The collection consists of theater, concert, art exhibition and circus programs; pamphlets; periodicals; books; travel literature; dance cards; maps; sheet music; calling cards; engravings of paintings; advertising literature; and postcards assembled from the David Peck Todd, Mabel Loomis Todd, Loomis-Wilder Family, and Millicent Todd Bingham Papers in the Yale University Library. Taken together these items document three generations of the life of a cultivated family in the 19th and 20th centuries. Of exceptional interest is the collection of postcards, many of which date from ca. 1905-1918 and show European scenes in the pre-World War I era. The books include children's books (1855-1856), poetry, short stories, essays, and music.