Series VII. Edward Stanley Waters (1837-1916) Papers contains correspondence, financial papers, and genealogical notes. The bulk of the business papers contain Stanley’s correspondence generated during his teaching years (1860-1876) and later while he managed bric-abrac rooms in Chicago and New York. Also located here are letters with fellow literary society members. The correspondence includes absence excuses, recommendations for books to read, scheduling of lectures, and arrangements for the loan, purchase, or valuation of antique objects. Letters from pupils and business or society friends which are of a more personal nature are located in correspondence with friends. Stanley's personal papers contain diaries from 1855 until 1912, correspondence from friends and family and his school papers. The bulk of his diaries were written between 1873 and 1898, during his years in the Midwest. They include genealogical findings as well as information about his daily activities and friends. The correspondence includes letters from his family, cousins, aunts, and friends. Of interest are the letters from his brothers Cliff and James written from their plantations in South Carolina and Louisiana and the 1884 letters written to his Aunt Elizabeth from the Dakotas. The school papers include exercises while in grammar school and at Harvard University. Of note in the miscellaneous papers is a level book of Green Bay, Wisconsin.