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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09414.0004 |
| From Archive Folder | The Weiner Collection |
| Title | Sylvia Weiner Sylvia Weiner to Morris "Moe" Weiner |
| Date | 22 April 1943 |
| Author | Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) |
| Recipient | Weiner, Morris |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written at 7:10 PM. Writes she had Italian pastries from a pastry shop, just like the ones they used to have together in Russia. Discusses telephone call they had and their ambivalent feelings about Passover. He had asked about the tires on the car and she discusses her little use of it. She asks about sending him a salami. Notes she enjoyed his editorial about Russia and says there is a split feeling in NYC about the fate of the Russians. She closes with statement that she is going to hear Joseph Curran speak on The CIO and the Community. |
| Subjects | Marriage Soldier's Letter World War II Women's History Military History Woman Author Diet and Nutrition Global History and Civics Judaism Religion Telephone Automobile Organized Labor Communism |
| People | Weiner, Morris (Moe) (1909-1988) Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) Joseph Edwin (1906-1981) |
| Place written | Brooklyn, New York |
| Theme | World War II; Religion; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | CIO-Congress of Industrial Organizations Federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955. Joseph Current-Labor leader, Founding President of the NMU and Vice President of the CIO. National Maritime Union of America (NMU) American Labor Union founded in May 1937. It affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in July 1937 During World War II, Katz's Delicatessen on East Houston Street in New York City, encouraged parents to "send a salami to your boy in the army" which became one of the deli's famous catch phrases. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |