Included are reports authored by General Armstrong, Dr. Frissell, Miss Andrus, Miss Folsom, Miss Eustis, Miss Helen Ludlow, Nathalie Curtis, and others.
Miss Cora Mae Folsom arrived at Hampton Institute in the winter of 1880 at the request of General Armstrong who was seeking a teacher with a medical background to work with the Indian students. Miss Folsom became a trusted friend of the students and their families.
General correspondence from Indian students can be found with the papers of Miss Caroline Andrus, General Armstrong, Mr. F. C. Briggs, Miss Cora Folsom, Dr. Frissell and other faculty members who were involved with Indian education at Hampton Institute.