Letters from Nelle Pickering to Maylin J. Pickering , February 26, 1916-August 1918

In the letter dated February 26, 1916, Nelle discusses waiting for Maylin’s letters to arrive; talks about receiving a copy of the “Penna Gazette” with his picture in it; discusses the weather, the children, and paying bills. In this letter there is also a memorandum from a credit manager to M.J. Pickering regarding an overdue account, and a clipping entitled “Penn Adopts New Scholastic Rules, Students are Ineligible for Teams if Conditions Exceed 1 1/2 Units”.

In the rest of the letters, Nelle discusses having to pay bills; the children; the sicknesses of a few friends; preparing to visit Maylin; going to the jeweler for Maylin’s insignia; the weather; talks about awaiting his letters and how much she misses him; discusses a trip to the dentist; talks about receiving a package from Maylin; discusses her worries about the “paralysis epidemic”; and discusses the reorganization of the 2nd Infantry.

These letters were sent from Nelle in Philadelphia, PA to Maylin when he was at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Tx.; the Aviation Concentration Center in Garden City, Long Island, NY.; and El Paso, TX.