Paul David Irwin Maier (1874-1936) and Anna Shinn Maier (1874-1941): correspondence, 1910 - 1914

Some highlights include:

Harriton, 1910 5/27. [P.D.I.M. discusses a (urine?) “specimen” which he gave “Isaac.” Apparently, a portion of it was also taken to the hospital. P.D.I.M. proceeds to remark that “It looks as if my kidneys were working” concerning the specimen]

Harriton, 1910 6/14. [P.D.I.M. encloses a short note to J.S.M. saying that he is traveling to go see “Uncle Will,” “Aunt Katie,” “cousin Sylvia,” and “cousin Elsie”]

Harriton, 1910 9/23. [P.D.I.M. expresses his hope for A.S.M.'s quick and easy return from Mount Kisco and that “the mental strain will not be so great.” Enclosed is also a post card he wrote to young J.S.M. while he was in Mount Kisco as well] Harriton, 1910 9/23. [P.D.I.M. expresses excitement over the prospect of A.S.M. and J.S.M.’s return from Mount Kisco as he has remained in Bryn Mawr with W.M.M. He also includes a small letter to J.S.M. sending his love]

Law Offices of Cahall & Maier, Philadelphia, 1911 5/17. [“It is over five years since we were made one but each day, it seems, brings us closer and closer together and our love grows deeper and deeper”]

Law Offices of Cahall & Maier, Philadelphia, 1911 8/1. [P.D.I.M. mentions that he “called up mother and found she is not feeling very well”]

Philadelphia, 1912 12/25. [A.S.M. writes P.D.I.M. a Christmas note expressing her love: “I cannot tell thee how much I love thee and what thee is to me!” A.S.M. also writes a short essay entitled “The Precious Seed,” which is a romantic allegory for God’s creation of existence]

Philadelphia, 1913 2/13. [P.D.I.M. sends A.S.M. a Valentine's Day card] Letchworth Cottage, Silver Lake, NJ, 1913 4/15. [A.S.M. writes from the New Jersey Shore, where she is vacationing with J.S.M. and W.M.M., remarking that the ocean “has been gorgeous”] Letchworth Cottage, Silver Lake, NJ, 1913 4/22. [A.D.M. writes “I need thy love and strength and help so much that I cannot get along without thee near me”]

Paul David Irwin Maier. 1914 12/25. [Christmas poem]