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The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, journals, interviews, manuscripts, transcripts, and printed material.

Also, minutes kept by Richard Michell Upjohn for the American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter, Committee for Library and Publications, 1868-1877, and Executive Committee, 1867-1889; sketchbooks, 1850s-1870s; photographs of Upjohn buildings and portraits of Richard Upjohn; correspondence, wills, memorial tributes, manuscripts, printed material, and miscellaneous personal and business documents; and several drawings by other architects including Alexander Jackson Davis, Hobart Brown Upjohn, and Calvert Vaux

1 watercolor by Presbrey-Leland of the Emil Grolljahn mausoleum (2007.012.00002) and 2 photographs of service stations owned by Emil Grolljahn (2007.012.00003-00004)

This collection contains extensive photographs and a large sample of historical project files from Presbrey-Leland Inc., a company producing burial memorials and monuments based in Valhalla, New York. The 10 boxes of project files are arranged in order by project number assigned by Presbrey-Leland (project numbers range from 21321 to 95029), and contain sketches, architectural drawings and blueprints, correspondence with clients, invoices and estimates, and photographs. There is no corresponding project list for this collection. The 14 boxes of photographs are arranged in groupings by numbers 1 thru 51, with each grouping containing photographs from many different projects. Photographs are of headstones, memorials, mausoleums and other architectural burial monuments at various cemeteries. Additional miscellaneous files in the collection include 3 binders of photographs of drawings of various architectural elements (including tablets, headstones, and garden furniture), 1 small binder of sketches with project numbers, and files on Lettering and Trinity Church, Church of the Intercession.

The collection represents the span of Williams' architectural practice through drawings, photographs and a very small amount of papers. The majority of the collection consists of working drawings for a select number of projects. These projects include the Holmes residence "the Chimneys" on Long Island, the alteration and addition for the Donnell branch of the New York Public Library and the main branch, and the Rutherford Free Public Library. Also included are the New Milford Historical Society and New Milford Public Library as well as the United States Embassy building in Tokyo, Japan as well as other smaller projects. A wide range of projects are represented in presentation drawings, largely color renderings on board. These drawings consist of projects mainly on the East Coast including libraries, commercial work, residential work, schools, memorials, office buildings, a railroad station, a club, a post office, a hospital as well as unidentified projects. Notable projects include the Carstadt Memorial Municipal building, Essex County Country Club, Hackensack Golf Clubhouse, the National Academy of Design and several projects in Rutherford, New Jersey. Studies for executed projects are also included as well as studies are of other architects' work to serve as inspiration to Williams. Some of the Photostats in the collection are reproductions of original drawings. Photographs mainly document the exterior of a building while some interior views are included especially for the Holmes residence. A small amount of large-scale photographs mounted on board for display are also included. Miscellaneous papers are included for the Holmes residence and the New Milford Public Library. Finally, a poster and two notebooks comprised of notes, sketches and calculations for various projects complete the collection.