Everett L. Cooley was director of the Utah State Historical Society, and a Curator of Special Collections, Marriott Library. This collection contains portraits of Everett Cooley and various members of the Cooley family, as well as slides documenting activities in Special Collections at the University of Utah and copy slides and copy prints of historic sites in Utah.

The Ann S. Jarrell research paper consist of a history written as a graduate research project at Brigham Young University titled, "From Vision: The Special Collections Department, University of Utah Libraries 1946-1961." Also included is a letter from the author to former Special Collections Department director Everett L. Cooley, 1986.

The Middle East papyrus negative collection consists of images of papyri held within the collections at the University of Utah Marriott Library.