Collection is comprised of letters, most of them written by George Q. Cannon during his time of service as a Utah Territory delegate to the United States House of Representatives. The remainder of the letters were written by a variety of family members and friends to Martha Telle Cannon. The bulk of the letters were written between 1872 and 1882.

Correspondence. The materials relate to legislation on numerous topics pending before the House of Representatives in the United States congress.

Correspondence, reports, memoranda, administrative papers, and office files. The items relate chiefly to Dixon's service on congressional committees dealing with agriculture and education.

Photocopies of newspaper clippings, House of Representatives Bill 56 of the 99th Congress, House of Representatives hearings on a comprehensive tax reform bill, survey results on a National Dividend Act, and transcripts of a television interview. The items relate to Perry's efforts to reduce the federal deficit and establish more equitable taxes.

Includes subscription lists for reprints of two speeches given in the U.S. House of Representatives concerning the Polygamy Bill. Thirty-three colleagues signed the subscription list for copies of C.M. Pomeroy's speech (Rep. of Iowa) and fourteen signed a list for reprints of Hamilton Ward's address (Rep. of New York). A total of 14,700 copies were ordered from the Congressional Globe office. Photocopies of the speeches are included.