Photocopies of printed certificates with handwritten additions. The materials were from the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress. The items were sent to John Taylor (1808-1887), third president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, granting him copyrights for two books. These items were entitled: "History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" and "Biography of Joseph Smith, American Prophet."

Handwritten personal correspondence and printed business letters pertaining to silver mining in New Mexico (1861-1904), diary by Edward Copely about his journeys as a gold miner through Washington (1861), and genealogy of the Saunders, Little, and Abbott families. Also available are photographs of Edward and Susan Copely in the BYU Photo Archives.