Consists of letters written by Aubrey Commons to his parents while he was serving in the United States Air Force during World War II (1941-1946); photographs of Commons and his family, including images related to Commons' military service during World War II and his education at San Jose State University after the war (circa 1934-1965); color slides of Grass Valley, California, and of Aubrey Commons' father in the Grass Valley mines (circa 1920s); ephemera; and a Cornish cookbook (2007).