Each Record Group is composed of one or more Series. The availability of, or the permission to consult, archival holdings. An artificial accumulation of documents created or assembled by an Archive, reflecting particular subjects or formats. A special Record Group made up by Collection, as opposed to one based on original institutional organization. Wherever possible, the Record Groups in the Peabody Archives reflect the original organizational structure and provenance.
Dates appearing in subgroup titles are the outside range of dates identified in the records.
They do not indicate the period or tenure or lifespan of the creator of the records. Dates in parentheses indicate the greatest bulk of materials. A book of tissue papers in which outgoing documents were copied from the original by direct contact, transferring some of the ink by using moisture and pressure in a copy press. In some cases, the originals of the replies were tipped into these books. A handwritten or typed document, including unique letterpress or carbon copies.