Mary Elizabeth (Durrett) Stephens was an accomplished organist and pianist. This collection contains materials documenting her musical achievements and some of her research material and personal papers, as well as some materials related to her husband, William Stephens, who had a long career with the Reuter Organ Company in Lawrence, Kansas.

This collection contains records about the Reuter Organ Company in Lawrence, Kansas, including photographic prints and negatives of organs under construction, photographs of organs in situ at locations around the United States, and photographs of the exteriors of churches and other buildings presumably in which Reuter organs were placed. The collection also includes dedication programs, promotional material, scrapbooks, catalogs, design specifications, and printing plates.