{"value"=>"<p>Contains correspondence with family members, relatives, personal friends, and other correspondence which is personal in nature. Some of the letters were written to both Skeel and her companion, Helen Mouat. Letters over a period of years are addressed to Marraine (?) from Charlotte (Niven?). Other friends represented in the collection include Alice Boughton, Alice Dyke, Charlotte Schetter, and Katherine Day. Early letters in the series include some with friends of the Ford family such as members of the Estes and Conway families. There are personal letters from academics such as James Truslow Adams and Clarence S. Brigham, who also figure in the General Correspondence. Skeel corresponded frequently with everyone in her immediate family except for her brother Malcolm Webster Ford (1862-1902); notable is longterm correspondence with her brother Worthington. Other family letters include those between Skeel and Grace Kidder, widow of Paul Leicester Ford, and Lesta Ford, his daughter. The series also contains letters from Skeel family members, including Annie Skeel Burnap, cousin of Roswell Skeel, Jr., and Almet and Rufus Skeel, his uncles. Letters between Skeel family members, not including Roswell and Emily Skeel, are separately filed. The series ends with letters re the education and finances of Malcolm Webster Ford, Jr., nephew of Skeel.</p>"}