Collection consists of various published images of western scenes cut out of various publications, including Picturesque and Marvels of the New World, as well as French and German language books and newspapers. The plates represent scenes from the American west and give a good indication of how the United States was pictured in the mid-nineteenth century.

The collection contains a narrative poem, photographic album, and seperate photographs. Edward Traynor's grandfather, Fredrick Hamilton Redington, took the photographs in the album from 1905 on his annual summer trip to Yellowstone. The family made a summer trip out to Yellowstone yearly, because Redington's first wife, Phoebe Hargraves, was from Cody.

The collection includes a photo album from a 1937 road trip from Toledo, Ohio to Yellowstone Park. Some interesting photos in the album include Mount Rushmore in its final stages of construction, dude ranches, and Yellowstone Park. This documents what one would have seen on a cross country road trip during 1937.

Two publications, a program from the Lincoln-Lee Legion and a newspaper supplement from the Billings Gazette, donated by Michael McLaughlin.

The Polly Orbin collection includes a postcard, photos, maps, booklets, and a souvenir book from trips to Yellowstone and Cody. There are also postcards from a trip to Buffalo Bill's Grave and Memorial Museum in Colorado and a program from the Buffalo Bill birthday celebration as a fundraiser for the Sheridan Inn.

The collection includes a family scrapbook from a 1938 trip from Kansas City, Missouri to Yellowstone, the Tetons, and Salt Lake City. The collection also contains a photograph of an unknown Apache man.