Fannie W. Atherton writes to Hattie (Harriet Atherton), 12 October 1911 and 19 November 1912, about family news, and news of the faculty and their wives on the Pennsylvania State College campus, the women's club, and social activities for faculty wives. Cubby (Helen Atherton Govier) writes to Miss Gesgellen, 27 February 1938, about being asked to write a biographical sketch of her mother, Frances W. Atherton, to go into the cornerstone of Frances Atherton Hall at Penn State. Phoebe Miller writes to Miss McIlwain (Pauline McElwain Olsen), n.d., asking if she thinks Andrew Carnegie would give her a fund to live on as he did with Mrs. Atherton.