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 recovery check image management system (CIMS); reformatting the file corresponding to the data set using the images to re-create the cash letter; and presenting the cash letter with at least one of an image and an image replacement document (IRD) for each item of the plurality of items in the recovery CIMS.