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This series consists of envelopes and postcards mailed to various members of the Rice family, dated approximately between 1905 and 1966. Most frequently, they reveal communication shared between Reverend Dr. Theron Hall Rice, his sister Lucy, wife Elizabeth Sherrard, sister-in-law Josephine Sherrard, and daughter Betsy. Many of the envelopes no longer contain letters, but they still trace a timeline of family residences and correspondence. When letters do appear in the collection, they include commentary on daily life, personal achievements, deaths, religion, and wartime efforts.

The bulk of this series is comprised of materials related to American Youth Hostels (AYH), Inc., of which Betsy Rice, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Theron H. Rice, was an active member. It includes Miss Rice's personal AYH pass, an official handbook, newsletters from the Potomac Area region of AYH, and other correspondence, all dated between 1946 and 1947. The series also contains issues of Central Presbyterian Weekly and The Christian Science Monitor, train tickets, and train schedules, from approximately 1917 to 1946.

The third series in the Rice Family Papers contains sets of photograph negatives, dated approximately from 1949 to 1951. The sleeves in which they were previously housed have notes about the photos' subjects, which include graduations, friends and family, summer vacations, and church events. It seems likely that Betsy Rice took many of the pictures and wrote the descriptive notes, as all the envelopes from camera shops list her name.