Box 1
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Biographies of Albert and Delma Jean Klassen, plus introduction to World War II letters and key for codewords
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Content Description
From the Collection:
The collection consists of papers of the Klassen family. A substantial portion of the collection is letters written by Albert Klassen and his wife, Delma Jean Klassen. The letters were written from October 1943 to July 1944, when Albert Klassen was serving in the Pacific Theater aboard the USS Carina. These letters employed a code that the Klassens developed in order to bypass redactions from Navy censors. The collection also includes a scrapbook containing photographs, correspondence,...
Dates:
circa 1901-2002
Calendars, 1943-1944
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Content Description
From the Collection:
The collection consists of papers of the Klassen family. A substantial portion of the collection is letters written by Albert Klassen and his wife, Delma Jean Klassen. The letters were written from October 1943 to July 1944, when Albert Klassen was serving in the Pacific Theater aboard the USS Carina. These letters employed a code that the Klassens developed in order to bypass redactions from Navy censors. The collection also includes a scrapbook containing photographs, correspondence,...
Dates:
Other: 1943-1944
Correspondence between Albert Klassen and Delma Jean Klassen, 1943 October - 1944 April
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3-16
Content Description
From the Collection:
The collection consists of papers of the Klassen family. A substantial portion of the collection is letters written by Albert Klassen and his wife, Delma Jean Klassen. The letters were written from October 1943 to July 1944, when Albert Klassen was serving in the Pacific Theater aboard the USS Carina. These letters employed a code that the Klassens developed in order to bypass redactions from Navy censors. The collection also includes a scrapbook containing photographs, correspondence,...
Dates:
Other: 1943 October - 1944 April