The collection consists of approximately six linear feet of materials that document the lives of Roscoe Conkling Simmons and his family. The collection ranges from the 1914 to 1981 with the bulk of the papers ranging from 1937 to 1959. It is arranged in four series: Simmons Family, Letters; Photographs and Books and features correspondence, cards and telegrams. It also contains invitations, a diaries, newspaper clippings, photographs, and books.