Papers, 1938-1948
Correspondence and other materials reflecting periods of John DeNovo's life spent as an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota (1938-1941), as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserves during World War II (1941-1945), and as a graduate student at Yale University (1945-1948). Correspondents include his mother, Paula DeNovo of Galva, Illinois; his aunt, Pepita Watson of Hollywood, California; his brother, Joe DeNovo in the Coast Guard in Miami, Florida; and his future wife, Jeanne Humphreys of Knoxville, Illinois. Trips to Australia and New Caledonia during DeNovo's term of service during World War II are documented
Archival Material, English, 1938