Description: Papers of Melissa G. Stidham (1885-1954) '21, A.M. '25, including letters sent to Gordon Brooks (1930-36, 1939-43, 1946-57) and letters from Joe Stidham, her brother, (1957-60) to Brooks about students, family, neighbors, developers, and trespassers; conservation, wildlife and timber; farming; animals, birds and flowers; literature and Henry Thoreau; painting and music; Lake of the Woods and Mahomet, IL; Brooklyn and New York, NY; rural life and travel; strikes and capitalism; World War II; pacifism and health.