Collection includes three family histories from the DeWitt and Kempe families, which include typescripts of correspondence and journals, reproductions of photographs, and other biographical information. The histories themselves describe the lives of Elijah Reeves DeWitt, Abel Alexander DeWitt Sr., Abel Alexander DeWitt Jr., Christopher Jensen Kempe, and Ruth Leila Kempe. Includes information on their experiences in Utah, Illinois, Indiana, and at Brigham Young Academy.

Collection contains original photographs, reproductions, and negatives of the DeWitt family and the Cheyenne and Souix Indians, including 29 original photographs and 37 enlargements of segments of the original photoprints. These pictures were probably taken around 1900 when DeWitt was living in Oklahoma.