Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

The Correspondence series dates from 1878 to 1923, and concerns personal and church affairs. Of note is the correspondence with Walter Rauschenbush, December 12, 1916, January 17, 1917, and November 18, 1918. There are also letters from Samuel Mather, December 13 and 31, 1892, and from Lucretia Garfield, February 3, 1906. Letters written from northern Michigan in October 1908 recount the forest fire at Metz, Michigan. Many of the letters are from Williams written to his family while traveling aboard or away from home on church business in Michigan.