Series 2 contains records related to the Pickering family. Researchers will find biographical information and a photograph of Pickering, as well as a file on Pickering's trip to Germany in 1934 to study European graphic and retail design principles, which includes photographs of structures and street life in Dessau. The family scrapbook contains clippings and ephemera related to activities or important occasions commemorated by the Pickering family members. The scrapbook includes frequent mention of Anita (Pickering’s wife), and their three children, James Henry (also referred to as Jaime and JIII), Nancy Eleanor, and Thomas.