Letter to Anastasia Marangopoulou residing in Athens from her brother Peter V. Liakakas, residing in Anacortes, Wash. Signed November 22, 1925. Two sheets, 7 3/4″ x 9 3/4″. Creamed ruled paper, written front and back with blue ink. TEXT: Anacortes, Wash. November 22, 1925. Αγαπητή αδελφή Αναστασία. Χέραι υγειένομεν υγείαν και δη υμάς ποθούμεν προημερών Αναστασία ελάβαμε το γράμασου και εχαρήκαμε δια τας καλάς υγείας μας έγραψες πος επερημένετε και το πέμπτο πεδή της κατήνας και περημένομε να ακούσομε καλάς ηδήσης ναμάθομε τηαπέκτησε εσό κλήστος Αναστασία λαβάνης ένα τσεκι αντι δέκα δολάριων τα πέντε δολάρια είναι δηκάσου ταδέ άλλα πέντε … Continue reading 09. Panagiotis Liakatas to Anastasia Marangopoulou, Athens, 1925

Postcard to Danbury Candy Kitchen, Danbury, Connecticut, from D. Christodoulou. Postmarked on New Year’s Eve 1914 from Times Square, New York. Atlas color lithograph; 3 1/2 x 5 3/16 in. (8.9 x 13.1 cm). Recto image of lady in peach dress and flowers, sitting on bench, with text “ΑΡΑΓΕ ΝΑ Μ’ ΕΝΘΥΜΕΙΤΑΙ;/MIGHT HE REMEMBER ME?” Verso, red printed text POST CART, “Atlas” 25 Madison St.–New York, PRINTED IN GERMANY, hand writing with black fountain pen, stamped, and postmarked “December 31st, 1913, 11:20am, Times Square N.Y.,” one-cent 1912 Washington stamp removed. Postcard acquired on eBay. TEXT: Το νέον έτος 1914 εύχομαι … Continue reading 08. Christodoulou to Candy Kitchen, Danbury, 1913

Two letters to Vassilis and Spyros Stathis, residing in Worcester, Mass., from their nephew Leonidas Stathis, residing in Athens. Black ink on white paper, written with calligraphy fountain pen. Submitted by Stephen Stathis. TEXT: Letter 1. Εν Αθήναις τη 23-3-46. Σεβαστοί μου θείοι την δεξιάν σας χείραν ασπάζομαι. Παιδιών τους φιλώ τα μάτια με πόνον πολύ της καρδιάς μου. Είμαι καλά το αυτό επιθυμώ και δι’ εσάς. Καιρόν έχω να λάβω γράμμα σας πάντως γνωρίζω πως είσαι λίγο αμελής γι΄αυτό δεν σου πεισμώνω ποτές. Πάντως εγώ έχω υποχρέωσι να σας γράψω παρ’ όλο που το γνωρίζω ότι γίνομαι ενοχλητικός αλλά … Continue reading 07. Leonidas Stathis to Vassilis and Spyros Stathis, Worcester, 1946

Letter to Olga Callimachos residing in Brooklyn, New York from Despoina Konstantiou residing in Alexandria, Egypt. Signed March 7, 1925. Black ink on yellow paper. The letter belongs to The Digitizing Immigrant Letters Project at the University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center Archives. Sofia Karadimitriou’s Greek transcription and translation are directly quoted from the IHRC Archive. Intellectual rights for this collection belong to the Regents of the University of Minnesota. The letter is one of three letters to Olga Callimachos digitized from the Demetrios P. Callimachos Papers (IHRC397). TEXT: Αγαπητή μου Όλγα. Εύχωμαι η παρούσα μου να σας εύρη … Continue reading 06. Sofia Karadimitriou to Olga Callimachos, New York, 1925

Letter to Kyriakoula Kosmetatou, residing in Jamaica, Queens, N.Y., from a friend and suitor Angelos Magoulas, residing in Karavados, Kefalonia. Signed December 22, 1965. Two sheets, 7 3/4″ x 11 3/4″. White ruled paper, written front and back with blue ink. TEXT: Έν Καραβάδος τής 22/12/1965. Άγαπητή μου και άξέχαστη Κούλα, Με βαθείαν συγκίνησιν, και τα μάτια βουρκωμένα άπό δάκρυα πέρνω την πένναν νά σού γράψω, ή σκέψη μου διαρκώς βρίσκεται κοντά σου, ό νούς μου ούτε στιγμή δεν μπορεί νά σε ξεχάση τα δε λόγια μου βγαίνουν μέσα άπ’ τά βάθη τής πονεμένης καρδιάς μου καί τής πολυβασανισμένης ψυχής μου. … Continue reading 05. Angelos Magoulas to Kyriakoula Kosmetatou, New York, 1965

Letter to Lambros Douvris, residing in Chicago, from his mother Eleni E. Douvris. The letter is also addressed to his brother Meletis Douvris (who was in his twenties at the time). Signed January 25, 1921. Written on ruled paper in blue ink. Eleni Douvris writes from Sparta, where she temporarily joined her son Giannis. This letter is part of a corpus of letters exchanged among the members of the Douvris family. See earlier Letter 03 by Lambros Douvris to his brother Panagiotis in 1908. Panagiotis immigrated in 1909, and in 1921 he moved to Texas. At some point, Lambros joined … Continue reading 04: Eleni Douvris to Lambros Douvris, Sparta, 1921

Letter to Panayiotis Douvris, residing in Zarafona, Laconia, Greece from his brother, Lambros Douvris, residing in Coney Island, New York City. The letter is meant to be shared with his brothers and father. Signed August 14, 1908. Written on blank paper in blue ink. From a journal of sorts that Lambros kept around the time that this letter was written, we know that his arrival in New York was March 21, 1908. This letter then was written several months later, after he had been living and working in America for a summer.   TEXT: Coney Island 14/8, 1908. Αγαπητέ μου Αδελφέ  Παναγιώτη … Continue reading 03: Lambros Douvris to Panayiotis Douvris, Coney Island, 1908

Letter to Konstantina Apostolopoulou-Kantartzi, residing in Astoria, New York, USA from her father, Grigorios K. Apostolopoulos, residing in Pilalistra, Messenia, Kalamata, Greece. Size: 5 1/2” x  8  3/8” Written front and back on gridpaper in blue ink. TEXT Πιλαλίστρα. του νέου .77. χρόνου. ντίνα λάβαμε το γράμμα σου και χαρικαμε για την καλή σας ηγίαν αυτό που ήνε το καλίτερο. ντίνα μάθαι εμής πόται καλά πότε λοβα. οπος ξέρης ντίνα τα δορα τα λάβαμε .75. δολάρια. μαθαι εχο ολο στενοχόργια ούτε να γραψο δεν ημπορώ. σας λέγο χρόνια πολλά εις τον Βασίλη και εις τα πεδιά [νέο άχη?]. σας φιλούμε … Continue reading 02: Grigorios K. Apostolopoulos to Konstantina Apostolopoulou-Kantartzi, Astoria, 1977

Postcard to Kostas Kourelis, residing in Chicago, from his relative Spyros Koureslis, also in Chicago, with happy name day wishes. Signed June 2 and postmarked June 3, 1910. Kostas Kourelis (1879-1947) was born in the village of Gardiki, Phthtiotis. He migrated to the U.S. in 1907, returned to Greece, married, started a family in village Leukada, and migrated again to the U.S in 1924. According to family stories, he lived in Chicago and worked as a dishwasher. He returned to Greece and died in 1947. His youngest son Vasilios Kourelis (1929-1993) migrated to the U.S. as well. This postcard was … Continue reading 01: Spyros Kourelis to Kostas Kourelis, Chicago, 1910