Doris Holmes Blake - Correspondence with Lucy Wentworth Holmes, February 1943 - February 1945

About the Project

This latest batch of Doris Holmes Blake's correspondence with her mother, Lucy Wentworth Holmes, takes place over the height of the United States' involvement in World War II. But as in all momentous periods of history, life goes on, and the quotidian details of family life are what continues to make up the bulk of this correspondence, with passing references to the global conflict woven into the letters. Join your fellow volunpeers in digging in—and seeing how these intrepid women weathered crisis amidst the rhythms of daily life.

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