Papers of Benjamin Selling include three letterpress copybooks (1883-1887), which contain copies of Selling's business correspondence; two account books (1891-1892, 1900-1910); a scrapbook (1881-1925) containing letters that concern Selling's candidacy for U.S. Senate in 1912, a war relief campaign, and his Jewish Relief Committee work and other philanthropic activities; a scrapbook of newspaper clippings pertaining to Selling's U.S. Senate campaign; personal and political letters, including a pledge of support for Selling from members of the state Legislature for the position of House speaker, and a subscription list for support of the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian relief; and a 1912 certificate of nomination as a candidate for U.S. Senate.