Personal Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Gorelick, Shirley, 1924-2000
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content: Shirley Gorelick papers
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content: Shirley Gorelick papers / Series 2: Correspondence
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1939-1946
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.goreshir, Subseries 2.1
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content: Archival materials
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content: Gorelick's correspondence with Leonard Gorelick begins right after the couple's April 1944 marriage and documents their relationship through weekly or more frequent exchanges written during the time Leonard Gorelick was posted in Florida and elsewhere while serving in the military at the end of World War II.  Their letters include lively discussions of a wide variety of topics including Gorelick's teaching jobs and college experiences, the difficulties of a long-distance relationship, setting up their home, friends, politics, and the racial and antisemitic bigotry Leonard Gorelick witnessed, experienced, and challenged, during his time in the military. 

Other personal correspondence is primarily written to the Gorelicks by friends and family members, with one letter written by Shirley Gorelick to friend Albert Floyd.