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Letters, memoranda, telegrams, invoices, receipts, printed reports and other items which document the financial, philanthropic, and personal interests of Benjamin and his family. Includes Duke family members: Sarah P. Duke, Washington Duke, Angier Buchanan Duke, Mary Duke Biddle, Lida Duke Angier, Brodie L. Duke, James B. Duke, and Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr. Other correspondents include: John C. Angier, John S. Bassett, Warren A. Candler, Julian S. Carr, John F. Crowell, J. B. Cobb, Warren C. Coleman, Ceasar Cone, William A. Erwin, William P. Few, Robert L. Flowers, C. P. H. Gilbert, Jonathan R. Hawkins, L. L. Hobbs, Charles C. Hook, N. M. Jurney, J. C. Kilgo, W. S. Lee, John Merrick, Solomon Pool, Jeter C. Pritchard, Daniel Lindsay Russell, Thomas Settle, James E. Shepard, James H. Southgate, Andrew P. Tyer, and George W. Watts. Many of the letters were addressed to or written by Benjamin's personal secretaries and business agents in Durham and NY, including James E. Stagg, Richard B. Arrington, Elizabeth A. Childs, and Alexander H. Sands, Jr.

The Correspondence series includes family letters that have been sorted by family member. Correspondents include Laura Pearson Ray, Donald Ray, Wilhelmina Tate, Sue Virginia Tate, Jennie Pearson Tate, Gordan Tate, and other smaller amounts of letters from various Pearsons and Tates. Topics range widely, but notable subjects include courtship, particularly between Laura Pearson and Neill W. Ray; Reconstruction conditions and North Carolina politics (Governor Zebulon Vance, the state's Reconstruction governor, was Laura's cousin); family health; condolence letters following the death of Jennie's son in 1902; travel, particularly Donald Ray's accounts of his trip through Europe in 1912; World War I, including letters from Gordon Tate while he served in France; and various financial matters.

Almost half of the collection, Correspondence comprises both business and personal letters. Most of the content consists of Chaloner's communications with various attorneys in New York, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia that address his multiple legal battles. The letters discuss his efforts to regain possession of his estate, verdicts from psychologists concerning his mental condition, the circulation of his sonnets on European politics prior to 1914, and congratulations on his receiving a favorable verdict from the U. S. Supreme Court regarding his sanity. Also includes content on the fostering of motion pictures for rural areas. The series contains one nineteenth-century typed transcript of a letter from 1782 regarding the Revolutionary War in Virginia.

Primarily James H. Semans' personal and professional correspondence, including with family and key figures in his medical training and career.

Primarily personal and business letters and telegrams received and sent by James B. Duke or his agents, with letters sent or received by Benjamin N. Duke scattered throughout the correspondence. Letters related to philanthropic ventures, including contributions to Trinity College (later Duke University) and requests for donations and other forms of aid, are also present. Since the series includes several bound letterbooks, the correspondence was not divided between personal and business subjects. Richard B. Arrington, a secretary and agent for Benjamin N. Duke and James B. Duke, is the principal correspondent on behalf of James B. Duke in the letterbook dated from August 1, 1900 to January 30, 1906. Alexander H. Sands, another secretary and agent for Benjamin N. Duke and James B. Duke, is the principal correspondent on behalf of James B. Duke in the letterbook dated from February 20, 1920 to January 17, 1923. Major correspondents include Lida Duke Angier (Mrs. J.C. Angier), Richard B. Arrington, W.T. Blackwell, Bettie Roney Dailey (Mrs. John C. Dailey), Benjamin Newton Duke, Washington Duke, George W. Hill, Maude Duke Karnes, William R. Perkins, and Alexander H. Sands.

The correspondence includes letters about the relocation of Trinity from Randolph County to Durham, the building program, means for publicizing the College, increasing the endowment, and related subjects.

The bulk of the correspondence is from Few's office files as President of Trinity College and Duke University. The correspondence includes incoming letters to Few's office, copies of outgoing letters, reports, minutes, telegrams, newsletters, and other materials generated or received by the President's office. Among the correspondents are: Alice Mary Baldwin, John Carlisle Kilgo, John Spencer Bassett, Angier Buchanan Duke, Benjamin Newton Duke, William Hayes Ackland, Julian S. Carr, Edward R. Murrow, and Robert D.W. Conner. There is also some personal correspondence dating from 1885.

The correspondence contains primarily the business correspondence of Edward James Parrish regarding the controlling interest of the American Tobacco Company and its role in the Japanese tobacco firm, Murai Brothers Company. It details the day-to-day business as well as the settling of affairs upon the sale of the Murai Brothers Company to the Japanese government during its creation of a tobacco monopoly. There is a small amount of personal correspondence, mainly celebrating the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Parrish, as well as condolences sent upon Edward Parrish's death.

Contains letters both written to and by James Powers and Rachel Booth Powers. Major subjects include discussions of theatrical performances, letters of thanks for Powers' charitable work during both World War I and World War II, and reviews of and feedback on Powers' autobiography. In a particularly amusing undated letter Powers sarcastically examines the merits of Einstein's theory of relativity.

Consists of personal and family letters; correspondence from Crum's days as a salesman, and correspondence relating to his activities as an educator and Methodist layman. Among the last is material relating to boys' camps, Methodist Church activities, the Y.M.C.A., letters to publishers, Lake Junaluska Summer School, and Crum's other interests and activities.

Includes both personal and business correspondence among various Smith family members and acquaintances.

Subjects present in the Correspondence series include affairs at Wofford College, Kilgo's appointment to the presidency of Trinity, unification of the Methodist Church, fund-raising, educational reform, and Kilgo's election as Bishop. The items include Walter Hines Page's address at the dedication of the Trinity College Library (February, 1903) and Washington Duke's letters of December 1896, and April 1903 concerning his gifts to the College and the status of its women students. Correspondents include Joseph Gill Brown, Wallace Buttrick, William Preston Few, James H. Southgate, Washington Duke, and Robert Lee Flowers.

This correspondence centers around Glasson's involvement in the Department of Economics and the Graduate School at Trinity College and Duke University, and his interest in pension systems. It includes a letter to William P. Few (February 22, 1934) signed by 24 faculty members praising Duke's record on academic freedom, reports directed to University administrators, and copies of family genealogical material. A significant correspondent is H. Clay Evans, the US Commissioner of Pensions.

This series contains a mixture of business and personal correspondence. Business correspondence topics include American Tobacco Co., daily transactions, solicitations for donations, and other business ventures. Personal correspondence includes matters related to Duke Farms and personal letters from immediate and distant family members. Correspondence is generally to/from J.B. Duke, but includes correspondence to and from immediate family members such as Nanaline Duke (Mrs. J.B.), Benjamin Duke, Angier Biddle Duke, and Mary Duke.

Primarily correspondence to and from Biddle, but also includes correspondence to and from Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr., Benjamin N. Duke, Sarah P. Duke, Angier Buchanan Duke, Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, Nicholas Duke Biddle, and Duke University administrators, trustees, and faculty. There is a significant amount of correspondence from Duke family business managers to her related to her finances and from her to Duke University related to her philanthropy. Some legal documents related to financial transactions are interspersed. There are also files specifically for the many condolences addressed to her on the deaths of her brother, father, and mother.

Includes personal and professional letters written to and from Eugenia Bradsher Newbold, Nathan Carter Newbold, Mabel Wooten and others. The letters document the courtship between Nathan Carter Newbold and his first wife Mabel Wooten, whom he married in 1900, as well as his later marriage to Eugenia Bradsher. These personal letters reveal the day-to-day experiences of the authors including their affection for one another. Much of the correspondence written to Nathan Carter Newbold is made up of appreciation letters from public school officials who wrote to Newbold upon his retirement. Other correspondence documents Newbold's professional networks (including connections to Trinity College) and depicts his activity within the North Carolina public school system as an administrator.

The correspondence consists of both incoming and outgoing letters that, although numerous, are not a complete file. These business letters date between 1913 and 1933, and are relatively abundant for 1917, 1919-1924, 1926, 1928, and 1930-1932. Since Smith was a middleman, his correspondence reveals aspects of the problems, not only of wholesalers, but also of the miners and shippers of coal and, on the other side, the consumers. The business began about 1911. In 1919 it handled 185 cars of coal between Januarary and September. Coal was purchased directly from the mines for spot cash. Letters about the nature and history of the business include those of: Sept. 20, 1919: April 9, 14, 1920; Feb. 27, 1922; and April 15, 1926.

The correspondence series contains primarily greeting and Christmas cards sent to Wylanta during her lifetime. The bulk of the correspondence is from the late 1920s. These notes are addressed to Wylanta according to her current married surname and generally express holiday greetings, well wishes, and, occasionally, thank her for gifts or sympathy sentiments received, invite her to weddings and other events, or request charitable gifts. Many of these greeting cards have no handwritten notes other than a signature. More in-depth are a handful of letters between Wylanta and her sister, Hettie (primarily from 1900-1925, Hettie Rochelle Blankenship lived 1893-1979), her future husband, Perry Elridge, and several other female friend correspondents. Topics addressed in these notes including current events such as World Wars I and II, love, business and property rental issues, Wylanta's winter home in Miami Beach, Durham society gossip, and family matters. There are also a small number of letters from merchants in response to Wylanta's requests for purchases. From 1923 there is a large amount of correspondence and condolence letters related to Wylanta's car accident in Nice, France, after which her husband, Isaac R. Strayhorn, died from injuries sustained. The correspondence series is organized chronologically.

Farley's professional correspondence contains letters from school superintendents as well as college professors and presidents, such as Rollo G. Reynolds, Fred Engelhardt, Uel W. Lamkin, Florence Hale, Thomas W. Nadal, Willis A. Sutton, and Eldo L. Hendricks. Persons prominent in the National Education Association, such as Willard E. Givens and William G. Carr, also corresponded with Farley, as well as the editors Bernard L. Johnson and Frank A. Weld; the Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission Frieda B. Hennock; George H. Adams, a newspaper reporter; and Franklin D. Roosevelt's son James.

Mostly letters from Gotham's family and female friends, with many of the latter being evangelical in nature and including items mailed from a Honduran missionary station. There are also letters from the Trent-Semans family, including Josiah C. Trent, Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, and their daughters.

Letters to and from colleagues with whom Fetter was closely associated, as well as correspondence with friends and family members (including his father, the Princeton economist Frank Albert Fetter), can be found in this series. Among his correspondents were J. Garner Anthony, Robert D. C. Black, J. Chester Bradley, R. C. Brooks, Colin Campbell, Lino Castillejo, S. G. Checkland, (Chick) Eagen, Luther Evans, Max Farrand, Milton Friedman, Craufurd Goodwin, Barry Gordon, Frank Graham, Keith Horsefield, Hollard (Ho) Hunter, Per Jacobsson, E. W. Kemmerer, John Maynard Keynes, Charles Kindleberger, Samuel Loescher, Vernon Mund, Leslie Pressnell, Lord Robbins, Richard Sayers, Franklin Scott, Joseph B. Shane, Frederick Jackson Turner, F. W. Taussig, Alan Valentine, Jacob Viner, C. R. Whittlesey and Harold Williamson. Other correspondents of note are E. M. Forster, Upton Sinclair, and Gore Vidal. The Midwest Economics Association files consists of correspondence documenting Fetter's involvement with the Association and his term as president in 1952. The references and recommendations files include letters written by him and letters from others requesting recommendations and thanking him for writing.

The Correspondence series is three folders of letters written by Lillian to James Duke and her aunt. The first folder contains the correspondence of Lillian Duke to her aunt. These letters range in date from March 1905 to April 1906 with two undated. The letters cover subjects of money, visiting, thievery, and family affairs. The early letters refer to casual affairs, mostly regarding when she is going to visit her aunt next or the monthly allowance she sends her aunt. Two of the letters, dated March 1906, reflect a heated exchange with her aunt over a supposed theft. Lillian accused her aunt of stealing a wig out of her dresser drawer and closed by threatening the end of their friendship if she did not return it.

Chiefly typed professional letters documenting Slattery's career. About half consists of Slattery's outgoing and incoming mail. The remainder is between other individuals. Also contains a few telegrams, cards, memoranda and clippings. One folder dated Oct., 1938contains copies of microfilmed records relating to oil scandals. Arranged chronologically.

The correspondence in this series, mostly incoming letters, document Viola Hill's career as a professionally-trained classical vocalist. A handful of outgoing drafts of letters written by Viola Hill are present. The materials reveal her negotiations with organizers for recitals, concerts, fundraisers, and festivals at which she appeared. Early venues represented in the letters include African American and white churches; schools, orphanages, and other societies; and charity functions in both Black and white communities. As she gained in reputation, she also performed in large music halls and theaters in the East, South, and Midwest, and her requests for higher compensation were met.

The correspondence is organized into three subseries. The Correspondence by Individual subseries contains correspondence and memoranda between Burns and presidents, vice-presidents, politicians, and prominent economists. The Correspondence by Topic subseries contains letters and attachments primarily related to Burns' work in academia, politics, and the private sector. Finally, the Correspondence to Mrs. Helen Burns subseries contains letters written by figures such as Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Mamie Eisenhower to Burns's wife, Helen, both during his life and after his death.

Boxes have been reorganized into chronological sequence; box numbers therefore appear out of order.

The series is divided into two chronological subseries: Personal and Professional. In some cases, there is overlap of personal and professional content because of the nature of the relationships Segrest has had with many of her correspondents.

With a sub-series, letters received after the publication of his biography of Shelley, 1940. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent. One folder of miscellaneous correspondence is filed under White, N.I. The major correspondents include Frederick L. Jones, editor of Mary Shelley's letters, Lord Abinger, the Marchesa Enrica Della Robbia, Payson G. Gates, Ellsworth Barnard, artist Mrs. W. Murray Crane, Thomas J. Wise, and members of Keats and Shelley societies. There are several folders of correspondence with people at Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. concerning publications; among these correspondents are Blanche Knopf and Sidney R. Jacobs. The publication contract is also in this file. Other correspondents include George Bernard Shaw, George L. Kittredge, Percy Long, of the Modern Language Association, H.L. Mencken, Sir John C. Shelley- Rolls, John H. Smith, and L.C. Thompson. The letters concern book reviews, and interpretations of the Romantic poets, research requests to libraries, archives, and booksellers, and include correspondence from other students of literature at institutions in the United States and in Europe. Indexes to the correspondence can be found in Box 6 and in the University Archives collection file.

This Correspondence series covers the complete period of Wannamaker's tenure as Dean and Vice President, 1917-1949. He was involved in many administrative, faculty, and student issues. It is arranged chronologically. Most of the letters are copies of Wannamaker's outgoing correspondence. Topics include the discipline of students, the effect of World War I and World War II on students and college life, the recruitment and hiring of new faculty and staff, the inquiries of potential students, athletics issues (the Faculty Committee on Athletics), and the Board of Education of the City of Durham, of which Wannamaker was Chairman.

Business and personal correspondence on a variety of topics and issues including naval policies, appointments and commissions, requests for assistance, speaking engagements, his period as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, management of the News and Observer, civic and political involvements, and condolences after the deaths of his mother and wife. Arranged chronologically.

This series contains correspondence to and from Lucy Mason, as well as related accompanying materials, dating from 1917 to 1954. The correspondence is largely professional and documents Mason's work as the CIO's Public Relations Representative, although some pieces of personal correspondence are scattered throughout the series. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1937 and later, and most of it is directly to or from Mason. Throughout the series, Mason corresponds with Southern politicians, educators, church leaders, newspaper editors, the Department of Justice, labor organizers, unions, and many others in an attempt to positively influence opinions, policies, and laws about labor and unions. Also present throughout the correspondence are requests from workers or labor organizers for Mason's help or intervention, along with Mason's resulting letters to the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Section. Other common types of correspondence sent or received include information requests, literature or resource recommendations, requests for Mason to speak at college campuses or conferences, and contact suggestions and introductions.

Divided into three subseries: Individuals, Subjects, and Languages. Letters to and from an individual, or letters pertaining to a subject may be located within more than one subseries. Correspondence in English, Latin, French, German, Spanish, Russian, and Italian is scattered throughout the subseries.

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, with notes whenever possible indentifying individual correspondents and topics addressed.

This series contains Chamberlin's personal and professional communications with and about various individuals. Notable correspondents include Marice Allais, William Baumol, Kenneth Boulding, Luigi Einaudi, Dwight Eisenhower, Howard S. Ellis, Milton Friedman, Ragnar Frisch, John Kenneth Galbraith, Gottfried Haberler, Frank Hahn, Roy Harrod, Friedrich A. Hayek, Harold Hotelling, Richard Kahn, Nicholas Kaldor, Frank Knight, Emile Lederer, Wassily Leontief, Abba Lerner, Gertrud Lovasy, Fritz Machlup, Hans Neisser, J. F. Normano, Dennis H. Robertson, Joan Robinson, Paul Samuelson, Thomas Schelling, Robert Schuman, Joseph Schumpeter, Ben Seligman, George Stigler, Frank Taussig, Gerhard Tintner, Jaroslav Vanek, Jacob Viner, among others. Of note is Chamberlin's correspondence with Haberler, Harrod, Kahn, Kaldor, Knight, Robinson, and Stigler about theories of competition and firm behavior; and extensive correspondence with close friend Howard S. Ellis. Files are arranged alphabetically by name.

Correspondence primarily reflects his role as editor of Ecological Monographs, and relates to drafts for publication, recommended revisions, and dates for future publication. Other prominent topics include Pearse's involvement with professional organizations, including the Ecology Society of America and Society of American Zoologists; various symposiums and conferences, publications, and research; and the founding and early operations of the Duke Marine Biology Laboratory at Beaufort, North Carolina.

Includes personal letters of Annie Lois Newkirk Blakely, Florence Ella Blakely, Ralph Blakely, Ann Newkirk and letters addressed to both Mr. and Mrs. Blakely. Correspondence between Annie Lois and Ralph Blakely while dating during the early 1920s is most prominent. Arranged by recipient in chronological order by day, month and year.

Includes photocopies of personal letters between Still and Alain Locke as well as letters between Still and Charles Burch. Correspondence between Verna Arvey and Carl Van Vechten is also included. Van Vechten was interested in photographing Still as well as acquiring Still manuscripts for the James Weldon Johnson Collection at Yale University.

Includes professional letters and correspondence, with a significant portion in German. Earlier accessions of correspondence (Boxes 1-2) are organized chronologically, while later accessions of correspondence are organized alphabetically by correspondent. There is significant overlap between the two arrangement types, and both should be consulted. An index to the correspondence is available; please contact University Archives for more information. The more than 300 correspondents include Walter Heitler, F.A. Lindemann, Max von Laue, Wolfgang Pauli, Michael Polyani, Erwin Schrödinger, Enrico Fermi, Edward Teller, and other noted scientists.

Primarily administrative correspondence about the program and placement of the students. The bulk of the correspondence is from Prof. J.M. Ormond until 1948 and arranged chronologically.

Primarily MDBTS' personal correspondence, showing her family, social, political, and philanthropic activities and relationships. At least some of Josiah C. Trent's and James H. Seman's personal correspondence is also included after their respective marriages to her. There are letters from Duke, Biddle, Trent, and Semans family members, including her parents, in-laws, and children. There are also letters from her friends and associates in North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, Italy, and Greece.

Professional correspondence contains letters from persons and economists in Europe and America, notably Irving Fischer, Gustav Cassel, Wesley Mitchell, Achille Loria, Luigi Einaudi, Dennis Robertson, Lionel Robbins, Friedrich von Hayek, Piero Sraffa and others. Contents mostly concern writings and introductions when Foa moved from Italy to London and later to America. Personal correspondence is mostly with his wife and family.

Correspondence to or from Jefferson Johnson, including professional and legal messages, personal notes, and family letters. Includes both handwritten and typed letters. Box 14 includes letters from well-wishers regarding Johnson's illness and retirement, 1956-1959.

The Correspondence series consists of letters sent to and by the Pool family and their relatives, friends, and colleagues. It ranges from 1928-1998 with some undated materials, and with a gap in coverage from 1963-1968. Notable events and correspondence are detailed below, roughly divided by decade.

Series includes correspondence with N. Inoue, Dora (perhaps a student of Blyth's), Cecily Tomrley, Blyth's parents, Akiko Kobayashi, Burton Watson, Norman Waddell, Henrietta Blyth, the Zen scholar D.T. Suzuki, as well as Japanese monarchs Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko. Some correspondence is filed in a scrapbook.

Handwritten and typed letters, printouts of email and attachments (articles), and email, which are mainly professional in nature and dated from later in Schwartz's life. Early correspondence includes courtship letters from her husband, Isaac Schwartz. Arranged chronologically.

The main body of the Correspondence Series is arranged chronologically, however a small number of letters are filed together by correspondent and arranged alphabetically at the beginning of the series. It appears that Kramer created a separate set of files for postdoctoral students, and it is these files that are at the beginning of the series. Comprised of incoming letters and copies of outgoing letters with graduate students, university administrators, and scientists, the series reflects the full range of Kramer's professional life. Letters often relate to research questions, the direction of graduate students, the review of manuscripts, and matters at Duke University.

Includes all correspondence received by and written by Bloomfield concerning academic and other professional matters. Arranged in chronological order.

Correspondence consists of letters written and received by Wilson relating to his speaking engagements, professional associations, books and publications, and students and colleagues in law and political science at Duke and at institutions across the United States. Major correspondents include the U.S. Foreign Service, the U.S. Dept. of State, the American Journal of International Law, the Commonwealth Studies Center, and university presses.

Includes personal and professional correspondence from Herbert Blumer, Charles Ellwood, Eric Hoffer, Everett Hughes, and Howard Jensen about curriculum ideas, race relations, activities among colleagues, politics, and comments on papers and presentations.

The Warners' personal and professional relationships with various people and organizations can be traced through materials in this series. Significant exchanges with the American Folklore Society, the Library of Congress, with William Rose Benet, Carl Carmer, Wayland Hand, Alan Lomax, Carl Sandburg, and Pete Seeger are extensively documented in the files. More correspondence can be found elsewhere in the collection - organized topically in the Subject Series, and according to correspondents' names in the Folk Materials Series.

Primarily correspondence, but also includes telegrams, invoices, bills of lading, hand drawn designs and diagrams, hand written notes, and photographs.

The Correspondence Series is divided into the Correspondence, chronological subseries and the Correspondence, alphabetical by name subseries. Materials arrived in different accessions and original divisions have been retained. The subseries includes multiple runs of general correspondence arranged in a loose chronological order. The chronological correspondence consists of letters to and from family, friends, teachers, and admirers of his work. Early letters vividly depict his relationships with family members and friends. Many of the letters dated between 1954 and 1958 concern his education at Duke University and as a Rhodes Scholar at Merton College, Oxford University. His early development as an author is documented here as well as in the Writings Series. From 1961 onward, letters also provide information about his career as a professor at Duke University. The alphabetical correspondence subseries comprises correspondence between Price and other writers, literary figures, celebrities, and close friends. These letters concern both personal and literary matters. Frequently the correspondents commented on each other's recent publications or on work in progress. Numerous letters to and from Eudora Welty and Stephen Spender reveal much about their strong influence on Price's development as a writer. The series also contains a great many letters from Allan Gurganus; Polly Holliday; Jeff Humphries; Josephine Humphreys; Wallace Kaufman; Joe Porter; Lee Smith; and William Blackburn.

The collection includes correspondence with students, publishers, administrators, and faculty. Major subjects include all aspects of Renaissance scholarship, Lievsay's career as a professor of english, and his involvement with the Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

Letters, chiefly typed, both personal and professional, a few cards and printed items. Includes copies of Salber's outgoing correspondence. Explanatory notes added later by Salber are attached to some letters.

Chiefly consists of exchanges between Wallace Fowlie and well-known writers and friends. With the exception of the Foster, Heslen, and Muther correspondence, which contain letters from Fowlie, the bulk of the items are from correspondents writing to Fowlie. Substantial groups of correpondence from individuals have been foldered separately. Smaller amounts of one to four letters are housed in General Correspondence; correspondents include Alain Bosquet, Kenneth Burke, René Char, Edouard Dermit (the adopted son of Jean Cocteau), André Gide, Marianne Moore, Jean Renard, and others. Arranged in chronological order within folders, with the exception of General Correspondence, which is alphabetical by last name.

Letters to and from Harry Glazer, arranged alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically within each file.

Weintraub, who did much of his own typing, preserved carbon copies of his letters to others, along with original letters sent to him by others. The bulk of this material is from when he was at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Waterloo. He regularly corresponded with a number of economists, including Joan Robinson, Martin Brofenbrenner, Nicholas Kaldor, Abba Lerner, Henry Wallich, John K. Galbraith, Roy Harrod, Francis Seton, E. Roy Weintraub (son), Alice Vandermeulen, G. C. Harcourt, and many others. He also corresponded with many non-economists, including Senators Barry Goldwater, William Proxmire, Gary Hart, and Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.

Chiefly professional correspondence covering a wide array of topics, including recommendations, discussions of papers, publishing, trip planning and reports, invitation responses, and other academic affairs. Arranged in alphabetical order. Folders with a single letter as a heading (e.g., A-General) contain general correspondence separately filed by Domar, possibly in his home files.

The Correspondence Series, featuring material mainly from friends and churches, contains references for Mr. Stott from various North Carolina politicians and businessmen and church invitations asking him to conduct services.

Contains chronological and name files on Baumol's correspondence with various individuals. Correspondence from the earlier decades of Baumol's career was maintained in chronological folders, while name folders were reserved for only some correspondents. Correspondence with notable individuals has been organized into name folders where appropriate, however, correspondence with some notable individuals remains in chronological folders to maintain coherence where conversations took place between multiple individuals. Correspondents of note include: Maurice Allais, Gary Becker, George Dantzig, Robert Dorfman, Milton Friedman, John Kenneth Galbraith, Ralph Gomory, Frank Hahn, Roy Harrod, John Hicks, Ursula Hicks, Samuel Hollander, Nicholas Kaldor, Harold Kuhn, Abba Lerner, Jacob Marschak, Don Patinkin, Lionel Robbins, Joan Robinson, Paul Samuelson, Ralph Turvey, Jacob Viner, and Edward Wolff.

Nerlove's correspondence, which is mainly professional in nature and with other economists, especially Kenneth Arrow, José Carvalho, Zvi Griliches, Ta-Chung Liu, Theodore Schultz, and Lester Telser. Organized into two subseries: Alphabetical and Chronological. This preserves Nerlove's division between the two, with Alphabetical consisting of family members, coworkers and professional colleagues, university secretaries and administrators, publishers, and at least one politician.

Weintraub's professional and personal communications, including the contents of his Duke email account. Notable correspondents include economists Kenneth Arrow, Gerard Debreu, Deirdre McCloskey, Lionel McKenzie, Phil Mirowski, Don Patinkin, Paul Samuelson, and Robert Solow; colleagues in the Economics Department and at the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University; and his father Sidney Weintraub and other family members. Organized into three subseries: Alphabetical Correspondence, Duke University, and Personal.