Jon Bouman to the Bouman Family
Title
Jon Bouman to the Bouman Family
Creator
Bouman, Jon Anthony, 1873-1958
Identifier
WWP23178
Date
1928 April 18
Description
Letter from Jon Bouman to his family.
Source
Gift of William C. and Evelina Suhler
Subject
Germany--History--1918-1933
Correspondence
Berlin, Germany
Contributor
Rachel Dark
Denise Montgomery
Language
English
Provenance
Evelina Suhler is the granddaughter of Jon Anthony Bouman and inherited the family collection of his letters from the years of World War I. She and her husband gave the letters to the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum in 2013.
Text
28 Zimmerstr.
Berlin SW 68
April 18, '28
Dearest;
I omitted to return the letter from Mrs. Schürholz to Mary, and enclose it now. It is not very easy to read for anyone who is not familiar with German script.
This letter from Mr. Graff came the other day; you can return it to me after reading it. I have replied saying that I expected to be in London about the end of the month when I could see him. I will certainly look at anything he may put before me, but it would need a pretty powerful incentive to make a change at my age, although my confidence in the AP is not what it used to be. However, we'll see.
I should like to travel on Sat. 28th arriving Sunday morning but I shall not know really until the last moment so I shall probably telegraph when I leave. We with our small staff here are set tasks that are the same and require the same work - or more - as the large London or Paris staffs, which is unfair and doesn't do the service any good, but New York never thinks of those details.
I wrote my story about Spitsbergen I told you about, out of my head, and London replied that it was "top hole" so that's allright.
Lochner has been at Stolp looking after the Italian polar fliers for some days, so it makes more work for the others. These flying stunts are a curse. They cost a lot of money and are nerve-wracking propositions, with these constant possibilities of disaster and need all sorts of auxiliary stories as by-play which take an enormous amount of trouble. There will of course be more and more flying as time goes on. We all hope they will leave this territory alone as long as poss. But the Germans insist on their place in the air, too.
There isn't much news to report otherwise. I hope you all are keeping fit, as this leaves me. I am much looking forward to joining you; it has been a long separation.
With love to all,
Thine,
Jack
Berlin SW 68
April 18, '28
Dearest;
I omitted to return the letter from Mrs. Schürholz to Mary, and enclose it now. It is not very easy to read for anyone who is not familiar with German script.
This letter from Mr. Graff came the other day; you can return it to me after reading it. I have replied saying that I expected to be in London about the end of the month when I could see him. I will certainly look at anything he may put before me, but it would need a pretty powerful incentive to make a change at my age, although my confidence in the AP is not what it used to be. However, we'll see.
I should like to travel on Sat. 28th arriving Sunday morning but I shall not know really until the last moment so I shall probably telegraph when I leave. We with our small staff here are set tasks that are the same and require the same work - or more - as the large London or Paris staffs, which is unfair and doesn't do the service any good, but New York never thinks of those details.
I wrote my story about Spitsbergen I told you about, out of my head, and London replied that it was "top hole" so that's allright.
Lochner has been at Stolp looking after the Italian polar fliers for some days, so it makes more work for the others. These flying stunts are a curse. They cost a lot of money and are nerve-wracking propositions, with these constant possibilities of disaster and need all sorts of auxiliary stories as by-play which take an enormous amount of trouble. There will of course be more and more flying as time goes on. We all hope they will leave this territory alone as long as poss. But the Germans insist on their place in the air, too.
There isn't much news to report otherwise. I hope you all are keeping fit, as this leaves me. I am much looking forward to joining you; it has been a long separation.
With love to all,
Thine,
Jack
Original Format
Letter
To
Bouman Family
Files
Collection
Citation
Bouman, Jon Anthony, 1873-1958, “Jon Bouman to the Bouman Family,” 1928 April 18, WWP23178, Jon Anthony Bouman Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.