Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his mother in Kerrville. Nimitz, writing from aboard the USS Narwhal (SS-17) in Norfolk, Virginia, sends birthday greetings. He encourages his mother to get a train ticket to Washington DC so they can visit for a while.

Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz thanks his parents for a box he received, which he took with him to Massachusetts to share with the Freeman family. He mentions spending Christmas in Wollaston with the Freeman clan.

Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his mother in Kerrville. Nimitz, writing from aboard the USS Narwhal (SS-17) in Norfolk, Virginia, sends birthday greetings. He encourages his mother to get a train ticket to Washington DC so they can visit for a while.

Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz thanks his parents for a box he received, which he took with him to Massachusetts to share with the Freeman family. He mentions spending Christmas in Wollaston with the Freeman clan.

Page from scrapbook kept by the Nimitz family that includes two photographs. The photograph on the left shows Clarence "Heine" Hinkamp reading a book in the Freeman house in Wollaston, Massachusetts. He is reclining against the armrest of a wooden chair and wearing a suit and tie. The photograph on the right shows Elizabeth Freeman and Chester W. Nimitz playing cribbage while seated at a table in the Freeman house. Chester is wearing a suit and tie and Elizabeth is wearing a white dress. The photographs are mounted on black scrapbook paper.

Page from scrapbook kept by the Nimitz family that includes two photographs. The photograph on the left is blurry and shows Clarence "Heine" Hinkamp (top right), Elizabeth Freeman (top center), Catherine Freeman (center), Chester W. Nimitz (right), and Worrall Reed Carter (bottom right) sitting on the porch steps of a raised wooden building. Clarence is wearing a suit and tie and a newsboy cap while holding a cigar. Chester is wearing a suit and tie while smoking a cigar. Worrall is wearing a suit and tie and boutonniere while holding a cigar and hat. Elizabeth and Catherine are wearing white dresses and neckerchiefs. Something appears to be floating in the middle of the photo. The photograph on the right shows a dirt road with trees on both sides. Raised wooden buildings can be seen in the background. The photographs are mounted on black scrapbook paper.

Page from scrapbook kept by the Nimitz family that includes two photographs. The photograph on the left shows Worrall Reed Carter holding hat and smoking a cigar while standing on dirt or gravel with two raised wooden buildings behind him. He is wearing a suit and boutonniere. The photograph on the right shows Chester W. Nimitz holding a cigar while standing on dirt or gravel with the same two raised wooden buildings behind him. He is wearing a suit and tie. The photographs are mounted on black scrapbook paper.

Page from scrapbook kept by the Nimitz family that includes two photographs. The photograph on the left shows Clarence "Heine" Hinkamp (top left), Elizabeth Freeman (top center), Catherine Freeman (center), Chester W. Nimitz (right), and Worrall Reed Carter (bottom right) sitting on the porch steps of a raised wooden building. Clarence is wearing a suit and tie and a newsboy cap while holding a cigar. Chester is wearing a suit and tie while smoking a cigar. Worrall is wearing a suit and tie and boutonniere while holding a cigar and hat. Elizabeth and Catherine are wearing white dresses and neckerchiefs. The photograph on the right shows Clarence "Heine" Hinkamp standing in front of two raised wooden buildings while holding his newsboy cap. The photographs are mounted on black scrapbook paper.

Postcard kept in Nimitz family photo collection. The postcard features unidentified men standing on unidentified submarine, possibly USS D-1. The shore can be seen in the background.

Postcard kept in Nimitz family photograph collection. The postcard features unidentified men stand aboard an unidentified submarine, possibly USS D-2, as it expels water from its ballast tanks.

Photograph of Clarence Hinkamp (Heine), friend of Chester W. Nimitz, reads a book in the Freeman house, Wollaston, Massachusetts. He is sitting slumped down in a chair wearing a dark suit. Behind him a table can be seen with flowers in a vase, a hanging light fixture, and a framed landscape on the wall.