Abstract The Leon Bloomberg papers contains letters, postcards, and other correspondence from Leon Bloomberg to his wife, Esther Bloomberg, during his time in basic training and serving overseas with the United States Army, 1944 to 1946. Leon was drafted into the United States Army in 1944, during the Second World War. At the time he lived in Baltimore and worked for the Glenn L. Martin Company in Middle River, Maryland. In September 1944, Leon reported to basic training in New...

Scope and Contents This collection contains letters written to and from the Wheeler family and friends. The majority are correspondence between Betty and her mother, Becca Howell, while Betty lived within the United States and Europe. Some of Betty's letters are from her life before marriage. There are also some letters between Betty and extended family and friends as well as postcards from when Betty's parents took Bim to Canada. The collection also includes newspaper clippings of World War II and several...