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Journal of stories and poems by Alice Hermione Wheaton (1849-1949) of New York City. It is not clear if the entries were copied or authored by Wheaton. The title on the front page is "Scraps No. 1 by Hermione Wheaton."

Scrapbook, 1864-1878, comprised of newspaper clippings from New York City pasted over a handwritten ledger. A majority of clippings are literary in nature and include short stories, household dramas, fairy tales, and humor. Several advertisements for theater productions are collected here as well. Articles on current events are interspersed throughout the scrapbook. Of particular note are a special report on the fall of Atlanta in 1864, coverage of Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865, and a full page illustration memorializing Lincoln. Also of interest are an American woman's account of Chinese customs, a description of a cyclone in India, a scientific report on tobacco smoking, and an article about sleep. Several pictorials and political cartoons also depict current events. Specifically, there are images of steamships, international cities, locations and scenes relating to the Civil War, and prominent figures such as Santa Anna, John J. Audubon, and Cardinal Wiseman. Humorous pictorials concern everyday life while the political cartoons primarily relate to the Civil War and have a Valentine's Day theme.

The Frederick S. Greene papers (20 items) consist of the personal papers of Greene, including:

• Scripts of four plays: (1) "The Law of the Tribe" (1914), (2) "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (1929), (3) "Christophine" (1930), and (4) "We Want Burke" (1934)
• Correspondence concerning the play "We Want Burke"
• Manuscript of a short story titled "Pick Up"
• Detail study of the face of a New Market cadet by artist Benjamin W. Clinedinst inscribed to Greene
• Three photographs
• Six World War I United States Army Signal Corps issue maps of France

Papers of Melville Davisson Post (1869-1930), an American mystery and detective short story writer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The bulk of the materials date from 1850 to 1929 and primarily consist of Melville Davisson Post's personal and business letters and family financial and legal papers. Business letters mainly document the process of soliciting or accepting and then publishing Post's stories. Financial papers pertain to Post's personal finances in the 1920s, and legal documents from the 18th and early 19th century relate to several members of the Post and Davisson families. Collection also contains a manuscript and typescript draft of the story "The Hole in the Glass" (The Bradmoor Murder, 1929); a biography of Melville Post by Charles Norton; and several black-and-white photographs of Templemoor, Post's childhood home.

This hand written and illustrated notebook of short stories (The Screech Owl Story, The Sparrow Hawk New Home, The Baby Wren Queen Home, and The Hummingbird New Home on a Farm) was written by Lyle when he was twelve years old. It was a gift to his grandmother on December 25, 1945.