Helen expresses disappoint in a lack of correspondence on her birthday.
Helen apologizes for a late correspondence.
Birthday card sent by Helen to Lawrence on an unknown date.
Recto of greeting card depicts a bouquet tied with green satin ribbon bow, a rectangular black and silver base metal cameo of a couple in formal wear set among the flowers. The greeting reads "Birthday Greetings with all my Love". The cream paper is matted onto an offset metallic silver paper, further matted against pearlescent base paper. Inner-left shows cream paper wrapped from front with illustration of a rose, and the back of the satin bow piercing through two holes. Inner-right contains black pre-printed poem. Handwritten inscription in black ink: "H."
Verso bears black pre-printed mark in the corner: "STANLEY ; USA ; DAYTON ; 25 1843"
Valentine's Day card sent by Helen to Lawrence in 1947.
Recto of greeting card depicts a coloured heart, flowers, and quill with textured gold inkpot. Greeting reads "From the Girl Who Loves You ; Valentine Greetings". Inner-left depicts three blue flowers, inner right is preprinted poem in black ink. Handwritten black ink inscription reads "Guess who sends you this?" Recto bears black pre-printed text: "25 VS 6261 COPYRIGHT ; RUST CRAFT TORONTO, CANADA".
Envelope bears round black ink stamp "VANCOUVER ; FEB 11 ; 6 PM ; 1947 ; B.C." Black ink wave stamp on recto and verso. Handwritten black ink address "Dr L Broe. ; c/o Royal Columbian hosp. ; New Westminster, ; BC".
Postage stamp is red, worth 4 cents, issued 1943, depicting King George IV in military regalia. Black ink wave stamp across recto aligns with that on envelope.
Helen apologizes in a letter for her lack of correspondence due to her busy schedule. A tag for a gift to Lawrence was folded into the letter.
Helen admonishes Lawrence for lack of return letters and describes her new living arrangements.
Helen expresses her appreciation for a letter and gift from Lawrence.
Helen thanks Lawrence for a letter and gift. She also addresses the struggles of the newly-declared war in Europe.
Helen informs Lawrence that she has been moved to night duty at work.
Helen says she has cashed a cheque from Lawrence and has enrolled in a 9-month course for physiotherapy.
Birthday card sent by Helen to Lawrence in 1940.
Recto of greeting card depicts an illustration of a bouquet of pansies on a cream background, with a faux-scalloped light blue fore-edge, accented with metallic gold ink. Printed greeting "Just a BIRTHDAY THought Straight from my Heart". Graphite "1940" at top. Inner left depicts a single pansy with repeated faux-scalloped edge. Inner-right is a printed poem. Black ink inscription "Larry" and "Helen. P.S. Why dont [sic] you write?"
Verso is bare cream paper with black pre-printed text. "15B65 ; COPYRIGHT 1940 ; NORCROSS, NEW YORK, U.S.A."
2 photographs, 12 greeting cards, 1 empty envelope sent by Helen Waugh to Lawrence Broe in the 1930s and 1940s.
Helen reports that she has been offered a job as a nurse at the Ruptured and Crippled Children's Hospital.
Helen tells Lawrence about her recent illness.
Helen informs Lawrence that she is owed a letter for her birthday and is planning a visit from her parents.
Christmas card sent by Helen to Lawrence, unknown date.
Recto of greeting card depicts a print of a graphite drawing of the New York City skyline set over silver metallic paper, matted onto red paper. Drawing shows copyright "W.C.M." with printed title "Towers in the Sun" by William C. McNulty. Inner-left is blank. Inner-right bears a pre-printed Christmas greeting, with an inscription handwritten in black in: "I wish I might send more than a card but "war" is war. Love Helen".
Verso bears black pre-printed text. "from the Etching by Wm. C. McNulty © AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP, N.Y. No. 15202 PRINTED IN U.S.A."
Helen thanks Lawrence for his letter and reflects on how they have changed.
File consists of 10 letters from Helen Waugh to Lawrence Broe that could not be confidently dated due to lack of marks.
Helen admonishes Lawrence for infrequent correspondence while she visits Waterford, Ontario.
Christmas card sent by Helen to Lawrence, unknown date.
Recto of greeting card bears the greeting "A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS GREETING TO YOU". It features a framed rectangular cutout, revealing printed clear film, depicting a scene of a red house in a snow drift. This is set against a background of blue paper and silver foil. A blue ribbon is tied in a bow on the upper-left and three star-shaped cutouts adorn the recto. Inner-left shows the reverse of the ribbon, threated through a hole. Inner-right bears a black printed poem. Handwritten inscriptions in black ink "To Larry" and "From Helen".
Helen expresses condolences to Lawrence on the loss of his brother and worries for Lawrence's own health.
Helen writes after a long wait with updates on her schooling and personal life.
1 letter and 1 envelope written and sent from Helen Waugh to Lawrence Broe during the year 1941.
Helen informs Lawrence that she will be in Vancouver in August and would like to see or speak to him.
Helen thanks Lawrence for a long letter and explains her friendship with another man.