Scope and Contents The collection contains mostly correspondence along with some photographs, newspaper clippings, military records, and probate records relating to the Howard and Opal Sheppard family. The papers are arranged alphabetically by topic and type of document and span from 1916 to 1965 with the bulk of the collection dating from 1916 to 1921. Most of the collection is comprised of correspondence between Howard and Opal from 1916 to July 1921, when they married. There are several date gaps in...