Letters of Robert Sever Hale to his father George Silsbee Hale, his mother Ellen Sever Hale, and his brother Richard Walden Hale. One series of letters was written in 1880-81 when Hale was in school; another was written in 1886, giving a description of a trip to Europe. Three 1931 letters to Hale concern his involvement with the Boy Scouts of America.