This series comprises the bulk of the collection and contains extensive correspondence from Louisa Stabler to her daughter, Louise Parker. Stabler's letters create a continuous narrative from 1886 until her death in 1914, and offer insight into the culture of upper-middle class life in Brooklyn Heights at the turn of the century. More importantly, the letters richly illustrate a closeness between mother and daughter during a time of change. The mother stayed at home but fostered education for women in general and her daughter in particular, and as she did so she filled her frequent and affectionate letters to her daughter with news of neighborhood events and cultural activities in Brooklyn. She also offered advice on housekeeping, touching upon fabric samples, cooking, and managing servants. The whole correspondence is one portion of a discourse between mother and daughter that not only illustrates traditional parental values, but also reveals the dramatic social and cultural changes in the late 19th-century United States, the economic power of wealthy females, advocacy of education for females, and the expansion of opportunities for women while nurturing traditional values between generations.