The series contains miscellaneous papers including Dean's insurance and tax records, calling cards and letter paper, some personal bills, and ephemera such as a license for his pet dog, storage receipts, and copies of a piece of sheet music, "The Tunisian March Two Step" by Frederick W. Foote, which was dedicated to Dean. Also here is evidence of his engagement to actress Anna Boyd, his metallurgical inventions, and an order for the family cemetery monuments. A single scrapbook is devoted to the death of his mother Catherine.