Materials compiled by author Harry C. Blair regarding the life, family, and career of Colonel Edward C. Baker, including his friendship with Abraham Lincoln. The materials include notes, photographs, and correspondence.

Correspondence from members of the U.S. Congress to Charles Lanman, providing him with their biographical information. Correspondents include Joseph Lane, John Rogers McBride, James Willis Nesmith, Joseph Showalter Smith, Benjamin Stark, and George Henry Williams.

Typescript monograph, "'Ned' Baker: Friend of Lincoln," by Edgar I. Stewart, circa 1963, about the life of Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861), a senator from Oregon, 1860-1861, and friend of Abraham Lincoln.