Index: no strict chronological order. Nearly all the letters are post 1920.

Correspondence: the first twenty-nine pages of letters are from Bishop Cotton (Owensboro, Kentucky, two letters while priests) to Mother bertrand, Mother Ann Sebastian, Sr. Mary Anastasia Coady, Mother Lucille, and Sr. Marietta Murphy. The remainder of letters are to sisters, priests, and a few lay persons. Letters are thank yous, congratulations, letters of sympathy, letters... seeking information, friendly letters, etc.