Box 1

Letters from Margaret Middleton Rivers to her mother about the attack on Pearl Harbor, Peg's baby capers, the Nostradamus prophecies, Marwee's will, and daily family life.

Letters from Margaret Middleton Rivers to her mother about clothes, battling moths, moving to a new house in Washington, D.C., removing the animals from the zoo in Washington, D.C., in case of bombings, and daily family life.

Letters from the elder Charlie Middleton to his wife, a letter from younger Charlie to his sister Margaret Middleton Rivers about training for the Marines and his graduation at Quantico with invitation included.

Letters to L. Mendel Rivers from Margaret Middleton Rivers about losing Charlie and his mother's reactions, Mendel's trips, household activities, and finances.

Correspondence between L. Mendel Rivers and Margaret Middleton Rivers regarding domestic activities, a servant named Blossom, and Peggy (Margaret Rivers Eastman) and Marion's (Marion Cato) activities, and two letters from Marwee's mother.

A letter to Margaret Middleton Rivers from Annabelle Furman, correspondence between L. Mendel Rivers and Margaret Middleton Rivers, renting to Heywards, letter from Peggy (Margaret Rivers Eastman) to L. Mendel Rivers with drawings, and letters concerning the buying Easter clothes for the girls, and L. Mendel Rivers' trip to Iwo Jima, Tokyo, China, and the Philippines.

A letter to L. Mendel Rivers from Margaret Middleton Rivers about his trip, Marion's sickness that required isolation, Marwee's pregnancy, and correspondence between L. Mendel Rivers and A. K. Bozeman about Margaret Middleton Rivers.

A letter to Margaret Middleton Rivers from Beverly Howard about Mendel's election day trip to Trenton and Edgefield.

Inspirational musings from Margaret Middleton Rivers, a letter from Elmwood Manor School in Maryland about Peggy (Margaret Rivers Eastman), and a letter from Peggy requesting items.

A letter to Margaret Middleton Rivers from Genevieve Duane about Mendel Jr.'s good behavior on a trip, a letter to Marwee from her father about Easter at Herringstone, importing Egyptian cotton into Charleston, South Carolina, with Charlie Middleton Sr. acting as an agent, and other correspondence.