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Series contains outgoing and incoming correspondence in the form of typescript or handwritten letters and, later, email print-outs. Topics are chiefly related to particular events, such as Bell's resignation in 1974 from the Attica investigation, the publication of his New York Times whistle-blowing article in 1975, or court case decisions. Clippings, extracts, and notes are usually present in correspondence folders, and frequently these have been sent by the correspondents.

Materials divided into three subseries: Personal, Washington Office, and District Office. Personal contains letters to colleagues, House members' requests for congressional bicentennial baseball cards, congratulations, and thank-yous to and from Valentine. Files arranged chronologically. (1-3, 1986-1994) Washington Office consists of Valentine's computer letter system of numbers corresponding to particular reply letters. (Box Nos. 4-34, 1985, 1990-1994) The District Office Correspondence uses a similar number system except numbers arrange letters by Valentine's committees (see box list). (35-52, 1983-1990) Both office's letters from constituents cover legislation and issues concerning abortion, wetlands' management, pesticides, labor, defense, education, monetary policy, taxes, prayer in public schools, and gun control. Both office files arranged by number system and then chronologically.

Primarily routine professional correspondence to Scitovsky from academic institutions, publishers, colleagues, and friends. Many concern publications or invitations to events. There are a number of brief but interesting exchanges with other economists, including Moses Abramovitz, Benjamin M. Friedman, Paul Samuelson, Stanley K. Sheinbaum, and Robert Solow.

Contains printed e-mail correspondence between Improv members. The emails are organizational, creative, and generally demonstrate the humor of the group. Ordered by date.

This collection consists of fifty letters from George Garrett to DeWitt Henry, a literary colleague. Garrett's correspondence includes advice for Henry's writing and editing, along with general communication about Garrett's wherabouts and activities.

Includes material from several disparate sources placed in chronological sequence. There are many mimeographed copies of originals held by Mississippi Department of Archives and History as well as some mimeographed copies complete with originals. Participants include members of the Stuart and Hardeman families. Topics include family life; James H. Stuart's time as a student at the University of Mississippi; and James, Oscar, and Edward Stuart's participation in Civil War battles in Virginia and Mississippi. In June of 1861 James and Oscar wrote of the lukewarm sentiments of many Virginians around Lynchburg. There are also allusions in these letters to the cost of uniforms and equipment, the scarcity of ammunition and other supplies, anticipated military action at Manassas, and the beauty of the Virginia countryside. There may be found also in the letters of the war period information on military action at Manassas, Bethel Church, Drainsville, Leesburg, Fredericksburg, and Marye's Heights; and references to desertions, morale, censorship, theatrical productions given by the troops, and camp life in general. The deaths of James, and then Oscar Stuart receive prominent attention.

This series includes letters to and from numerous British notables concerning political events spanning five centuries. Letters are arranged alphabetically by author. When the author could not be ascertained, the letter was filed under the name of the recipient, and this was noted in the finding aid. Letters of titled persons are filed under the title rather than the surname when the title could be determined. In some cases, this was not possible. Researchers are advised to search for correspondence of particular people under both title and surname. In cases where there are several letters by one author, the letters were placed in a folder with that author's name and filed at the end of the folders beginning with that letter of the alphabet. (Example: After the alphabetically arranged "A" letters, there are folders containing letters by George Douglas Campbell, the 8th Duke of Argyll, and William George Eden, the 2nd Baron Auckland.). Unidentified letters appear at the end of the alphabetical range.

Arranged in chronological order in Box 1; except as indicated, all items are signed autograph letters. Use copies are in Box 2, together with provenance information for certain items. Miscellaneous other materials, mainly comprising printed materials and photocopies, are appended at the end of the series.

Arranged in chronological order.

Contains personal and professional correspondence chiefly relating to Turner's private practice. Topics include a trip Turner took to Charleston, South Carolina in 1792, requests for Turner's medical services and advice, and two letters asking Turner to cover a debt owed to his son-in-law. Significant correspondents are many, including Revolutionary War period military officials and physicians; there is also an exchange of two letters between Turner and George Washington on the topic of Turner's plan to reorganize the medical department of the Continental Army (the plan is not included), and eight letters from Turner to Thomas Jefferson (1805-1807) regarding Turner's claim for proper compensation for his military service and Turner's views of Jefferson's political situation. Also included is a letter from Judith Sargent Murray to Turner's wife, Lucy, concerning Turner's daughter Elizabeth's visit to Sargent Murray. Many other pieces of correspondence are also located in the Peace Service in New York, Revolutionary War, Turner Family Papers, and War of 1812 Series. Arranged in chronological order.

Arranged chronologically.

Business and personal letters, spanning several generations of Southgate and Jones family members. Most correspondence after 1930 is personal. Arranged chronologically. Letterbooks are arranged at the end of the loose correspondence.

The correspondence is arranged chronologically, centering chiefly around the periods 1832-1874 and 1914-1933, and consists primarily of exchanges between members of the large and widespread Scarborough family. Samuel, Franklin and Henry T. Scarborough, all active in the mid-19th to early 20th centuries, figure prominently among the letter writers. Mount Gilead, North Carolina is the epicenter of the exchanges, but letters also come from other counties in North Carolina, and from Alabama, South Carolina, Kentucky, Florida, Texas, and Virginia.

Series includes political and legal correspondence mostly related to John C. Calhoun and the secession question. Later correspondence deals with Burt's law practice. Correspondents include: Pierce M. Butler, Henry Toole Clark, Thomas Green Clemson, T. L. Deveaux, James H. Hammond, A. P. Hayne, Reverdy Johnson, Hugh S. Legaré, Augustus B. Longstreet, W. N. Meriwether, james L. Petigru, Francis W. Pickens, Robert Barnwell Rhett, Richard Rush, Waddy Thompson, and Louis T. Wigfall.

Family correspondence consists largely of letters to and from family members. For the pre-Senatorial period, there are Items from Bailey's friends and some personal correspondence of Edith Pou Bailey. Although some of these letters are of merely passing interest, others are quite detailed on subjects of research interest. A small folder of personal printed material (programs and other memorabilia) has been placed at the end of this main correspondence section.

Contains correspondence with Eggleston family members, research libraries, Twayne Publishers, King's Cross Publishers, Randel's adviser Ralph L. Rusk, and with others who were doing or had done research on Eggleston. Also included are copies of Eggleston's correspondence from the 1800s, an inventory of the Eggleston collection at Cornell University, and correspondence concerning the Bibliography of American Literature.

Correspondence, arranged chronologically, between Bastian and various notable scientists, scholars and doctors, such as Sir John Bretland Farmer, Thomas Huxley and his wife Annie, Louis Pasteur, William Paton Ker, Caleb Saleeby, Hector Grasset, William Pennington Cocks, and assistants Albert and Alexandre Mary. There is also a group of exchanges between Bastian and the Académie des Sciences of France. The majority of the correspondence is written to Bastian, but there are some drafts penned by Bastian. The correspondence frequently concerns Bastian's controversial work on abiogenesis. Also includes exchanges between Bastian and publishing companies, concerning translations of his numerous works; a series of letters appears from well-known publisher Félix Alcan from Metz. Bastian's wife, Julia, and daughter, Sybil also figure as recipients and writers of correspondence, with many condolence letters received after Bastian's death. Undated letters are placed at the end of the series and arranged alphabetically. Of interest among these is a manuscript document written after Bastian's death by his assistants, Albert and Alexandre verifying Bastian's experiments on the origin of life.

Contains professional correspondence between Painter and her professors, colleagues, and students over the course of her career; personal letters to and from family, friends, and colleagues; and some administrative and interdepartmental memoranda from each of the universities at which Painter served as professor. Documents Painter's personal life, education, and career from her graduate years at Harvard in the late 1960s up through her retirement from Princeton in 2004. Major figures who corresponded with Painter include African-American novelist Toni Morrison; professors of English Houston A. Baker, Jr., Werner Sollors, and Nellie Y. McKay; and historians Darlene Clark Hine and William L. Andrews. Theirs and others' correspondence may appear in either the Chronological Subseries or Alphabetical Subseries. Professional correspondence also includes some letters related to editorial matters, organizations such as the National Endowment for the Humanities, and such publishers as Heinneman of the African Writer's Series. Arranged in four subseries: the Chronological, Alphabetical, Student/Candidate Files, and Nellie Y. McKay (CLOSED).

Consists of letters and copies of letters to and from the Cravens, their employees, and their business associates. Arranged chronologically by year. In years for which a large amount of correspondence exists, the letters are arranged in one to six-month increments. Includes two letter copy books containing letters written by Eli A. Craven and Eli Franklin Craven between 1901 and 1905.

Additional correspondence (bound letterbooks from 1888-1905, 1928-1929) can be found in box 305.

Letters written between family members and a few friends. Chief correspondents are William F. Howland I (1844-1896);Ralph Howland (1848-1906);William F. Howland II (1876-1951);his wife, Mary Elizabeth McIntosh Howland (1878-1964);Betty Warren Howland King (1881?-1930); and Leland Carson McIntosh (1873-1932).Topics generally cover courtship, family relationships, health, and daily activities. The largest series of letters was written by William F. Howland to Mary McIntosh Howland during their courtship and after their wedding while he was living and working in Durham, N.C., and she was in Carthage (Moore County), N.C. One smaller series of letters from Leland C. McIntosh originated from U.S. military training camps and from overseas during the last few years of World War I, and offers some details about camp life and hardships on the front. Letters are arranged chronologically.

Consists of personal and business correspondence received and written by Gordon Hall/Dawn Langley Hall Simmons. The early correspondence consists of letters from Simmons' mother, Marjorie Hall (Ticehurst) Copper, describing her work on the household staff of Sir Harold Nicolson and his wife, Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, in Cranbrook, Kent, England. The letters concern family news and local gossip, Lady Nicolson's death, the family affairs and writings of Nigel Nicolson, and Marjorie Copper's views of events in the United States. Later correspondence is from Simmons' friends and acquaintances. Folders of topical correspondence house letters written by Simmons to Edwin Peacock and Robert Holmes, and a few of Peacock's replies; correspondence received by Isabel Whitney, and material concerning the settlement of her estate; and Simmons' correspondence with the publisher Wyrick and Co. detailing the publication process of Dawn: A Charleston Legend, and containing older material Simmons sent to the publisher. Other folders in the topical correspondence sub-grouping house early correspondence and clippings from Isabel Whitney and Gordon Hall to Emmeline Paige, editor at the Villager, and materials that Hall gathered on Helen Invicta Hall, Natasha Simmons, and Isabel Whitney. Smaller amounts of correspondence are found in the Scrapbooks Series. Correspondence arranged in chronological order by date.

Letters to and from Allen and other persons. Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. Within this are two filing systems: Collective files for letters of the alphabet (to mid-1930s) and individual files (mid-1930s to 1980s). Some correspondents have materials filed under both alphabetic letters and their surnames.

Chiefly personal correspondence between Bridgers family members and friends. Includes letters from agents, who were attempting to get Miss Bridgers' plays produced and her writings published. Arranged chronologically.

The bulk of the correspondence relates to the Carnegie Hall Conference (January 6-8, 1904) and the subsequent formation of the Committee of Twelve, as well as issues that arose from these events. The letters in the collection provide documentary evidence for these events, as well as commentaries on the status of African Americans. They detail Washington's relationships with many of the key African-American leaders of his day. Additionally, there are a few letters that are unrelated to B. T. Washington, but are specific to other leading figures from the African diaspora in the Americas.

Official and routine correspondence with researchers, educators, administrators, public officials, conference organizers, and other Alliance members. Contains incoming letters and copies of outgoing correspondence chiefly with Hatcher or her secretary. Subjects range from requests for information to routine conference arrangements to discussion of vocational guidance policies at various schools and government agencies. Chronological arrangement.

Primarily consists of personal correspondence between Henderson and his friends and acquaintances. Many folders contain other materials relating to the correspondent: biographical notes, articles, and speeches. These files are arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

The correspondence series is arranged chronologically and consists mostly of letters addressed to William Styron, but includes some written by him. Correspondents include family members, friends, teachers, publishers, and admirers of his work as well as other authors. A bound volume of letters to and from Donald Harrington is housed in box C 14 at the end of the chronologically arranged letters. Box C-15 contains restricted correspondence.

Primarily correspondence related to Stephenson's teaching, research, and editorial work including files for individuals, institutions, associations, publishers, and topics. Arranged chronologically.

Incoming correspondence primarily consists of cards and personal letters from friends and family. While friends and colleagues in various political organizations discuss business matters in letters in this series, topics discussed are generally of a personal nature. A substantial number of letters are from men in the British armed forces, contacts apparently made while George was involved with the British Service Entertainment Committee in Richmond. Many of these letters are filed in the "unknown/unnamed" correspondence file because only first names or nicknames were included in the letter.

Includes personal, business, and political correspondence. There is some overlap between correspondence in this series and that located in the Subject Files: Politics Series.

Contains letters to and from Riddick. Much of the correspondence concerns Riddick's writings on senate procedure; questions of general parliamentary procedure; and speaking engagements. Many letters are from United States Senators and other political figures. Includes some correspondence between Riddick and his family, friends, and his students.

Letters relating to Hancock's work in the field of civil rights. Arranged chronologically.

Organized into Alphabetical and Chronological subseries.

Correspondence between John Zeigler and Edwin Peacock focuses primarily on day-to-day life at their respective military posts; books they are currently reading; music, either on the radio or on records; movies playing at the local theater; the scenery of the region, in particular the flora. John Zeigler additionally writes about the local village and Indian tribes and military social events such as dances. Edwin Peacock often adds his culinary adventures. The letters of 1944 increasingly talk about the possibility of a coinciding leave, and the frustrations about its achievement. While on leave from June to August of that year, the letters are free from military censorship and therefore more genuinely express the emotions Ziegler and Peacock felt toward each other. Ziegler sometimes uses the name "Martha" as an affectionate reference to Edwin. Letters from John Zeigler to Edwin Peacock while touring with the U.S.S. Dickens also discuss his hospitalization. Letters from Edwin Peacock to John Zeigler while Ziegler was on the Dickens were not saved because of his hospital stays and lack of personal storage space. The activities of Peacock during those years are revealed in his letters to George Scheirer. The majority of the letters are signed "Your Cousin."

The Correspondence Series has been organized into four subseries: Individuals; Publications; Conferences, Speeches, Lectures; and Other Correspondence. Only the first of these retains Turner's arrangement.

Folders house incoming and outgoing correspondence generated over the course of Benjamin Smith's career as an educator. Many letters are routine exchanges such as letters of recommendation, requests for assistance, and invitations to speak. Arranged alphabetically; some letters may have more than one folder of materials. Individuals or topics represented by their own folders include: Dr. George Harley, the Palmer Memorial Institute, Susan Blair Smith, and Personal Correspondence.

Contains primarily correspondence to Mary Tucker by Carson McCullers, Reeves McCullers, Marguerite Smith, and Mary E. Mercer. There are also several letters written by Carson McCullers to Mary Tucker's daughter, Virginia. The items are arranged in chronological order.

Arranged in four subgroupings: correspondence between Kindred Avin (K.A.) Ritchie and Sara Meda (S.M.) Ritchie; from Mittie Hahn (M.H.) Ritchie to K.A. Ritchie; from family and friends to K.A. Ritchie; and from family and friends to S.M. Ritchie. With the exception of a few letters between K.A. and S.M. Ritchie from 1939-1941 before his enlistment, this series spans the term of K.A. Ritchie's involvement in the 20th Postal Regulating Section of the US Army, beginning with training at Camp Lee in Virginia through his journey home from Germany after the cessation of hostilities in late 1945. At the time of his discharge in 1945 he had attained the rank of Sergeant. In the first subseries, K.A. Ritchie writes to his wife from posts in Newport News, VA; West Chester, PA; Cheltenham, United Kingdom; undisclosed locations in France and the Netherlands; Gutersloh, Germany; and Antwerp, Belgium. His letters cover day-to-day operations and recreational activities as well as oblique or vague references to conditions in the European Theater of Operations. Sexuality, homesickness, boredom, and censorship are common themes in Ritchie's correspondence with his wife. S.M. Ritchie's letters to her husband chronicle her day-to-day activities in Washington DC and include details on her friendships with her coworkers at the Infantry Journal. The interval between letters from Europe and the desire to be reunited with her husband frequently appear in her letters, as do discussions of civilian rationing and family news. Letters from K.A. Ritchie's mother, Mittie Hahn Ritchie, comprise a second subseries. These letters detail family news from Mt. Pleasant, NC and frequently include clippings from the local Concord Tribune newspaper. Correspondence from family and friends in subseries to K.A. and S.M. Ritchie detail relevant news from the senders, most of whom are mutual friends in the Washington DC area or family from North Carolina. All correspondence is arranged chronologically by date.

Organized into two subseries: Individuals, and Journals and Publishers.

Contains correspondence relating to the life and work of Marshall Meyer. The series begins with general correspondence, both personal and professional, to Meyer from many different individuals. Next, individuals and groups with whom Meyer corresponded frequently have been arranged alphabetically according to their last name. Some related materials can be found in the Electronic Files Series.

The bulk of the series consists of correspondence written to the bookstore owners Edwin Peacock and John Zeigler, although there are a few letters addressed to Zeigler's neighbor, Robert Holmes. Prominent correspondents are Carson McCullers and her husband Reeves, who wrote to each other nearly every day while Reeves served in the army during World War II. There is also significant correspondence from the biographers of McCullers, especially Virginia Carr, as well as Jacques Tournier and Robert Duparc. Other correspondence includes letters McCullers wrote to Peacock during her stay at Yadoo, letters from Reeves's friend, John Vincent Adams, and letters from the sister of McCullers, Margarita Smith. Topics relate primarily to McCullers's work and to personal matters.

Contains letters to and from family members and friends of Carson McCullers, most notably Tennessee Williams. Other prominent correspondents in the series include McCullers's cousins, Jordan Massee, Jr. and Paul Bigelow; Edith Sitwell, and Kathleen Batteen. There are also several letters from Carson's mother, Marguerite Smith, as well as Edward Albee, Bessie Brewer, Marielle Bancou, Julie Harris, Mary Mercer, Glenway Wescott, Robert Whitehead, and Donald Windham.