The Victor Brockenborough Letters are a collection of letters written to and by Victor Brockenborough between 1937 and 1946. The letters written between 1937 and 1942 are from Victor's godmother, Victoria Hardy, who lived in Spring Lake, New Jersey and Charleston, South Carolina. Some of the letters from Victoria are addressed to Victor's, Julie Brockenborough. The letters written in 1943 were mostly by Victor's pen pal, Margaret Pray, from Brooklyn, New York, but others were from Victor's twin brother, Billy, and one of his sister's friends, Mabel Skillman. The majority of the remaining letters in the collection were written by Victor to his girlfriend, Effie Shores, from Chicago, Illinois, and date from 1944 to 1946. These letters trace Victor and Effie's relationship from their first letter to their marriage. Contents of the letter include wedding plans, as well as Victor's training as a Naval electrician, his time on base in Hampton, Virginia and Glenview, Illinois, and his eventual discharge. He continued to write Effie after returning home to Corona, New York and she eventually joined him there. Other letters from 1944-1946 are from family member or friends. Included in the collection are photographs of friends and family members along with a comic strip.

Victor C. Brockenborough was born in Queens, New York in 1926 to Phillip and Julia Brockenborough. He had multiple siblings including a twin brother William "Billy." The family lived in Corona, New York. Victor joined the Navy in 1944 and met Effie Shores through his brother Bill. Effie Shores was born in 1928 in Oklahoma. She was living with her Aunt Edith Batson and Uncle John Batson in Chicago, Illinois when she met Victor. The two courted and eventually married in 1946 after Victor was discharged.  Together they had two sons, Victor Jr., and Kevin.