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Series I: Manuscripts
BOX-FOLDER MSS1584/1 Clippings, undated
1 folder
MS04: "Artie in the Stalls," Artie Greengroin, PFC, YANK, the Army Weekly. "What is the Matter with George," by Marjorie Lederer.
BOX-FOLDER MSS1584/2-4 Correspondence, September 3, 1942-December 29, 1942
3 folders
MS01: Correspondence from veteran to his wife, Sara, and their daughter, Deborah, who lived in Baltimore, Maryland. Topics covered include: Travel to and within Europe; leisure activities; living conditions; mail service; job duties; daily routine; news of the war; theater and musical performances attended; weather; holiday observances including attending Passover Seder; food; work in the x-ray department; his daughter's activities and development; playing the violin; work in a prison camp; homesickness and desire to see his wife and daughter.
BOX-FOLDER MSS1612/1-6 Correspondence, December 29, 1942-July 30, 1943
6 folders
MS01
BOX-FOLDER MSS1613/1-6 Correspondence, August 1, 1943-February 16, 1944
6 folders
MS01
BOX-FOLDER MSS1614/1-6 Correspondence, February 18, 1944-November 2, 1944
6 folders
MS01
BOX-FOLDER MSS1615/1-6 Correspondence, November 3, 1944-July 13, 1945
6 folders
MS01
BOX-FOLDER OVZ134/1 Correspondence, 1945
1 folder
MS01
BOX-FOLDER MSS1616/1-5 Correspondence, 1942-1945
5 folders
MS01: envelopes
BOX-FOLDER MSS1616/6-7 Correspondence, September 1, 1941-November 19, 1942
2 folders
MS02: Correspondence to veteran from his wife, Sara, and his daughter, Deborah, who lived in Baltimore, Maryland. Many letters have brief responses from veteran written on the back. Topics covered include: Work as a teacher; daily routine and activities; news of friends and family; news of her pregnancy and their daughter's birth; daughter's development and activities; health; veteran's father's health.
BOX-FOLDER MSS1617/1-6 Correspondence, November 21, 1942-November 1, 1943
6 folders
MS02
BOX-FOLDER MSS1619/1-6 Correspondence, October 3, 1943-October 1, 1944
6 folders
MS02
BOX-FOLDER MSS1621/1-7 Correspondence, October 3, 1944-July 15, 1945
7 folders
MS02
BOX-FOLDER MSS2671/1 Correspondence, 1945
1 folder
MS02: envelopes
BOX-FOLDER MSS2671/2-3 Correspondence, 1942-1945
2 folders
MS03: Correspondence to veteran and his wife. Correspondents include Mrs. Anthony, Captain Meyer Bloom, Hyman Cohen, Rosalie Racusin, Captain Frank Schultz, Louis Silberstein, Jacqueline Wendel, and Rose Zatz. Also includes correspondence from Sara Silverton to Mollie Eisenberg.
BOX-FOLDER MSS2671/4 Correspondence, July 30, 1944
1 folder
MS18: Copy of correspondence from veteran to his wife.
BOX-FOLDER MSS2671/5 Military Papers, 1941-1947
1 folder
MS05: War Department Identification Cards, Statement of Service, Classification Questionnaires, Orders, Certificates, financial records, Separation Record, War Department Correspondence.
BOX-FOLDER OVZ134/2 Military Papers, 1941-1947
1 folder
MS05
BOX-FOLDER MSS2671/6 Military Papers, 1945
1 folder
MS19: Recommendation for Bronze Star Medal.
BOX-FOLDER MSS2671/7 Printed Matter, 1941-1943
1 folder
MS06-MS17: Hospital bulletin, theater programs, guide to Bristol, English and German postcards.
Series II: Photographs
BOX-FOLDER MSS2671/8 Original Photographic Prints, undated
1 folder
PH01-PH03: Images of Silverton, Captain Kohn, 2nd Evacuation Hospital Staff in Ireland.
BOX-FOLDER MSS2671/9 Original Photographic Prints, undated
1 folder
PH06: Five people posed in front of the World War II Memorial, Washington, DC.
BOX-FOLDER MSS2671/10 Photocopy of photographic print, undated
PH04: Image of Silverton in uniform.

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