The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, manuscripts and resource materials, theatre programs, travel journals, and scrapbooks. Of the correspondence, Mrs. Sherry's letters of 1918 and 1919, written from France, are most useful. Typed copies made of these letters may be more complete than the originals. Although Mrs. Sherry was in Europe many times there is practically no correspondence from her except from the World War I period. There are a few interesting letters and travel accounts in the correspondence prior to 1900, but they are disconnected and sometimes unidentifiable.
The Manuscripts include several pantomime ballets, written by Mrs. Sherry.
Of the seventeen volumes, one is an interesting journal giving the account of a journey via Panama (probably by Lawrence Case, Mrs. Sherry's father) to San Francisco and return, 1853-1855. This includes descriptions of his work as a merchant in San Francisco. The other volumes are chiefly press clippings relating to The Wisconsin Players and the theatre work of Mrs. Sherry.
