Papers of the Parker family of Watertown include six clipping scrapbooks and photograph albums, relating mainly to Parker's civic, political, and fraternal duties. Also, letters (1917-1919) from his son, Second Lieutenant Fred M. Parker, concerning his experiences with the Motor Transportation Corps of the American Expeditionary Force in France, the service of black soldiers, and his impressions of Paris and the French countryside.

Photostatic copies of letters of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) concerning the policies and activities of a fraternal organization known as the "Gordian Knot" and "The Grand Order of the Iroquois."

Letters, bills, receipts, insurance policies, resolutions, notes, articles of co-partnership, a foreclosure; also personal correspondence of Dr. Charles Elmendorf; also included are broadsides and circulars. Collection pertains to Masonic rites, and programs for the various lodges; also material relating to the Odd Fellows, Knights Templar, and the Philosophers of the Living Fire, in New York State Counties Yates and Ontario, and in Illinois, Kentucky, and Ireland.