The collection consists of two series: 1) Emily Metcalf 2) Hudson Female Seminary

The Emily Metcalf series consists of two sub-series: 1) Genealogy/Biography 2) Estate papers 3) Miscellaneous Metcalf items The genealogy and biography sub-series includes several tributes to Emily Metcalf and some papers relating to other members of the Metcalf family including Eliza Thompson Metcalf (1798-1865) and two Metcalf genealogies. The Estate subseries comprises documents on the disposition of Emily Metcalf's estate, including a copy of her will and tax letters and bills. A bulk of the series consists of correspondence over the exhumation of Metcalf from Markillie to the Old Burial Ground, to honor her wish to be buried near her parents. The miscellaneous Metcalf items include two of Emily Metcalf's school notebooks, an ambrotype of Horace Metcalf (Emily's grandfather) (stored separately), and Dr. Jonathan Metcalf's medical notes.

The Hudson Female Seminary series consists of two sub-series 1) Seminary Building & Property 2) Records The Seminary Building and Property sub-series concerns the purchase and removal of the old Hudson Female Seminary building in 1925 as well as correspondence in 1951 regarding the placement of the Ohio Turnpike and its effect on the building.* The collected records of the Hudson Female Seminary consists of various newsletters including two issues of The Casket (1859) and two issues of The Annual (1868) as well as various announcements and advertisements.

*In 1925, former pupil Ella Ellsworth proposed that the old seminary building at 15 Baldwin Street be moved off the property and onto the Hudson Library lot (then at 49 E. Main Street). The proposal was never realized.