Handwritten and signed letters addressed to Bicknell's daughter, Jane Adeline Bicknell Young. Calvin Bicknell writes largely about family matters and states that he has never joined the Mormon Church. Jane was married to Joseph Young, a Mormon Church leader.

Handwritten and signed diary addressed to Phineas Young and dated 27 Oct. 1836. Joseph tells Phineas about the conditions of employment of a painter in Kirtland, Ohio. Young says that Brigham Young would be the best person to do the painting.

Five letters, written primarily by Joseph Young and Karl G. Maeser, dated 1853-1889.

Handwritten and signed letter, dated June 14 and 17, 1844, composed in Clarksburgh, Ohio, and addressed to his wife, Jane Adeline Bicknell Young. Jane was living in Nauvoo, Illinois at the time. Joseph writes about personal matters.

Holograph letters addressed to Lewis Harvey dated 16 Nov. and 18 Nov. 1880. Young tells about his conversion to the Mormon Church and baptism into that faith in 1832. He also tells about his dealing with the Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith (1805-1844); about the Mormon Church in Kirtland, Ohio in the 1830s; and about the organizing of the Seven Presidents of the Seventies by Joseph Smith in 1835.