Grandma & Grandpa Wessman's Letters

In 10th grade, we had an assignment for our history class to call or write to someone who had lived during the Depression, and have them answer a series of questions. I sent the questions to Grandma and Grandpa Wessman, and they were kind enough to answer the questions in depth. I kept the sheets in a manila envelope, occasionally finding them during a move or spring cleaning session. Amy's blog has made me want to locate the pages again, so I spent some time over the past few weeks looking for the envelope. I have been worried that they might be lost. But I dug through everything and located the letters this morning.

To answer the questions on the school assignment, Grandma handwrote 7 legal-size pages plus a "cover letter", and Grandpa typed up 10 pages. The cover letter says that they were keeping a copy for their personal histories. Does anyone know if these copies were actually made? Hopefully, there is another copy out there somewhere.

I have to take these sheets over to Mom and Dad to have them scanned since our scanner doesn't work on legal sheets, but I started to transcribe the letters this morning. I've only finished one sheet: the "cover letter" from Grandma, but it made me miss Grandma very much, being so very much full of her personality.

I'll be posting the letters as I transcribe them, which may take a while. I won't be adding punctuation or correcting spelling, etc. After I get scans, Mom and Dad will have copies, too. I was also thinking of sending the transcriptions to Amy so she can post on her blog, since she has a wider audience.