Correspondence documents addressed to Dr. Charles D. McIver in the year 1894 from statewide businesses, family, schools, and from various persons on behalf of prospective students or educational material. Topics include school catalog requests, school application letters & forms, dormitory applications, two essays by B. G. Northrop, the Odell Hardware Company of Greensboro, N.C., M. C. S. Noble, Thompson Orphanage and Training Institute, Oak Institute, and the Yadkin Valley Seminary.