Collection contains photographs, genealogical information, news articles and obituaries, a family bible, and personal histories on A. O. Smoot and descendants and the Pierpont line collected by Kay Pierpont Kane. Materials date from between 1836 and 2008.

Collection includes original and photocopied photographs and cabinet cards of Provo, Utah life and community members. Includes portraits of Smoot family members and other individuals, scenes from Brigham Young University, and other photographs mostly taken in Utah County, Utah between 1900 and 1956.

Collection includes correspondence, articles, awards, photographs, journals, calendars, and other memorabilia that document Douglas Smoot's professional life as a professor of engineering at Brigham Young University, religious, and family and personal life, including involvement with Academy Square in Provo, from 1907 to 2011. The collection consists mostly of methodically compiled scrapbooks that are organized by year rather than by content.