Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Norwich Pen Pals |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Catalog Number |
2022.7.2 |
Medium |
Photograph, black and white |
Year Range from |
1954 |
Year Range to |
1956 |
Description |
Norwich Pen Pals - group photo. From Deb Van Arman's notes: Group formed during WW II to send letter to over 100 Norwich residents who served overseas. "After the War, the group continued to mail special cards to Norwich residents who were ill, celebrating important events in their lives, or expressing sympathy to those families who had lost loved ones. The club was all female. At the beginning of the calendar year, each Pen Pal member drew a name of another member from a hat and that person became her secret pen pal. At the year's end the secret pals were revealed. At each meeting, there were games played, refreshments served, and much conversation...The Club lasted until the last charter member, Jessie Kendall, died in 1987." |
People |
Aldrich Family Aulis, Helen Batchelder, Lista Cook, Ruth Eanchuck, Ena Gilman, Elaine Gilson, Viola Johnson Family Johnson, Dora Jane Kendall, Jessie Lewis, Belle Lewis, Jane Fraser Pierce, Janet Raymond, Juanita Sargent, Mina Cutting Thomas, Turie |
Subjects |
Correspondence Organizations Town History Women's History World War II |
Search Terms |
Norwich Pen Pals |
Credit line |
Gift of Deb and Jay Van Arman |