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Blackburn's personal and professional correspondence; letters to his students; and correspondence of several members of his family, especially of his son, Alexander Lambert Blackburn, his brothers George and Clark Blackburn, and his first wife Elizabeth Cheney Blackburn. Also contained in the series are copies of letters written by Joseph Conrad to his publishers and much of the correspondence between Blackburn and Reynolds Price.

The family correspondence in the original accession was sorted and grouped by Kendrick and/or Randolph Few, sons of Dr. William and Mary Few. Correspondence from accession UA2016.0033 was preliminarily sorted by Dana Few Pope, daughter of Randolph Few. At processing, the letters were sorted by date within each grouping for easier patron access and use. Each grouping is a sub-series named for the creator of the correspondence, if applicable.

Primarily documents the relationships of family and friends in the Craven and Pegram families. A letterbook, 1893-1898 contains about 150 letters, mostly from Mrs. Nannie (Bulla) Craven to her son Harvey Bernard Craven while he was a student at Trinity College in Durham, N.C.

The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1883 to 1887, when Heitman was Acting President of Trinity College, Randolph County. Issues include fund-raising and support of the college. Major correspondents include Julian S. Carr and J. W. Alspaugh, members of the committee of management that helped Heitman run the college from 1884 to 1887. As Trinity was one of the schools that contracted with the U.S. Government to educate Cherokee Indian youths, this series also contains correspondence between Heitman and the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Department of the Treasury. Other correspondence is from applicants for positions and applicants for admissions to Trinity, correspondence regarding room and board, and letters from parents and prospective students.