{"value"=>"<p>Files of incoming and outgoing letters and memos, 1895-1914; letterbooks containing copies of outgoing correspondence, 1896-1912, and the card index to those letterbooks; and stenographic notebooks of Billings's secretary, L.D. Covert, 1908-1910. Most of the correspondence files are from 1911-1914; few of those from 1895-1910 have survived. The letters pertain mostly to the various functions of The New York Public Library; they include reference questions, inter-library loan requests, and correspondence with potential donors. Readers should note that correspondence concerning orders can be found in the letterbooks in Boxes 37-41, Subseries D, as well as in Series III. For more information, see the subseries descriptions below.</p>"}