Correspondence, 1939-1943

Topics include making ends meet during work shortages; aid from the Church; and Dorothy and Quitman (Jack) Lynch's purchase of a new home. Correspondence also features discussion of child rearing; of arts and crafts and of music lessons; of the possibility of Dorothy's third pregnancy; and of medical practices concerning childbirth, including questions of natural birth versus the use of drugs to ease childbirth. Letters treat the birth of Dorothy's third son, Thomas Lynch, and family life and responsibilities. Correspondence also makes reference to World War II and to Dorothy's finding shrapnel at her home and broken windows in her neighborhood in February, 1942, as a result of the "Battle of Los Angeles." Letters also discuss Dorothy's employment at the Douglas Aircraft Company; Quitman's (Jack's) work in the oil industry in Coalinga and in Long Beach; and the rise in employment levels with the growth of war industries.