Doris Holmes Blake - Correspondence with Arthur Lake Holmes and Lucy Wentworth Holmes, April - October 1931

What was it like to live through the Great Depression? Stories and textbooks can tell us facts, but there is nothing quite as compelling nor as instructive as personal remembrances, like those found in these letters between Doris Holmes Blake and her parents in 1931. Many letters recount the realities involved in making ends meet amid the scarcity of goods and cash. Learn more about Doris's parents and gain additional insight into her life and character with your fellow volunpeers. Find out even more about the rest of the Doris Holmes Blake Papers collection at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.