Materials related to Woolson family members, primarily Alvin M. Woolson and his daughter Weona Woolson Engle. Included are a diary, a memoir, a volume of Civil War stories and a travelogue of a trip to Florida written by Alvin M. Woolson, and also correspondence related to him. There is a short story written by Weona Woolson Engle, as well as correspondence from her husband Walter Engle, mementos from various travels, and items from her childhood. Also included is the Life of Elijah Woolson, written entirely in cipher by his son Ira Knight Woolson and translated by Alvin M. Woolson, Elijah Woolson's grandson. Transcribed copies of some Woolson family historical documents are also included.