An ivory-colored scrapbook containing black and white photographs and handwritten letters addressed to Merze Tate. The photographs show Thelma Davidson Adair standing in the living room of her room in New York, and holding her newborn son, Robert. One photograph also includes her spouse, Howard "Eugene" Adair. Most of the letters were written between 1944 and 1950 by Thelma. During that time she pursued and completed her Ph.D. in education and became a professor of Education at Queens College, University of the City of New York. In the letters she gives updates on her coursework, graduation, thank yous for gifts Tate sent to her god-children Robert, updates on Robert's growth and behavior, and daily activies as a working mother. Also included is a Mother's Day card from Robert, and a New Year's Day card. Thelma Adair attended Barber-Scotia Junior College and Bennett College in the 1930s during the same time Merze Tate was a professor at each college.