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World War II letters from African-American Soldiers
- Title
- World War II letters from African-American Soldiers, 1940-1945.
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 429 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 429 Box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- .8 lin. ft. (2 archival boxes)
- Summary
- The World War II Letters from African-American Soldiers collection consists of letters from African-American servicemen to Elnora (Nora) Bing Williams and her husband, Edgar Thomas (Ned) Williams of Brooklyn, New York. The correspondents are relatives and friends, and the letters describe their social and recreational activities on and off U.S. military bases. The soldiers share news about other family members and friends back home as well as those also in the military. In only a few letters were their lives as African-American servicemen portrayed, or their relationships with white military men or townspeople. The letters from friends also describe training to become non-commissioned officers. All of the servicemen had been drafted; a few men attained the rank of sergeant, corporal and lieutenant. Several were stationed in the Pacific and Europe, and obliquely wrote about general conditions there.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Letters (correspondence)
- Source (note)
- Edgar Thomas Williams
- Call Number
- Sc MG 429
- OCLC
- 789358103
- Title
- World War II letters from African-American Soldiers, 1940-1945.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 429