This collection consists of bank books and check books, monthly time books, Burnside ledgers, expense ledgers, journals, account ledgers, cash books, church attendance records, breeder's herd records, and similar items. Records were maintained by Samuel Moor Shoemaker, Samuel Moor Shoemaker II, Mrs. Augusta Chambers Eccleston Shoemaker, Mrs. Ellen Whitridge Shoemaker, and Dinsmore and Kyle.