Long-Form V-Mail Envelope

Item

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Wilson Scrapbook and Materials Collection is comprised of a scrapbook, a box of glass slides, and a box of printed material related to the Wilson family of Walker County, Texas.

Box 1 contains a 16 page scrapbook consisting of photographs, newspaper articles, and cards. Box 2 contains four photographic glass slides and one glass slide fragment. Box 3 is comprised of seventeen stickers, five cards, four invitations, four tags, three newspaper articles, two programs and a piece of program ephemera, two v-mail envelopes, a newsletter, and a postcard.

Dates

Creation: 1933 - 1935
Creation: 1938 - 1939
Creation: 1941 - 1943
Creation: 1950
Creation: 1952

Biographical / Historical

V-Mail is short for Victory Mail. It was a postal system used during World War II from June 1942 to November 1945. It was established to reduce shipping and airplane space, freeing up room for valuable supplies. V-Mail provided quick mail service to soldiers overseas and in the United States.

A form of V-Mail allowed the letter to be photographed into microfilm, which was then reproduced and delivered. When a letter wasn't microfilmed it was termed "long-form" and was sent through the mail as it was.

Extent

1 Sheets : V-mail folded envelope with letter (long-form).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Description

This V-Mail includes the letter and envelope in one folded sheet, referred to as "long-form."

The V-Mail envelope section is addressed to Captain James R. Wilson in New York City from Mrs. J.R. Wilson in Huntsville, Texas. The letter section has not been used.