The series contains military orders which include E. Jacqueline Davis while she served as a nurse at Cushing General Hospital in Framingham, Massachusetts. These military orders can include other nurses and personnel. The different types of orders in this series includes leaves of absence, one of which is to visit St. Andrews, NB, reassignment, promotions, and travelling for temp duty. There are also a few letters in this series, such as the letter which appointed Jacqueline as a reserve nurse in the US Army, a request to notarize legal forms before her active duty commences, correspondences with an insurance administration concerning her life insurance, and a letter requesting that she come to the Army’s headquarters in Massachusetts for a physical. A few other miscellaneous textual documents in this series include a certificate that Jacqueline has no property accountability or other obligations at her current station, a document which lists regulations and other information a recently recruited nurse would need to know, a voucher for per diem and travel expenses, and a certificate of completion of the basic training course for Army Nurses.
This series contains letters from E. Jacqueline Davis to her mother and “Vidy” concerning her experiences working as a nurse on a US Army camp on the island of Tinian in the Pacific Ocean near Japan. In these letters Jacqueline discusses her voyage across the Pacific to Tinian, developments during the final days of the war with Japan, what camp life is like, encounter the Japanese civilians and POW*, and events happening at home. Other textual documents in this series include a notice of a change of address for Jacqueline, programmes for church services on Tinian, a document detailing how to mail Christmas packages to soldiers overseas, a map of the Pacific islands, and a document outlining regulations for troop transport. There are also a few newspaper articles, which include several issues of “This Small World”, a newspaper published at the military camp Tinian which has articles on developments of war with Japan and in Europe as well as sports and other items of interest. There are a few other newspapers for enlisted personnel.
Series contains 86 postcards placed in an album in no particular order. The dated postcards range from 1906 to 1913, and were primarily addressed to Mrs. Walter I. Dixon [Jane Gillis], and also to Mr. Walter I. Dixon and Raymond Dixon. Postcards were sent from a number of relatives and friends. A number of the postcards depict locations in Canada as well as the United States. Most of the postcards contain messages.
18 photographs of Allen's Camps on the Cain's River. Includes photo of W. Harry Allen ("original Allen outfitter"); George Allen at Boston Sportsman's Show; George Allen, Herb Wade, Charlie Wade and Premier John B. McNair at Boston Show; Wendall Allen with sport; group photo at Boston show;trout fishing along the Cains; George T. Allen w/William Prodfoot (August 1926); Jim Scott's Father's team crossing Rocky Brook to reach cabins.
This fonds includes correspondence and legal documents of Jonathan Bliss, 1790-1822. There is also correspondence and other material of William Bowers Bliss (1834-1863).
