The collection consists of a handwritten transcript of Jared Fox's diary, titled "Jared Fox's Memorandam Kept from Delton, Sauk County Wisconsin towards California and Oregon 1852-1854." The transcription is incomplete, only covering entries made between April 1852 and April 1853. These entries describe Fox's journey to and his time in the Oregon Territory. The collection also includes a list of corrections to be made to the transcript; reproductions of C. C. Bennett's correspondence; and a five-page note, dated 2019, by Professor Ann Stahl, explaining why she believes the transcript was made by C. C. Bennett over a period of time from the late 1870s to the 1920s.