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The correspondence series contains letters written to and from Ulric Joseph Bennett. Correspondence covers professional and personal matters, such as Broward County School administration, the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926, the building boom of South Florida, and life and friendships in Georgia and Florida. The series is arranged alphabetically by last name, first name, and middle name, and organized chronologically within the folders.

Personal and professional correspondence of Douglas and Jeannette Windham.

Series contains correspondence dating from 1895-1927. Included are letters urging Jose Ramon Avellanal to seek the directorship of the Centro Español, as well as letters answering Avellanal's numerous questions about Tampa: What is the water like? Is it true that gastrointestinal problems exist among the populace? Can good milk be obtained? Other letters refer to cigar workers' strikes (in Cuba and in Tampa). Letters from family detail business matters, lottery standings, personal problems. The clinic itself is besieged with internal problems, and doctors are leaving for higher paying positions with other societies. In a couple of cases, doctors are drafted. One letter relates the tensions in Tampa between the Latin mutual aid societies' doctors and the Anglo doctors who oppose their practices.

The correspondence series contains personal and professional correspondence to and from J. W. "Bill" Stevens and his family.

Correspondence series includes cards written to Emmanuel George regarding his internships with Encore and Lake Wales Public Library African American Archives Project. Personal congratualtions from friends is also included. The series is organized alphabetically by name.

The correspondence series contains personal and professional letters to and from Dorothy Porter Wesley and family. The General Correspondence sub-series documents Dorothy Porter Wesley's professional career as a librarian and curator at Howard University. Correspondence covers her participation in professional and national organizations such as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, Black Women in Sisterhood for Action, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Frederick Douglass Papers, Library of Congress, Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and the W.E.B. DuBois Institute at Harvard University. Dorothy Porter Wesley received letters from scholars and professionals such as Thomas Battle, John Blassingame, Louis Harlan, Mary McLeod Bethune, Joseph Reason, and Michael Winston.