Theodore Fleck Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: 2018A020

Theodore Fleck Correspondence

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Scope and Contents

All but one of the letters in this collection were written by Edith (Edythe) Mellinger, a Richmond, KY resident who was writing to Theodore Fleck of Milwaukee, Wisconsin during World War I. Their correspondence began through a program to get young women to write to soldiers, so the couple never met face to face until after the war. The letters talk briefly about happenings in Richmond, but mostly they are getting to know each other. In one letter Edith is working in Washington, DC and she describes her life there.

Dates

Creation: 1918-1919
Acquisition: 2015-07-14

Biographical or Historical Information

Theodore Fleck (1896-1972), son of Jacob and Catherine Fleck, lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin when he enlisted in the Army in 1918. Even though these letters indicate that their relationship was getting serious, Theodore was married to a different Edith between 1922 and 1930 and later a Margaret. He lived in Wisconsin until his death. Edith Mellinger (1897-1941), daughter of Alexander and Emma Mellinger, was born in Covington, KY, and lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Madison County, Kentucky, Toledo, Ohio and Los Angeles, California where she died without ever marrying.

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