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Scope and Content
The Ralph Jaffe Collection consists of personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, a diary, a creative work, photographs, and a few artifacts. The majority of the collection consists of Ralph Jaffe’s letters to his wife, Betty, and her letters to him during his time in military service. Ralph and Betty Jaffe exchanged letters about their business, their children, Ralph’s eagerness to get home, military training, his health, recreation, the death of President Roosevelt, Ralph’s job duties in the Philippines, daily life, and the end of the war.