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The Bursar correspondence includes documents pertaining to Elizabeth Wright's time as the first bursar of Connecticut College for Women. These documents comprise of statements about money bequeathed to the college, payment plans for faculty and staff, rules in regards to making the student roster, student credit and money owed, and correspondence to President Katherine Blunt concerning topics such as job details, consideration of the needs of the Bursar's office, "An Idea For A Fine Arts Building", and recommendations for budgets.

This series of correspondence details the formation of Connecticut College for Women. This includes responses to fundraising letters, discussions of trustee and staff positions, a sketch of a possible campus site, as well as letters of interest in the college from parents. There are also a large amount of letters from James Lee Love, which discuss his recommendation for a first President of the college and the final appointment of Dr. Sykes to the position.