Financial and Legal, 1930-1979 and undated

This subgroup contains correspondence relating to Porter's legal and financial matters, including letters to and from financial institutions, mail-order catalog companies and department stores, book shops, periodicals, antique stores and jewelers, accountants, and lawyers. Letters between lawyers and accountants in regard to her affairs are retained here, since they were sent to her as enclosures or as copies for her files. This subseries also includes requests that Porter donate money or personal possessions to a variety of charitable organizations. Notable correspondents in this grouping include Frances Steloff of the Gotham Book Mart and Harry Perry and Abraham Badian, Miss Porter's accountants. The legal records also include extensive correspondence with her lawyer and friend E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr. There are also a few items from his wife Evelyn and their two children.

The correspondence is arranged into four categories: Donation Requests, Financial, Legal, and E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr. Each category is arranged chronologically.

Other materials related to this correspondence, including bills, legal documents, tax records, Yaddo materials, and receipts, can be found in Series IV: Financial and Legal. Other Yaddo materials are in Series I, Subseries 5, Professional Activities--Yaddo, which also includes Porter's personal correspondence with Elizabeth Ames, and in Series III, Awards and Professional Activities--Yaddo Board of Directors.