This collection contains the correspondence of Morgan Goodhart, a staff officer in the U. S. Army during World War II and afterward. Included are outgoing as well as incoming letters, consisting largely of exchanges between Goodhart and his mother (Pauline Boyd Goodhart) and sister (Jean Goodhart Akin) and other family members and friends. The letters trace Goodhart's war service from Fort Dix to England, Africa, and finally Italy. Goodhart's frequent letters focus on family matters, daily activities, and descriptions of his surroundings. Included among these letters are several examples of V-mail ("victory mail"), The collection also contains letters received by Goodhart's mother and sister from other correspondents, and a few letters exchanged among third parties. Also included are materials relating to Goodhart's service as commanding officer and professor of air science and tactics of the Air Reserve Officers Training Corps at University of Oklahoma. The collection also includes a small selection of personal financial papers, invitations, and photographs. A folder of notes and ephemera contains, among other things, two blank sheets of Goodhart's stationery; a page of genealogical notes on the Boyd/Baldwin family of Virginia; a treasurer's report for the Art and Literature Club of Kansas City; and a guide to an Angelo di Benedetto and Lee Porzio gallery show at the Kober Shop (Denver, Colorado).