The Pocketknife Manufacturing Collection contains documents from 2001-2015 and undated. The collection was curated and donated by Historian Mary Ellen Matise.

The collection contains various records donated by Historian Mary Ellen Matise. The collection is largely research files that Matise collected over the years. The collection contains articles and resources collected on the documentation of pocketknife manufacturing through the 19th century. Also represented in the collection is Matise's research titled, "The American Pocketknife Industry in the 19th Century." Interesting to note is a video compiled by Matise on her research.