The collection contains extensive genealogical information, legal documents, newspaper clippings, and other materials dealing with family histories. The bulk of the data deals with the Burling, Munro (Munroe), and Ringle families.

Of interest are the school records of Francis E. and Annette Burling and Gertrude Munro. There is also a collection of poems written by Orville V. Monroe. Included are the estate papers of Sands Burling and Harvey Bolt Munroe, birth certificates of George and Gertrude Monroe, and Harvey B. Munroes Survivors Pension from the War of 1812 (dated probably sometime later).

A smaller part of the collection deals with the Andersons, the Bills, the Bolts, the Calkins, the Clarks, the Courtrights, the Havens, the Maddens, the Sands, the Springsteads, and the Wolvertons.

The collection also includes a number of family photographs, some of which show the following people: Francis, Harvey, Martha, and George Munro; Burr, Cora, Frances, Harriet, Sands, Sarah, Seymour, and Walter Burling. There is also a great deal of correspondence, some dating back to the 1840s, describing daily life.