Aida Curlee Letter

Collection — Box: VMF 4, Folder: 3

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf036

Staff Only

South Haven, Michigan. Autograph postal card signed, from Aida [Curlee?] to Master Frank Curlee commenting on the favorable aspects of sand and shore. Card cover, possibly a photograph, shows two young persons, possibly members of the Curlee family. 1 page.

Dates

Creation: 1920 July 13

Creator

Curlee, Aida (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open

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Extent

1.00 items

1 folders

Additional Description

Biographical Information

Francis Marion "Frank" Curlee, Jr., the postcard's recipient, was born October 6, 1916, to attorney Francis M Curlee, Sr. and Lucille Schraubstadter Curlee of St. Louis. In 1943, he enlisted in the Air Corps as a private. While home on furlough in February, 1944, Frank died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, apparently accidental. At the time of his death, he was heir to a $50,000 trust fund established by his uncle, the late Shelby Hammond Curlee, president of Curlee Clothing Company. About Aida, the postcard's sender, nothing further is known.

Method of Acquisition

Originally laid in Confederate Wizards of the Saddle: Being Reminiscences and Observations of One Who Rode with Morgan by Bennett H. Young. E546.5 Y68. Accession number 1157. Gift of Shelby H. Curlee, March 12, 1970.