V-Mail from Ashton Ross to Thelma T. Gorham, May 3, 1945
Item
Title
V-Mail from Ashton Ross to Thelma T. Gorham, May 3, 1945
Rights Information
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Type
Text
Creator
Ross, Ashton (Correspondent)
Gorham, Thelma Thurston, 1913-1991 (Correspondent)
Date
1945-05-03
Description
A piece of victory mail sent to Thelma T. Gorham in which correspondent Ashton Ross updates Thelma on the swift pace of the war and his hope to spend Christmas at home the following year (1946). In the letter, Ashton asks Thelma if she can send him film so that he can take pictures.
Genre
Personal correspondence
Language
English
Place
Berkeley (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Physical Description
1 page
Identifier
JGRCMA-MSS2004-1108-B008C-F055-I018
Topics
V-mail
World War, 1939-1945
African American troops
Soldiers' writings, American
Gorham, Thelma Thurston
African American women journalists
Time Period
World War II (1939-1945)
Physical Location
Thelma T. Gorham Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.