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A letter from someone identified as "Frances," most likely a friend of Thelma T. Gorham. Frances thanks Mrs. Gorham for the newsletter she received from her and tells Mrs. Gorham that she must visit her and her family in Des Moines. Frances goes on to update Mrs. Gorham on her family and personal life, making several mentions of "Lincoln," possibly Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, where Mrs. Gorham was a professor of journalism. She also mentions FAMU, the historically black university in Tallahassee, Florida where Mrs. Gorham started a journalism track while she was a professor in the English department.
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Solicitation for submissions to a new publication,"Harper's Weekly," a "journal of civilization." The letter comes from Tony Jones, former Associate Editor of Harper's Magazine.
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Notices from the Southeastern Telephone Company to Thelma T. Gorham concerning her telephone bill and changes to telephone numbers in Southeastern Tallahassee.
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A letter from Mrs. Gorham to K. L. Erickson, Assistant Bursar at the University of Minnesota, concerning her outstanding student loan debt. (Mrs. Gorham's original letter incorrectly identifies the recipient of the letter as "E. L. Erickson.")
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A letter from K. L. Erickson, Assistant Bursar at the University of Minnesota, to Mrs. Gorham, informing her of her outstanding student loan debts.
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A letter from Moses Edwards, Jr. to Thelma T. Gorham, in which Mr. Edwards, Jr. asks Mrs. Gorham for general updates on her life and work and informs her of recent happenings concerning his own life and family.
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Statements from Life Books and a letter from Norman Langley, Book Manager at Life Books, concerning Thelma T. Gorham's subscription to books from the Life Nature Library.
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A letter from H. E. Yates to Thelma T. Gorham in which Yates returns a check for ten dollars that Mrs. Gorham sent as part of a monthly payment plan for the series "Great Books of the Western World." Yates explains that her order was unable to be approved due to a lack of sufficient information.
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A letter from H. A. Wilson of the Tuskegee Institute requesting that Mrs. Gorham send exhibits of her published work to be assessed in consideration for a position as a feature writer.
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A letter from Betty Harris to Thelma T. Gorham in which Mrs. Gorham is requested to prepare a speech on the topic of "Women Meeting the Leadership Challenges of the 90s" as Woman of the Year at the Silver Dome Chapter of the American Business Women's Association.