Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding a luxurious weekend she spent at her friend Polly’s in New York City. She goes on to describe a new spaniel puppy she has purchased, their daughter “Bobo” (Bokara), and news of various friends.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, reprimanding him for describing so much of Hawaii when she is miserable in London, England and describing her social life.
Letter originally from the Vide Admiral of the United States Navy, Robert L. Ghormley, to the Fourteenth Naval District regarding the admittance of dependents to the Hawaiian Islands. Sidney Legendre has forwarded this command to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, urging her to give up her hopes of joining him.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, recounting the events of a party he and Morris attended at a friends house, describing the events of a luau he and Morris attended and the first day at the office after Morris left for gunnery school.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, describing the duties of his Navy job, Morris’s poor health, the arrival of his brother, Armant, and exchanging news of friends and family.
This scrapbook is comprised of letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other documents related to Gertrude Legendre's work with the Office of Strategic Services in England and France and her subsequent internment as an American prisoner of war in Germany.
