California, 1940s
![[Letter]](http://www.mtholyoke.com/pcsite/letters/images/Turner02.jpeg)
History
Abby Turner traveled to California in the early 1940s, and sent letters to friends back home. She kept carbon copies of the letters, and these carbons are transcribed here.
The Images
All letters have at least their first page or a portion of the first page scanned, and comments about their contents are included below.
- A Letter Written on Oct 2, 1940
- page 1 No envelope. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Oct 7, 1940
- page 1 No envelope. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Oct 31, 1940
- page 1 No envelope. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Dec 2, 1940
- page 1 No envelope. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Dec 27, 1940
- page 1 No envelope. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Jan 17, 1941
- page 1 No envelope. The letter is dated Jan 17, 1940, but this was a classic January error of writing the previous year rather than the current one. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Feb 21, 1941
- page 1 No envelope. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Mar 30, 1941
- page 1 No envelope. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on May 18, 1941
- page 1 No envelope. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.