The research project examines six Northern California cemeteries of Cherokee, Coutolenc, Marysville, Nimshew, Oroville Pioneer and Thompson Flat. The project documents gravestones of the cemeteries with photographs. A typology was created of material, marker type, design, membership symbols, epitaph, age, and family position for each of the gravestones.

The collection contains the report by Rudolf Van Norden of San Francisco. Describes the property and discusses possibilities and probable cost of development of an electric power plant. Refers to earlier reports by H.D. Connick and J.H. Price.

The diaries of Willian Hanson describe his life as a rancher in Yuba County from 1862-1879, then moving to Willows, California until his death in 1889. It includes recollections of Honorable D.M. Hanson crossing the Plains in 1849, written in 1919.