Davis Family Papers, 1773-1997 » II. Davis family papers, 1773–1997 » B. Elisabeth Peck Kaiser Davis papers, 1924–1997  

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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.