Collects letters, some of which appear as full-size facsimiles, written over the centuries to America's first ladies by ordinary citizens and famous figures, and includes historical information to illuminate the writer's concerns and ideas.

From 1921-27 (v. 10-16) third member of each volume includes "Recent books and reports on housing and town-planning."

Collects essays and photographs that describe scientific evidence of the negative effects of global warming on glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere, based on the Extreme Ice Survey glacier study.