This is a collection of documents and correspondence pertaining to four generations of the Ryerson Family and assembled and organized, scrapbook-style, in a leather-bound volume measuring 37 x 28.5 centimetres. Approximately 130 of the volume's 173 pages are filled.SCrapbook is divided into several sections:
The first section is entitled "Documents Relating to the Ryerson Family" and consists of several reproduced documents relating to Joseph Ryerson.
The second section is entitled, "Col. Jos. Ryerson Papers".
The third section is entitled, "Rev. Egerton Ryerson, D.D. Papers". It contains the largest number of items in the volume.
The fourth section is entitled, "Charles Egerton Ryerson". Charles Ryerson (1847-1909) was Egerton Ryerson's son.
The fifth section is entitled, "George Egerton Ryerson".