Course notes, which comprise half of this series, document Abel's experiences attending lectures at the New School for Social Research as a student. These handwritten and typed notes are organized by course name and/or lecturer, and divided with file tabs. Some of these lectures formed the General Seminar of the Graduate Faculty. Additionally, this series contains typed documentation about the General Seminar. Materials in the Correspondence folder largely concern Abel's tuition scholarship requests as well as a small amount of correspondence with Horace Kallen regarding Abel's dissertation. There is also documentation concerning Abel's participation in the creation and editing of the 12th Street: A Quarterly journal.