The collection is arranged in alphabetical order by folder title. The collection is comprised of items relating to Mary Brotherton Manassa, Charles R. Manassa, and John Walker, Mary’s maternal grandfather. Folders relating to Mary Brotherton Manassa contain a program for a musical and Washington University’s 1916 commencement program. Also included are items relating to her engagement and marriage to Charles including newsclippings, wedding invitations, and their marriage certificate. Items relating to Manassa’s WWI service include a Lewis machine gun handbook for the guns used on military airplanes and several military documents (certificate of graduation from U.S. School of Military Aeronautics, discharge papers and correspondence, and his commission as 2nd lieutenant). The Pilot’s Book records Manassa’s grades at aeronautics school (March-June 1918); his training flights at Scott field including date, durations, type of plane, type of engine, training purpose (June-October 1918); and his flights at Love Field (November-December 1918). Manassa logged 102 hours flying at Scott Field and 11 hours at Love Field. Two items were found in a pocket in the back of the Pilots Book: (1) Manassa’s Individual Record Card, Aviation section Signal Corps, which delineates his training and grades/evaluations, and (2) Manassa’s Aviator’s Certificate issued by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (18 December 1918). There is also a blueprint flight map of the area surrounding Scott Field in Illinois. Upon discharge from the Army, Manassa formed the Manassa Timber Company, which was incorporated on 7 January 1919, and was voluntarily dissolved on 31 August 1995. There are minutes for stockholders and directors meetings, including the first meetings, from 1919 to 1932. There is one folder of WWII mileage coupons issued to the company by the Office of Price Administration in 1945. Additional items relating to Charles R. Manassa are his individual state and federal tax returns, 1919-1929, his Master Mason certificate dated 4 February 1918, and a few travel documents, 1936-1938. The earliest travel document is an itinerary for a trip to New Zealand, Australia, Bali, Jaquarta, China, and Japan. The other two documents are a first class passenger list booklet from the Rex, which sailed on 29 May 1937; and a menu from the S.S. Columbus from a South American cruise dated 7 February 1938. The John Walker folder contains biographical notes on Walker, two letter transcripts, and a photocopy of a letter written by John Walker to his parents during the California Gold Rush (14 May 1850, 15 August 1850, 27 April 1851 photocopy). The location of the original letters is unknown.