Photographs in the collection date primarily from the 19th century, and include photographs in the carte de visite and cabinet card formats, and tintypes. Many of the photographs were removed from their original housing for preservation purposes. Photographs in folders 1-11 were removed from envelopes, photographs in folders 12-21, folders 22-36, and folders 42-67 were removed from three different albums. Original order has been maintained, and descriptive information such as names has been noted in the folder listing below. Folders 37-41 contain miscellaneous materials such as newspaper clippings and handwritten prayers which were removed from the second photograph album.