This collection consists of papers of three generations of the Kimball and Hanson Families and is arranged into six subgroups. The James Lawrence Kimball Subgroup contains a petition for release from military service in the Mississippi militia during the Civil War (1864). The Peter and Anna Gustafsen Hanson Subgroup contains correspondence (1894-1907) about their creamery business in Stevensville, from a friend serving in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War, and miscellaneous financial records (1882-1921), legal documents (1872-1907), and miscellany. The Benjamin Hanson Subgroup contains school records (1899-1903). The Albert and Hilma Hanson Kimball Subgroup includes correspondence (1897-1940), diaries (1933-1944), and miscellany (1880-1942) including school records, scrapbooks etc. The Anne Charlotte Kimball Subgroup contains incoming correspondence (1938). The Mary Kimball Subgroup includes correspondence (1907-1957), speeches and writings (1923-1943), high school and college scrapbooks (1919-1928), and clippings (193Os-1940s) about her career and theatrical avocation.