This collection contains letters written between Lydia Siedschlag and Alfonso Ianelli, and some newspaper clippings.

Letters from Lydia are undated but topics covered indicate they are from 1934-1935 and the 1940s. Letters from Alfonso Ianelli are dated and cover 1934-1935 and one is from 1960. Newspaper clippings concern the Fountain of the Pioneers that Ianelli created for Bronson Park.

Topics in the letters range from where colleagues are working, how much Lydia’s students enjoyed meeting him, her time in New York, when he will visit again, and the changing of the terms at Western. People mentioned include Dwight Waldo and Paul Sangren.