Correspondence and research materials related to Eric P. Newman's research on American Plantations, spanning from 1956 to 1992.

Correspondents include: Michael Dolley, Walter Breen, Ivor Noel Hume, Winifred M. Willmott, Sawyer Mosser, Rose Mangini, Curtis P. Nellels, Al Hoch, Kirk Adams, R.N. Williams II, Leslie A. Elam, Russell Rulau, John J. Gabarron, Peter Seaby, Henry R. Dittmer, Richard Picker, John M. Kleeberg, Michael Hodder, Donald Scarinci.