PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi04243::A Guide to the Dares Emery Wirt letters, 1946-1947)//EN" "vi04243.xml" A Guide to the Dares Emery Wirt letters, 1946-1947 Wirt, Dares Emery, letters, 1946-1947 45313 Trenton Hizer Library of Virginia © 2011 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Trenton Hizer, 17 February 2011 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Dares Emery Wirt letters, 1946-1947 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 45313 Trenton Hizer

Library of Virginia 2011 Trenton Hizer Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Dares Emery Wirt letters, 1946-1947 45313 32 leaves and 28 pages English Dares Emery Wirt Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Dares Emery Wirt letters, 1946-1947. Accession 45313. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Purchased from Crown Collectibles, Chesterfield, Virginia.

Biographical Information

Dares Emery Wirt was born in 1924 in Massachusetts. He served as an officer and pilot in the United States Navy, including a stint at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station at Chincoteague, Virginia. Wirt retired as a captain in the United State Naval Reserve. He married Esther Dulin Johnson (1923-1998) in 1947, and they had at least four children.

Scope and Content

Letters, 1946-1947, from Dares Emery Wirt (1923-), stationed at the Chincoteague, Virginia, Naval Auxiliary Air Station to Esther Dulin Johnson (Wirt) (1923-1998) of St. Petersburg, Florida, detailing his duties as a Naval pilot, describing Chincoteague and surrounding communities, commenting on trips and his efforts in purchasing a car, telling Esther he misses her, and planning their wedding.

Contents List Letter, 16-17 October 1946. 1 Letter, 20 October 1946. 1 Letter, 25 October 1946. 1 Letter, 27 October 1946. 1 Letter, 28 October 1946. 1 Letter, 30 October 1946. 1 Letter, 20 December 1946. 1 Letter, 22 December 1946. 1 Letter, 6 January 1947. 1 Letter, 9 January 1947. 1 Letter, 14 January 1947. 2 Letter, 16 January 1947. 2 Letter, 26 January 1947. 2 Letter, 28 January 1947. 2 Letter, 30 January 1947. 2 Letter, 31 January[?] 1947 . 2 Letter, 6 February 1947. 2 Letter, 10 February 1947. 2 Letter, 12 February 1947. 2 Letter, 17 February 1947. 2