{"value"=>"<p>Series includes letters concerned with Skeel's bibliographic and editorial work. These letters include correspondence with various librarians and academics as well as with Skeel's own staff. Some letters are between mutual friends of Skeel and Worthington Chauncey Ford. Many letters concerned with her work on Weems, although originally separate, have been interfiled. These include letters c. 1929 from people acknowledging receipt of Weems volumes. Skeel corresponded with F. Carrington Weems, grandson of Mason Locke Weems. Correspondence with four libraries, one society, and Henry Warfel is arranged alphabetically towards the end of the series. Other letters are between Skeel and her bibliographic staff, including Hester Meigs (aka Souris), Gertrude Grimwood (aka GG), and Rosalie Bailey, Skeel's niece. Most of these letters pertain to Skeel's Webster research. Some letters are written by Helen Mouat for Skeel. General Correspondence also includes letters concerned with what Skeel called her contributions and with the volunteer work of the Skeels. The bulk of this correspondence dates from the 1930s and early 1940s; some of the earlier correspondence is relative to Roswell Skeel, Jr. and his work. Several boxes of Single Tax correspondence incorporate some letters re contributions. The General Correspondence ends with letters re philanthropic donations filed by Skeel. The series is chronologically arranged with alphabetical sub-groupings. Related letters filed together over a period of two or more years are usually filed by the last date if the correspondence is cumulative, otherwise by the first significant date. The correspondence is mostly incoming but includes copies of outgoing correspondence.</p>"}