The John Louis Skinner Collection includes brochures for veterinary products, poultry feed, and feed additives. The collection also contains American Poultry Historical Society (APHS) Hall of Fame nomination applications for 12 years, as well as Poultry Science Association programs and member information for 25 or more years. There are also correspondence from the fourth and fifth European Poultry Conferences, and World's Poultry Congress programs, announcements, and promotional materials.

The George Cooke diary is a two-volume handwritten record of a Maryland plantation in Hazelwood, near Patuxent, Maryland. The diary entries for a 20-year period describing the operation of the family farm. It contains information on weather condition, travel, and Cooke's pedigree.