These letters are clues to a secret life. This is a series of letters and addressed envelopes sent to Philip St. George (?-1997) of New York City who, from all indications, identified as being a closeted gay man. George's correspondents, who may have also have been gay or bisexual, tell of their experiences in the armed forces after World War II and their life after the war, 1945-1953.
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In Box 84, Folders 1 - 10.
Local Numbers:
AC1146-0000117-01 to AC1146-0000273 (AC Scan)
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Group of Non-Native Soldiers Firing Rifles in Formation at Site Where General George Armstrong Custer and his Forces Were Killed at Battle of Little Big Horn; Two Soldiers on Horseback Nearby
Painting, by James Earl Taylor, of Three Men in Native Dress, One on Horseback, with Quivers, Bows, Arrows, Knife, Rifle, Powder Horn and Removing Arrows from Dead Bear
Painting, by James Earl Taylor in 1875, of Group in Native Dress, with Rifles and Horses; Two Cooking Over Fire; Non- Native Man, Woman, and Children, Captives, Nearby