letter
date: label: date made
content: 1941-12-07
notes: label: Description
content: Typewritten letter from Beth Slingerland to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Haskell, written on December 7, 1941, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Mrs. Slingerland's husband, John, was a crane operator at Pearl Harbor and he was at work on the day that Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese. Mrs. Slingerland's letter to her parents describes the scene she is witnessing from her home in the hills above Pearl Harbor. She updates the letter throughout the day and includes hand-written notes throughout. The letter is three pages, typed, on onion skin paper and includes the original envelope.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Hawaii, Oahu, Pearl Harbor
label: associated place
content: United States: Hawaii, Oahu, Pearl Harbor
topic: label: used
content: Communication, letter writing
label: related event
content: World War II
label: related event
content: Pearl Harbor, Attack on
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Slingerland Pearl Harbor Letters
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0208.01
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0208.01
label: accession number
content: 2015.0208
objectType: label: Object Name
content: letter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm