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Flood Relief Fund, 1966, undated

 File — Container: Box 4, Folder: 5

Scope and Contents of the Collection

From the Collection:

The Suzanne Macpherson Papers includes correspondence, photographs, periodicals, journals, notebooks, manuscripts, artifacts, books, and documentation regarding the Papers. Although the collection spans the years 1915-1970, the bulk of the material is from 1941-1945, during Macpherson's service in World War II in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. While serving as an American Red Cross Clubmobile girl during World War II, Macpherson kept the letters she received. In addition to correspondence, she also took photographs of the front, maintained journals and notebooks, and collected mementos specific to World War II, like newsletters and postal instructions. The collection includes letters sent by Macpherson to her family members, friends, soldiers, and fellow Clubmobile girls. Of the correspondents, the letters that Macpherson received during her time abroad is the most heavily represented, contained in 4 document boxes.

In addition to her wartime correspondence and documentation, the collection also contains Macpherson's post-war correspondence, certificates, travel mementos, manuscripts, and book collection. After the war, Macpherson pursued her interest in writing, apparent in her letters with Curtis Brown Ltd. and drafts of her poems, plays, and short stories. While she left the front in 1945, she remained tied to Europe by writing about her experience and through later travels to North Africa, Italy, and Greece, which is evident in her photographs and journals.

The collection also contains a research paper, "The Letters of Suzanne Macpherson" (1975), written by Scripps College student Melanie Rawn, who synthesized Macpherson's letters into a story. Documentation related to Macpherson's estate is also held in the collection.

Dates

  • Creation: 1966, undated

Access

Collection open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 11.08 Linear Feet (12 document boxes, 2 flat boxes, 1 half-size document box)

Language of Materials

English

Contents

10 letters; 1 postcard; 2 invoices; 1 article

Repository Details

Part of the 02 - Ella Strong Denison Library Repository

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