Collection inventory

Overview of the Collection
Creator:	Stringer, Helen.
Title:	Helen and Sydney Stringer Correspondence
Inclusive Dates:	1943-1989
Bulk Dates:	1943-1945
Quantity:	2.25 linear ft.
Abstract:	World War II correspondence between Helen Stringer and her husband Sydney, a Captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, stationed in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany.
Language:	English
Repository:	Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center

Biographical History

Helen Dann Stringer (1909-2007) was a 1931 graduate of Syracuse University, and also graduated from Yale University School of Nursing in 1934. An active member of such organizations as Planned Parenthood and League of Women Voters among others, she also volunteered with her husband on medical relief operations in Malaysia, Vietnam, Tunisia, and Haiti. A published author later in life, she chronicled the life of her grandmother in Millie M.D.: The Story of a Nineteenth Century Woman, 1846-1927 (1992), and published her and her husband's World War II correspondence in Letters of Love and War: A World War II Correspondence (1998).

Dr. Sydney Walter Stringer (1908? - 1978) was a graduate of Cornell University (1929) and of Yale University School of Medicine (1933). During World War II, as a Captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, he was stationed in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany between 1944 and 1945. After World War II, he returned to his gynecology practice which he had started in 1936, and continued there until 1973. He also further served the Army as a medical officer at the Army Reserve Hospital and the Army Reserve Training Center in Liverpool, NY. After retiring, he was known in his later years as a cello player and collector of rare orchids.

[Some information adapted from Helen Dann Stringer's obituary, Syracuse.com]

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Helen and Sydney Stringer Correspondence contains letters written between Helen Dann Stringer and Sydney W. Stringer during Sydney's deployment in Europe in World War II, as well as items written from their children to Sydney, and an edited transcription of the letters from March, 1944 - July, 1945.

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Arrangement of the Collection

Arranged alphabetically by type, with correspondence arranged chronologically.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Subject Headings

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Helen and Sydney Stringer Correspondence,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Helen Stringer, 1990.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: MRC
Date: 9 Jan 2017
Revision history: 2019 Jun 24 - processed (DSA)

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Inventory

	Correspondence
Box 1		Children to Sydney 1944, undated
Box 1		Helen and Sydney 1943, Jun, Oct; 1944, Jan, Mar-Aug (14 folders)
Box 2		Helen and Sydney 1944, Sep-Dec (12 folders)
Box 3		Helen and Sydney 1944 - empty envelopes
Box 3		Helen and Sydney 1945, Jan 1-Apr 13 (10 folders)
Box 4		Helen and Sydney 1945, Apr 14-Jul 30 - includes empty envelopes (11 folders)
Box 4		Helen and Sydney undated - includes fragments (2 folders)

	Memorabilia
Box 4		Miscellaneous undated - eagle insignia pin and later note by Helen

	Printed Material
Box 5		Prisms 1989
			This volume contains an abridged transcription by Helen Stringer of Helen and Sydney's correspondence, Mar 23, 1944 - Jul 12, 1945. The title page is inscribed "To the George Arents Research Library," and signed by Helen Stringer, Jan 23, 1990.

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