Letters to Mel Beaudette

Record Number

Date Range

1941 - 1948

Size

6 letters

The letters are from several young men most of whom were in the military and stationed at bases in Canada and the US. The dates range from August 21, 1941 to April 28, 1948. The only letter not directly addressed to Baudette, is one of April 16, 1944 from B. Mitchell in Ann Arbor, MI to Eugene F. Rollins in Texarkana, TX.

The letters contain several references to sexual and social relationships between various men. One friend, Lloyd, in a letter, dated March 16, 1942 and sent from San Antonio, Texas, writes about “cruising” the local greyhound bus station. Another letter, from a friend in Orono Maine relays a news report that the “Bangor Grand Jury recently indicted three for sodomy.” Another letter, from Frank in Manitobia, contains a poem written by a friend to whom he is giving literary advice.

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1. From “F” in Brandon, Manitobia to Baudette, dated, August 21, 1941. (the F is possibly Frank from the April 8, 1942 letter)
2. From Lloyd in San Antonio, Texas to Baudette, dated March 16, 1942.
3. From Frank in Dauphin, Manitobia to Baudette, dated April 8, 1942. Contains a poem by Curt Towsend.
4. From B. Mitchell in Ann Arbor, MI to Eugene F. Rollins in Texarkana, TX, dated April 16, 1944.
5. From George, no address given, to Baudette, dated April 28, 1948.
6. From Walter Duncan in Orono, ME to Baudette, postmarked Sept 16, 1948.

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