"Report Made to the Mayor After the Zoning Ordinance had Been in Operation for Two Years," submitted by James O'Hear, Chairman, City Planning and Zoning Commission.
In this three page handwritten letter, Fong Lee Wong writes about his difficulty finding a room in Washington D.C., he also learns that he only needs one year of residence to complete his Master's degree at Harvard, and that his friend is not someone that he wants to marry. Fong Lee Wong plans to stay in Washington, D.C. until it is time to start Harvard summer school.
Handwritten correspondence from Adela F. Ruffin to a co-worker at the Phyllis Wheatley Branch of the Y.W.C.A. regarding a conference held in Charlotte.
Letter sent to Jane L. Raisin from her husband, Jacob S. Raisin, regarding his stay with family in New York, news about his siblings and friends, and finances.
Letter to Jane L. Raisin from her husband, Jacob S. Raisin, regarding his travels abroad. The letter addresses reading letters from the family, the end of his Mediterranean trip, his upcoming boat trip back to America, and some of his time in France.
In this six-page, handwritten letter, Warren Hubert Moise outlines the important events in the early life of his father, Edwin Warren Moise (b. 1810). Topics include his marriage to Priscilla Lopez and their move from Charleston, South Carolina to Woodville, Mississippi, the birth of three children and Priscilla’s death, his move to New Orleans, and his change of profession from medicine to the law. W. H. Moise writes about his father’s appointment as Attorney General of Louisiana, and then as a Confederate Judge in 1861 by Confederate President Jefferson Davis. He describes E. W. Moise's return to New Orleans at the end of the Civil War and foreshadows the family’s destitution and dispersion after his parents’ deaths.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, describing the events of his day at Medway Plantation after they had separated for Gertrude to deliver their daughter, Landine, to an unnamed location.
