The papers consist of correspondence, audiotape transcripts, subject files, writings, and printed material relating to Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Alexis Carrel, and Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and used for the book Uncommon friends: Life with Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Alexis Carrel & Charles Lindbergh, by James D. Newton. Also included are correspondence, subject files, and writings relating to Eleanor Forde Newton.