Contains Latin coursework, science notes, essays, and examinations from Talmage's time as a student at Brigham Young Academy, Lehigh University, and Johns Hopkins University. Also contains some literature from various schools Talmage did not attend. Dated approximately 1876 to 1893.

Contains lecture and lesson materials on philosophy of education, 1888-1890.

Contains the notebook Alice Louise Reynolds used while a student at Brigham Young Academy. Includes notes from courses on teaching, including theory, history of education, and educational systems. Written in cursive. Inscribed by Reynolds with the date of August 8, 1889 and the words "Senior Theory" on the inside cover.

Photocopy of notes taken for a theology class taught by Joseph B. Keeler beginning in September 1893; and undated notes for a class on social etiquette. Also includes a print, negative, and photocopy, of a group photograph of Academy students, originally taken by A. D. Anderson of Provo, Utah, presumably in 1893. The theology class notes are mostly typewritten and were placed on pages so as to obscure earlier handwritten notes.

Contains a notebook produced by Rhoda E. Smith as a student at Brigham Young Academy with notes from her Theology course under George H. Brimhall. Notes date from 1899.