. . . . . . "The collection contains letters to Grace Ellery Channing, her husband, Charles Walter Stetson, her stepdaughter, Katharine Beecher (Stetson) Chamberlin, and other members of the Channing family. Also included are a small number of financial records, address books, and photographs. Letters include news of friends and family; discussion of politics, including Channing's dislike of Franklin D. Roosevelt; financial matters, including the administration of the estates of Mary Channing Wood and Charlotte Perkins Gilman; etc. Letters also document Channing's attempts to gain recognition for Stetson's painting and Chamberlin's role as steward of her mother's literary estate. The collection also contains a letter and two poems by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and one letter to her."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .