This collection contains correspondence to and from the Dillard, Larkin, Turner, Christian, and Wallace families. The collection also includes financial documents and records, speeches, photographs, and personal papers from the Dillard and Larkin families. Materials range from approximately 1811-1930.

Series I, correspondence, contains personal correspondence between members of the Dillard, Larkin, Christian, Turner, and Wallace families. The bulk of the correspondence is to or from the Dillard or Larkin families. Some of the correspondence is related to legal proceedings or court cases, as a number of Dillard family members worked as attorneys or lawyers.

Series II, financial, contains 1 subseries titled "Ledgers." This subseries contains bound record, account, or estate books belonging to the Dillard and Larkin families. The rest of the series contains financial documents such as bills and receipts from the families of the collection.

Series III, personal papers, includes school reports, calling cards, Larkin ephemera, Dillard court case papers, Dillard notes on the practice of medicine, and a scrapbook.

The folder titled "Photographs," which does not have a series, contains pictures taken in the 1920s. The photographs include people related to the Larkin family and various Larkin properties.

The folder titled "Speeches," which does not have a series, contains manuscript copies of speeches or excerpts of speeches, including a speech given by Terisha Washington Dillard.