- Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Title:
- Chicago Cold War: Caryl May
- Creator:
- May, Caryl
Wright, Brandon - Publisher:
- Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum - Date of Original:
- 2012-02-04
- Subject:
- Oral history
Interviews
Cold War
Friend
Pen pals - Location:
- Germany, 51.5, 10.5
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
United States, Illinois, Lake County, Grayslake, 42.34447, -88.04175 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
Text - Format:
- audio/mpeg
application/pdf - Description:
- In 1949, when Caryl May was in the fifth grade, she began a pen pal relationship with a young East German boy named Gerhard Bach. One day, May received a letter from East Germany, and subsequently never heard from her friend again. Fifty-five years later she found her old letters. May's sister-in-law employed the help of a professor from Germany and they were able to track down Bach in Germany. They continued to write after locating each other.
- Metadata URL:
- http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/340
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/iiif/2/chm_oh:340/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- © 2017 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved
For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org. - Extent:
- Audio file: 57:23 minutes
- Original Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
Chicago Cold War Oral History Project - Contributing Institution:
- Chicago History Museum
- Rights:
-
Chicago Cold War: Caryl May
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