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The Correspondence series deals with Tappan's scholarly interests, particularly in philosophy and education, his travels in Europe, and University of Michigan matters. Tappan's correspondents include James B. Angell, Thomas M. Cooley, Victor Cousin, Edward P. Evans, Alpheus Felch, Samuel F. B. Morse, Charles H. Palmer, and Andrew D. White. There is also correspondence about Tappan particularly between Charles M. Perry and graduates and officials of The University of Michigan, and three volumes of manuscript poems by Tappan. The collection includes a number of letters sent from Tappan to William W. Murphy and his wife, referred to as Mrs. Murphy. These letters were sent while Tappan lived in Europe during the 1860s. A separate group of correspondence is addressed from Tappan to his friend and financial advisor Edwards Pierrepont. A microfilm copy of most of the correspondence is also available.

There is one personal letter in the General Correspondence grouping sent from Tappan's wife, Julia, to Mary Clark regarding Julia’s health dated May 11, 1875.

The Correspondence series is organized chronologically, and contains not only correspondence by Edwin Denby but also photostats by Nathanial Denby written to the Secretary of the Navy in 1845-1847 and a copy of Graham N. Fitch and S.A. Douglas' correspondence.

The Angela Morgan correspondence series includes letters to and from a wide range of ministers, literary figures, editors and journalists and individuals and organizations involved in the peace movement and social reform. (See the Controlled Access portion of the finding aid for a listing of significant correspondents.) The series also includes scattered correspondence and papers, 1861-1922, of her father, Albert T. Morgan, who came to Mississippi after the Civil War. The correspondence is arranged chronologically.

This series contains letters received by George M. Brown--with an exception being the letters to Frankie Brown, George Brown's first wife. There are many correspondents housed within this collection, however, some regular Senders include: Daniel S. Foster (letters from 1862-1868), Thomas Dunne (letters from 1862-1866), Maria H. Young (letters from 1864-1869), J.D. Hammond (letters from 1864-1869), Frankie Brown (letters from 1877-1878), and Eva Brown (1881-1882).