{"value"=>"<p>This series consists of Herskovits family papers including correspondence, wills and date books. There is also some earlier documentation relating to Melville Herskovits' parents. The personal correspondence is divided into two main groupings: letters written between Herskovits and family members while he was attending the University of Chicago and Columbia University; and correspondence between Melville and Frances from 1928 to the 1950s, written during periods when the couple was separated. They wrote almost daily letters to each other, full of information about their activities and almost diary-like in their detail. They also reveal a more personal side of the Herskovitses, as a couple obviously devoted to each other.</p>"}