Contains typescripts used in preparation of "Biography of Francis M. Lyman, Apostle, 1840-1919", by Albert R. Lyman, published in 1958. Manuscript contains a history of the family's beginnings in New England, their involvement in early Church history, their journeys to Utah and resettlements in California, southern Utah, and central Utah.

Manuscripts are a partial typescript of a draft used in the preparation of the "Biography of Francis M. Lyman, Apostle, 1840-1919," by Albert R. Lyman, published in 1958.

Manuscripts from "A Mormon Patriarch : Amasa M. Lyman and His Eight Wives," by Albert R. Lyman, 1942. This compilation later published in bound volume titled "Amasa M. Lyman: Trailblazer, and Pioneer From the Atlantic to the Pacific," by Albert R. Lyman (grandson), 1958.