The papers in this collection relate to George Buckley (1875—1951), John Myler (1873—1940), Alice B. Cowdery, Eli J. Bell (1866—1923), Eras Ricks (1853—1933), Lyman E. Sorenson (1883—1953), and Eugene Santschi (see the following biographical note), all one-time residents of Cache Valley. The materials in this collection consist of personal (correspondence, marriage licenses, etc.) and financial papers (land and property holdings, insurance, stock certificates, wills, etc.) of the above-mentioned people. Of particular interest are the papers of Lt. Eugene Santschi, which discuss his duties as an Army quartermaster at Fort Douglas, Utah, and his military travels in China during 1912—1914. Fd 22 contains a detailed report (with photographs) prepared by Santschi discussing his tour of the Manchurian battlefields of the Russo-Japanese War, led by Japanese counterparts.