At the time of his correspondence with his family, Meredith M. Jack (1897-1986) was working as a salesman for the Baldwin Locomotive Works in southeast Asia. Between 1921 and 1922, he traveled across the United States by train to San Francisco and then sailed to Hawaii, the Philippines, Hong Kong, the Republic of Singapore, Indonesia (where he stayed for a significant period), the Republic of Singapore, Malaysia, the Republic of Singapore for a third time, Egypt, France, England, France again, and Indonesia (where he stayed again for a significant period). In his letters, he describes his journeys and observations of people and places to his mother, father, sister, and, in one instance, his brother-in-law. His descriptions and word choices reflect his pro-colonialist attitudes and his xenophobic, bigoted, racist beliefs about non-white, non-English-speaking, and/or non-Christian individuals. While the previous custodians of the materials only attached notes to two letters regarding this matter, readers should be prepared to find this language far more frequently. Previously, Jack has served in World War One as a part of the army Medical Corps Frankford Arsenal in Philadelphia, and subsequently, he worked as a real estate broker and was a golfer. At the beginning of Folder 1, a letter, envelope, and photographs from Helen Barcom Frary to Jack’s mother are dated to 1919 and focus on the time the families spent together in Maine over the summer. There is also an envelope addressed to Dr. Meredith M. Jack that was mailed in 1925. Overall, the collection contains primarily letters detailing an American’s journey to and across southeast Asia, as well as early 20th century racism, bigotry, xenophobia, and colonialism.