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Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Family letters, 1939-1941
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- Source of title proper: Title based on content of file.
Level of description
File
Repository
Reference code
CA MUA MG4167-1-00237
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
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Date(s)
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1939-1987; bulk 1949-1941 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
approximately 400 pages
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Archival description area
Name of creator
(1875-1987)
Custodial history
Scope and content
File consists of letters, articles, and printed ephemera. Many of the letters date between 1939 and 1941, during the Second World War. Many letters in English and Norwegian are from Herman Smith- Johannsen's son Bob to his parents or uncle Otto. Also include outgoing letters by Herman to his son and others. Printed ephemera includes the order of the memorial service for Herman Smith-Johannsen.
Notes area
Physical condition
Some water damage.
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
A non-exhaustive handwritten inventory has been written on the original folder; most letters now out of order.