Includes correspondence with the University of Wisconsin Press about corrections to the manuscript; a guide to indexing books; Tidwell's notes; correspondence with Beth about research into the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union; correspondence with editor Lydia Howarth; photocopies of Frank and Helen Davis photographs, mostly in Hawaii; handwritten notes by Tidwell on various individuals mentioned in Livin' the Blues; correspondence with colleagues about revisions to text; and photocopies of portions of Livin' the Blues with annotations.