This collection was gathered by Martha Codman Karolik and contains several objects related to herself and her family. It is comprised of notebooks containing newspaper clippings gathered by her mother; manuscript material such as correspondence, empty envelopes, an autograph book, her great-great-grandmother's diary, and other objects. The collection also includes books on the extensive collection of American art that she and her husband donated to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA, and the transcript of the judgment of her father's will.