1. A method of re-creating a cash letter from otherwise stored information regarding each item of a plurality of items represented in the cash letter, the method comprising: identifying the plurality of items represented in the cash letter; creating a file corresponding to a data set describing the plurality of items; storing images corresponding to the plurality of items within a check image management system (CIMS); storing images corresponding to the plurality of items within a separate recovery CIMS: reformatting, using a processor, the file corresponding to the data set using the images stored on the recovery CIMS to create a recovery cash letter, wherein the cash letter was previously created and warrants re-creation; and presenting the recovery cash letter with at least one of an image or an image replacement document (IRD) for each item of the plurality of items in the recovery CIMS.