7 letters, including: 1-page TL from Estes & Lauriat (on letterhead) regarding the publication of "With Trumpet and Drum." Dated Nov. 21, 1892. Docketed, "Answered Nov. 23, 1892." * 2-page (1 folded sheet) ALs from Helen M. Bassett on behalf of the Folk Lore Society. Dated Feb. 11 '92. Docketed, "Declined July 13, 1892." * 1-page ALs from Southern Lyceum Bureau (signed as such) on letterhead bearing the list of talent from the 1892-93 season. Dated Apr. 4, 1893. Docketed, "Answered April 7th, 1893. Limited number of dates in the South - $150 a night." * 1-page TL from Southern Lyceum Bureau on letterhead bearing the list of talent from the 1893-94 season (including Field). Dated Feb. 21, 1894. Docketed, "Answered March 4, 1894. No lithographs, bills or posters - $150 per [illegible]." * 2-page ALs (1 folded sheet) from a reader to the Editor of the Chicago Daily News, regarding a Eugene Field article. Includes an affixed ANs (interoffice memorandum) with instructions to forward to Eugene Field. Docketed, "Answered Jan. 23, 1892." * 2-page ALs (1 folded sheet) from a member of a literary club, requesting a lecture. Dated Oct. 12 '91. Docketed, "Answered No. Oct. 23, 1891." * 4-page ALs from the editor of the Youth Companion requesting articles for contribution to the periodical. Dated Sept 29, 1894. Docketed, "Teleg replied "yes", Oct. 2, 1894."

Small archive of seven letters, each letter telling the tale of Eugene Field's response to various requests of his time, talent, and comments on his writing.