Correspondence, 1949-1955

Topics include family life, child rearing, and making plans for their college education; Quitman's (Jack's) situation of being in and out of work; Dorothy's return to work, this time in sales; son John's growing reputation as an artist and his move to New York to study art. Letters also describe John's dispute with the draft board and his exemption from military service; son Richard's injury while working on an oil rig and his being drafted into the Navy; Richard's marriage to Dorothy Dixon (Dody), the birth of their first child, their family life, and purchase of land to build their own family home. Correspondence also treats dieting and nutrition; Faye's, Dorothy's and the children's travel between Louisiana, Oregon, Texas, and California; and Dorothy's babysitting duties for Richard and his wife's two children.