The collection includes 163 letters and 28 postcards addressed mainly to Margaret
Anderson's sister describing day to day occurrences. Also included are 30 photographs
(1915-1967) of Anderson, including a photograph of Margaret as a young girl. Later
photographs show Margaret and her friends, including Jane Heap. A nineteen-page scrapbook
includes additional photographs of old family friends, her sister, and various places of
residence. Also found in the scrapbook are photographs of George I. Gurdjieff, Georgette
Leblanc, and Solita Solano. A 1930 book review by Sherwood Anderson of Margaret Anderson's
My Thirty Years' War is included, as well as six
manuscripts. These manuscripts include a twenty-seven page story about Margaret's
friendships, two short stories, the first draft of an idea for a book, and two prefaces for
a new edition and reprint. Also included is a short story by Solita Solano. Within the
collection is a cablegram telling of Margaret Anderson's death, and two letters from friends
after her death.
