Consists of personal and business records; family correspondence; receipts for tobacco and cotton sales; land and legal papers; bills of sale; bonds; crop liens; promissory notes; and mortgages. Includes 3 letters, 26 May-14 July 1918, from Sgt. Darrell Levi Reynolds, a member of the American Expeditionary Force, written to his father, Ervin Jackson Reynolds, while "Somewhere in France" during the First World War; these letters discuss the weather, the French countryside, church services, availability of food, agricultural practices, newsworthy events back home in Lamar, S.C., and contacts with European soldiers. Bulk of collection consists of letters, 6 Jan. 1946-3 Nov. 1948, sent by Fred Yarborough to June Reynolds, daughter of James Herbert and Amy Connor Reynolds, during which time Yarborough completed basic training at the U.S. Naval Training Center in Norfolk, Va., was transferred to Navy Receiving Stations in Washington, D.C., and Boston, Mass.; also includes 3 letters from Albert Bundy, an American sailor aboard the U.S.S Toledo. Letters from Yarborough and Bundy were addressed to June Reynolds at home in Timmonsville, S.C., and at Coker College, Hartsville, S.C. Fred Yarborough's letters discuss weather, base conditions, work hours, inspections, sporting events he attended, Coker College news, dances June Reynolds attended, news of his family and the Reynolds, and recreational activities such as movies and shows in Boston. Albert Bundy's letters contain information regarding his tour of duty in the Pacific, the black markets of Asia, Asian goods and prices, liberty leaves, the Asian ports he visited during his tour, and the conditions and people of Asia. The most interesting commentary written by Bundy regards his views of the people, particularly the women, of Asia. Printed materials filed with the papers include items from the World War I era, YMCA published manuals, and a series of field service postcards sent by D.L. Reynolds to his mother, father, and sister in Lamar; bound ledger, 1943-1950, contains a variety of information including bank accounts, accounts payable and receivable, cotton and tobacco yields and prices, and amounts of fertilizer used.
