Paul David Irwin Maier (1874-1936) and Anna Shinn Maier (1874-1941): correspondence, 1927 May-1927 July

Letters written while P.D.I.M., J.S.M., and W.M.M. travel across western Europe. Their itinerary was as follows: New York, Holland-America Cruise Line, Paris, Geneva, Interlaken, Zermatt, Andermatt, Weissenburg, Heidelburg, Köln a Rhein (sp), Amsterdam, London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Keswick, Chester, Leamington and Devon.

P.D.I.M. often expresses a sense of longing for A.S.M., who remains at home. A.S.M. discuss the predominantly mundane aspects of maintaining Harriton and inquires what the boys have experienced abroad.

Some highlights include:

Grand Hotel de Russie, Geneva, 1927 7/15. [P.D.I.M., J.S.M., and W.M.M. meet Dr. Iwao Ayusawa, a prominent Japanese Quaker and Haverford alum, who discussed his work as associate director at the International Labour Organization in Geneva]

Carlton Hotel, Interlaken, 1927 7/17. [P.D.I.M. expresses the degree to which his present experiences in Europe remind him of a previous trip to the region with A.S.M. in 1906: “[Interlaken] is full of memories of thee and 1906!”]