The David L. Bigler papers (1799-2016) consist of Bigler family materials, lectures, professional papers, correspondence, book reviews, manuscripts, documents, L.D.S. publications, newspaper clippings, journals, autobiographies, church mission records, scholarly articles, and research notes. Materials pertaining to several of Bigler's publications comprise the bulk of his papers.

The Andrew Love Neff papers (1851-1940) consist mainly of materials related to Neff's book History of Utah. Neff (1878-1936) was head of the Department of History and Political Science at the University of Utah. Also present in the collection are personal materials, correspondence, and papers concerning Utah and World War I.