This letter to the recently widowed Mrs. Max Garretson is written by John Coffee, an attorney working in Tacoma, Washington. It praised Max Garretson's work as a civil servant and calls him a "martyr" to the occupation. Max Garretson, real name Albert Howard Garretson, was Albert's father.
Description of his medical education, work, and his mother's foreclosure. Communication to students from Marquette University. Newspaper clippins about Phi Delta Epsilon. Letter from Young Men and Women's Hebrew Association.
Letters discuss specific topics in courses, medical ethics, attitudes towards an Italian student, Phi Delta Epsilon chapters that do not allow Jews, Seders in Milwaukee with other students' families, attending a Junior Hadassah dance.