This collection contains publications by and about Elizur Wright, a faculty member of the Western Reserve College. Wright was an abolitionist and also known as "the father of life insurance." The publications focus on his work with the insurance industry.

Journals and published works of Beriah Green, an abolitionist clergyman and faculty member of Western Reserve College in Hudson, Ohio.

Lora Case's personal reminiscences about his life in and around Hudson from 1814-1897.

Collection on Richard Realf, a poet, abolitionist and acquaintance of John Brown. The collection was assembled by John Brown researcher Clarence Gee.

Correspondence, deeds, notes, ledgers and other documents of the First Congregational Church (1802-1837) and the Free Congregational Church (1842-1849) in Hudson, Ohio.

Diaries of John Buss, an early Hudson resident. His diaries describe daily events in Hudson, Ohio.

Copies of interviews (transcripts) of Ohio (and Hudson) citizens conducted by Oswald Garrison Villard in 1908 for research for his book John Brown: A Biography Fifty Years After. Originals are owned by Columbia University.

Research papers of Clarence S. Gee, leading authority on John Brown. Collection consists of correspondence, notes, published articles, artifacts, and photographs on John Brown and the Brown family.