This collection (1938-1939) consists of four letters written by Frank C. Mischel, while he lived in Butte, Montana, to Erna Anderson of Dickinson, North Dakota. The letters discuss the living and working conditions in Butte during the Great Depression era, and include descriptions of boarding house costs, meal costs, jobs available, local entertainment, as well as Mischel’s opinions towards his fellow workers and women in Butte.