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College of William and Mary

Elsie Comfort Correspondence, 1943/1952

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The correspondence includes handwritten postcards, letters, and V-Mail as well as three photographs addressed to Elsie Jean Comfort (referred to as Elsie, Jean and Jeannie) from United States servicemen in the Army, Navy and Air Force during World War II and the Korean War. Several of the letter writers are from Comfort's hometown of Elmira, New York. Comfort receives letters from F.W. (Franklin Woodward or "Barney") Harlan; Charles R. Haner; James Ewing, Jr.; Donald Fickers; Richard T. Butts; Dick Murray; Raymond Haven; Roger Comfort; and Willie van der Linden, Comfort's post-World War II pen pal from Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. Comfort also receives one letter from her older sister, Jeanette Comfort.

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Correspondence Box 1, Folder 16

Miscellaneous and undated items. Includes loose small items, a letter from Willie van der Linden, a Christmas card from James R. Greatsinger, a greeting card with an illegible signature, and three loose letters from Barney Harlan. Also includes newspaper clippings, two empty envelopes, and a "Pointer" newsletter from US Naval Drydocks, Hunters Point, April 11, 1944.

Correspondence, 1943 Box 1, Folder 2

Postcard from March and a letter from October from Cpl. Dick Murray, a postcard from Pvt. Charles Haner from May, a letter from Raymond Haven from July, and a letter from Pvt. Francis Manning from October.

Correspondence, 1943 Box 1, Folder 3

Postcard and letter dated October, two letters from November, and one from December, all from F. W. "Barney" Harlan first from Camp Peary, Virginia and later from USN Repair Base in San Diego, California. Barney writes largely about the boredom of camp life, playing piano for an orchestra, and a visit to the San Diego Zoo.

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