Handwritten account books. The volumes also include diary entries and records of crop productivity. Kuhlman also gives a small account of his life before farming. As a young student he was very hard of hearing and therefore quit school to become a farmer.

Handwritten diaries. Most of the entries were made while Rappleye was serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Eastern States. Also included are items related to Rappleye's life after his return to Cowley, Wyoming, and his job in a Billings, Montana, sugar factory.