The collection primarily consists of material by or about W. J. Linton, including some of his writings and examples of his engravings which were inherited or collected by his granddaughter Grace Linton Cook. Also present is a small group of personal papers of Cook, her father Edmund Wade Linton, and her aunt Ellen ("Nellie") Linton.
Booklet in wrappers with autograph title page; contains poems clipped from printed works glued to pages, with autograph headings, titles, revisions, and corrections, along with one autograph poem.