Collection contains genealogical information, poems, and over 700 letters of three generations of Loring family correspondence, including Ellis Gray Loring, his wife Louisa Gilman Loring, and their daughter Anna Loring. Also included are more than 150 letters from Lydia Maria Francis Child (1802-1880) to the Lorings, correspondence of John Glen King and his children with the Lorings, and correspondence of Loring friends in the anti-slavery movement; Boston society; as well as literary figures and European musical personages. This collection also contains the correspondence of Otto Dresel, his wife Anna Loring and their children Louise and Ellis; much of the Dresel family correspondence is in German. Also found in this collection are diaries and notebooks of Ells Gray Loring, many of which include reading notes and copies of poetry; notebooks of Louisa Gilman Loring and Anna Loring Dresel containing reading notes, copies of poetry and letters; and scrapbooks assembled by Louise Loring Dresel during her trip to the United States, 1907-1908