Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Sanford Legendre, regarding her social activities in England, the possibility of her buying a puppy, and describing his navy work in Hawaii. Sidney continues in his letter to discuss the letters Armant received from his daughters at Foxcroft school and provide Gertrude with a description of the renovations on the apartment building they purchases in Hawaii.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Sanford Legendre, asking her to go visit Medway Plantation for their future consideration in putting it on the market for sale, his rejected offer on a house in Hawaii, and discussing the family dogs. Sidney continues in his letter to discuss news of friends and family and begging for details about the time she spent interned as a prisoner of war in Europe.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Sanford Legendre, regarding his optimism for their lives after the war, his social activities, and the renovations he and Morris are doing on the apartment building they had purchased. Sidney continues in his letter to describe his brother, Armant, joining him and Morris in Hawaii.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding his business adventures in Hawaii, informs him of her upcoming vacation plans to Mexico, plans for them when he is discharged from the Navy, and discussing business affairs.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding an apartment she has found to rent in London, England, and relaying information about their friends.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, discussing war news, arranging to have a housekeeper come up from Medway Plantation, describing the house she is renting in Washington and her social activities.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding how she wishes to have another dog, informing him of the liquor shortages in London, England and of her social activities.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, describing the festive atmosphere of Paris and delivering news of friends she has seen or stayed with.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her sister-in-law, Olive Legendre, lamenting their failed trip to New Orleans and telling her all about a fishing trip they have just returned from.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, describing her new puppy, her frustration with small roles women are given, and a trip she made to Foxcroft school to visit their daughter, Landine. Gertrude continues to discuss the war, the possibility of renting Medway Plantation, and relay news of friends and family.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding the vacation she spent at Medway Plantation and the plantation’s business affairs.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding her frustrations with how slow the mail is, a Sunday afternoon spent golfing in the country with a friend, and her social activities. Gertrude continues in her letter to describe her war job in London, England, the atmosphere, and food and clothing shortages.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding the vacation she spent at Medway Plantation and her social life in Charleston.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, regarding the end of the war and discussing his options of where and when to leave his Navy post. Enclosed is a letter from F. O. Biven to Morris Legendre regarding the rental agreement for the lease of the Vanderbilt’s house in Hawaii.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, describing a scheme which would allow her to join him in Hawaii after the war and Morris’s plans for after the war. Enclosed is a letter from Robert F. Knoth to Sidney Legendre regarding the timbering of Pine Grove Plantation.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, regarding his transfer to Hawaii, Morris’s illness, and the people of their acquaintance he has encountered on the west coast.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, discussing the success of his dress business in Hawaii, their plans for after the war, and asking her to devote her efforts to joining him in Hawaii as soon as possible.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his brother, Armant Legendre, regarding their (Sidney, Morris, and Armant) plans for leaving the Navy and what they will do after the war.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, advising her to sell Medway Plantation if she can, describing the apartment house he and Morris purchased in Hawaii, and discussing the possibility of them living in Hawaii after the war. Sidney continues in his letter to tell her of a friend from New Orleans coming to visit and their social activities.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, regarding a friend of his coming to visit and delivering news of the war atmosphere in the continental United States. Sidney continues in his letter to describe a day off he spent playing tennis and strolling around the island. [Copy]
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, regarding a friend of his coming to visit and delivering news of the war atmosphere in the continental United States. Sidney continues in his letter to describe a day off he spent playing tennis and strolling around the island.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding his life in Hawaii and her job transfer to London, England. Gertrude goes on to describe what she expects from life in London and attempts to schedule a phone call with him before she leaves the United States.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding the “buzz bombs” and her social life. She goes on to discuss plans for their children. Gertrude has also included a newspaper clipping about the bombs.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding a scheme to join him in Hawaii, describing her social activities, and relaying news of her sister-in-law, Nancy’s, pregnancy.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, speculating how long the war will last and relaying news of one of their servants, Pearl, needing another surgery. At the beginning of the letter she explains that she has heard that Ensign J. Pulitzer is heading out to Hawaii and will be carrying the letter.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, discussing the last letter she received from him, her love and hate relationship with Medway Plantation, and her life in London, England.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, reflecting on whether or not she should participate in the war or stay with the children. Gertrude continues in her letter to relay news of a visit she made to Foxcroft school and other social activities.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding a visit to the Chevey Chase country club, a dinner she attended the night before, and her war job.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, discussing the last letter she received from him and informing him that she has decided not the join the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs).
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 Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding a small gift she has sent for he and Morris with an officer being transferred to Hawaii and relaying song lyrics from a Judy Garland song she heard on the radio. Additional pages of the letter are missing.
Envelope containing photographs from the visit of Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister, Mihai Antonescu, taken and developed by Instituto Nazionale Luce.#Captioned: “Visita Antonescu. [Illegible] 1943.“
Portrait photograph of Jane Sanford Pansa. 1930. Taken by Cecil Beaton. Taken by Cecil Beaton. Signed “Beaton” in red at the bottom right corner of the image.
Photograph of a Bas-relief from Mantineia - Apollo, Marsyas [and] Muses’ from Athens, Greece. Captioned: “215 Bas reliefs from Mantineia – Apollo, Marsyas [and] Muses. N. M. Athens.“
Photograph of a sculpture of a 'Bacchie stone-fragment of [a] sarcophagus from Patrus’ from Athens, Greece. Captioned: “1150 Bacchie stone – fragment of sarcophagus from Patrus“
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, describing the day off he spent swimming at the beach and playing tennis and recounting a story his friend, Teddy Burwell, told him about how he obtained the mounted moose that hangs in his study at home.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, regarding the business affairs of Medway Plantation, describing the events of their day spent attempting to ship twenty tons of Japanese books and hanging model airplanes from the office ceiling, and explaining his theory on the speeds of various types of mail. Sidney continues in his letter to inquire as to whether she has received the “aloha shirt” he had sent her yet and lament the poor weather they’re having in Hawaii.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, discussing the business affairs of the dress business and Medway Plantation. Sidney continues in his letter to describe a dinner he had attended at a friends house, winning a ping pong tournament while there, and a house he had gone to see and possibly consider purchasing. He also recounts the events of his day spent swimming at the beach and he struggle to find transportation to the continental United States.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, discussing his discharge from the Navy, transportation to the continental United States, and possible homes for them to rent in Hawaii. Sidney continues in his letter to describe a party they gave for the men in their office, a wedding that he and Morris were ushers for, and business affairs of the dress ship he had purchased in Hawaii.
Photograph of Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister, Mihai Antonescu, strolling along a battlement with Benito Mussolini, Mario Pansa, and additional unidentified military officials.
