Paul David Irwin Maier (1874-1936) and Anna Shinn Maier (1874-1941): correspondence, 1930-1931 April

1930 letters written while P.D.I.M. is visiting the Wood family on their farm, Braewold, in Mount Kisco, New York.

The subjects of A.S.M.’s letter generally concern daily life in Harriton and W.M.M. and J.S.M., as W.M.M. was spending time away from his exams at Haverford at that point. Over the course of several letters, A.S.M. describes the process of finding and interviewing a potential housekeeper from a newspaper ad.

Some highlights include:

Mount Kisco, New York, 1931 3/30. [P.D.I.M. mentions that it is “Carolina [Wood]’s day to take the children to the hospital—situated somewhere between Tarrytown and White Plains.” He does not elaborate as to why this trip occurred despite accompanying them]

Mount Kisco, New York, 1931 3/31. [P.D.I.M. mentions that on the 30th, he and Carolina Wood drove around the county and visited several locations, including the Valhalla Dam]

Mount Kisco, New York, 1931 4/3. [P.D.I.M. begins his letter by remarking that his “arm seems shaky this afternoon as writing goes hard.”]