Collection contains correspondence, family history and biographies, certificates and identifications, school papers and events, legal and financial information within the immediate and extended family, yearbooks, and a large collection of photographs covering the period between 1830 and 1976.

Series contains prayers, schedules, programs, diaries, church pamphlets, and newspaper clippings from 1834 to 1974 detailing the activities of the Holladay, Utah area and the Carlisle family.

Series contains youths' writings, school papers, and programs belonging to Emily M. Carlisle from 1907 to 1955.

Contains family correspondence from 1891 to 1976 detailing various activities and news.

Series contains biographies, genealogical records, obituaries, and diaries associated with Emily M. Carlisle and her family history from 1879 to 1984.

Series contains two folders of information on Holladay, Utah, from 1858 to circa 1950.

Series contains government publications, constitutions, judgments and various papers relating to Utah's irrigation, various court arguments, and Carlisle financial information from 1892 to 1970.