Fonds consists of family correspondence, financial records, deeds and memorabilia. Of particular note are two account books begun in Pennsylvania before the American Revolution and continued in Canada. There is a daybook, 1774-1821, including the names of people in the Quaker community, their purchases (e.g. flour, pork) and entries for blacksmith work done for them. Another account book, 1774-1825, includes accounts of individuals in the community for repairs, purchases and their pay for work. There are deeds for family properties, 1825-1867, and legal records, 1842-1909, including estate papers pertaining to Joshua Knight's guardianship of Bessie Knight Hilliard's children.
The genealogical material, 1814- 1971, includes correspondence and charts relating to the Knight, Vernon, Prescott and other related families, also copies of wills of Isaac Knight and copy of patent and deeds of Elizabeth Shorter, an ancestor who was believed to have received them from William Penn. There are also family history notes by Bertha Carson and background material about the towns connected to the family history, 1940-1962, assembled by Marion Tuttle. Also included are family correspondence,1840-1850, a collection of post cards, press clippings and memorabilia.