Correspondence with Zohmah, 1940–1947

Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. 1940–1947. Jean Charlot Collection, Correspondence, "Jean Charlot to Zohmah Day Charlot". Box 1; folders 7, 8, 10, 11.

• 1940
• 1941
• 1942
• 1943
• 1945
• 1946
• 1947

# 1940

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot.

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  I think your photograph is beautiful, that is I think you look beautiful on the photograph.

# 1941

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: ca. January 31, 1941. Two sheets.

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  Sheet 1 of 2. Text:

  Just arrived. Am much hungry [drawing: turtle]
  Miss you until tomorrow.
  [drawing: JC, DZC. and infant Ann]

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  Sheet 2 of 2. Text:

  [drawing]
  All is well though there is no [...] yet. Love to both from J.

# 1942

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Postcard. Postmarked: Greensboro, NC, March 5, 1942, 9:00AM.

  Text begins:

  [address]
  Mrs J. Charlot
  555 Cloverhurst
  Athens GA

  Talking to-night. Hope be back Friday night. Had a telegram from Mary Cane.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  [printed]
  Greensboro North Carolina "City of Charm" Home of [...]

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Postcard.

  Text:

  [drawing]
  Master Peter Charlot

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  Verso. Text:

  [picture]
  Greetings from Oklahoma City

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Postcard.

  Text:

  [drawing]
  Master John Charlot
  Washington [arrow pointing left] Norman

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  Verso. Text:

  [picture]
  Where the indian trail meets the air trail
  Oklahoma City Air Terminal
  Oklahoma

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: ca. November 9, 1942.

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  Leaving tonight for Atlanta. Will probably take the 3 PM bus from Atl. to Athens.

# 1943

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Postcard. Postmarked: Fort Benning, GA, November 5, 1943, 2:30PM.

  Text begins:

  [address]
  Mrs Jean Charlot
  940 S. Lumpkin
  Athens GA.

  Thursday evening
  Dear Z.
  Had a good afternoon sketching a sargent who made a very good model.

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  Verso.

  [picture]

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Postcard. Postmarked: Fort Benning, GA, November 6, 1943, 9:00AM.

  Text begins:

  [address]
  Mrs Jean Charlot
  940 S. Lumpkin
  Athens GA.

  Friday noon
  Dear
  Sketched material in the morning what drops from airplanes.

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  Verso.

  [picture]

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Postcard. Postmarked: Fort Benning, GA, November 6, 1943, 2:30PM.

  Text begins:

  [address]
  Mrs Jean Charlot
  940 S. Lumpkin
  Athens GA.

  Friday evening
  Dearest

  This letter and I are probably arriving together. I sketched in the camouflage department this afternoon and then saw some practice jumps.

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  Verso.

  [picture]

# 1945

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Postcard. Postmarked: New York, NY, April 19, 1945, 9:00PM.

  Text:

  [address]
  Mrs Z.D. Charlot
  146 Elm Street
  Northampton Mass

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  Verso. Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  Well arrived. Had lunch with John D Morse and a good talk.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: 1945.

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dear
  Writing from Marion's which explains the paper.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  it along to the 'Bollingen Foundation' that publishes books that are 'different'.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: 1945.

  Text begins:

  Monday
  Zohmah dear
  That was Mrs Biddle in the car. We passed by Actopan, one of the XVI^th C. convents w. frescoes that I wanted to see for the book.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  the old frescoes of Amado and Siqueiros (1926) that I have never seen. Also the new Orozco ones.

# 1946

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Telegram. Dated: June 8, 1946.

  Text:

  Zohmah Charlot Tok10 63
  MexicoDF

  Well arrived Chicago return trip probably 420 PM June 12 Mexico arrival love to all
  Charlot

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: ca. June 8, 1946. Two sheets.

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  Sheet 1 of 2. Text begins:

  Zohmah dear. Well arrived Grinnel after 10 hours trip bus from chicago, but slept well.

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  Verso. Text:

  Return trip from Chicago leaves 12.50 AM. the night of the 11^th to the 11^th. Arriving about 4.30 P.M. Mexico City. Love to all.

  Tell Johnny and Ann I am keeping airplane chewing gum for them, gathered at 10,000 feet.

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  Sheet 2 of 2. Text begins:

  Alumni lunch w. the older classes roisterous and the younger ones pitying them.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: ca. June 9, 1946.

  Text begins:

  Z dear. Morning. Mass 9 1/2 w assistant art teacher. She's a catholic. Coffee at her house. I skipped Vespers at chapel, went through campus instead. Very lush green.

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  Verso. Text begins:

  [drawing: JC wearing mortarboard]

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: ca. June 10, 1946.

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dear (Monday) Breakfast at the President House, then all graduated put caps and gowns (were rented. The only thing I bring home is the hood, with nice colors on it.)

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  Verso. "The exercises of commencement of the class of 1946". Dated: June 10, 1946. Text begins:

  The one-hundredth year of Grinnel College

# 1947

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Date: ca. August 1, 1947.

  Text begins:

  Zohmah dearest
  Talk this morning O.K. Presented to trustees O.K. Saw Barret, the lithographer, a very nice man.

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  Correspondence with Zohmah. Jean Charlot. Five postcards. Postmarked: November 7, 1947.

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  Postcard 1 of 5. Postmarked: Boulder, CO, November 7, 1947, 9:00AM. Text:

  [address]
  John Charlot
  5 Westview Place
  Colorado Springs Colo.

  Johnny, this is the fine weather we are having. Kisses. Father

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  Verso. Text:

  [photo]

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  Postcard 2 of 5. Text:

  [address]
  Mrs Jean Charlot
  5 Westview Place
  Colorado Springs Colo

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  Verso. Text:

  Zohmah dear
  Well arrived. Eugene telegraphed. WIll meet me Sunday morning at National Gallery. Miss you. Love to all

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  Postcard 3 of 5. Text:

  [address]
  Miss Ann Charlot
  5 Westview Place
  Colorado Springs Colo

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  Verso. Text:

  [drawing: JC on train]

  Miss Ann Charlot
  5 Westview Place
  Colorado Springs Colo

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  Postcard 4 of 5. Text:

  [address]
  Master Martin Charlot
  5 Westview Place
  Colorado Springs Colo

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  Verso. Text:

  [drawing: slides lecture to classroom] lecture

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  Postcard 5 of 5. Text:

  [address]
  Master John Charlot
  5 Westview Place
  Colorado Springs Colo

  #

  

  Verso. Text:

  [drawing]
  two gun papa

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