The Puckett Family Papers consist primarily of correspondence from Beth Norvell Puckett to her husband, Lewis, who was stationed overseas with the U.S. Navy for over a year and a half during the latter part of World War II. The collection is rich in letters that document the single parent life that World War II thrust upon millions of women like Beth Puckett, who was left raising their two children, Sherry and Stephen, during her husband’s absence. The correspondence also documents the importance of extended family, which for Beth meant her parents, Joy and D.W. Norvell, who lived nearby and ran the D.W. Norvell Tent Manufacturing Company.
