{"value"=>"<p>The General Family Correspondence, 1897-1953 (bulk dates 1897-1900) contains a scattering of letters to Amy and Laurent Sr. from their respective families. Amy and Laurent Oppenheim Jr. Correspondence, 1897-1900; 1926, focuses mainly on their courtship letters; Postcards sent to Laurent Jr. from Europe, 1905-1910 are colorful postcards sent by family members and friends. Laurent Oppenheim Jr., General Family Correspondence, 1909-1930, represents the bulk of the family papers. Many of the letters are between Laurent and his mother while he was boarded at The Taft School in Watertown, CT. (The Taft School was founded in 1890 by Horace Dutton Taft, brother of the United States President William Howard Taft รป located in western Connecticut, the school continues to operate.) Subjects discussed between mother and son are Laurent's well being, his grades, friends and extra curricular activities. The later years of the correspondence covers Laurent schooling at Yale University Sheffield Scientific School. During World War I, Laurent entered the Army. During his brief three months tenure, Laurent recounts his training, military duties and related matters. For example, Laurent wrote to his mother on October 2, 1918 that he was assigned to Battery B, Field Artillery, Yale Station, CT. Understandably, Mrs. Oppenheim felt anxious as to Laurent's welfare as her draft letters indicate. Many of Laurent's letters are hand-written but he occasionally enjoyed sending a typed letter. While there is rarely correspondence other family members, Laurent did inquire about his relatives. General Correspondence and miscellaneous academic records complete this series.</p>"}