Collection includes diaries and account books of James Thornton; autograph albums of Hattie Thornton; a notebook of Elizabeth Patterson (later Elizabeth Thornton); and school records and other documents and ephemera of T. A. Hayes and Lucile Hayes.

Papers of the first dean of the University of Oregon School of Law. The collection includes personal documents, biographical and genealogical information, writings, notes, reminiscences, and a small amount of correspondence relating to Episcopal missionary work. It also includes writings of Richard H. Thornton's father, William L. Thornton.