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This folder contains letters in which he writes about his travels home. He goes from Bad Cannastatt, Germany and departs from Marseille, France.

This folder contains letters from Rhoda Crane Haussamen Jongsma. She discusses her family and job offers to teach G.I.s returning from the war.

This folder contains letters to Sheldon from his parents discussing General Hodges crosses the Rhine, General Marshall saying those in Europe will go to the Pacific, Roosevelt's death, Russia's war against Japan, the point system for discharge, the Battle for Okinawa, and the returm of Sheldon F. Berlow on the Queen Mary.

This folder contains letters sent to Hazel Bowman by her brother Bob. The letters cover his time exiting school, entering the Navy, serving in the Navy domestically, and the end of the war and his post-war plans to attend medical school. These letters cover his everyday duties in the Navy and interactions with family and friends, including a fight with his mother after she disapproved of his planned marriage.

This folder contains letters from Thomas and Margaret to Therese "Teddy" "Butchi" Waelchli, Thomas's aunt.

This folder contains letters from E. Thomas Gilliard to Margaret as he traveled to Lamao, Bataan, in New Guinea, at Angel Falls, Venezuela, in British Guiana, Bangkok, Thailand, and Brisbane, Australia.

Descriptions of Cannes, Marseille, and Villejeuif, France. Program for Carmen at the Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique, Paris. He receives orders to go to Camp Phillip Morris to be discharged and boards the ship "Washington." He receives a signed letter from J. Edgar Hoover regarding his fingerprints. Travels from Fort Dix then to a position at the San Antonio Health Center in Huntington Park, CA. Discusses the number of child polio sufferers. Descriptions of various communities: Compton, San Fernando, Venice Beach, and Ocean Park as well as trips to Mexico.

This folder contains several handwritten letters, several typed letters, photocopied newspaper articles, a photographic postcard, a full sized v-mail, and one typed letter on a The Chas. Polinsky Co. letterhead document.

This folder contains a single typed letter from Herbert Colker to Joan Denman at the Florida State University Department of History, several photocopied documents from Herbert's military service, and one newspaper clipping.

This folder contains 28 letters, postcards, and a greeting card received from servicemen to whom Harry Keeler Stokes corresponded during World War II. Many of the servicemen conducted bank business through the mail with Harry Stokes' bank. Two letters contain Allied liberation French currency notes.