Letter from Jaffe to Lankes discussing the framing of a gifted painting and Lankes possible relocation from Virginia to New York, as well as mention of Mrs. [Mary Sinton] Leitch's report on trying to find Lankes a position at Norfolk William and…
Letter from Jaffe to Lankes about the life of an artist, a paragraph about Sherwood Anderson's upcoming memoir (published in 1942), and Jaffe's desire to gift one of Lankes' paintings to a colleague.
Letter from Lankes to Jaffe regarding his progress on researching his father's papers at UVA, interest in the Sherwood Anderson content, and the disposition of J. J. Lankes materials still in his son's possession.
Letter from Lankes to Jaffe about at day/time for Lankes to visit, the dispostion of the Cape Henry Light painting, and an apparently undocumented Sherwood Anderson speech in the papers at UVA.
Letter from Lankes to Jaffe about copies of Virginian-Pilot editorials, further disposition of J. J. Lankes works, and the recent death of Eleanor Anderson.