Contains journal and manuscript drafts collected by Beecher. Includes manuscripts for the Association of Mormon Letters, drafts for Sisters in Spirit and New Views of Mormon History, bibliographies, screenplays, and related correspondence and other materials. Also contains various journals and pamphlets including issues of The Creative Woman, Sunstone, Ensign, and BYU Today. Includes various life histories, including records on Duncan McArthur and his wives and Leonard Arrington. Topics covered include marriage and family, Mormon women and motherhood, the Book of Mormon, Priesthood, polygamy, Relief Society, suffrage, feminism and the church, evolution and the origin of man, Canada, the 1844 Mormon succession crisis, the articles of faith, Old Testament, Harold B. Lee, Mormon humor, women in Kirtland, Mormon demographics, and restoration in British Columbia, 1975-1996.