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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05266 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1940s-1960s |
| Title | Dwight Eisenhower to Mamie D. Eisenhower regarding his travels and desire to be an ordinary person |
| Date | 12 October 1945 |
| Author | Eisenhower, Dwight David (1890-1969) |
| Recipient | Eisenhower, Marnie D. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | States that he is just back from Berlin and Prague. Discusses some family and friends. Writes that politicians are trying to get him to accept a job in Washington or with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration to whom he responds, "I just want to be a one-mule farmer in Virginia or Georgia or Tennessee. But my desires are nothing - at least to no one else." Informs that he had lunch with their son John. Mentions that there is no new information on Marshall Zhukov. Postscript states he is sending her birthday present soon. Envelope is addressed to Mamie in Washington, D.C. Marked censored by Einsenhower. |
| Subjects | World War II Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Military History President Gift Women's History United Nations |
| People | Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David) (1890-1969) Eisenhower, Mamie Doud (1896-1979) Eisenhower, John S. D. (1922-2013) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | Women in American History; The Presidency; Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | This letter was written about a month before succeeding General George C. Marshall as Army Chief of Staff. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |