This collection largely contains material related to early Racine histroy and figures, and some related specifically to the ancestors of Malcolm D. Harbridge.
Materials relating to the estates of Joseph Allsop and Edward Foster are included. A number of deeds, bonds, and morgages for land in Racine (specifically the Harbor Addition) are included, dating from 1843 to 1879. The collection contains portrait and school group photographs from the early 20th=centruy, as well as a photograph of J.W. Spence's Racine Jewelry Manufacturing Company store. Various ephemera relating to Racine is also present, including stock certificates, a history of the Welsh in Racine, and a souvenir from the grand opening of the Black Opera House in 1882.
Of particular note in this collection is a letter writen by Booker T. Washington, in which he asks Roy Harbridge for money to meet the end of year expenses for the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute for the Training of COlored Young Men and Women.
