Scope and Contents The papers contain primarily correspondence between Richard G. Mater and his fiancée Katherine Nitz when he served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945. There are a small number of letters written by friends and family from 1946 to 1950, once the couple married and had their first child. There is also a baby book for the Mater’s oldest child, Ronald, with entries from 1949 to 1953. Significant gaps in the letters occurs in April 1944 and from 1951 to 1953, with smaller gaps...