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Series I:
Manuscripts
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3077/1 |
Correspondence, May 13,
1943-June 14, 1943
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MS01: Letters from veteran's spouse Lillian Shuchter to Jerome Shuchter.
Topics covered include: thoughts on current events and the Allies'
strategy; Jerome's duties and activities; love and affection for him;
Lillian's work life; planning for furloughs and leave; updates on family
and friends; sex life; moving from Los Angeles to New York City;
attending concerts and movies; performance of the mail service;
attending American-Russian Friendship Meetings; pregnancy; birth of
their son Peter; caring for Peter; sending Jerome care packages;
struggles with her weight and eating habits; determination to be
resilient in Jerome's absence; Lillian's reflections on Jerome's
letters; encouragement for Jerome; thoughts on racism and anti-Semitism
in the military; family finances; humor and jokes that Lillian has
heard; coping with rationing; Jerome's buddies and colleagues in his
unit; their son Peter's development, includes drawings of her and Peter;
Jerome's infidelity; following Jerome's squadron's activities in the
news; Lillian's thoughts on the bombing of civilians and the nature of
war; Franklin Delano Roosevelt's death; Jerome's return home at end of
war. |
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3077/2 |
Correspondence, June 16,
1943-July 17, 1943
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3077/3 |
Correspondence, July 18,
1943-August 18, 1943
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3077/4 |
Correspondence, August 19,
1943-September 26, 1943
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3077/5 |
Correspondence, September 27,
1943-October 23, 1943
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3077/6 |
Correspondence, October 24,
1943-November 18, 1943
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3081/1 |
Correspondence, November 19,
1943-December 30, 1943
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3081/2 |
Correspondence, January 1,
1944-February 26, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3081/3 |
Correspondence, March 1,
1944-March 31, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3081/4 |
Correspondence, April 1,
1944-May 10, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3081/5 |
Correspondence, May 11,
1944-June 25, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3081/6 |
Correspondence, June 27,
1944-August 4, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3082/1 |
Correspondence, August 6,
1944-September 30, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3082/2 |
Correspondence, October 3,
1944-November 13, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3082/3 |
Correspondence, November 15,
1944-December 18, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3082/4 |
Correspondence, December 21,
1944-January 21, 1945
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3082/5 |
Correspondence, January 24,
1945-February 28, 1945
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3082/6 |
Correspondence, March 3,
1945-April 9, 1945
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3082/7 |
Correspondence, April 10,
1945-May 8, 1945
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3083/1 |
Correspondence, May 8,
1945-June 7, 1945
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3083/2 |
Correspondence, June 8,
1945-July 5, 1945
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3083/3 |
Correspondence, July 6,
1945-October 24, 1945
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3083/4 |
Correspondence, May 2, 1943-May
31,1943
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MS02: Letters from Jerome Shuchter to spouse Lillian Shuchter. Topics
covered include: Jerome's reflections on joining the military; basic
training at Kearns AB; playing cards and gambling with colleagues; using
knowledge of statistics in gambling; movies that he has watched;
Lillian's social life; performance of the mail service; training as a
radio operator at Sioux Falls AAF; reflections on routines of military
life; profiles of colleagues; consideration of becoming an officer;
motivations for going to war and doing well; importance of mail to his
morale; enthusiasm for radios; reflections on the passage of time;
desire to live in New York after the war; Lillian's move from Los
Angeles to New York City; food in the military; word play; working as a
statistician for the War Department before enlisting; benefits of
military service; training at Truax Field; poems and phrases in Yiddish;
physical training; cross-country training flights; reflections on the
risk of crashes; poetry; casualties in training; training with his
squadron; D-Day and the war in Europe; B-29 operations; Lillian's
weight; some letters written while in flight; Jews in the military;
deploying to Saipan, reflections on battle the Marines fought for the
island; scatological humor; authoring a "dope sheet" on radio operations
for squadron's radio operators; Jerome's duties and activities; rumors;
love and affection for her; books that Jerome has read; planning for
furloughs and leave; family finances; thoughts on racism and
anti-Semitism in the military; birth of their son Peter; their son
Peter's development; Jerome's infidelity; daily life while based on
Saipan; taking part in bombing raids on mainland Japan; reflections on
the nature of war and the nature of air combat; Japanese air raids on
Saipan; promotion to staff sergeant; standing guard duty on Saipan;
building up of support facilities on Saipan; reflections on death;
updates on friends and family; emotions before a bombing mission;
reflections on V-E Day; humor and jokes; reflections on Memorial Day;
danger involved in his job; learning he will have to complete 35
missions instead of 25 in order to go home; completing 35 missions;
arriving in Pearl Harbor on V-J Day; discharge processing at the
Greensboro Training Center; condolence letter to Lillian on her mother's
death; letter informing Lillian he wants a divorce. |
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3083/5 |
Correspondence, June 4,
1943-July 8, 1943
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3083/6 |
Correspondence, July 9,
1943-August 5, 1943
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3084/1 |
Correspondence, August 6,
1943-August 31, 1943
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3084/2 |
Correspondence, September 1,
1943-October 8, 1943
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3084/3 |
Correspondence, October 9,
1943-October 30, 1943
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3084/4 |
Correspondence, November 2,
1943-November 28, 1943
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3084/5 |
Correspondence, November 30,
1943-December 25, 1943
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3084/6 |
Correspondence, December 26,
1943-January 31, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3085/1 |
Correspondence, February 1,
1944-March 7, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3085/2 |
Correspondence, March 7,
1944-March 31, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3085/3 |
Correspondence, April 1,
1944-April 27, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3085/4 |
Correspondence, April 27,
1944-May 31, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3085/5 |
Correspondence, June 1,
1944-June 29, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3085/6 |
Correspondence, July 1,
1944-July 30, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3086/1 |
Correspondence, July 31,
1944-September 16, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3086/2 |
Correspondence, September 17,
1944-October 17, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3086/3 |
Correspondence, October 18,
1944-November 25, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3086/4 |
Correspondence, November 26,
1944-December 30, 1944
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-3086/5 |
Correspondence, December 30,
1944-January 25, 1945
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