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This collection is made up of correspondence, legal documents, financial records, maps, and ephemera related to the descendants and extended family of Dr. Joseph Cole of Sharon, Connecticut; Auburn, New York; and Albion, New York. Among many represented subjects are the educational and social lives of women in New York during the early 1800s, legal aspects of land ownership and estate administration, and land along Long Pond in Rome, Maine.

This collection is made up of correspondence, legal documents, financial records, maps, and ephemera related to the descendants and extended family of Dr. Joseph Cole of Sharon, Connecticut; Auburn, New York; and Albion, New York.

The collection's correspondence includes letters from the children and other descendants of Dr. Joseph Cole of Sharon, Connecticut, and Auburn, New York, between 1817 and 1942. Most of the early letters in the collection are addressed to sisters Laura Altie and Mary Parsons Cole from female friends in New York. Several correspondents, including Mary Ann Kellogg and Chloe Hyde, were students at Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York, in the 1820s and 1830s. Kellogg provided a detailed description of the school before its main building was constructed (June 24, 1821), and Chloe Hyde later shared information about her coursework and the lives of fellow students. Other acquaintances told the sisters of their religious and social lives in different areas of New York, including Lanesborough, Buffalo, and Albany.

Almeron and Dan Cole received letters from friends, family, and business acquaintances, including their brother-in-law, Hiram Foote Mather. These include 7 letters by Frances M. Elliott, who wrote Dan, her future husband, in 1835 and 1836 about her life in Scottsville, New York, and her anticipation of their upcoming marriage. Letters from the 1840s to mid-1860s are most frequently addressed to the Cole brothers and to their brother-in-law, Hiram Foote Mather, about business affairs. Many regard legal matters in Niles and Grand Rapids, Michigan.

After the mid-1860s, much of the correspondence is composed of personal and business letters between David Hyde Mather, his brother-in-law George McClure Welles, and his brothers Joseph and John Mather, who moved out West in the late 1800s. Mather also received many personal letters from his niece, Harriet Prentiss Welles, during her time as postmistress of Great Bend, Kansas, who discussed her personal finances and loans. The papers also contain some of Daniel H. Cole's business correspondence. Other correspondence from this period includes letters between George McClure Welles and Lewis Hunt about Harriet Prentiss Welles's share of Almeron Cole's estate, and personal correspondence addressed to Mary Jane Cole of Albion, New York. She received letters from many female acquaintances and a series from her cousin, D. Williams Patterson, tracing the genealogy of the Hyde family to the mid-18th century.

A selection of letters from the 20th century relate to Marston Taylor Bogert, Morrison McMath, and Lizette Harrison. Between 1912 and the 1920s, Bogert corresponded with several people in Maine, regarding property along Long Pond near Rome, Maine. Other letters relate to the family of Morrison H. McMath, a lawyer from Rochester, New York. A late series of letters by Elizabeth ("Lizette") P. Harrison of Portland, Oregon, to Ada Howe Kent of California, reflects her financial troubles and emotional state during the early years of the Great Depression.

Legal documents include papers relating to the Newton and North Hempstead Plank Road Company; New York Supreme Court Cases heard between 1848 and 1894; estate administration papers; and financial documents and records. The Cole family papers contain documents concerning taxes paid on land holdings in Rome, Maine, in the early 20th century, including property held by Edward F. Bragg in Belgrade, Maine.

Materials relating to education include six checks from the 1860s made out to Phipps' U. Seminary, a 1906 report card for a student at the United States Naval Academy, and an undated "Report Book" containing two essays. An assortment of ephemeral items and manuscript maps of Marston T. Bogert's property along Long Pond in Rome, Maine, also appear in the collection.

The Cole family papers also contain essays, notes, and poetry. Items of note include an 1850s manuscript response of the County of Orleans, New York, to recent actions of slaveholding states, calling for attendance at a Republican Party convention in Syracuse; a 1925 essay entitled "The Beginnings of Modern Spiritualism in and Near Rochester," by Adelbert Cronised; a lengthy typed travelogue of India; and an essay on the history of the Isthmus of Panama and the Panama Canal.

The Henry Stafford Little collection contains seven personal letters that Little received in 1843 and 1844, 6 of which concern a friend's medical studies and social activities in New York City.

The Henry Stafford Little collection contains seven personal letters that Little received from November 28, 1843-March 6, 1844. Six letters concern a friend's experiences in New York City. Little's correspondent, "George," mentioned studying medicine, attending church services, and calling on acquaintances; he also commented on the relative financial benefits of the medical profession over the legal profession and on medical procedures he had witnessed. Another acquaintance wrote to Little about social activities, acquaintances' news, and his plans to learn French at a new boarding house (November 28, 1843).

This collection is made up of correspondence related to the McClintock family of New York City and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John McClintock corresponded with his family about his life in New York City in the 1820s, and later wrote about his life in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he worked as a professor at Dickinson College. Other family members discussed social and family news, including the situation of a brother who was incarcerated for insanity.

The McClintock family collection (114 items) contains correspondence related to the McClintock family of New York City and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John McClintock corresponded with his family about his life in New York City in the 1820s, and later wrote about his life in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he worked as a professor at Dickinson College. Other family members discussed social and family news.

The Correspondence series (107 items) contains letters that John McClintock, Jr., wrote to his parents and his sister Jane from 1829-1845, as well as additional family letters dated until 1850. McClintock's letters pertain to his life in New York City (1829-1835) and Carlisle, Pennsylvania (1837-1845). In his earlier letters, he commented on religious matters, his attendance at Methodist services, and his other social activities. He inquired about his father's success selling books, and provided updates about his health and finances. The collection also contains two letters that McClintock received during this period.

McClintock's later letters concern his life in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he worked as a professor at Dickinson College. He often discussed the health of his wife, his children, and other relatives. The remaining letters relate to other members of the McClintock family; a few relate to the family of Carolina Augusta Wakeman, John McClintock, Jr.'s first wife. The series includes correspondence between McClintock's sisters, Martha, Margaret, and Jane McClintock; 3 letters from Martha McMackin McClintock; and a letter from McClintock's brother, James McClintock, which concerns their brother Robert's incarceration for insanity and other familial misfortunes (March 22, 1842). In a letter to Jane McClintock, a family member commented on the military presence in Philadelphia in the aftermath of the Nativist riots of 1844. (July 15, 1844).

The Documents, Ephemera, and Miscellaneous series (7 items) contains invitations to the funerals of Rebecca McMackin and Martha McClintock (3 items); a manuscript obituary for Martha McClintock, focusing on her religious life; an affidavit signed by Benjamin Broughton of Bradford, England, and by Emory McClintock during the latter's consular service; a biographical sketch of Rebecca McMackin; and a lock of Emory McClintock's hair, with a partially completed needlepoint design.