Joyce Calkins and family letters, 1938-1943.

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Joyce Calkins and family letters, 1938-1943.

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Letters mainly to Joyce Calkins (Virginia, Minn.) from her three sons, Keith, Graydon, and Bill, regarding Keith's and Graydon's service with the Civilian Conservation Corps (1938-1940) and the U.S. Navy (1942-1943) and Bill's service with the U.S. Coast Guard (1942-1943). They include comments on experiences at CCC camps, at the Great Lakes naval training station, and in naval diesel training school. Also present is Joyce Calkins' inventory of personal property (1943).

53 items in 1 folder.

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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