Box 14

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Letters are from a 10 year old J.S.M. while on vacation with A.S.M. in Atlantic City, N.J.

Some highlights include:

Harriton, PA. 1919 2/26 [“This afternoon we walked down to the boardwalk to the Straymore and sat on one of those platforms we thought had something to do with the life saving lookouts. There was a little boy that came while we were there, mother thinks he was a Jew, and was very amusing.”]

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Letters are to A.S.M. while J.S.M. was on vacation in Europe with P.D.I.M., W.M.M. and the Woolman Family, during the summer of 1927. Destinations include Paris, Switzerland, Holland, and England.

Some highlights include:

Harriton, PA. 7/19 [“Thy needn’t pass it on, but Lydia [Woolman] sure does get my goat. I think she does father and William’s also. The only way I can control myself is to shut my mouth and think of something else so I can’t hear what she says.”]

Scope and Contents Letters to P.D.I.M. and A.S.M. while working at a hotel, the Lakeside and Cottages in Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania. J.S.M. writes about both daily working life, leisure activities, and his social life.Some highlights include: Harriton, PA. 6/9 [“I am taking this opportunity during the hymn singing to write you my weekly letter.”]Harriton, PA. 7/15 [“Last night all the young people from the hotel went up to the Forest Inn Casino to dance. I went with Esther...

Scope and Contents Letters are to A.S.M. and P.D.I.M. while traveling in Europe with friends during the summer of 1929. The exact itinerary of the trip is described in the letter written 1929 7/16, but briefly includes Monte Carlo, Genoa, Rome, Florence, Lake Como, Venice, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Mainz, Cologne, Amsterdam, Hague, Brussels and Paris.Some highlights include: Harriton, PA. 1929 ?/? (first letter). [“We have met our future roommates. They are...

Scope and Contents Letters are to A.S.M. while on vacation in 1939. Vacation cut short by the opening stages of World War II.Some highlights include: Harriton, PA. 1939 [“I was very glad to get thy letter on Thursday when I called at the American Express Co. office. It sounded as if things weren’t going so well with thee, and I hope everything is all right now. As I wired thee Thursday evening I have given up my plan of going to Germany because of the crisis. As a matter of fact last...

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Authors include James Shinn Maier and William Morris Maier (as children). Compositions (poems) are about pets, a cat and a dog.