Mary Chamberlain Wilson Carleton to husband Arthur S. Carleton, 1930

The fourth series consists of personal letters sent and received by members of Alford Carleton’s immediate and extended family. Filed here are several hundred letters of Mary Wilson Carleton. Of note are her letters (1920-1941) sent to her son Alford, as they mostly correspond to his numbered letters that are contained in Series III, Subseries 1 referenced above. Her letters to Alford report on the well being of friends and family members in America, as well as the interest of a mother in the lives of her son, grandchildren, and daughter-in-law in the Middle and Near East. Also filed here are the letters of Alford’s father, Arthur S. Carleton (ten letters), and Alford’s wife, Mary Cashmore Carleton (one hundred-fourteen letters), mostly sent to Alford and other close family members. Other correspondents in this series include Alford’s brother Wilson Carleton, his uncle Winfred Carleton, and his aunts Anne, Emma, and Marti Wilson. (See inventory for complete listings.)