Materials include photocopies of correspondence between Orson F. Whitney and Zina B. Smoot Whitney in addition to photocopies of correspondence from Abraham O. Smoot, Margaret T. Smoot Dusenberry, and some of their other friends, relatives, and associates. Most of the letters are concerning personal family matters and religion. Dated approximately 1868-1898.

Handwritten letter dated 29 Jan. 1885 addressed to "Dear Maggie." Whitney announces the birth of a daughter to his wife, Zina Beal Smoot Whitney, within an hour of when he wrote the letter. He tells of the birth and who was in attendance at the time.