Scope and Contents A two year break in the correspondence between McDougall and his mother ends in 1935, but there are only a few letters from 1935, 1937 and 1938. These are concerned with family and personal events written while McDougall was traveling as a reporter for the Salt Lake Telegram.Another eight-year hiatus is the result of McDougall's work as a newspaper correspondent in the Orient and his time spent in a Japanese internment camp in Sumatra. When the correspondence...

Scope and Contents Correspondence between William Henry McDougall, Jr. and his father begins in 1927 and ends in 1950. The letters are, for the most part, concerned with the elder McDougall's job; finances, especially support for McDougall's college education; and family events. A break in the correspondence begins in 1932 and ends fifteen years later in 1947. There are fewer letters from McDougall in these files as the joint letters to his parents have been filed with the letters to his mother. There are no...

Scope and Contents Correspondence between William Henry McDougall, Jr. and his sister Jean runs from 1926 to 1950. Though separated by about ten years in age they were very close, something shown particularly in the later correspondence. The letters between 1926 and 1930 are full of home, school and family events as well as Jean's poetry and general affectionate banter between brother and sister. After 1930 there are no more letters from McDougall. There is a break of seven years, until 1937, when there are a...