Consists of the official general correspondence files of the Society from its founding in 1858 to 1985. (Similar correspondence for later years can be found in director, executive director, and chief curator series.)

Originally a set of nine binders containing materials pertaining to ANS policies and procedures, including council meeting extracts, memorandums, letters, lists, and printed matter. Materials have been removed from the binders and placed into folders containing the following: (1) filing of financial records, financial structure, insurance, additions to inventory, security (1964-1968); (2) council extracts pertaining to ANS management, master list of the numbered filing system for ANS records, billing procedures, coin boxes, cash receipts books, code numbers assigned to various numismatic geographical and topical interests, form letters, donor files (1964-1974); (3) constitution and bylaw amendments (1948-1973); (4) meeting agendas, notifications, and summaries, as well as announcements and circulars sent to the membership, which include the Centennial Medal, 1958, and the Louis C. West Medal, 1960 (1950-1972); (5) council meeting schedules, membership lists, an expense trend report, an International Numismatic Congress (INC) list of registrants (1973), bank letter procedures, and financial computations (1971-1973); (6) ANS printed materials and circulars for medals issued from 1914 to 1958 (1914-1959); (7) procedures and rates for photography and casts, cleaning coins, and circulars pertaining to ANS publications (1950-1969); (8) publishing distribution dates, prices, and stock locations (1964-1972); and (9) council resolutions (1940-1967).