter also mentions of plans to move the Navy’s post office to a new building. Includes an envelope postmarked April 13, 1945.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1945-04-13_MXB_Letter
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Letter and Envelope, Mark X. Benson to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, April 14, 1945.
Author
Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description
Letter from Mark to Eloise describing ribbons for membership to the Veterans of Foreign Wars as well as the poor living conditions of the Filipinos in the aftermath of Japanese occupation. Includes an envelope postmarked April 15, 1945.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1945-04-14_MXB_Letter
Format
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Title
Letter and Envelope, Mark X. Benson to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, April 18, 1945.
Author
Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description
Letter from Mark to Eloise about general matters. Includes an envelope postmarked April 18, 1945.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1945-04-18_MXB_Letter_4_pages
Format
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Title
Letter and Envelope, Mark X. Benson to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, April 18, 1945.
Author
Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description
Letter from Mark to Eloise about general matters with an excerpt from the lyrics of “On the Jericho Road.” Includes an envelope postmarked April 19, 1945.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1945-04-18_MXB_Letter_5_pages
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Title
Letter and Envelope, Mark X. Benson to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, April 19, 1945.
Author
Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description
Letter from Mark to Eloise about general matters. Includes an envelope postmarked April 19, 1945.
Identifier
uwfgbhs1945-04-19_MXB_Letter
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Letter and Envelope, Mark X. Benson to Eloise Benson, Gulf Breeze, FL, February 15, 1945.
Author
Mark X. Benson, Eloise Benson
Abstract/Description
Letter from Mark to Eloise about Mark’s fellow Navy officer, Harton(?), and other general matters. Includes an envelope postmarked February 15, 1945.