Correspondents include Elizabeth Russell, Reverend Francis T. Russell, Mary Russell, Gordon Russell, Huntley Russell, Charles Carter Comstock, Clara Comstock Russell, Etta Comstock Boltwood, Charles Comstock Russell, Huntley Russell, Clara Russell, Sigourney Russell, and Francis T. Russell. Included are incoming letters from Clara Comstock Russell during her years at St. Margaret's School for Girls, and letters from Charles Comstock Russell to his parents from Howe Military School and later the University of Michigan. There is a photocopy of one Civil War letter from Edward H. Russell describing camp life in Georgetown near Washington, D.C. Also included is a scathing letter from Charles C. Comstock to Aaron B. Turner, editor of The Grand Rapids Eagle, concerning editorial comments made by the newspaper during Comstock's congressional campaign in 1884. [Mr. Turner was, by the way, his father in law!]

There is one folder of correspondence from Sigourney Russell to his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Francis T. Russell, describing ranch life and travel in Colorado, where Sigourney lived for a time during the 1870s. Most of the letters (all photocopies) are undated and some are nearly illegible. The correspondence of each family member is arranged chronologically.