{"value"=>"<p>The correspondence (1860-1889) is made up of letters to Donlevy, many of them addressed to her in her capacity as secretary of the Ladies' Art Association. These letters pertain to arrangements for classes, lectures, exhibits, studio space and other programs sponsored by the Association. Some of the letters, both personal and Association related, offer interesting documentation of the lives of women in the latter part of the 19th century. There are descriptions of daily life and of frustrations with the social constraints and conventions which confronted women in general and women artists in particular. Correspondence related to the Woman's Memorial Fund Association includes several letters from Susan B. Anthony and a series of letters regarding legal proceedings on the Mary Hamilton Schuyler statue. The correspondence also includes letters related to Donlevy's Boer Relief activities and discussing the conditions of Boer prisoners of war in Bermuda and South Africa. Other correspondents in this series not already noted include Clara Barton (2 letters), L. A. Bradbury, Samuel Gompers (1 letter), Carl Gutherz, Isabel F. Hapgood, John A. Hassell, J. Scott Hartley, C. E. and A. C. Kihn, E. Myers and Frances Willard (1 letter).</p>"}