The collection contains original minutes of the Association, scrapbooks containing news articles about the society's activities and history of the Grand River valley. Family record sheets of the Association members contain useful genealogy information on early Grand Rapids residents.

Also of interest, the scrapbooks contain indexed obituaries of members and photos. Two of the photos are historical shots of Grand Rapids, head of Island no. 1, Pearl St. Bridge 1866, and from a painting by A.B. Turner, 1833.