Letters of Note is a really great site worth checking out if you have a few minutes and appreciate letter writing, human emotion, history, or humour. The site is a continually updated collection of letters, memos, faxes, and other correspondence between individuals- some famous, some not.
You can sort letters by topic (love, music, humour, war, crime, children etc.) or by most-read (this week’s most read letter was entitled “Okay, you lazy bitch”). Intrigued?
My favourites include…
-a 1942 letter from a mother to US President Roosevelt with regards to the whereabouts of her sons, all five of whom were killed while serving aboard the same WWII vessel. Her letter and Roosevelt’s response are fascinating.
-a love note written by Frida Kahlo to her husband, artist Diego Rivera
-a 1963 letter from a schoolboy to US President Kennedy, questioning the recent implementation of physical fitness standards that did not seem to apply to his “paunchy” teachers
A site worth checking out. Major thanks to Dan for the recommendation!
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