Biographical papers, social engagements, personal business and correspondence are here included. They range from club and society memberships, social events, Christmas lists, correspondence with family and friends, likenesses, real estate holdings, insurance, income tax. The family letters come from his sister Amelia, a cousin, Mrs. Kate Bouldin, his stepson Pearce Davis, his stepdaughter, Haroldine Davis, brother-in-law and wife Charles Crawford, brother-in-law and sister Sophie, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Poeter, another cousin, Mathilde Oetzel, Mrs. Viereck his wife, and a brother William Viereck.