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The collection contains letters written to Salter and notes written by Salter. The letters include both personal correspondence and that relating to his affairs: church business, business of Iowa College, Salter’s research into the history of the Dodge family, and a variety of other concerns. One letter of note is from James S. Graham in 1884 who recounts his experience watching President Lincoln while he reviewed the 68th Illinois Infantry Volunteers. Also included is a Saloon Passengers’ List and Track Card from an 1881 voyage on the S.S. Bolivia.

Two folders of correspondence written by Murray McMurray (class of 1910). The bulk of the correspondence is addressed to Jessie.

Collection of Haitian Presidential autographs, comprising autograph and partly printed documents on executive stationary, signed by eleven Presidents of the Republic of Haiti from Alexandre Pétion to Philippe Sudre Dartiguenave. 20 items, single sheet printed letterhead or partly printed documents, accomplished in ink dated and signed, with two printed broadsides. Most Port-au-Prince: 1812-1916.

Commencement programs, Grinnell College Directory, Grinnell College Bulletin, photograph.

Papers of Lorraine Smith Harris during her time as a student at Grinnell College.

Rare Wallenberg Swiss Embassy Protective Document. One single paged typed document on letterhead of the Swiss Embassy. Represents a piece of official documentation which was from a larger group of Wallenberg Schutz-Pass protective documents. Also includes photocopies of documents referenced in the protective document.

Five letters and one telegram sent from Auschwitz by prisoners. Each letter is about 2 pages, 6' X 8 3/4", on a form that inmates in Auschwitz could use to send post to their relatives.

Photo album, essay, class beanie, 'An Interpretation of Life at Grinnell College'

Mary Ethel Brehm, Class of 1953, lived in Main Hall on the second floor during her freshman year. Items originally from a scrapbook that fell apart.

Scrapbook of Marlene Berg's duration at Grinnell College

Douglas Klein Papers contain various school publications, mostly from the years 1964-1970. The publications include the NOUS Literary Review, the Alumni S&B, misc. programs and directories, the High and Mighty, the Militant, the Second Battle of Chicago, various political flyers, the Grinnell Reporter, the Montage, and the Ptero. Besides the publications, the Douglas Klein Papers include calendars, student handbooks and the Grinnell Phi Betta Kappa directory, as well as "The Past of Our College" (1895) and the 1892 cyclone. They also contain the seminar notes "Ecology on Economics," as well as the first two draft's of Klein's Calculus textbook.

This collection contains photographic negatives from 18 rolls of film taken during the Grinnell College Study Tour to the USSR in December of 1983 and January of 1984.

The collection includes letters and official documents, some loose, some in binders with the author’s name imprinted in gold on the cover. Also included are invoices and correspondence from vendors: The Scribner Book Store (New York), Dawsons of Pall Mall (London), Documents and Autographs Ltd. (London).

The earliest letters are from Samuel Pepys (1673/4) and the Earl of Spencer (1684). The majority of the documents are from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Included are letters from British statesmen (Disraeli and Gladstone), Queen Victoria, and a variety of famous American and British persons such as Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Rockwell Kent, Auguste Rodin, and Teddy Roosevelt.

Included with the collection is a partial inventory of the items in the collection created when the collection was received.