Chiefly correspondence between Emma (LeConte) Furman (b. 1847) and her husband, Farish Carter Furman (1846-1883) before and after their marriage in 1869; together with plantation and household accounts from their home in Scottsboro, Georgia, pamphlets by and about Emma's father, Joseph LeConte (1823-1901), noted professor of physics and chemistry, and a letter from John LeConte (1818-1891), geologist.