This collection consists of letters, notes, reports and maps from Monroe's survey work. Also included are Monroe's notes about bills he introduced in the Michigan State Senate in the 1880s, and a diary kept during a trip to Europe, Egypt, and England in 1904.

The Colonel I. Palle papers consist of material generated during the course of the 1895 war in Madagascar. Material includes the field notes of Colonel I. Palle, maps, and correspondence. Subjects and persons mentioned in the documents include General Jacques Charles Rene Achille Duchesne, military field operations, material and food supply for the troops, and the military drive and advance to occupy Tananarive.

The Yvonne Lockwood Burgenland research collection consists of correspondence, notes, pamphlets, publications, and other research materials relating to Lockwood's study of Burgenland Croatians.