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The folder contains personal letters from Don to his wife Portia detailing his day to day life overseas, including his journey to the air base in England and his being assigned to the 44th unit. He spends time discussing financials such as the selling of their car and the money orders he plans on sending back to Florida with her as well as asking for supplies he sorely needs, including cothes for the winter months. He describes her letters as the only thing keeping his morale up and begs her to keep writing, and inquires after their son while asking for as many photographs of them as she can send.

This folder contains personal letters from Capt. Donald Ackerman to his wife Portia Ackerman from his station in England to their home in Jacksonville. He discusses his frustration with the censorship of his letters and his inability to discuss his missions wth her, along with his regret to be missing his son's childhood and his want to return home. He discusses the conditions of his quarters at the camp and his difficulty finding supplies to write letters, especially pens. He discusses his day to day life at the camp to the fullest extent he can, but highlights that the letters from her are often the mainthings that get him through the days, and begs her to continue writing them daily.

This folder contains letters sent from Fredrickson to her mother while she worked at the Fleet Records Office in San Francisco. The letters talk about Fredrickson's daily life including movies she saw, meals, activities with friends, and work. This folder also contains a photocopy of a newspaper clipping about a WAVE's suicide, which Fredrickson attached to one of her letters, as well as a photocopy of a map with the location of the WAVES quarters marked with an X.

This folder contains letters from Edith Cameron, a friend of Hazel's in Gainesville, FL. Her early letters discuss school, her children, and her plans for summer travels. In her August 7 and August 8, 1939 letters she includes newspaper clippings and a personal account on the death of her friend, Amy Fetzer, who killed herself jumping from Cameron's work building. In her March 10, 1944, letter, she discussed war rationing, local politics, and the affairs of family and friend; the letter also has a letter of Hazel's attached.

This folder contains letters from Elizabeth B. "Bradford" De Cola. The folder contains a Christmas card from 1943, in which she mentions getting married and moving to Hollywood.

This folder contains letters from Esther Davis to Hazel Bowman. Esther was a friend of Hazel's from the Florida State College for Women. She had moved to Palo Alto, CA, with her mother and sister, Ruth. Ruth Davis died from bone cancer in March of 1945. Her letters discuss the death of her sister, mention her work for the Red Cross, and also comment on the death of the President.

This folder contains letters from Noisy, Hazel Bowman's sister. It covers her time working for the WAVES. These letters also include information on her marriage to Alton David Sloat, who was enlisted in the Navy and was sent to the Pacific theater. She also included a letter on July 26, 1945, mentioning sexism she faced from a supervisor in the WAVES.

This folder contains a letter from Eunice "Noisy" Sloat to Mr. and Mrs. Bowman. She mentions meeting her cousin George.