Contains correspondence, maps, notes, financial records, clippings, and other materials relating to the McKean and Elk Land and Improvement Company. Includes information on Thomas L. Kane's work as an agent for the company, progress being made in developing the region, financial concerns of the company, and legal actions surrounding the property. Materials date from between 1844 and 1926.

Autograph letter signed, from Samuel G. Hathaway to Thomas L. Kane, request for a geological report for some lands in southern McKean County, 1 p., 9 December 1858.

Notes in the hand of Thomas L. Kane, the paths of the various railroads, 1 p., folded, written on 3 sides, n.d.

Autograph letter signed, from Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane to [H.M.W.], copy, Thomas L. Kane hopes that the committee will not fail to hold their intended meeting and wishes Mr. Struthers to meet them in Smithport, 1 p., 10 August 1858.

Letter, from Thomas Struthers to Thomas L. Kane, copied in Thomas L. Kane’s handwriting, description of a land deed, 1 p., n.d.

Autograph letter signed, from Thomas L. Kane to W. Biddle, just arrived from Elk County and interested to know when the Board will meet, 1 p., 25 October 1858.

Autograph letter signed, from Thomas Struthers to Thomas L. Kane, rejection of offer for plot 3131, 1 p., 1 October 1859.

Autograph letter signed, from Thomas L. Kane to Thomas Struthers, McFall can only be safely compromised with, would be glad to receive the package of contracts, 1 p., 15 September 1858.

Autograph letter signed, from S.L. Casey to [Thomas L. Kane], the bank is in a bad condition, will be better able to deal with the charter after returning from a short trip to New York, 1 p., written on both sides, 24 August 1858.

Autograph letter signed, from Thomas L. Kane to D.E. Cornelius, employ Cornelius’ services in inspecting some trees, 1 p., folded, written on 4 sides, 9 May 1859.