The collection consists primarily of correspondence generated in 1923 when Chapin was responding to inquiries about his reasons for refusing the County Agent job, and letters of application he sent to various publications in 1937 seeking work as an agricultural editor and writer. The papers also include a card advertising "Chapin-Cherries" which shows a map and photograph of the Chapin cherry orchard in Suttons Bay and a newspaper article about the Chapin family farm in Eden. Also included is a chemistry notebook for a Chemistry I class. The notebook contains detailed notes about experiments and drawings of apparatus for an experiment. There is also an instruction sheet for how the notebook is to be kept for the class.