"Officially
the work is secret; but even if I told you about it there wouldn't be much of
interest. The Library of Congress is
receiving thousands of books, documents, and pamphlets from Japan. They have to be classified; so we are
assigned to the job of writing brief synopses of the contents. The variety is unlimited. I've handled things
ranging from the church records of the NishinakachÅ (Catholic) Church in
Nagasaki to a Japanese French dictionary. We don't have time to read - just
scanning - and it may get very boring after a few months.
"My
new home is an apartment with three other boys from Boulder... So far I’ve done
all right on my turns at cooking (We rotate on the evening meal and fix our own
breakfasts.) However, I'd like to spring something different sometime; so maybe
you can give me some tips, Mother. You
can't cook much on a hotplate -- but maybe you can give some ideas besides
hamburgers and canned foods warmed.... Do you have any bacon or other
hard-to-get stuff which could be sent from home?"
--
Letter from my father, Washington, D.C., to his family, Bloomington, Kans.,
March 13, 1946.
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