This one-box collection contains the papers of Willard and Bessie Ballard, primarily consisting of correspondence, financial papers, personal papers, and other Ballard family papers. Fifty percent of the papers contained in this collection concerns Bessie Ballard, mostly in the form of her incoming correspondence and her personal papers, such as her 1883 patriarchal blessing.

Larsen's papers consist of correspondence (1910-1947), meeting minutes of the Newton Irrigation Company (1907-1945) and the West Cache Grain Growers Association (1935-1945), various papers concerning the Newton Project (a 1941 reclamation project to overhaul the Newton Reservoir and construct irrigation canals), and other papers.

This collection consists of the minutes books of the Newton (Utah) Literary Club from 1939 until 1988, when they were donated to the USU Library.

This collection consists of materials which document the history of Newton and spans the period of 1890 to 1994.