Correspondence addressed to Dr. Charles D. McIver in 1894 concerning prospective students and educational publishers. Topics include recommendation letters, application forms and letters, request for catalogs, the New York Educational Bureau, E. L. Kellogg, University Publishing Company of Raleigh, N.C. Also include correspondence from local companies Peter L. Sellars - Livery, Sale and Feed Stable of Burlington, N.C. and the Black Diamond Coal Company.