This collection consists of negatives and some prints and correspondence from the photographic studio of Arthur Asa Jellison, who worked and lived in Wilson, Ellsworth County, Kansas in the first half of the 20th century. Individuals photographed in the collection came from Wilson, Dorrance, Ellsworth, Redwing, Corning, Bennington, Claflin, Kanopolis, Dubuque, Holyrood, and Sylvan Grove, Kansas.

Quentin James Eklund operated his photography studio beginning in 1940 in Ellsworth, Kansas. This collection consists of negatives and photographs of the local scenes and peoples of Ellsworth, as well as images of landscapes from greater Kansas.