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The papers consist of bibliographies, outline examinations, notes, and worksheets for courses in government and political science taught by Francis W. Coker (1878-1963) at Yale University.

The Foster collection of Wapping Fair and Wapping Grange records contains two boxes of materials from 1914-1994 (bulk, 1947-1958). It includes photographs, scrapbooks, fair programs, and tickets. These materials were collected and maintained by Evelyn and Walter Foster of Foster Farm, who were very involved with the Wapping Grange.

The Foote Collection contains correspondence, miscellaneous written and printed material, photographs, and works of art produced by multiple generations of the families of Eli Foote (1747-1792) and Samuel Edmund Foote (1787-1858) and their friends and associates. The Foote Family is important in the history of Connecticut because its members were among the founders of Wethersfield, New Haven and Guilford. The family is connected by marriage to the Beechers.

John Wheeler, an early resident of Salisbury and Newbury, Massachusetts, and some of his descendants.

The materials consist of motion picture films documenting the 15th anniversary reunion of the Sheffield Scientific School Class of 1908.

The materials consist of motion picture films documenting reunions of the Yale College Class of 1917.

Diary covering the career of Felipe Lorenzo Famoso, a Spanish soldier in Morocco and Spain, from 1923-1949.

The Farrel Company was founded in 1848 in Ansonia, Connecticut, by Almon Farrel and his son Franklin, and made brass and iron castings, wooden mortise gears and parts for water-power plants. By the 1860s the company was producing rollng mill equipment for the rapidly expanding copper and brass industries, and pioneered in the development of processing machinery for the rubber industry. Other items produced included stone and ore crushers, iron rolls (used for milling) and processing equipment for rubber, plastics, linoleum, and paper. Throughout many name changes and mergers the company remained a family owned business until the 1980s.

The records consist of minutes from faculty meetings of the Yale Department of the Social Sciences. Included in the minutes is information on doctoral candidates.

Letter regarding street drainage in East Windsor Hill from E. W. Ellsworth to Charles Vibert. Handwritten note on copy of the letter reads, "Excellent description of water table and ground water flow at East Windsor Hill."