On back: "Allan, Mary, and Morton Hutchens. Mary and their sister Maud died in childhood. Allan was the first person in Madison County to be killed in an automobile wreck. He was in his 20's."
Taped on back: "William Wyeth Newman, 1872-1956." The back also shows decorative design advertising the wares and services of Ira F. Collins' photography studio.
This documents describes a set of photos of the Hutchens family taken on Monte Sano at the Newman place and the W. T. Hutchens place. Unfortunately, the accompanying photos are missing. Handwritten at the top reads, "Given to Sue."
Hodges writes to Hutchens, his cousin, requesting help as they have hit hard times as a drought wiped out his crops, and he has no money to buy groceries or clothes. Brittain then writes to Hutchens on behalf of Hodges almost two months later requesting Hutchens' help. Brittain writes again in June thanking Hutchens for the package he send Hodges. The final letter is Hodges writing to Hutchens thanking him for the package and detailing his crops success and failure.