In addition to copy exercises, the notebook contains recipes; essays; a memorial of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, North Carolina, of Sophia Woody (1779-1851); and minutes of the North West District of Township 1 North Range 18 for administering school funds, the last apparently in Howard County, Indiana.

Clippings relating to the history of Hendricks County, Indiana; obituaries and genealogical material; and 3 minute books of the North Marion Township Home Economics Club, 1919-1941; all apparently collected by Virginia (Kurtz) Joseph (1915-2014) of Danville, Indiana.

Consists mainly of receipts for business and probate matters in Columbiana County, Ohio, 1836-1909. Names mentioned include Bushong, Cope, Holloway, Cobbs, Coppock, Hanes, Purkey, Blackburn, and Allen.