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1
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1945-1949 (Creation)
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6.5 cm of textual materials
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Custodial history
Lynda Watson, daughter of Robert and Marion, donated the material to the Hamilton Public Library in December of 2015.
Scope and content
Series consists of letters written by Robert Lawrence to his wife, Marion, while he was stationed overseas during the Second World War, and when he was employed as a travelling salesman throughout Southern Ontario. Marion began corresponding with Robert on the request of his father Blackwell Lawrence, who she met while working the lunch counter at the Federal Five and Dime Restaurant on Ottawa Street North, Hamilton.