This scrapbook includes diplomas, certificates of membership, invitations, programs, letters, family photographs, obituary notices, and a historical sketch of the Goodspeed family in America.

Two volumes contain genealogical data on the Allen family. One volume is a scrapbook of miscellaneous material on Allen and his family, containing letters, newspaper clippings, etc. and much material pertaining to the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania. There are nine diplomas and certificates of membership in learned societies, military associations, etc.