Askins and Dixon Correspondence, 1945-1948

Several dozen letters chronicling the romance of an English girl, Ena Dixon and her American GI boyfriend, Laurence Askins of Jessamine County, KY. Most of the letters are from Ena to Laurence's mother, Grace. The letters offer insights into life in post-World War II England as Ena makes frequent references to rationing, shortage of jobs, and scarcity of products. Some letters are also from Ena's mother, also named Ena. She writes to both Grace and to Ena after she immigrates in 1946. One letter is to Ena from a friend.