1949

This subseries contains letters from Katherine Fischer Drew to Dr. and Mrs. Lear. The letters include both personal and professional notes from Drew. From these letters one could gather that Dr. Lear and Katherine Fischer Drew had a mentor/mentee relationship. Many are postcards or descriptions of her travels. Drew talks about her experiences as a woman in academia in the mid-twentieth century. These letters also offer insight on how World War II affected student life and on Drew's time at Cornell.