This collection houses transcriptions of 42 letters written to and between members of the Maynard family from 1841 to 1913. Horace and Laura (Washburn) Maynard write the earliest letters to Laura's parents, Azel and Sarah Washburn, in Royalston, Vermont during the 1840s. Of the remaining letters, some are written from Edward Maynard, Sr. to family members and many are addressed to his son, Edward Maynard, Jr. The majority of the letters to Edward Maynard, Jr. were written by his grandmother Laura (Washburn) Maynard and his uncle Washburn Maynard and date from 1872 to 1913. Several of the letters written from and to Horace and Laura (Washburn) Maynard's children discuss their experiences serving with the U.S. Army and Navy.