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JENISON, EDWARD H.
PAPERS, 1943-45
Part One:
Letters from Edward H. Jenison (EHJ)
Many letters are incompletely dated: EHJ specified the month and
day, Marguerite Jenison Pease supplied the year.
(P) = postcard.
All other items are letters.
This correspondence is variously addressed.
M = Marguerite Jenison Pease
T = Theodore Calvin Pease
1943
Apr. 28 [?](P), MT
May 1, MT. Naval aviation courses.
May 8, M
May 12, M. Sight-seeing in Boston.
May 24, M
June 7, M
June 8, MT
June 8 (P), MT
June 21 (P), M
[Early July?], MT
July 24 (P), MT
July 28 (P), MT. (EHJ met Lt. Commander H. B. Miller, the author
of Navy Wings. Not knowing who he was, EHJ failed to stand up
at attention, and so feared a court martial!)
Aug. 5 (P), M
Aug. 13, M. EHJ's writing assignments include "a
monumental treatise on booby hatches."
Aug. 16 (P), MT
Sept. 26, MT. Plans for Barbara and Ned (Ed, Jr.) to live in
Washington, D.C. Lack of staff at Beacon-News; extra work for
Ernestine Jenison.
Nov. 2, M
Dec. 22, M
[Late Dec.?], MT
1944
Jan. 10, M
Feb. 23, M
Apr. 13, M
May 10, M
Aug. 1, MT
Aug. 31, M
Oct. 3 (telegram from Barbara and Ed), M
Oct. 4 (P), MT
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Oct. 6 (P), MT
Oct. 8, to folks, "comprehensive" letter of 7 pages as EHJ
crosses the country
Oct. 16, MT, in Hawaii. Reference to Edward Steichen.
Nov. 1, T. Enclosing mimeographed Daily Press, mainly war news.
Nov. 10, M. Edward Steichen. Disappointed by FDR's reelection.
Dec. 5, MT
Dec. 17, to Ernestine (Jenison), Mother, Marguerite and
Everyone. Guam. (Page 2 is missing).
Dec. 25, to Mother, Ernestine, Marguerite and Theodore.
Jessie Sumner arranged for EHJ to visit Brig. Gen. Bonner
Feller, at MacArthur's headquarters. 4 pages.
1945
Jan. 1 1 , MT
Feb. 7 , MT. Brisbane, Australia.
Mar. 3 , T. Interviews Japanese POWs. FDR at Yalta 7 pages.
Apr. 2, MT
May 1 4 , MT
July 1 6 , MT
Aug. 4 , M
Nov. 1 6 , TM
Dec. 2, to Ernestine Jenison
Dec. 28, to Marguerite, Theodore and Albert Pease
1946
Apr. 1 7 , MT
June 2 6 , MT
Part Two
Dana Walker to Theodore Pease, Feb. 2 5 and Mar. 1 0 , 1 9 4 4 .
Marguerite Pease note: "Dana Lamb Walker, Los Angeles
(a cousin). Ensign, U.S. Navy Reserve. Two years service in
Great Britain, 1 9 4 3 - 4 5 . Attached to Eisenhower's staff."
[His marriage is noted in 4 / 2 / 4 5 letter.]
Walker to Albert Pease, Dec. 2 8 , [ ? ]
F. G. Orelup (Uncle Fred), Ottumwa, Iowa, to Marguerite Pease,
Oct. 3 , 1 9 4 4
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