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21 August 1944
Diamond, Sidney (1925-1944)
to Estelle Spero
Diamond discusses the books that he has been reading and describes the U.S.O. show that he had seen the night before.
GLC09120.483
27 August 1944
Diamond apologizes for having upset Estelle. He also informs her that the portrait of the two of them together has been completed, but complains that he bears no resemblance to the picture. He discusses the books that he has read recently.
GLC09120.488
14 September 1944
Diamond, Sidney (1925-1945)
Diamond mentions that he has been reading Montaigne's "Selected Essays", which leads to a discussion of the problems pertaining to a potential "victory" over Japan.
GLC09120.503
24 September 1944
Diamond uses his reading of Montaigne's "Essays" to try and solve Estelle's friend Jan's "problem".
GLC09120.513
27 April 1943
Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008)
to Morris "Moe" Weiner
Addresses many of Moe's previous letters. Sylvia wishes her mail would reach him on a regular basis. Comments that he is sewing, not using a gun or pen in the Army. She attended the Executive Meeting of the Victory Educational Council of the Ocean...
GLC09414.0011
29 April 1943
Sylvia tells Moe about the current book she is reading. Received a gift of two records, then played ping-pong. Notes that he has been gone for eight weeks. This letter includes a hand drawn map of the United States with Brooklyn at one end and Salem...
GLC09414.0015
18 May 1943
Sylvia wants to come and see him on the West coast in August. Got home late from seeing "Mission to Moscow." Talks about the Trotsky trials and other events in Soviet history, and that Russia has to protect herself. Tells Moe he knows all of the...
GLC09414.0036
6 July 1943
Written at 8:00 PM at home. Sylvia went to the office and remained in the field until 2:00 PM when she went to Moe's father's house. Talks about the book "Citizen Tom Paine." Compares Paine's writings to the current situation with World War II...
GLC09414.0073
30 August 1943
Written at the office. Sylvia says she went to an M.D. on President Street [Brooklyn] because she had a bladder infection. Thanks Moe for the books and pictures he sent her.
GLC09414.0094
17 September 1943
Sylvia is writing on the new writing paper she got for her birthday. She went to see "Watch on the Rhine," reminds Moe that she has already seen the play. Calls this the finest movie she has ever seen. She says that for the first time you see in the...
GLC09414.0116
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