Ellard-Murphree-Pilgreen-Smith Family Papers Collection
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Letter from Christine Faust to Pauline Smith; June 16, 1944
Edith Christine Faust
Christine continues to write about her life with Woody. She says they've discovered the Navy commissary and enjoy eating together and listening to the radio.
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Letter from Christine Faust to Pauline Smith; June 22, 1944
Edith Christine Faust
Christine describes her adventure trying to prepare dinner for some guests and how she meets a doctor who makes her rather uncomfortable. She describes the intense weather she has experienced and reveals the unpredictability of her experience is as a Navy lieutenant's wife.
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Letter from Christine Faust to Pauline Smith; June 5, 1944
Edith Christine Faust
Christine sends her mother a draft of the article she herself wrote about her and Elwood's (Woody's) wedding. She writes a brief message about this draft and also mentions photographs her mother should expect to receive from her.
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Letter from Christine Faust to Pauline Smith; November 11, 1944
Edith Christine Faust
Letter from Christine to her mother wishing to come home for Christmas, her views on race relations, her sadness regarding the war's impact on everyday life, and thoughts on being a southerner.
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Letter from Christine Faust to Pauline Smith; November 7, 1944
Edith Christine Faust
Letter from Christine to her mother saying she is homesick, talking about her everday life and customs in the military in Miami. She mentions her work and her coworkers' relations who are involved in combat overseas.
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Letter from Christine Faust to Pauline Smith; October 23, 1944
Edith Christine Faust
Christine tells her mother about a woman leaving her baby at the Red Cross. She says the work is mentally straining and very demanding and notes that a hurricane just missed Miami.
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Letter from Christine Faust to Pauline Smith; October 9, 1944
Edith Christine Faust
Christine talks about her working making her tired, sending a package to Sonny Boy, cooking, and mentions that a boy she used to date being killed in France. She describes a potential change in Woody's career, and she tells Pauline about social activities and financial decisions she and her husband have been making. She makes some sewing requests from her mother.
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Letter from Christine Faust to Pauline Smith; September 27, 1944
Edith Christine Faust
Christine shares some stories from her work about helping a man who had been in an internment camp and a woman whose son is in military jail. She tells her mother that she and Woody are talking about where they'll live after the war.
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Letter from Christine Faust to Pauline Smith; September 6, 1944
Edith Christine Faust
In this letter, Christine provides an update on Lamar, Mary, and Philip Mitchell. Christine gets hired by the Red Cross to serve the army and their relatives and hopes to purchase not only clothes for herself but also war bonds.
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Letter from Christine Faust to Pauline Smtih; September 16, 1944
Edith Christine Faust
Christine shares some experiences from her new job and discusses moving from Miami afer the war. She processes her grief over Robert Young's death.