The collection consists of correspondence (business, political and personal), legal documents, and personal financial records of Charles Van Wyck from 1857 until his death in 1895. The rest of the collection is correspondence and business records of Ross Brodhead, dealing with the Van Wyck estate. There are also some personal records of Ross Brodhead in the collection.

Two letters written by James Milton Turner, offering his services for the 1884 U.S. presidential campaign of Republican James Gillespie Blaine (1830-1893).