Includes material on Washington University; the Western Sanitary Commission; reform and charitable activities. Washington University materials of special interest are: (1) Scholarships at Washington University made competitive (page 15); (2) Purchase of lot and erection of building for Mary Institute (page 49); (3) The needs of the University (page 59); (4) Transfer of land from Fair Grounds to the University (pages 79-81); (5) Outline of work necessary at Washington University (page 99); (6) Lists of those who gave public lectures at Washington University (page 100); (7) Letter to C.S. Pennell (head of Mary Institute) about Mary Institute (pages 101-103). Western Sanitary Commission materials of special interest are: (1) A meeting of the Western Sanitary Commission to attend the Freedmen's Memorial (pages 11-12); (2) Letter to Eliot from James Yeatmen urging him to represent the Western Sanitary Commission in Washington; (3) Letter sent by Eliot and other members of the Western Sanitary Commission to Boston (to Alex H. Rice, Edward E. Hale, George Bentecost)--gives some details of New England's aid to the Commission; (4) Role of the Western Sanitary Commission in the founding of the Women's Christian Home (page 176). Reform and charitable materials of special interest are: (1) A letter on the women's hospital (page 9); (2) An editorial written by Eliot on the Christian Women's Home (page 47); (3) Articles by Eliot on "Household Taste" and "The Ladies' Fair of the Christian Women's Home" (page 43); (4) Collection of money for the Women's Hospital; (5) Eliot's visit to the Women's Hospital; (6) Letter to Mayor James Britton on the condition of the poor and poor relief (page 21); (7) Thoughts on female education (page 26); (8) Newspaper article entitles "The Flower Mission"; (9) Newspaper article entitled "The Guardian Home" probably written by Eliot (page 30); (10) A day home for children of poor women (page 31); (11) An editorial written by Eliot entitled "Our Minor Charities" (page 33); (12) An editorial by Eliot entitled "Our Private Charities" (page 37); (13) A visit to the workhouse (page 39); (14) Letter on women's suffrage question written to the Christian Register, Boston (page 70); (15) Letter by Eliot to Woman's Journal in Massachusetts on women's suffrage (page 81); (16) Letter written by Eliot to New York Evening Express stating his opposition to the licensing of prostitutes in New York (page 93); (17) Letter written by Eliot to the newspaper in opposition to the licensing of "houses of ill-fame" (page 108); (18) Thoughts on the St. Louis Public School System; (19) More on the licensing of prostitution (pages 113-115); (20) Eliot becomes a member of the National Prison Association (page 114); (21) Letter to newspaper imploring ladies not to turn their parlors into barrooms on New Year's Day (page 181). Other material of general interest includes: (1) Eliot's views on Jesus Christ (page 2); (2) Eliot's anti-Catholicism (page 36); (3) Eliot's objections to Missouri's new constitution (page 17); (4) Letter on conditions in St. Louis published in The Christian Register (pages 106-108); (5) Article by Eliot on the Church of the Messiah (pages 174 and 187); (6) Lists of those participating in Washington University Lecture Series. Pages 119-120, 139-140, and 155-156 have been deleted.