A Letter from "Peggy" 1944-11-01

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DescriptionThe Miles City WWII Peggy Letters consists of newsletters written by the Miles City branch of American Women’s Voluntary Services (AWVS) from late 1942 until early 1946. The newsletters were sent to every service man and woman from Miles City, Custer County, and neighboring areas for whom they had addresses to keep them abreast of events at home while they were serving in the military. The AWVS chose “Peggy” as a pseudonym: several AWVS women took turns writing the newsletters. The bulk of the collection consists of the letters these same service men and women wrote back to “Peggy”. Some letters are typed, many are handwritten, and a few are V-MAILs. Many letters include envelopes, and a few include photos or drawings. It is unknown whether the Peggy writers anticipated responses to their newsletters.TypeTextCreatorAmerican Women in Voluntary Service Miles City (AWVS)GenrenewslettersLanguageengDate1944-11-01SubjectNewslettersLettersEnvelopes (Stationery)World War IIWWII (World War, 1939-1945)Contributing InstitutionMiles City Public LibraryGeographic CoverageMiles City, MontanaCuster County, MontanaDigital CollectionMiles City World War II Peggy LettersDigital Formatapplication/pdfDigitization SpecificationsItems were scanned with a Kodak ngenuity 9125 or a Panasonic KV-57075C at 300 DPI using Papervision Capture Scan software.Date Digitized2014

CollectionMiles City World War II Peggy Letters

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A Letter from "Peggy" 1944-11-01

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