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Contains one typed transcript of a diary as well as a scrapbook of photographs entitled "The Coffey Pot" by Ann Coffey for her daughter Ann Elaine Coffey. The diary gives an account of the daily life of Ann and Ann Elaine, from large events like Ann Elaine's birth, her first day of school, her adventures at camp, moving to different towns, and a family trip to Niagara Falls, to everyday occurrences including being bitten by the neighbor's scottie dog and getting a perm for her hair. The diary ends in 1940 on Ann Elaine's sixteenth birthday.

Friendship album, 1934-1935, of a teenage boy named Jim from Hesperia, Michigan. Contains entries of poems and personal message from friends and family. Entries suggest that Jim is still in school and interested in sports.

Papers, 1879-1915, of the Olney family of Newaygo County, Michigan. Includes letters to Bert Olney at various addresses in Indiana and Michgan, which relate school incidents and discuss political matters, such as James Garfield's presidency. There are also letters between Bert and Alice Olney and their sons, Albert J. Olney and Clinton Olney. Albert J. and Clinton Olney were both studying agriculture at (what is now) Michigan State University. The letters from their parents discuss family life and work, town events, their sons' academic studies, and book reccomendations, among other topics. Also included is an eight page manuscript of an oration on Frances Willard, the founder of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. There are also letters from Oral Seipp, a student at Albion College in Michigan, to the two brothers, which discuss college life, fraternities, hazing, student prayer meetings, schoolwork, and other activities. Finally, there are letters addressed to Albert J. Olney and Clinton Olney's sister, Marion Olney, while she is at a hospital recovering from an appendectomy.