1942

Ca. 60 items. Letters to Tom Waring from friends and family, including parents Bernard and Grace Waring, Charles J. Harriman. Eva Hegermann, Frank Tarbox, Steven Reed, Nan (Waring?). Some letters come with annotations by the donor.

Highlights include:

Jim -. 1/8. As a C.O., must do more work to get this way of life so "future generations may be freed of this dreadful chaos;" someone from the same camp was chosen to do work along the Burma Road

Hegermann, Eva. Worcester, Mass., 1/8. Studying pacificism

Tarbox, Frank. 1/9. Discussion of war and peace

AFSC (Rhoads, Esther). Philadelphia 1/12. Friends have contributed more than $36,000 toward Civilian Public Service and other related developments.

Waring, Grace. Saturday. Father sent by AFSC to CA re race relations and Japanese-Americans

Waring, Bernard. 1/30. Has been asked by AFSC to go to Pacific Coast re moving some Japanese truck farmers away from the coast because of fear of sabotage in airplane and other munition plants; his work with coal field problems were somewhat like those in Southern California

Waring, Grace. 2/5. Thoughts on love

Waring, Bernard. Philadelphia, 4.23. Suggests he take courses synthesizing philosophy, sociology and religion at Wesleyan

Tarbox, Frank. Swarthmore, 5/2. Is thinking of joining the American Field Service which sends ambulances to Libya., but will enlist in the V7 Naval course giving him time to think; reasoning about philosophy as a major

Waring, Grace. 2/16. Clarence Pickett completed adjustments with the Federal government for the evacuation of the Japanese and their reestablishment, but the situation is much more complicated

Clarke, S. Naval Aviation Pre-Flight School, Iowa City, Iowa, 1942 6/20. "Just because I'm here, dont't forget I can still see your point of view and still admire you tremendously for sticking to it."

Waring, Grace. 6/23. Tom will be coming into his inheritance in the fall and he should do something (important) with it; interested in his thoughts on race relations given that he is seeing the Southern view

Waring, Bernard. E. Gloucester, MA, 8/23. Philosophical musings on the achievement of happiness

Best, Ralph. Belltown, TN, 11/16. Describes life on a farm

Tarbox, Frank. 11/23. Rationale for going into the army to fight in the war

Hegermann, Eva. 3/13. Pleased he has gotten a farm deferment