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Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) to Morris "Moe" Weiner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0013 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) Place Written: [Brooklyn, New York] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 April 1943 Pagination: 6 p. ; 18 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

Written at 11:00 PM at home. Sylvia went shopping for him for shoe polish and thimbles to use for his trigger finger. Tried to get him Halva and was told it wasn't "in season." She talks about old letters that she has found that he wrote, one from 1926. Also that she dreams of him at Oregon State [University] in training.

Oregon State University-State University in Corvallis, Oregon. Held training programs for World War II
Halva-dense,sweet confection.

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

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