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The papers document Elizabeth Cutter Morrow's relationship with and management of the care of her son, Dwight W. Morrow, Jr., as he struggled with mental illness. The papers consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence, newspaper clippings, school and college materials, teaching materials, and photographs. The bulk of the papers consist of correspondence between Elizabeth Cutter Morrow, Dwight W. Morrow, and Dwight W. Morrow, Jr., as well as with various family members, school staff, and health care providers. Correspondence between Elizabeth Cutter Morrow and Dwight W. Morrow with Dwight W. Morrow, Jr., illustrates Dwight, Jr.'s, changing mental state and its impact on the family. Correspondence with school staff and health care providers, including doctors Austen Fox Riggs, Austen Riggs Foundation; William B. Terhune, Silver Hill Hospital; Clarence O. Cheney, The New York Hospital; and John N. Rosen, consists of status reports and discussions of treatment.