The collection consists of 19 letters sent between Raymond Gleason, his mother (T.M. Gleason), future wife (Ida Gravenow), and friend (Z. Bojanie), while serving overseas in the US Navy during World War I. The correspondence begins in 1916 with the bulk of letters written while Mr. Gleason was on the Mediterranean Ocean from 1918-1919. T.M. Gleason and Ida Gravenow resided in Racine, Wisconsin.