Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Letters from Kinnick, a student leader, scholar, athlete, and naval officer from Iowa to family and friends while he was serving in the U.S. as a Navy pilot, awaiting orders to be sent into combat.