A collection of twenty six letters, from relatives of E. R. Waite including two from his son Claude as a child. The majority of the letters are from his brother Wilfred, they include news of their Fathers illness and then his death. There are several letters of condolence from family members. Included are two notes of financial promise dated February and September 1896, signed by Rose Waite and Edgar Waite, for money owed to their father John Waite.