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<body><div class="iw_mail" dir="ltr">You may want to try:<div><br></div>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Effingham County Genealogical and Historical Society (Effingham County)</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">100 East Market Avenue</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Effingham, IL 62401-3499</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Phone: 217-342-2464</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Fax: 217-342-2413</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Email: <a href="mailto:hmlib@effinghamlibrary.org">hmlib@effinghamlibrary.org</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Which is located in the Helen Matthes Library. <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.effinghamlibrary.org&d=AwMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=h2mt7W9muWZExq5GUTnDb780B05CpgFXU0EWgInHp2Q&m=EF-7_JK-r60TTS9GZ10ULrutQIVTeAe3-ejRXImVVRU&s=O5iOqVQhUQlf2xgxDLFXITYpDYlNKUa-yu9vGqdVn3g&e=">http://www.effinghamlibrary.org</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Another resource that might appreciate the letters is author, French MacLean. I'd be happy to contact him for you should the ECGHS not be interested.</p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Best,</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Mary</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am trying to help a donor find a home for a collection of World War II letters. His email to me stated: "We have inherited about 4 dozen letters from a WWII enlisted man to his girlfriend and future wife, both from the Effingham area. Do you know of a place where we might deposit the letters, which are easy to read, well-written, and factual but without much military importance: the writer spent much of his time in one training camp or another."</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any suggestions of repositories documenting World War II in Illinois that might be interested?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,</p>
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