Papers of Shubrick Norris relate primarily to his business activities and date largely from the early 1850s. The collection consists of ledgers, journals, cash books, day books, correspondence, and a letterpress copybook. It includes records of S. M. Holderness & Company, in which Norris was a partner; records of Norris & Company; and letters from Winter & Latimer, merchants in San Francisco, California. Also included are commissary accounts, dated 1855, of the Oregon Mounted Volunteers, 1st Regiment; and records of witness payments from the U.S. Circuit Court in Multnomah County, 1859-1866.