This series consists primarily of correspondence written by De Vere between 1894 and 1900. The primary recipients are University of Pennsylvania professor Walter George Smith and his sister Helen Grace Smith. These letters relate to De Vere's life and writing activities. There also letters written to Walter Smith after De Vere's death. These letters relate primarily to the life and work of De Vere. The writers include Stephen De Vere and Charles Eliot Norton. Besides a single loose letter, the letters have been glued into a bound volume. The volume also includes a photographic portrait of De Vere.