Ellard-Murphree-Pilgreen-Smith Family Papers Collection

Letter from Sonny Boy to Pauline Smith; October 3, 1943

Letter from Sonny Boy to Pauline Smith; October 3, 1943

Sam Ellard Smith

Use of n-word, general racism

Description

From the Ellard-Murphree-Pilgreen-Smith Family Papers Collection. Letter from Sonny Boy to Pauline Smith; October 3, 1943. Sonny Boy often takes to hiding to avoid having to do work. He shares a story about driving a tank up a tree stump and complains that he had to clean the tanks for an inspection by a colonel.