Grandpa's Love Letters

Letter #2: Getting Settled

Letter #2: Getting Settled

I'm continuing my series of scanning, transcribing, and annotating my grandfather's love letters to my grandmother leading up to their marriage in June 1940. chronologically organized and preserved in archival-quality folders, using the methods I discuss in detail in my book, Creating Family Archives: How to Preserve Your Papers and Photographs

In this letter, Grandpa is getting settled in Scranton during his first week there. When he's not working at the factory, he's eating out, playing pool, shopping, and going to the movies. He also attends church, which he made sure to include in his letter because my grandma would've approved. Nice play, Grandpa!

Letter #1: Arriving in Scranton

Letter #1: Arriving in Scranton

From January to June 1940, my paternal grandparents corresponded with each other until they were married. I only have the letters that my grandfather sent my grandmother, which have been chronologically organized and preserved in archival-quality folders, using the methods I discuss in detail in my book, Creating Family Archives: How to Preserve Your Papers and Photographs