Handwritten letter from Theodore H. Kirkland to Charles Stasny updating him on his life during the war. He discusses being sent to a new outfit, his activities on liberty, being over seas again soon, and his plans to get married. Envelope addressed to Charles Stasny from Theodore H. Kirkland.

Draft Board notice related to Alan Raisbeck Paulsen.

Letter from Robert Lee Kempner to A. H. Blackshear requestion for information on what to buy of the Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company considering his present holdings. Posterior contains a note on deferring the record date.

Letter from Geoffrey R. Mellor to R. Lee Kempner discussing about change in record date for subscription rights.

Letter from R. Lee Kempner to Mary Jean Kempner informing about enclosing applications for ballot for absentee voting and requesting for signatures.

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Model Laundry discussing Kempner sending his shirt back to the company after it was returned with ink spots on the collar.

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Raymond C. Yard, Inc. discussing an attached bill covering Kempner's bill and Kempner informing the company that Mrs. Kempner wants her necklace and ring returned soon.

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Andrew J. Sokol discussing a letter from Rafael Amarante Pereira Dos Santos.

Letter from Andrew J. Sokol to Isaac H. Kempner discussing a letter from Rafael Amarante Pereira Dos Santos.

A letter written to Dean R. P. Sibley, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York from T. N. Carswell, dated July 18, 1944. Carswell acknowledges his receipt of Sibley's letter addressed to Peggy A. Carswell having placed her on probation. He advises of the fact that Peggy, having entered Cornell as a Junior, could not therefore have fulfilled any requirements by the end of the sophomore year and because she is now a senior applying probation, literally, is impossible. He requests that his daughter's probation status be reconsidered advising of the timing of this action as unnecessarily disturbing and that he must depend on Sibley to explore the matter thoroughly and to reply.

A letter written to Daddy [T. N. Carswell] from Peg [Peggy Carswell]. She advises that Mother talked with the Dean, all is straightened out and they "were sorry". She advises of the change of her faculty advisor and that she will be taking different courses including Public Speaking.

A letter written to "Folks" [T. N. Carswell and Byrdie Carswell] from Peg [Peggy Carswell]. Peggy explans the circumstances leading to Cornell having placed her on probation noting that "It is the height of stupidity, ignorance, and pig-headedness to put me on pro for something I can't help, and especially when I have done all in my power to meet the damn requirement." She continues to discuss the probation status as an error and requests that they communicate with Dean R. P. Sibley.

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from R. P. Sibley, Assistant Dean, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, dated July 21, 1944. Sibley acknowledges the receipt of Carswell's letters and agrees that probation was hardly the appropriate action but advises that Peggy must pass her registration in Latin to graduate at the end of the term. Handwritten at the bottom of the page and continued on the reverse side is correspondence to Daddy [T. N. Carswell] from Mother [Byrdie Carswell] requesting that Carswell return these copies as she intended for Don Sibley to clear the Cornell record of that first term as he said "as if it had never been". She discusses Peggy's health, faults the advisor for having allowed Peggy's overload of hours and deems the term as worthless.

A letter written to Miss Peggy Anne Carswell, Balch Hall, Ithaca, New York from R. P. Sibley, Assistant Dean, dated July 19, 1944. Sibley defends the prescribed probation by the faculty to be meant as an emphatic warning. Inasmuch as she has every incentive to finish the requirement this term he then agrees that the probation may be rescinded noting that Dean Ogden and Professor Rideout concur in this belief.

A letter written to Dad [T. N. Carswell] from "Baby Doll" [Peggy Carswell], Balch Hall, dated July 14, 1944. Peggy Carswell advises that she always has so much to say but never writes it down and expresses her regret that she is not able to talk to Carswell about everything such as the future, her idea of going to the Panama Canal Zone and her job for next year because he always listens to her and points out things that she has not yet thought of then discusses the matter "savily"comparing how she and her mother fight over unimportant things such as that she dropped, not failed, Shakespeare because she was taking 18 hours and needed to drop to 15 hours. She lists her responsibilities as Stage Manager of the Drama Club, requests that he not tell Mother about the job she will have at $10 a week for the summer and asks what he thinks about her working. She compliments Carswell's letters, specifically his command of language, and comments on the letter that he wrote to the President, agreeing with him regarding his opinion of a fourth term for Roosevelt. She writes that a fourth term "would be disasterous …

Letter from Raymond C. Yard to Daniel W. Kempner discussing a ring that was sent for appraisal.

Letter from Raymond C. Yard, Inc. to Jeane Kempner stating that they have sent her a package containing a ring via Railway Express.

Letter from Raymond C. Yard, Inc. to Jeane Bertig Kempner discussing a front door key ordered by Mary Jean Kempner.

Letter from Jeane B. Kempner, to Raymond C. Yard sending a key for the key holder.

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to K. Wragge, Inc. providing shirts to be repaired.

Letter from K. Wragge, Inc. to H. Kempner discussing a previous letter about the necks of dress shirts.

Letter from Jeane Bertig Kempner to Tiffany & Company returning two items to be repaired after the previous repairs did not fix the original problems.

Letter to Daniel W. Kempner informing that they will take a look at the pencil and lip stick holder.

Letter from Schanz Inc. to Daniel W. Kempner acknowledging an inquiry on fabric and explaining a lack of stock.