Canelos manuscript collection

The Canelos manuscript collection primarily contains correspondence mailed to Aristides William Canelos of Baltimore, Maryland from 1943 to 1944 during World War II, before he was sent to the Pacific. From September 1943 to March 1944, the letters are mailed to Canelos while he is at the United States Naval Training School in Bainbridge, Maryland. From August to September 1944, the letters are mailed to Canelos in San Francisco, California. Correspondents include his mother, Mary, and sister, Anastasia, as well as various relatives and female acquaintances in Baltimore. Topics of the letters include wishes of goodwill and news from home or of various happenings.

There is only one letter from Canelos in the collection, written on October 18, 1943 to Rhoda in Baltimore while he was in boot camp. He writes that he likes the "Navy, sort of, it's a good clean life...going to classes and doing a lot of drilling here in boot training."

There are two other letters in the collection dated from 1960, one from Dickie Canelos (Ott's wife) to "Mom and Ann", likely Ott's mother and sister; and the other letter from "Ann" to "Mom" during a trip to Paris.

The final items in the collection contains materials related to the Baltimore Commitee on Civilian Defense, including a certificate that Arthur A. Canelopoulos completed the training course for the Messenger Corps and enclosed note and envelope. The folder also contains an invitation to the Laconian Association's 18th annual ball, and an undated postcard.