Correspondence, correspondence transcript, letter book, diary copy, and scrapbook of William F. Saunders and his career as a keeper of the Quonochontaug Life Saving Station during the late nineteenth century.

This collection consists of papers relating to William G. Pierce’s life, including his education and his time stationed in Shanghai, China. The collection consists of correspondence with his parents and brother, gifts sent from China to his father in Providence, Rhode Island, newspapers, journals, and other materials.