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Mostly academic or professional correspondence. It is arranged alphabetically, except for Box 27 which contains correspondence from or about the National Planning Association. It is important to note that Hoover tended to file his correspondence by subject, rather than by correspondent. As such, a file labeled "John Doe" may not necessarily contain correspondence written by "John Doe," but may include correspondence about "John Doe."

The correspondence series primarily contains letters written to and from Dr. Turner. The general correspondence subseries is in rough chronological order. Folders for individual correspondents are arranged alphabetically. Types of materials include letters to and from church members at the various churches he pastored, administrative material related to his pastoral work, correspondence with Duke community members as a student and as faculty and administrator, invitations to speak at various locations and events, correspondence relating to various affiliations and community activities, and some personal correspondence with family and friends.

Primarily correspondence between Weinmann and other scholars, musicians, conductors, and librarians. However, the early correspondence (1614-1928) is originals and copies of letters by Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Tobias Haslinger and J.P. Gotthard which Weinmann collected.

The papers begin in 1736, when John Hall (ca. 1717-1790) and his brothers Henry and William become actively engaged in tobacco planting. The letters open with a land indenture of 1745 and continue as business correspondence with London, Annapolis, Baltimore, and local merchants and factories. Comment is made on salt as a necessity for plantation life in 1778 and 1782. An overseer's contract in 1764 gives details of plantation management and enslavement.