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The Correspondence series contains the original correspondence between the Tann family written in Czech, Slovak and Hungarian. The materials also include digital copies of English translations of the letters. The letters are organized chronologically.

The majority of the letters were written between 1937 to 1947 and detail Eugene Tann's immigration to America, the deteriorating political climate for Jews in the former Czechoslovakia and Hungary under Nazi influence, and attempts to obtain travel visas for European family members. Later letters written from 1945-1981 discuss the experiences of surivivors of the war, the aftermath of the war in Central Europe, and Eugene Tann's life in Michigan.