Davis Family Papers, 1773-1997 » II. Davis family papers, 1773–1997 » B. Elisabeth Peck Kaiser Davis papers, 1924–1997 [read more]
This subseries contains correspondence, personal papers, and volumes of Elisabeth Kaiser
Peck Davis. The bulk of the material is correspondence between Elisabeth and Stanton Walker
Davis while she was attending Wellesley and he was attending Dartmouth College. The letters
mainly discuss visits between the two, school, social events, friends, and family. Other
correspondents include Alice Louise Peck Kaiser, Edward Peck Kaiser, Helen Monell, Peter
Kaiser Davis, and other extended family. Included are condolences from friends, family, and
prominent members of Brockton and the supermarket field on the death of her husband. Of
interest are letters from Peter Kaiser Davis while serving in the United States Marine Corps.
Letters cover his aviation training and service at the United States Naval Air Station in
Pensacola, Florida; United States Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Meridian, Mississippi; Naval
Auxiliary Air Station in Kingsville, Texas; Marine Air Corps Station, El Toro in Santa Ana,
California; and Vietnam. Travel diaries cover trips to the British Isles.
This subseries contains correspondence, personal papers, and volumes of Elisabeth Kaiser
Peck Davis. The bulk of the material is correspondence between Elisabeth and Stanton Walker
Davis while she was attending Wellesley and he was attending Dartmouth College. The letters
mainly discuss visits between the two, school, social events, friends, and family. Other
correspondents include Alice Louise Peck Kaiser, Edward Peck Kaiser, Helen Monell, Peter
Kaiser Davis, and other extended family. Included are condolences from friends, family, and
prominent members of Brockton and the supermarket field on the death of her husband. Of
interest are letters from Peter Kaiser Davis while serving in the United States Marine Corps.
Letters cover his aviation training and service at the United States Naval Air Station in
Pensacola, Florida; United States Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Meridian, Mississippi; Naval
Auxiliary Air Station in Kingsville, Texas; Marine Air Corps Station, El Toro in Santa Ana,
California; and Vietnam. Travel diaries cover trips to the British Isles.
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