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Box 3

 Container

Contains 5 Results:

Frank O. Wilson to Susan Rinehart Wilson, 1944 June-December

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 1-2
Scope and Contents

Frank is still in the field and hasn't been able to come home to see Susan or the baby. His address changes to an APO address in New York City and by October 19, 1944, he is in England.

Dates: 1944 June-December
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Frank Owen Wilson and Susan Rinehart World War II correspondence

Frank O. Wilson to Susan Rinehart Wilson, 1945 January-November

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 3-6
Scope and Contents Letters in folder three show Frank Wilson as somewhere in France (January 19, 1945) and then Belgium (January 29, 1945). He is in the infantry division away from his Battery unit, experiencing "physical exertion and nervous tension" as well as exhaustion. Hopes are high among the men when they hear that Hitler is dead (May 2, 1945). The war ends in Europe (May 8, 1945) and Frank travels to Holland for a vacation and relaxation (May 15-23, 1945). He is concerned about going to fight in the...
Dates: 1945 January-November
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Frank Owen Wilson and Susan Rinehart World War II correspondence

Frank O. Wilson to Susan Rinehart Wilson, circa 1942-1946

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Content Description From the Collection: The collection contains more than 450 letters written between Lieutenant Frank Owen Wilson from Wilson, Arkansas, who was a University of Virginia graduate and his Charlottesville girlfriend, Susan Smith Rinehart (1925-1995), whose family lived on an estate called "Boxwood." There are 276 letters from Wilson and 180 letters from Rinehart. Wilson's early letters are from Saint Elmo Hall at the Univeristy of Virginia. His letters while in military service were not subject to censorship, yet...
Dates: circa 1942-1946
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Frank Owen Wilson and Susan Rinehart World War II correspondence

Miscellaneous Correspondence and Military Papers, 1921, 1942, 1944

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Susan writes to Natalie thanking her for five dresses for the baby that used to be Frank’s (July 8, 1944). There is a note about Frank’s mom slipped and hurt her ankle.

Dates: 1921, 1942, 1944
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Frank Owen Wilson and Susan Rinehart World War II correspondence

Correspondence with the parents of Frank Wilson, 1944 July-August

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Content Description From the Collection: The collection contains more than 450 letters written between Lieutenant Frank Owen Wilson from Wilson, Arkansas, who was a University of Virginia graduate and his Charlottesville girlfriend, Susan Smith Rinehart (1925-1995), whose family lived on an estate called "Boxwood." There are 276 letters from Wilson and 180 letters from Rinehart. Wilson's early letters are from Saint Elmo Hall at the Univeristy of Virginia. His letters while in military service were not subject to censorship, yet...
Dates: 1944 July-August
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Frank Owen Wilson and Susan Rinehart World War II correspondence