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Love Letters
 Websites presented in alphabetical order "My Precious Loulie...": Love Letters of the Civil War 
 These love letters from Civil War soldiers "show their sorrows of being apart, fears that the soldier would not return home, and hopes for the future after the war's end." In addition, "some of the letters are comical, as is the letter from an unknown soldier to a woman who evidently answered his 'lonely-hearts' advertisement." Includes images and transcriptions of this small collection of letters. From the University Libraries of Virginia Tech. http://spec.lib.vt.edu/cwlove/ Topics: Correspondence, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jan 31, 2006 Dear Bess: Love Letters From the President
Digital versions of letters from Harry to Bess Truman sent between 1910 and 1957. The letters "not only [show] the personal loving relationship between Harry and Bess, but the President's efforts to use his wife as a sounding board for the issues of state." Selected letters have been transcribed. From the Truman Presidential Museum & Library. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/dearbess.htm Topics: Correspondence, Presidents by Name Last updated Nov 9, 2006 The First Proposal or What a Future President of the United States Did When He Was Rejected by the Woman He Loved
This article describes the early relationship and almost nine-year courtship of Harry Truman and Bess Wallace Truman. Includes discussion of their correspondence and a copy of a 1911 letter "in which he asks a very surprising question: 'Speaking of diamonds would you wear a solitaire one on your left hand should I get it?" They were not married until 1919. From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Prologue magazine. http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2007/winter/proposal.html Topics: Correspondence, Presidents by Name Last updated Feb 2, 2009 Love Letters: An Intimate Look at Love in Lancaster
This online exhibit "enables us to explore the ups and downs of romantic love from the 18th century to the present." Includes poetry, selections from autograph albums ("My love for you will never fail. As long as fido has a tail."), and a sampling of love letters. From the Lancaster County Historical Society, Pennsylvania. http://www.lancasterhistory.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=358&Itemid=164 Topics: Correspondence, Poetry Last updated Jan 23, 2009 A Thousand Kisses: Love Letters From the Archives of American Art
"This selection of affectionate communiqués to and from American artists [such as Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, and Michael Goldberg] gives us insight into the lives of painters, sculptors, illustrators, and others -- their relationships, perceptions, and creative energies -- from the mid-19th century to the late 20th." A companion to a 2008 physical exhibit at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. http://www.aaa.si.edu/exhibits/index.cfm/fuseaction/projects.viewproject/projectid/135 Topics: Correspondence Last updated Jan 31, 2008 |
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