Collection: Louise Staelens and J. Sterling Price book

Content Description

The collection consists of the book "A Love Affair by Letter: World War II Correspondence of a Michigan State Co-ed and Her Soldier" by Louise Staelens and J. Sterling Price edited by Linda Price Rallo, 2019. The book contains transcripts of letters from 1941-1945 and are mostly about their personal lives and contain few references to the military aspects of World War II.

Dates

Creation: 2019

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from the editor.

Biographical / Historical

Louise Staelens attended MSU from 1941-1945. In 1942, she met J. Sterling Price when he came to MSU for a four week traning course. After he left, they continued to write throughout the war. They married in 1945 Price he was discharged from the war.