Box 4257.010

Scope and Contents Letters written by William Penn Houston from Camp Custer in Battle Creek Michigan, and Los Angeles, California, and Dorothy Carroll Houston of Cincinnati, Ohio, and from family and friends over the course of their courtship, marriage, and the birth of their daughter Jane. After courting Dorothy, marrying her, and fathering a daughter, William abruptly left for California, leaving Dorothy with little money. She wrote him three letters rebuking him for his behavior and alluding to an episode that...