Collection includes a bound stock book, 1865-1878; correspondence between J. W. Nesmith and R. P. Boise, August-September 1866, regarding the mills and Bridesburg Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia; letters to R. P. Boise, Jr., 1914-1941; manuscript copies of correspondence between Nesmith and Bridesburg Manufacturing Co., 1866; and miscellaneous financial records.

Charles Wolverton was a lawyer in Albany, Oregon, a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court, and a judge on U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Collection includes correspondence, 1894-1926, regarding state and national politics, Wolverton's judicial career, personal and business matters with John H. Mitchell, Reuben P. Boise, and Benjamin F. Mulkey; speeches regarding initiative and referendum; and ephemera.